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I was on three COVID-19 related zooms this morning. One for healthcare workers, one for legislators, and one about the state Cares Act funds. A few things that I feel
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Interesting questions. Is anyone in the mood for a multi day, indefinite length, thread?How did I get here? What made me decide to do it?Welllllll...https://twitter.com/poems4prez/status/1291865363223724032 I got home from Vietnam
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Remember when Scott Morrison called the Royal Commission into aged care and I asked him about cuts to the aged care funding instrument and he denied it? Well have I
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COVID Update November 18: With 20% of hospitals, mostly in rural America, well beyond staff capacity, many without spare beds, Americans are enjoying their gift of freedom. 1/ The freedom
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Dail begins its second stage debate on @PearseDoherty's anti-dual-pricing bill re insurance premiums Introducing his bill, Doherty says "the game is up" for the insurance industry. Dual pricing, for the
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1/ Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the Gobi Altai earthquake in southern Mongolia. The earthquake created beautiful, fascinating ruptures that are preserved until today. I was lucky enough to
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“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” ― George Washington “The
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Women in Britain couldn't own property till the late 19th century, while British "civilized" us. In India they made property tradeable and by law only males could inherit it. (same
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Joe Biden emerged the victor over Donald Trump in a tight election that was not decided until days after the polls closed on Tuesday. Here arenumbers that help explain a
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#Language and #communication challenges of the #COVID19 crisisIn this thread students of the #Literacies unit at @MQLinguistics @TESOLatMQ @Macquarie_Uni share the key questions and findings of their research projects
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DOMINIONAn unbiased by-county analysis of over 3000 U.S. counties shows Joe Biden received 5.6 % more votes in counties using Dominion Voting Systems. "If a network system of computers was
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The 2020 US elections were a reality check for how fragile the legitimacy of elections really is. This is something that paper ballot advocates have been beating the drum on
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Trump Accomplishments ThreadRe-Tweet & share with friends!-1st President since 70s not to start a war-1st to enter office supporting gay marriage-1st to broker a peace deal leading to flights between
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1 in 8 Americans lives in a community that lost a local public health leader, our @AP @KHNews investigation foundLawmakers in 24 states are crafting legislation to strip public health
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Black Americans are receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans, according to our new @KHNews data analysis on the rollout“We are missing the boat on equity” @MarcusPlescia
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1/ My first estimate for USA Suicide Rates in 2020 is available. This scan represents my best effort to capture every reported number.Though the final rate for 2020 will likely
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