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This is NOT a data point. It is a huge statistical signal.Wear masks. And require that others do so. zeynep tufekci: The incubation period for the COVID positive hairstylists in Missouri just ended. The two stylists and 140+ clients all wore masks. Not one person was infected. It's a data point. Let's hope this gets the same attention that the the original alarm got. springfieldmo.gov/CivicAlerts. twitter.com/nntaleb/status/127 #Cuba #Missouri #Springfield

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Did you hear about the mathematician that was afraid of negative numbers????

She will stop at nothing to avoid them.

@freemo here's a list of suggestions for improving the police situation which I saw compiled in the NYT Morning Briefing a week-ish ago:

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Samuel Sinyangwe of Campaign Zero, a group formed after Brown’s death: Restrict chokeholds, train officers to de-escalate conflicts and prohibit them from shooting at moving vehicles, among other steps.

A 2019 California law: Change the standard for when an officer can legally use deadly force, from one based on a “reasonable belief” of imminent danger to one in which a later review finds it “necessary.”

Jennifer Cobbina, Michigan State University: Implicit-bias training for officers and “frank engagement between law enforcement and the people they serve to address tensions, grievances and misconceptions.”

David French, National Review: Acknowledge that “many controversial police shootings are lawful and justifiable” but also stop accepting excuses and cover-ups for those that are not.

Chuck Wexler, Police Executive Research Forum: Train officers to intervene when a colleague “may be on the brink of using excessive force,” as Los Angeles and New Orleans are doing.
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source: nytimes.com/2020/05/27/briefin

Please boost this instance size poll ! 😄

You are on an instance with a number of users :

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"Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, made no arrests and reported only minimal property damage during a weekend march."

This is a bit about how.

nyti.ms/3cviD8t

From Twitter, US Air Force, Regarding George Floyd 

Kaleth O. Wright (@cmsaf18) Tweeted:
Who am I?

I am a Black man who happens to be the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.

I am George Floyd…I am Philando Castile, I am Michael Brown, I am Alton Sterling, I am Tamir Rice.

(1) t.co/KuVpPkAjcm

twitter.com/cmsaf18/status/126

And then Feeling Stronger Everyday by Chicago came on. Amazing.

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Music mix when leaving Idaho:
Back in the Saddle Again: Gene Autrey
Bennie and the Jets: Elton John

uspol, internet 

@wizzwizz4 @InternetKevin @cwebber I could explain what 230 does and Twitter is allowed to do what it did here, but as usual EFF is already on it: eff.org/deeplinks/2020/05/trum

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