#Governments

Four days after #WMATA GM Paul Wiedefeld proposes MAJOR cuts (https://dcist.com/story/20/11/30/dc-metro-proposes-reducing-service-cutting-weekend-trains/), now Metro's board gets to hear and respond to the budget.Follow live here (or fo
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Last Friday I had the opportunity to present on cyber crime issues during @CrimConOrg. It was super tough to do as presentations were only 10 minutes long. I think I
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Good(ish) morning! I'd like to share this paper we wrote that came out yesterday in @NatureEnergyJnl . It's one of the proudest moments in my academic life and I think
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This is a characteristically thoughtful column and I have some thoughts. Read it first and I'll post my own below it.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/media/capitol-anthime-gionet-buzzfeed-vine.html I've always thought in
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To meet carbon reduction targets & stay below 1.5ºC – we need to retrofit a lot of buildings. We're talking roughly 1 house every 20 seconds between now & 2050
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what's going on in India right now: a summarised thread (please retweet) I'm sure you've seen this tweet from Rihanna (and perhaps similar ones from other celebrities)– which is now
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Reading this piece on NY killing lots of gas projects (YESSS!) and comparing it to our gas compressor fight here in Weymouth, MA.TL;DR? We need some NY in MA. 1/https://grist.org/fix/how-activists-shut-down-key-pipeline-projects-new-york/
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This @TheAusInstitute report from 2000 makes depressing reading. As a kid in a one-parent family I remember how fucked things were then.It shows how many of the most evil parts
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1. There’s nothing wrong with treating American politics like a sport as long as everyone involved in the competition is playing the same sport by the same rules. 2. There’s
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Why Puntland needs decentralization: A Thread Decentralization was key behind Puntland's formation. Bottom-up state building led to a state entity capable of securing its lands and creating a financially self
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Here's 100 confirmed conspiracies from the last 75 years. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!Purpose: To indicate why we have a RIGHT to be skeptical and critical to our
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Welcome to the #crypto rodeo folks -- as we settle in for 2021, here is what we think is in store: /1.0/ - #Bitcoin : get your chum buckets
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1. How many governments must the US topple before Americans realize that we are systematically dismantling Israel's enemies one by one? How long until Americans realize Washington and the West
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Since this tweet/picture of Modi with:Tony BlairJohn HowardHenry KissingerRobert GatesCondoleezza ricebeen thinking what connection these War Criminals & Violators of Global Human Rights could possibly have with our PM ji.Answer
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1/ A TaskRabbit contractor in San Antonio told me he stumbled onto a warehouse where people were repackaging non-medical Chinese masks so they could pass for medical use and be
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It’s 3 months since something ‘shifted’ within the British media.The warnings had been there since the start of the pandemic (see this article from 13 March) but, in my view,
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