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"Big data" and visualizations make everything look simple, but #COVID-19, like everything else in the real world, is messy. OP argues that the data is noisy, contradictory, and incomplete ... and that it will be years before we can reliably draw any conclusions from it.
#data_science #statistics #visualization #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus disease #politics
Oof!
"Body blow! Body blow! Left hook!"
Newsweek gives #Sanders the beat down like he was "Glass Joe" in the game "Punch Out".
#uspol #politics #pollies (tagged so people can filter these posts, either into or out of their feeds)
As you know, I generally avoid #politics and #pollies (politicians). But Iâm reading a little bit more these days in preparation for the election in November. So far, Iâm still not likely to support any #twin_parties candidate. #uspol
Democracy is perhaps a more present example.
The general trend over the last century in the West is to have increasing democracy, and that has been mostly to the good. Does it follow then that we should favour lowering the age of voting, proportional representation, more frequent elections, or the use of referenda? Not at all. Some of those policies may be desirable, but they ought to be supported on their merits. It's not enough to say that they are progressive.
I dislike the term "progressive" in politics, because I don't believe that there history has a path, one in which we either move forward (good) or backwards (bad).
History seems much more to me like a pendulum. At one point in time it tends towards one unhealthy extreme, then there is a correction, then it tends towards a different unhealthy extreme.
I'm here to follow, learn, share and debate. I'll probably toot more in spanish, but I could do it also in english and I also can speak french. These are some of my interests:
Estoy aquĂ para seguir, aprender, compartir y debatir. Probablemente tootee mĂĄs en español pero puede que lo haga tambiĂ©n en inglĂ©s, y puedo igualmente hablar francĂ©s. Ăstos son algunos de mis intereses:
#Science
#Engineering
#GNU/Linux
#Linux
#FLOSS
#Politics
#Socialism
#Communism
#VideoGames
#BoardGames
#Strategy
#Music
#Metal
#IT #socialmedia #surveillance #privacy #politics #democracy
"We've spent the decade letting our tech define us. It's out of control"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/29/decade-technology-privacy-tech-backlash
Is that really true? I haven't checked yet. I realize that wallet issues are life issues, but I'd expect other major issues to occasionally outweigh the economy.
!econusa #politics #federal_reserve #trade_war #tariffs
Reminder to UK folks that registering to vote is a small part of the toolkit for resistance, and that the vote registration deadline is tonight. Register if you haven't yet. Master's tools and all that, but it's still something you can do that could improve the lives of people in the immediate future.
Registrations per day is currently occurring at a higher rate than the that in the election in which the Tories lost their majority and Labour gained 30 seats, back in June 2017. Yesterday's total, for instance, is 177% more than the number of signups for the equivalent day in the 2017 elections, and the preceding days show a similar trend. The majority of these are young people, as is usually the case.
From the folks who brought you the Panama Papers: the China Cables, a leaked "telegram" that is essentially a manual to running the massive Xinjiang Uyghur internment camps. The documents also reveal a system of automated mass surveillance.
This is an #introduction post...kinda.
Hit me up with your #pinebookpro toots. Mine is on order and I'm looking forward to getting it.
I toot a lot about #politics, especially of the leftist sort.
Here are an assortment of hashtags: #socialism #canada #alberta #canpol #anarchy #libertariansocialism #socialecology #linux #yeg #edmonton #snowshoeing #strumstick #fermentation
#NewZealand MP Chloe #Swarbrick shuts down heckling colleague with 'OK boomer' retort
âIn the year 2050, I will be 56 years old; yet, right now, the average age of this 52nd Parliament is 49 years old,â said Chlöe Swarbrick, a member of the #NewZealand #Parliament, emphasizing that the burden of dealing with a #ClimateCrisis will fall on her generation and those who come after.
#Climate âis the election priorityâ for the #UK
#Britainâs general #election campaign is squarely focused on the UK leaving the #EU. But persuasive voices say the climate 'is the election priority'.
The UK posed as a #climate #leader but was âway, way behindâ what was needed and did not have the policies in place to reach its own target of #net #zero #emissions by 2050.
https://climatenewsnetwork.net/climate-is-the-election-priority-for-the-uk/
This election is not about #Brexit, it is about the #ClimateEmergency
This is because of the clear binary fallout of the ballot. Either it will see the #UK set firmly on the road to a #net #zero #carbon society within 20 years, giving us a fighting chance of avoiding the worst of #ClimateBreakdown, or it will plunge the country into a distracting free-market bun fight that will doom our descendants to a #hothouse hell.
{Do you remember? In 1992 ..?}
Yesterday's #Greta: The girl who pleaded with the #UN for action in 1992 - but NOTHING changed
{The Oil industry listened and acted immediately: They started lobbying, disinformation and all what was necessary to go on with their business.}
âI knew exactly what I was doing I was so focused on the message, and I recognise that in Gretaâ
A useful #ElectoralReform I support: "None of the above" on the ballot.