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Kieran Walsh, PhD

KieranWalshMPSI

There appears to be a lot of confusion between #ISOLATION and #QUARANTINE. These are two distinct and crucial public health measures required to prevent the spread of #COVID19. However, they

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

Foucault: "The plague-stricken town, traversed throughout with hierarchy, surveillance, observation, writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all individual

Leaving here on 10/10/2020

samisdat_info

Our Sham Democracy Or The Majority Vote Racket (1946) by James Guthrie. Introduction to 1977 version by Eric D. Butler"Jame Guthrie's book on the truths concerning the relationship of the

KitKat 🍫

kitkat_fj

Fiji The Way The World Should Be!! A #thread on media reports of sexual assault/rape in Fiji. Hoping to drive home how bad it really is in this small country.

Michael Kofman

KofmanMichael

Thoughts on Russian losses. A thorny subject I've stayed away from because its difficult to tackle and the information gaps are vast. Numbers get thrown about with broad ranges, and

Patrick T. Brown

PatrickTBrown31

Q: Why is it so difficult to motivate global society to implement greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies if these policies confer not only environmental but also economic benefit? One reason

Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

This is a study but anyone who thinks that this is not the same, or even worse, as the situ in is in deep denial imo. GBS said: “It

Felix H. Sharpe II

sharpereview

Spent the last few months evaluating some 2020 NFL draft prospects who could come from obscurity, or relative obscurity, to become fantasy relevant.These 10 prospects are the ones I’m standing

Justin Wilhite

jwdaddy80

What is corona virus? Officially it’s a mix of bat, Malayan pangolin, and its closest relative is Bat as well as SARS-CoV. Once inside the body it attaches via a

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

@Rob_Haug here a little later today and this time we will be focusing on the Arab-Muslim conquest of eastern Iran and Central Asia. The east played an important role in

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

To greatly lower risks of easing social distancing in US in time ahead, states will need to build highly capable pub health case management. @JHSPH_CHS & @ASTHO just released new

Stuart G

AvidInquirer

The peak of new #covid cases per day was c.20 April, By which point around 130,000 cases had been recorded.By this same point the official death count was already 20,000+.Using

Todd N. Tucker

toddntucker

This is a well done report that outlines a series of consequential design choices policymakers will face when constructing a border carbon adjustment/tariff/fee. Thread...https://twitter.com/AaronCosbey/status/1311686370436345856 1. Coverag

Maria Glymour

MariaGlymour

Really excited for Dr. Patrick Ball of @hrdag's talk. His background is quantitative analysis for evaluating human rights violations, e.g., for truth commissions. @UCSF_Epibiostat #SamplingKnowledgeHub #epitwitter This guy's incredi

Tom Crowley

TomisCrowley

BUDGET THREAD: if you want to skip ahead while the Treasurer’s talking, here’s a hastily compiled Budget summary thread. Headline: govt really has changed its stripes. Big ticket spends: aged

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

I never react to a SCOTUS ruling based on the policy outcome, but read the opinions and precedents involved first. And Kavanaugh's opinion in Jones v Mississippi shows *everything* that's