#Disasters

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

COVID Update August 5: Without universal coverage, COVID-19 might never end.Worse, without it, the US would become the magnet for all future pandemics. 1/ Americans didn’t get what they needed

Laura Hillis

laurahillis

So far 2020 has seen a lot of extreme weather events linked to #climatechange but these do not seem to be gaining the media coverage they normally would for obvious

mary thee drummer

MaryBadThings

I'm making a thread of orgs/places people can donate to to help folks in Texas:First up, Austin Urban League (@AAULTX) is hosting an emergency donation drive for housing insecure Texans

anpanman

spacanpanman

1/ $NPA merger w/ @ast_spacemobile: Invest in the Space Mobile Provider that Will Disrupt the Entire Wireless Industry. A Different Perspective on What's Really at Stake. Thread Below. @jimcramer @arkinvest

Eric Block

FortySixAnd2wo

CPS-corrupt government agency supplying global trafficking rings How are so many children taken every year? Who is taking them? What happens to them after being abducted? Every 40 seconds a

Prof Juju 🌍🌹🌱💙 #FreeDishaRavi #FarmersProtest

JKSteinberger

My main point is that we have "scientists" willing to put economic cost projection figures on devastating climate change: that it will "cost" x% of GDP growth going forward. These

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

I find solace in contextualizing the world around me through my study of history and archaeology. I hope we can all learn from itSo, buckle up, here’s my first thread

Anti-racist Geography Curriculum

ARgeogcurric

1/ THREAD: Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina became a disaster due to preventable failures in preparation and response strategies, compounded by systemic racism. In 2005, 67.3% of New Orleans’ population were African

Dr Aisha Ahmad

ProfAishaAhmad

Hey lovely folks! With vaccines on the way, we can finally see a light at the end of this pandemic tunnel. But we probably won’t get there before Christmas. So,

Black Socialists in America

BlackSocialists

Donald Lee Cox was one of the core leaders of the Black Panther Party.He was given the title “Field Marshal” due to his experience with weapons.Here are some final words

Patrick S. Tomlinson

stealthygeek

Thread time. This one may go on for a whiiile. I've been reading up on Elon Musk's plans for Mars colonization and... woof. We're not getting into the ethical arguments

Haleema Khalid

KHaleema746

AMAN-21 – A Diplomatic Victory for Pakistan?"The center of gravity of world affairs has left the Atlantic and moved to the Pacific and Indian Oceans."Henry Kissinger's Keynote Address, “Power Shifts

el gato malo

boriquagato

i have been resistant to accepting the "the WHO is now a bought and paid for propaganda arm" hypothesis, but this latest statement is such utter and complete bollocks that

Roger Pielke Jr.

RogerPielkeJr

My 2020 year-in-review thread1. A “Sedative” for Science Policy @ISSUESinST A critical look at Vannevar Bush's Science: The Endless Frontier at 75https://issues.org/endless-frontier-sedative-for-science-policy-pielke/ 2. Memo for Pr

Arpit Gupta

arpitrage

Thread on "In Search of the Origins of Financial Fluctuations" by @xgabaix and @rkoijen. One of the most exciting agendas in asset pricing. See video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnHosZPuKQ). They estimate $1b investment

Byzantine Emporia

byzantinemporia

THE DOME OF HAGIA SOPHIAWhy was the Hagia Sophia such an achievement? Not least because it was the world’s largest domed basilica for 1000 years.Domes in turn helped deal with

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