#Billion

Matt O'Brien

ObsoleteDogma

This is innumeracy masquerading as accountability. $1.4 billion out of $269 billion—a 0.5% error rate—going to people it shouldn’t have really isn’t that big a deal for money that had

bhanu pratap singh tanwar

_bpst

‘Digital Romance’ / ‘Forbidden Love’ / 'Online Chatting'A thread on next billion internet users and ‘FRND’-ship(1/n) In 2020, offline dating still has a stigma associated with itBoys and Girls barely

Jacob Leibenluft

jleibenluft

Quick thread: the Trump admin has been pretty unclear about what it means by an "EO on unemployment insurance," but the main idea I've seen floated is notable in both

Trevor Tombe

trevortombe

Perspective: at $170/t, an Alberta family of four would see rebate values of roughly $3,200 per year ($800 per quarter), factoring in GHG reduction estimates from @enviroeconomics.Many will ignore the

Bloomberg CityLab

CityLab

1/ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has unveiled legislation that offers billions in federal dollars for cities willing to demolish urban highways that razed or divided neighborhoods decades ago.https://bloom.bg/3pMf9pl 2/

Nearly Legal

nearlylegal

Some thoughts ahead of the debate on building safety and the costs of remediation that Labour intend to force on Monday, and on the cladding/fire safety fiasco in general. This

Zoro

OnepieceZORO85

Ok so I’ll do my thread today on the FAA 107 drone license. This thread will consist of the drone industry, why you should get a license, the future of

Luke Donay 📈🚀💰

LukeDonay

It’s time to talk about another iconic brand. Here is the breakdown on $SBUX, otherwise known as Starbucks.Current Price: $96.8152/Wk High: $107.7552/Wk Low: $50.02Dividend: $0.45 / 1.83% YieldMarket Cap: $114.0

Bryce Oates

OatesBryce

At today's House Ag Committee meeting, new Chair @repdavidscott is making an impassioned plea right now to members to take climate action. And to take immediate action to address black

Eliezer Yudkowsky

ESYudkowsky

Remember: If it had been legal to sell half of the first million doses of vaccine for $10,000 each, BioNTech could've easily gotten a $5 billion loan in April, and

Andrew Chen

andrewchen

The Dumb Idea Paradox. Why great ideas often start out by sounding dumb. Thread 0/ when you meet an early consumer startup, there's often not much to judge it

The Pew Trusts

pewtrusts

Fact: Since 2000, floods have cost the United States more than $845 billion in damage to homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure. [thread] Every dollar spent on flood risk reduction saves

Alec Stapp

AlecStapp

A lot of hindsight bias regarding Facebook's acquisition of Instagram.Today, everyone thinks it was obvious that Instagram was going to become a huge business.But that's not what people were saying

Robert Falconer

RRFalconer

The projection used in the report cited here and in other outlets is based on an extremely poor interpretation and use of data. Thread. 1/9https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/09/climate-crisis-could-displace-12bn-people-by-2050

Jorge Conde

JorgeCondeBio

Thanks for joining @a16z bio on @joinClubhouse!We talked about biotech’s beginnings. The closest thing we have to a Hewlett-Packard ‘two-guys-in-a-garage’ origin story is Robert Swanson & Herb Boyer teaming up

Julie Hauserman

jhauserman

Thread. Since I see the media myth of #Florida @GovRonDeSantis being some sort of environmental champion is inexplicably surfacing again, here's a little factual rundown of the truly damaging things

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