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Sep 24, 2020 • 36 tweets • 20 min read
1. I am deeply troubled by what's happening with the Birmingham Public Library @BPL, a system of 19 branches and the hub of Jefferson County Library Cooperative @JeffCoLibAL.
It faces a morale crisis and deep cuts in Mayor Woodfin's proposed budget. A thread. #alpolitics#bham2. I am especially concerned about poor leadership and mismanagement at the library, coupled with a lack of transparency plus a lack of curiosity about the library's inner workings from the Birmingham city council @citycouncilbham, the media and the general public.
Apr 23, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Ethics and the re-opening of America: a thread
The hot topic of the pandemic is how/when we end shelter-in-place orders. Considerations:
• health (how many could get sick or die?)
• economy (how many will lose jobs/income? how many will suffer or die without paid work?) 1/11
Mike Schur @KenTremendous of "The Good Place" has likened this impossible choice to the infamous Trolley Problem. But even his explanation looks at only the extreme outcomes of what could happen once we re-open society. 2/11
