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The major blind spot in Bill Gates’s pandemic prevention plan

Vox

What the designation really pinpointed, said Stevano, was people who did what she calls “social reproduction work.” Working-class Americans died at staggering rates during the pandemic at least partly because these least protected and compensated people were disproportionately responsible for holding the social fabric together.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: IBM Debate Series - What's.

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Sponsored by IBM, The Debate Series is an ongoing series of social video debates, held on Spreecast.com (a browser based social video site much like Google hangouts). NJVC Cloud Computing.

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Our favorite startup pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day

GeekWire

.” The startup is hitting the market at a time when the broader conversation around mental health and social media use is a national agenda item. Luong shared that the company has already generated revenue through successful proofs of concept with some pharmaceutical manufacturers. The average tow company pays us $400 a month.”

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Lil Nas X’s “Panini,” NASA’s social media presence, Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line, and John Krasinski’s Some Good News YouTube show are among the winners of this year’s Webby Awards. National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Chung has been a Co-Curator of TEDxSingapore, and she continues to advise teams of undergraduate students about their management consulting projects for clients in the social sector.

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal on vaccine equity, misinformation, preparing for the next pandemic

GeekWire

Other countries like Germany put in place automatic stabilizers so that when an emergency happens, whether it’s a health emergency or an economic emergency, the government automatically kicked in levels of funding and social safety net support services and health services and other things that people would need.

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Twitter’s CEO is now Twitter’s main character

Vox

New check-mark-wielding accounts wasted no time in impersonating brands , such as Musk’s own car company, Tesla , and pharmaceuticals company Eli Lilly, even announcing that the insulin manufacturer would now offer insulin for free, sending the actual Eli Lilly’s stock prices into a free fall. Twitter, however, is not Tesla or SpaceX.

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