#Structural

Amel

AmelOmari

I started listening to "Caste" by @Isabelwilkerson on audiobook because I loved her book on the Great Migration. But I didn't expect "Caste" to add so much to my thinking

BrickzWithTipz 🧱🏘🔑

BrickzwithTipz

The New Help to Buy Scheme is Here This new revised scheme will run from 2021 to 2023 allowing first time buyers to reserve their new build property as early

Ross Douthat

DouthatNYT

Let's do a thread on my Sunday column, which provoked some understandably strong reactions:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/opinion/sunday/covid-19-trump.html Some of those reactions were misreadings, so it's worth emphasizing:I t

Sprint Science

spikesonly

(A Thread) Reading this morning my collection of old transcriptions from 40 years ago to help share some background. Instead of repeating myself every few years with the same old

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

OlufemiOTaiwo

reacting to a few different things (some of which are on Twitter), but not a subtweet: I see two well-intentioned norms floating around these days.1) You *must* address justice issues

Shane Parrish

ShaneAParrish

Some heuristics to make decisions. Please add your own and challenge these. 1. Schedule time to think. 2. When considering options, watch your heart rate. 3. If all things are

Ellen Carmichael

ellencarmichael

Where do conservatives go from here? A thread: Perhaps the answer for conservatives is a middle ground between populism and libertarianism.It is a movement that is responsible, empathetic, inclusive and

Yawu Miller

YawuMiller

Boston City Councilors begin discussion of vote for/against mayor's budget.First up, Bok says she's voting yes.Says spending in budget can set high watermark. Says colleagues are gambling with salaries in

Helen Rosner

hels

Today I've been revisiting all the "Where Are All The Women Chefs?" pieces from the last ~15 years, and it's overwhelming how virtually all of them boil down to folks

Matt Chingos

chingos

Should President Biden cancel student debt through executive action? I've read smart folks weigh in on both sides of this question, so I thought a quick thread of pros/cons might

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

Perhaps it's unsurprising that a billionaire has no interest in structural and political change. But @BillGates's belief that he can save the planet with technologies alone, while dissing popular movements

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

One thing I like to focus on in teaching about World War One is just how little the public understood the danger. Here is the NY Times front page on

Lindsay Wiley

ProfLWiley

Some of what we've learned about health behavior re: chronic disease prevention is highly applicable to pandemic mitigation.... E.g., this from @Lucy_WellNow: https://lucyaphramor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/NHD-Extra-Lucy-Aphramor.p

Céspedes Family BBQ

CespedesBBQ

totally understand if you missed the Yankees MiLB affiliation shuffle from this weekend, but just know that it is very much the tip of the iceberg and this is just

Vani Saraswathi

vanish_forever

According to this writer, workers being allowed to change jobs or leave the country without their sponsor’s permission equals extortion of Qataris/Qatari businesses. Someone needs to remind her that slavery

Areeq Chowdhury

AreeqChowdhury

The narrative on "BAME vaccine hesitancy" is flawed and based on weak data. Short thread on why I think we should reconsider our use of the phrase. Following anecdotal

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