#Mechanisms

Tiago C. Peixoto

participatory

The article by @MaryAnastasiaOG in the @WSJ depicting participatory budgeting (PB) as a “way to circumvent election results”, conflating it with mob rule is unfortunate. Beyond offending Latin Americans, the

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kavakian9

I wonder when people will realize that West Asians, Middle Easterners & North Africans are caught in a racial paradox in the US. We can't understand the full extent of

Colin Lewis

colinalewis

Going to do more here about some of the stuff that I've been working on for a while & share it - I don't mind if some of you know

Eduardo Sampaio

OctoEduardo

Octopuses punch fishes. YES. OCTOPUSES. PUNCH. FISHES!! Our new paper is out on @ESAEcology, showing that octos express this behavior during collaborative hunting with other fishes. This was probably the

Jacobus Cilliers

JacobusCilliers

Stop press! We have a new working paper, experimentally comparing In-person with Virtual coaching of South African teachers. https://tinyurl.com/yy2d8x4k . This is important evidence for any org/gov planning to provide virtual

Rakesh Parashar

Ra_Parashar

Thread- NFHS5 results show increasing private expenses by service users in govt. facilities. Center declared 'ZERO expense' by users, on anything related to childbirth in public hospitals in 2011(JSSK). What

David Weston FCCT

informed_edu

Just finished reading this *fascinating* paper The Origins and Psychology of Human Cooperation by @JoHenrich and @mmuthukrishna about how the rapid evolution of cultural norms allowed co-operation at different scales.

UNDP in Moldova 🇲🇩

UNDPMoldova

Have you ever visited or heard of Wittgenstein family grave from Camenca? Learn more about #culturalheritage of #Moldova and this could be 1/10 monuments to be restored with @eu_near support.

Ian Birrell

ianbirrell

Some quotes from self-declared superforecaster Dominic Cummings that are interesting in light of the PM's refusal to hire anyone that challenges him and this government's shambolic incompetence on everything from

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Read this story and weep. This, after masks, is the biggest failure—both scientific and communication—of the pandemic in Western nations: the airborne nature of the pathogen. CDC changed this guidance

Serina Chang

serinachang5

Check out our new paper in @nature, “Mobility network models of COVID-19 explain inequities and inform reopening”! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2923-3 @2plus2make5 @PangWeiKoh @jalinegerardin @beth_redbird @davidgrusky @ju

Shirley Tillotson

stillots1

It is the dismal duty of historians to recount periodic reinventions of the wheel. Juggling tax powers across jurisdictions is one such wheel. And yes, I think there’s a lesson

Joshua D. Rhodes

joshdr83

ERCOT, the Q&A thread [so far].Q: What is going on?A: The current weather event in Texas is beyond anything that we have experienced in modern memory. I don’t recall another

Hardy AIM 🎯

AimHardy

#RENE Totally agree $CDAK are around 18months further advanced in the development of Exosomes (delivery vehicle)#RENE Mcap= £60m$CDAK MCap= $591m3 Companies evaluating RENE's platformCurrently snowed under with demand off other

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

NIH launches study on allergic reactions caused by Pfizer's vaccineI’m very concerned about a small but far from vanishingly small number of severe allergic type reactions, called anaphylaxis (“without protection”).When

Gustavo de Carvalho

gb_decarvalho

Assessing South Africa's final presidency and month in the UN Security Council gives interesting views on how it aims to close its UNSC gig. First, doesn't seem likely the country

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