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Ian James

ByIanJames

NEW:Without action on climate change, researchers predict heat could become a major global killer. A study finds that without cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related deaths could increase to match

jobiden (formerly johanna del ray)

coolhannes

Let's go on an adventure about precincts, the world's worst method of tabulating vote totals. (More on that later). Precincts are the fundamental geographic boundary used in US elections, nearly

Brett Winton

wintonARK

when you eat at your corner bistro you should also be able to invest in your corner bistroimagine that you could elect to top up your bill with $20 into

Ben Winslow

BenWinslow

I went down the rabbit hole today going through @UTHeritageArts archives to look at newspaper headlines from the 1918 flu pandemic. Historians say ~91,000 infected and 2,900+ died: https://www.fox13now.com/news/coronavirus/local-coronavirus

balajis.com

balajis

Start your own companyStart your own communityStart your own currencyStart your own cityhttps://apnews.com/article/legislature-legislation-local-governments-nevada-economy-2fa79128a7bf41073c1e9102e8a0e5f0 San Francisco sucks. You can build

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Huge variety in secondary school attendance across local authorities, see graph I've made up below. In Medway it was 53% in secondary schools last week. Compare to Isle of Wight

What Works Centre for Wellbeing

WhatWorksWB

Good work is a key driver of our overall wellbeing, particularly important for young people after unemployment. Some parts of the country do better at supporting good work than others

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Kroger is one of America's largest, most profitable grocery chains, with $2b in profits in '19. Ohio just gave it a 15-year, 75% tax subsidy in exchange for locating some

Daniel Green

danielwgreen

New paper about state and local government finances in the pandemic w @erikloulou Main findings-State and local govs more dependent on sales tax laid off more employees -The $150 billion

Kate Davidson

KateDavidson

State and local governments last year slashed their revenue forecasts when the pandemic hit. The fiscal picture hasn’t been nearly as dire as feared in many places. The problem: costs

Texas Tribune

TexasTribune

1/ Two private religious schools are set to reopen soon in Cameron County, an area that has been hit hard by the coronavirus.https://bit.ly/2Yk4xCv 2/ Here, local health officials will not

Ambrosia™ That Person with the Powerful Voice 😌

ambrosia_omG

Exactly. So, once a year from the 1st to the 6th of August, the country should cease all but emergency (NOT 'essential') services & host a series of cultural events.https://twitter.com/Nationwideradio/status/1337093694462324739

Robert Peston

Peston

We are supposedly getting a lot more data on the numbers of us being vaccinated today. What's less clear is whether we will be getting data that is useful. Here

Peter van der Graaf 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧

pvandergraaf75

Co-production of research with local government can be counter-productive due to underlying structural power imbalances (‘dark side’). To overcome this, we identified 6 building block in our paper, defining co-production

nines 🪴

drewhae

SAN DIEGOpost your favorite local eats below! with the stay-at-home order going back into effect, they’re all at risk of shutting down and this is their only source of income

Dan Farbman

dsfarbman

A few years ago I wrote about a radical experiment undertaken by some idealistic Yankees during reconstruction where they tried to replace the pre-war system of county courts in NC,

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