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📌 Informative Thread
⛔ The fate of corporate farming. (Claims v reality) ