Can’t tell if the selection is ‘random’ (although the unwariness suggests so) but they’re each thoughtful commentar..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…lm
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Struggling to believe this: Morrison ‘fires’ the CEO of a crucial agency, AusPost, over 12k incentives but lines up..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zm
j_b_curran From my column in tomorrow’s AFR on the Morrison/Suga meeting in Tokyo. “Make no mistake. This agreement is a big d..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…SV
“Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours”. Perhaps obvious when you think about it. But sobering, t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…b7
Brilliant: “2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents. Syn. –twitter.com/i/web/status/1…bf9a
Websters’ 1913 on your Mac the easy way. A brilliant dictionary (jsomers.net/blog/dictionary) beautifully formatted. Do..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…mC
“The Machinery of Life” by David Goodsell. Beautiful illustrations and (apparently) clear explanations of the aston..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…sx
I think Hofstadter has long been right to put analogizing at the core of natural language & ‘intelligence’. But it’..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…9r
“Imagine a flashy spaceship lands in your backyard. The door opens and you are invited to investigate everything to..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…M5
RNA vaccine mechanism? “As an example, if only 0.02% of a typical eukaryotic cell’s surface has a receptor for p, t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…17
Kenneth72712993 New Randomized Controlled Trial on mask use effectiveness in preventing COVID infection:
Infection rate:
2.0% of t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…LP
Large (~5500) randomised control trial in DK shows no conclusive evidence that masks inhibit COVID-19 transmission,..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…In
LouiseStaley VIC unemployment numbers courtesy of Daniel Andrews.
8.8% women unemployed: highest this century
146,500 women unem..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…PJ
This speculation in WAPO that a Biden Admin will use trade sanctions to “punish” AU over fossil fuel policies seems..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ew
Adam_Creighton “Interesting how much bureaucracy, provision of recourse rights and natural justice attaches to most decision-makin..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Zb
Adam_Creighton Just when you thought you’d had enough scary and ridiculous predictions for one year, along comes Deloitte Access E..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…40
RT @insteconomics: The 26th Global Trade Alert report finds Australia and Mexico have inflicted the lowest
number of negative spillovers on…
bach_mp Breaking - Contact Tracing Inquiry
Chief Scientist says Vic’s antiquated paper-based system, which remained in pla..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…vk
RT @insteconomics: I make the broader case for a scaled-up system of managed isolation and quarantine in my new report for @USSC https://t….
(OMG!) Don’t Panic! Due to the accelerated rotation of the earth, we’ve entered a rare ‘Leap Second Hiatus’! For th..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…H9
pwafork Wouldn’t it be amazing if this country had some level of government, maybe with someone of authority at the head of..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…l5
SteveStuWill Does reducing child mortality result in overpopulation? No. When child mortality falls, people start having fewer c..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…op
@henrysgao @snlester 1. Maybe. 2. Doubt it. You’d have to show a determinative marg of preference. Trade diversion..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…HL