THREAD⬇️: The blue bar at the bottom? That's hospital capacity in the Austin area. The only scenario which DOESN'T exceed hospital capacity is the one where area residents reduce their in-person interactions by 90%. This comes from new modeling on COVID-19 by @UTAustin
1/ One thing astronauts have to be good at: living in confined
spaces for long periods of time. Find yourself in a similar scenario? Here are
some pro tips...a thread.
A reminder that if public schools shut down, millions of children will lose their access to some of the only meals they receive each day.
Food banks will become more important, and I've learned the best way to help is not to donate your spare canned goods, it's to donate money.
I just launched https://t.co/0h8Rm1guGz to crowdsource #coronavirus tracking. Let's see if this thing helps people avoid high risk areas? Spread the word, save a life. Thanks. #COVID19#sneezemap
https://t.co/0h8Rm1guGz
You're supposed to wash your hands for 20 sec, which is the time it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice. But I'm tired of singing Happy Birthday and you probably are too, so I've done the very important public service of compiling other songs with roughly 20 sec choruses to sing:
Anger is good at telling us there is a problem.
Anger is not good at telling us the source of the problem.
Anger is very bad at telling us the solution to the problem.
Children of those arrested in Wednesday’s #ICE raids near Forest, MS. are being put up in a local gym tonight by neighbors/strangers. Many are left scared & crying after coming home from school & being locked out without their parents. Donated food & drinks are being provided.
Breaking News: Hundreds of migrant children were transferred out of a Border Patrol station where they had no access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food https://t.co/nV5zlg9upW
1/ People are buying diapers, wipes, soaps and toys to donate to children in overcrowded migrant detention centers.
But they're being turned away. https://t.co/Pwj3wq9rYt
I did my dissertation on #ConcentrationCamps, so I have a few thoughts about @AOC's use of the term to describe the build up of camps on the US southern border. For those in a hurry, here's the take-home message: By any reasonable definition, these are concentration camps
Weak people are ineffective, but easily led.
Consider this when you encounter systems which consistently produce broken individuals.
It may be aim as much as accident.
.@LadiesThatUXAMS is interviewing women in UX to tell the community about our interesting personal stories!
Here's my interview that covers:
- Why I chose Amsterdam to live
- Tips for succeeding as a freelancer
- Challenges as a nomad
👀 Watch it @ https://t.co/27MbdUTc81