The first of SriKonomics on the global economy just went out! More to follow in the New Year. Happy Holidays to all! bit.ly/3pfFv2n

"A staggering meditation on loss and love and the nature of human-animal relations that also manages to be a transcendent delight." Guest editor Rachel Sugar's top pick by @shamblanderson: nytimes.com/2021/01/06/mag…

LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says that starting this afternoon, LA County residents 65+ can go to vaccinatelacounty.com to sign up for an appt at both the large capacity vax sites as well as other smaller vax sites across the county.

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Well-off families have always had a long list of options for quality child care. But working single moms often have to choose between their children’s care, and their livelihoods. Mrs. Jackie has a wild dream to bridge that day care divide. propub.li/3nJpLVZ

This Juneteenth thing feels like when a work colleague forwards you a video of the police buying Black kids ice cream with the subject line “POWERFUL.”

Please spare a thought for the people women and girls of Afghanistan. A tragedy unfolds in front of our eyes.

We’re closely monitoring the situation unfolding in #Afghanistan. Our team is safe. They are very sad, but calm, and sheltering in place. We are so proud of them and the work they do serving #afghanistanwomen and their families across the country. 1/6 support.womenforwomen.org/donate/afghani…

What a data-informed culture is (a thread): 1. Constantly seeking to understand the true drivers of a phenomena 2. Accountability to measurable goals that are good proxies of one's mission and values 3. Fast iteration and experimentation 1/5

NEW: For decades, women have been held responsible for avoiding violence and discrimination. What if we gave that responsibility to men? nytimes.com/2021/10/18/wor…

As we continue to grow at @Addi_col, we're hiring across the board! Our amazing head of product niki is hiring Product Managers to build her team. Check it out at jobs.lever.co/addi/349955d9-…

It must be nice to never need a landmark case to acknowledge your human rights.

Ah yes, the right wing: forcing people to give birth against their will while advancing policies that made the US have the highest maternal mortality in the developed world. Then for after birth, they work to stop paid leave policy👍🏽 No wonder they need voter suppression to win

"When is a bank account not a bank account" I went deeper on fintech account to account transfer bans - origins - implications - what we can do about it!!! tl;dr: ugh! alloy.com/blog/when-is-a…

A man DM’d I should be shot. For my family’s safety, I asked Twitter for help ID’ing him. When Twitter fell short (thanks for trying!) I asked the guy his name (stringing him a bit) & why he threatened me. Meet Jeremy Marshall who told me he was radicalized by Tucker Carlson. 🧵

Ways we can all #ActforAbortion, c/o Sarah Sophie Flicker + Shout Your Abortion: +donate to @abortionfunds +donate to indie clinics @keepourclinics +educate everyone on abortion pills @plancpills @shoutyrabortion @heyjanehealth +hit the streets (rallies at 5 local time TODAY!)

You may be hearing the argument that before the rise of modern commercial infant formula, babies all ate breastmilk and everything was great. As a historian of infant feeding, let me tell you why that’s not true.

Holy. Shit. Republicans’ newly-introduced national abortion ban would put doctors in prison for up to 5 years, force women to undergo extremely invasive transvaginal ultrasounds, and keep in place statewide bans that force rape victims to give birth. slate.com/news-and-polit…

LET 👏 EVERYONE 👏 SPONSOR 👏 A 👏 JUSTICE 👏 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

In other tech news - Rippling is launching corporate travel. - Control travel spend before it happens ("only allow booking flights within 30% of the cost of cheapest reasonable flight"). - Because it's integrated with Rippling, you can easily build out