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Our analysis of pandemic excess deaths for the Nordic countries 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪is now published. #tldr:
-major dependencies on method and time-period used
-unusual 2018/2019 mortality years affect estimates
-concerns about @IHME_UW model. /1
doi.org/10.1093/ije/dy…
IHME @IHME_UW (doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…) is a major outlier, giving 2x total Nordic excess death vs. other models. Our estimate of IHME expected deaths (red) seem inconsistent with register data and substantially too low, causing too high excess deaths for 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪. /2
IHME also gives implausible reporting ratios and IFRs, e.g., 🇩🇰 & 🇫🇮 several-fold worse at identifying covid-deaths and much more lethal infections than 🇳🇴 and 🇸🇪 -errors explained by erroneous death estimates. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-… /3
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Thread: Texas governors choose who sits on university boards.

And Gov. Greg Abbott has continued a trend seen before — especially during the Perry years — to appoint campaign donors as regents.

Buckle up for a #tldr breakdown:

texastribune.org/2022/10/18/gre…
Our analysis shows:

- 70% of appointed university regents in TX have given to Abbott since 2013

- about 30% of the appointees have given more than $100,000 each

This includes $ from spouses & regents' biz if they are founder/CEO. It excludes student regents who cannot vote.
We found that the larger & more prestigious the university system, the more likely its board is to be stacked with deep-pocketed donors.

UT System: 1 appointee is not a donor.
A&M System:  8/10 appointees have given more than $200,000
UH System: 7/10 have given at least $80K
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Okay @IranahPris and #naccb2022, here’s a not so short 🧵

But let’s try not to open Pandora’s Box

***Note: @ConSocSci 🤖 retweets #HumanDimensions #ConSocSci #MarSocSci #EnvSocSci #EnvHum #EnvHis #EnvPsych #ConPsych #SocEcoSys. Original content and replies will be limited.
@IranahPris 2/
If you must do a survey, if it’s the appropriate method, a good starting point is to remember people are just people, not your guaranteed respondents; treat them like people and design your survey accordingly
@IranahPris 3/
And the “survey” includes all component of research design, sampling, etc., not just your instrument/questionnaire. DO NOT start with the qnr, start with your purpose, aims, questions, goals
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Really chuffed to share our latest work from Sanjana Lab out in @nature today (nature.com/articles/s4158…).

We tested >12,000 genes to find positive regulators of T cell proliferation to be used for next-gen #immunotherapies.

A thread...
(2/28) T cell therapies have shown the potential to cure patients from #cancer – but even in B cell cancers, relapses outnumber cures… One of the problems is limited T cell persistence. #celltherapy #CARTcell
(3/28) We wanted to find new genes (including genes never expressed in T cells) that could improve T cell persistence. Now, the question was: should we use #crispr activation or directly deliver target genes on a #lentivirus?
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1/n It seems that these are trying times in #Ukraine at the moment, for those in that country with a slightly dark sense of humour this #Discworld reading list may be morale building & also informative in your current situation
2/n #GNUTerryPratchett also has a range of books more suitable to the younger reader & may also be a good distraction if you can get hold of them in your current situation see full reading list below.
3/n The real point of this thread is to get some ideas to @DefenceU & people of #Ukraine on how to #StopTheWar by persuading the Russians currently in #Ukraine to cease their actions & go home, by the very careless use of words to paint a vivid picture of some of their possible
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LOL prepping for @gregoryawilson presentation to his students tomorrow on writing as an #SFFPoet from the SEA Diaspora & his poor students are going to run into so many tangents on my twitter this week. SORRY, KIDS. But for sure, start here at least:
@gregoryawilson The @SahtuPress study guide is really an initial consolidated start for students doing full research projects on my work. I find it a bit #TLDR but it is useful: sahtu.press/articles/2022-…
The Wikipedia entry on my work is mostly up to date:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Tha…
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Last two days, we went through the context of this opportunity to explore #BuildingaBetterEconomy and the current state of the world. Today we are going to do a #causaanalysis of this state. #Chapter3
Capital Accumulation is a function of the below parameters
- A systematic risk and skewed incentives in the system.
- A gaping problem with modern econ theories and modern financial systems.
- Centralization of data/information with powerful tools to exploit them.
1. Between March 18, 2020, and April 12, 2021, the collective wealth of American billionaires leaped by $1.62 trillion, or 55%, from $2.95 trillion to $4.56 trillion. The reference here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
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Nogmaals het Corona-wat-vandaag-gebeurt-heeft-over-3weken-gevolgen draadje. Nu uitgewerkt.
#tldr:
Vandaag 12700 nieuwe #covid19 gevallen betekent:
- over 10 dagen 300 opnames ziekenhuis (per dag)
- over 15 dagen 60 opnames IC (per dag)
- over 20 dagen 50 doden (per dag)
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Dan even uitgewerkt. In bovenstaande grafiek staan de berekeningen van de effect rekening houdend met de bekende vertraging. Dus eerst bovenste grafiek. Tussen 1e ziektedag en opname ziekenhuis ligt gemiddeld 10 dagen.
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Bij ontwikkeling laatste weken gaat 2,3% van positieve gevallen na 10 dagen naar ziekenhuis. 2,3% van 12700 = 300.
De vertraging vanaf ziek worden tot IC is ongeveer 15 dagen. De middelste lijn geeft daar het percentage dan weer van aan.
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Huomentapäivää! Tervetuloa twitter-luennolle. Tässä ketjussa käydään läpi TAKO-seminaarissa pitämäni esitelmä, jossa selviää missä saa kuvata.
Kuvaamista koskeva lainsäädäntö on suhteellisen simppeliä. Käydään ensin läpi muutama asia, jotka jokaisen kuvaajan tulisi tietää.
Jos haluat tiivistelmän tästä esitelmästä, se on tämä: Suomessa julkisella paikalla saa aina kuvata. #tldr
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👉 Lessons I learned on & about #MedTwitter

