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"The government has launched legal action against a London council over plans to close schools".This first sentence hints towards the massive unanswered question in UK education that very rarely gets
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Today's ebay arrival is the Ollivetti Quaderno! This is a neat 1992 subnotebook computer. Slightly bigger than a palmtop, smaller than a laptop, it's a tiny super-portable machine. This one's
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It has been difficult for me to engage w/ largely dismissive criticisms of #Nigeria’s move to close its land borders with #Benin & #Niger to address rampant smuggling and #Benin’s
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Every major news outlet, med student, and smartphone-possessing parent has been sharing the exciting prospect of two(!!) potentially efficacious COVID-19 vaccines, but we, as members of privileged societies, are already
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A virtual meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy is getting underway. On the agenda: the contract with test-maker Pearson to provide a gifted-and-talented entrance exam to be given this
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WHY IT TAKES AGES FOR LAND BOARDS TO AVAIL LAND FOR ALLOCATION TO BATSWANA A THREADMany Batswana, including yours truly have seen several years (running into a couple of decades
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I think the @NMDEMS need to come to accountability for their complete destruction of our economy with 3 mos time. Those jobs lost, businesses lost, are not someone's imagination. There
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A thread on observations about the behavior of Next Billion Users (NBU) and how they use products and services we build: 1/n I have spent the last few months in
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I'm really excited that this paper is finally out (+ open access). This was the main project I worked on for three years as a postdoc: trying to figure out
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My top books I read in 2020A thread... Almanack of Naval RavikantWhat a stunning and thoughtful compilation of @naval's work and words. I predict that this is going to define
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In light of how the world has shifted I've changed a) the types of things I tweet about & b) the frequency. This one offers templates, thoughts, resources & advice
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COVID Update July 9: Donald Trump is insisting schools open or he’s threatening withhold federal money.Forgive me if I’m not convinced of his commitment to kids. 1/ Being pro-child should
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IT HAS ARRIVEDParris Campbell an (injury) //THREAD\\ Parris Campbell was drafted 59th overall (2nd round) by the Colts 16 picks before his teammate, the stud himself, Terry Mclaurin. Unfortunately, Injuries
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It only took 65 years, but the world's pre-eminent data source for historical energy consumption has a new unit: Exajoules, not million tonnes of oil equivalent. A small thing, and
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"It puts the database on its browser skin, or else it gets the hose again." This task occupies the daily life of a great many programmers. Today, I want to
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#ThreadWhat it’s like having a meltdown. A personal autistic perspective. For me it’s a bit like noticing a pan of milk is just about to boil over. It’s clear it’s
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