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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
The lack of investment in next-gen vaccines, along with things like better ventilation, is aggravating. My semi-hot take is that both COVID hawks and doves associate COVID prevention with personal sacrifice and overlook win-win solutions that don't involve much sacrifice.
Eric Topol @EricTopol
"These kinds of vaccines could buy us long-lasting protection against infections and disease. When combined together, our armamentarium for fighting Covid is growing"
On the potential of nasal and pan-β-coronavirus vaccines
https://t.co/UhoGKQdBFO by @deeptabhattacha @nytopinion
4:00 PM · Jun 13, 2022
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We shouldn't be looking for fights, we should be looking for wins.
Adam Steinbaugh@adamsteinbaugh
How much can you learn from a still photograph
Joseph Cox @josephfcox
Texas police are refusing to release the bodycam footage of the Uvlade school shooting to Motherboard because they claim it could be used by other shooters to determine "weaknesses" in cop response to crimes. Asked state Attorney General to block release https://t.co/uh6vPxOeFb
4:10 PM · Jun 13, 2022
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There were a lot of takes on this little tidbit of news, but I thought this was the funniest.
Turner Novak 🍌🧢@TurnerNovak
this is the most insane account on TikTok
2:37 AM · Jun 10, 2022
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Once it's possible for a human to do this, I suspect this process is automatable.
Will Manidis@WillManidis
Freeport, one of the largest US plants exporting liquefied natural gas, exploded on Wednesday.
Freeport represents a critical piece of infrastructure in Europe's divestment from Russian oil. Yet this story is almost no where in the mainsteam news, so let's dig in.
2:00 PM · Jun 13, 2022
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There's a bit more detail if you click through for the full thread, but the key item is that Natural Gas prices shot up 30% in the UK immediately afterwards.
Ryan Grim@ryangrim
The destructive capacity of the new culture inside progressive organizations is so great, it feels almost deliberate, according to some. New story here: theintercept.com/2022/06/13/pro…
11:31 PM · Jun 13, 2022
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Hopefully this is a bit of a wake-up call, we really need things functioning better as we get into the midterms.