A 🧵 about my journey exploring what’s beyond being #professional as a 🩺 #SoMe user

#TLDR: Aim for fulfilled & happy & kind ➕ a healthier 🪢 with technology 📱💻
🤔 why I made this 🧵?

I was asked to give a talk: 'How to be professional on social media' at #ESPNIC2021 for #YoungESPNIC and other participants of the congress

❗️But I felt we could be aiming for so much more than #Professional

So here we are👇
Experts talk about #SoMe as a non-binary thing: it isn’t like you use it or not, because it’s already everywhere. Others say it is actually harder to ignore it.

đź‘Ą If you come aboard, do it mindfully
⛔️ Staying out intentionally is an option
⚠️ Avoid the half-in/half-out state
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🚨 What are the political consequences of pandemics? 🚨

D. Gingerich & I analyze history’s deadliest #pandemic in a brand new @World_Pol article: “Pandemics & Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the #BlackDeath in Germany”

doi.org/10.1017/S00438…

#polisciresearch 🧵 Image
Brief summary (#TLDR): The Black Death (BD) had a significant long-term impact on Germany’s political development. Hard-hit areas introduced proto-democratic institutions; sustained experiences with participative government later helped reject antidemocratic & illiberal parties. Image
Long overview (starting here): In 1347, Europe was hit by a pandemic that killed 30–60% of its population: the BD. It had a major impact on medieval society which was based on feudalism/serfdom. Yet the BD’s impact varied greatly across space, leading to divergence in its impact. Image
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THREAD 1/n: @merrionstreet @Dept_ECC: does the proposed new Irish climate action law actually, legally, COMMIT to stringent GHG emissions reduction over the period 2021-2030? (#spoileralert: “Probably not.”)
2/n: The IE Govt claims explicitly that “few, if any, countries have legislated for as steep an emissions reduction” as required by this bill: irishtimes.com/news/politics/…
3/n: However: Prof John Sweeney, @AndrewLRJackson and I wrote to the Govt on 14th April pointing out that the relevant section of the Bill (inserting a new s. 6A(5) in the existing 2015 Act) was defective in both law and science: docs.google.com/a/dcu.ie/viewe…
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[Short? thread 1/n] The new Irish Climate Action Bill is now in Select Committee stage. The full list of proposed amendments is here: data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…
[2/n] Dedicated followers [?] will recall that I, together with Prof. John Sweeney and @AndrewLRJackson previously raised significant concerns about the way the "2021-2030 interim target" was being transposed into the Bill:
[3/n] #TLDR: the 2020 Programme for Government committed to "to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 (a 51% reduction over the decade)". Govt subsequently agreed to put this on a binding statutory basis via the new Bill...
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Now you know all the things #AdamSmith has to say about what the government should spend money on. But that money's gotta come from somewhere. What does #WealthOfNations say about how governments should get money to spend? (V.ii.) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
I know the tax nerds have been waiting for this chapter (we ❤ you, nerds), but first Smith wants to talk about other sources of revenue "which may peculiarly belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth". (V.ii.a) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
IOW, before we get to taxes we've gotta cover businesses run by the sovereign (like the post office), public banks, public lending, and revenue from public lands.

