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Decent Work & Health

DecentWorkHlth

The federal government has announced a temporary national sick leave program. It will help some workers who need income support for leave related to COVID-19, but it’s not the permanent

'Hold The Line' Digital Krakens!

peatapann

Heinrich Mueller, the former head of the Gestapo, told his CIA Interrogator that the influenza pandemic of 1918-19, the most devastating plague in human history, was man-made.The "Spanish Flu" was

Dr SWIFT PARROT

teamswiftparrot

1/11: A few weeks ago we published a fun little study on the wing shapes of the grass parrots! I haven't talked about it much yet, so here's a little

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. A few weeks ago, several Italian doctors made quite a stir in the news. They claimed that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was "losing potency", and hinted at genetic changes in

Karthik Muralidharan

karthik_econ

In a new @nberpubs WP, with @renata__lemos & @danielascur, we show that the quality of school management (esp. people management) in Indian schools is strongly correlated with both teaching activity

David Kleimann

DavidKleimann

Some thoughts on the #EUTradeReview Annex on WTO reform that was released yesterday by @trade_eu. https://bit.ly/2Ncrt4o It reflects EU global governance leadership in action, quite clearly occupying large parts of

Nick Huber

sweatystartup

A THREAD that will allow you to fit right in around real estate Twitter.With terms, definitions and the basics of the lingo you need to know: NOI = net operating

Kevin R. McClure

kevinrmcclure

Two quick things about these cuts happening in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont.https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/04/boulder-arts-and-sciences-dean-wants-build-back-faculty-post-pandemic-one-non-tenure

Kate Chatfield

ChatfieldKate

Today, Justice Goodwin Liu issued a concurring opinion in a Denial of a Petition for Review. It is definitely worth reading. He is again writing for a very specific audience

Elizabeth Pancotti

ENPancotti

A lot of the attention this morning is on initial claims still being stubbornly high, but I want to talk through something else this morning. A, if you will. Here's

Arrow Type

ArrowType

Font thread on axis mapping & optical sizes:I received a question about testing mapped values in a variable font’s designspace, so I figured I should share the answer publicly, in

Greg Christie

Greg0706

1. Jamaica has improved 5 places in Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) Country Rankings. It has risen from position #74 out of 180 countries in 2019, to position

Will Kinney

WKCosmo

Hi. The actual universe does not obey time translation symmetry, which means that energy is not conserved. Wow this blew up. People are really attached to energy conservation! All right,

Summer Whitford

FoodAndWineDiva

Our fragile Democracy has always relied too heavily on the assumption of scruples and integrity of elected and appointed patronage rather than tested, proven career professionals with impeccable qualifications and

Chris Howard 🏆🏆🏆🏆

Chris_G_Howard

**THE TRUTH THAT NOBODY CAN HANDLE RE: CITY'S CAS VERDICT - A THREAD**First off the bat - and it's astonishing that this even needs to be said at all -

Robert McNees

mcnees

Physicist Polykarp Kusch was born #OTD in 1911. His measurements of the magnetic moment of the electron revealed that its value disagrees with naive predictions by a tiny amount —

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