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bit.ly/3f1JxYu Modeling of Future COVID-19 Cases.... Rebecca K. Borchering, PhD1*; Cécile Viboud, PhD2*; Emily Howerton1; Claire P. Smith3; Shaun Truelove, PhD3; Michael C. Runge, PhD4; Nicholas G. Reich, PhD5; Lucie Contamin, MS6; John Levander6; Jessica Salerno, MPH6…
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wapo.st/3eiPZeF Opinion: Liz Cheney: The GOP is at a turning point. History is watching us.. Republicans must decide whether we are going to choose truth and fidelity to the Constitution.
cnb.cx/3tlgYL2 U.S. backs Covid vaccine intellectual property waivers to expand access to shots worldwide. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
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bit.ly/3xXIMJ1 The miracle of the commons. In December 1968, the ecologist and biologist Garrett Hardin had an essay published in the journal Science called ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’. His proposition was simple and unsparing: humans, when left to their own devices, …
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bit.ly/3nPrc52 Horizon Europe and Citizen Engagement: why you should use Semantic Social Network Analysis on your qualitative data. An event for individuals and organizations that are looking into the opportunities under Horizon Europe - €100 billion research and i…
nyti.ms/3eYA8ku Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy. President Biden’s early success in getting Americans vaccinated, pushing out stimulus checks and generally calming the surface of American life has been a blessing for the country.
bit.ly/2PNHvCP The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you. Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people an…
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nyti.ms/3te8MMl A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment. In an important step toward medical approval, MDMA, the illegal drug popularly known as Ecstasy or Molly, was shown to bring relief to those suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder whe…
nyti.ms/2SpHBBG Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe. Widely circulating coronavirus variants and persistent hesitancy about vaccines will keep the goal out of reach. The virus is here to stay, but vaccinating the most vulnerable may be …
wapo.st/3eQ6yxA The politicians who tried to overturn an election — and the local news team that won’t let anyone forget it. While Sunday shows keep booking the lawmakers who undermined democracy, one public radio station set out to keep that fact in the foreground.
bit.ly/2RiKQdH This is Why the World is Facing a Covid Apocalypse. This post is going to make some of you angry, chill some of you, and make some of you weep with despair. You should. By now, you’re beginning to read stories of Covid apocalypse in countries like India.…
bit.ly/3ubvmqj ‘Historic’ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough. Germany’s supreme constitutional court has ruled that the government’s climate protection measures are insufficient to protect future generations, following a complaint brought by environmenta…
bit.ly/32Ze3Nf ‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe. During a particularly polarising election campaign in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, waded into the fray to stir things …
nyti.ms/32VHLTi F.B.I. Searches Giuliani’s Home and Office, Seizing Phones and Computers. Prosecutors obtained the search warrants as part of an investigation into whether Rudy Giuliani broke lobbying laws when he was President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer. Federal…
bit.ly/3aP1WXl The Slow Demise of Loconomics. Loconomics, a startup that offered shared services to freelancers, became a darling of academics and allies interested in platform cooperativism. But while academics secured grants, Loconomics struggled to gain traction.
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bit.ly/32ZkRu9 Hollywood Lobbyists Intervene Against Proposal to Share Vaccine Technology. Many industries across the U.S.
bit.ly/3dVmqj7 🚨 What really happened at Basecamp. The controversy that embroiled enterprise software maker Basecamp this week began more than a decade ago, with a simple list of customers. Around 2009, Basecamp customer service representatives began keeping a list…
nyti.ms/32P6oku Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42. If you are reading this obituary online, you owe your digital safety to him. Daniel Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died o…
bit.ly/3gIdoYM Facebook Stopped Employees From Reading An Internal Report About Its Role In The Insurrection. You Can Read It Here.. After BuzzFeed News reported on an internal document that examined the social network’s failings leading up to the Capitol riot, many of…
bit.ly/3vppBFw Bill Gates says no to sharing vaccine formulas with global poor to end pandemic. This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely.
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