But don't worry, we can do that pretty quickly...ish. (V.ii.a) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ROADS?
Yes, #adasmSmith says sovereigns should also maintain public institutions and public works that are good for society but that people won’t pay for on their own. (V.i.c.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
And yes, this category of expenses includes education, about which more later. We promise. (V.i.c.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
The first kind of public works Smith is concerned with are the kind that facilitate commerce in general. Like ROADS. (V.i.d.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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Yesterday #AdamSmith outlined the first duty of the sovereign—protecting the nation from attack. The second duty of the sovereign is protecting individuals from each other aka administering justice. (V.i.b.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Just as defense gets more complicated and expensive as societies develop, so does the process of administering justice. (V.i.b.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
In nations of hunters, where there is little private property, there’s little need for complex justice. We may do violence to each other out of anger or other passions, but we really don’t give in to that very often. (V.i.b.2) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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It's been a whole day since we tweeted Part 2 of this chapter, so let us remind you: #AdamSmith just said that the colonies got nothing that helped them succeed from the mother country. (IV.vii.c) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
So these two opening sentences are pretty heckin’ sarcastic:
Now we've seen the great advantages the colonies got (they got nothing!) (IV.vii.c.1)
So what have been the great advantages to Europe! (IV.vii.c.2)

Seems like there’s a...tone there. #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Europeans buy goods from America, and Americans buy European goods as well. Even countries that don’t trade directly with America have benefited. (IV.vii.c.3–8) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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Dear Smithketeers. Over many chapters of #WealthOfNations, we've grown close. We were even going to ask all of you to be our Valentines.
And we have to tell you:

The title of Book IV Chapter 6, "Of Treaties of Commerce", is a lie. (IV .vi) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
More like, "Of the reasons the Author is opposed to Treaties generally and the Treaty with Portugal in particular." (IV .vi) #WealthOfTweets
But FINE. Here we go:

Countries that bind themselves via a treaty to offer special treatment to the merchants and manufacturers of another country are granting them a sort of monopoly over their market. (IV. vi.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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#AdamSmith, #WealthOfNations, and #CornLaws!
What more could you possibly want on a Saturday morning? (IV.v.b) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Yes, it’s the Digression Concerning the Corn Trade and Corn Laws! We can barely contain ourselves long enough to remind you that “corn” doesn’t mean 🌽 It means the principal cereal crop of a nation. (We keep saying so because we keep forgetting.) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
#TLDR on #AdamSmith’s thoughts on the Corn Laws:

They’re bad. (IV.v.b.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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Today #AdamSmith is talking about stuff that sounds pretty contemporary. But remember: it's 240 years old. Today it's all about attempts by the political system to manipulate the balance of trade. (IV.iii.) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
The "Commercial System" that Smith is talking about here is also called the mercantile system, or mercantilism. (IV.iii.) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
The gist of mercantilism is:
- If your imports and exports are equal, that's fair. But,
- If you export more than you import, you bring in silver. That's good! And,
- If you import more than you export, you pay out silver. That's bad.
(IV.iii.) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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Good morning #AdamSmith fans! Today we're talkin' stock lent at interest. It's always considered a form of capital. (I.iv.1) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Stock lent at interest can be used for consumption or the borrower may use it as capital. If it's used as capital, the borrower can use the profits on their stock to repay the loan and pay back interest—this, says Smith, is more common. (II.iv.1–2) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Unless the borrower is a country gentleman. No one expects much of those guys. #Ouch (II.iv.3)
dailymotion.com/video/x2hwqln
#WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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The second half of #WealthOfNations Book 2, Chapter 2 is all about banks. Once you invent money, you have to have somewhere to put it, I suppose. #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Banks. You give 'em paper money for the very first time and crazy things can happen! Like what, you ask? Oh, we're so glad you asked. (II.ii.29) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
Or maybe...not so crazy? A lot of what Smith’s explaining here seems super obvious to us now—you can charge interest on paper money! Fractional reserve banking is a thing! Just like paper money, huge mental adjustments for the 18thC. (II.ii.29–30) #WealthOfTweets #SmithTweets
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So, Bhavdip Sanghavi (@bhavdip143), profiteer of the pump-and-dump or stock picking guru? Read on to find out… #tldr #hesaguru
PREAMBLE: I follow a few traders and investors, the first being Assad Tannous (@AsennaWealth). His posting of trading setups & willingness to explain his process was intriguing. As a former accountant, I can do fundamental analyses all day long to pick the investments I like.
What I lacked was a way to get the timing right, meaning potential 30-50% returns instead came in at 10-20%. A technical trader sharing his insight and expertise, and watching the banter between him and other traders, was an opportunity to learn and improve for free. #thanksassad
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