1. Rwanda's first detected #Marburgwww.afro.who.int/countries/rw...
Brazzaville/Kigali – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying outbreak control efforts following the detection of Marburg virus disease, with 26 cases confirmed and six deaths reported currently.
UBI is proof that we do not actually care about evidence when it comes to policy, because I struggle to find a better example of something so consistently shown to be beneficial and yet it’s never even brought up as a serious option outside of endless pilot programs that all tell us the same thing
Universal Basic Income works literally every time. www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A.'s BIG:LEAP experiment gave monthly payments to poor families for a year with no strings attached. Recipients saw lasting benefits, a study finds.
Excellent collection of sources on how catastrophic the orange thing's policies would be for the economy from Jessica Craven's Chop Wood Carry Water substack newsletter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Trump promises to implement his national sales tax with or without Congress. According to conservative-leaning economists at the American Action Forum and the Tax Foundation, Trump’s middle class tax ...
The EU is giving €10bn in aid to European countries hit by the recent floods. Every such disaster will cost billions. We will spend big on climate, either way. But it's far more effective and humane to spend the money on prevention than on endlessly picking up the pieces.
Similarly true if Israel is allowed to annex territory in Gaza or Lebanon. We are facing a grave test of non proliferation especially
The Economist: "If Russia wins, no state, and no border would feel secure. And the world would enter a new era of imperialist wars of conquest." A brilliant piece in the Economist magazine from the author of “Sapiens” Yuval Noah Harari. Via @rshereme on X Readable link here: archive.md/T8cAi
Non-Western powers have a stake in bringing peace to Ukraine, argues the historian
Thinking about my maternal grandfather, who was largely distrustful of doctors. But when I asked him about his smallpox vaccine scar and why he did it, he got very serious and said “If they make a vaccine, you take it. The alternative is always worse.”
👇🇺🇸"'Real peril': Expert says growing religious group seeks world domination with Trump's help" #Trump#NewApostolicReformation#ExtremeEvangelists#Theocracy#AmericanTaliban#CPeterWagner
A powerful fringe Christian movement behind the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attacks believes former President Donald Trump will help them take over the world, a theologian reveals in his soon-to-be published ...
Good to see more center left media voices pointing out the GOP’s embrace of fascist rhetoric and policies. This is much worse than 2016 or 2020. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Words have power. If not wielded responsibly, they can lead to political violence.
As the gulf is about to be hit, again!!!🌴🌦️⛈️ This is a good time to remind folks on the Gulf Coast to review what Project 2025 plans for hurricane predictions and relief.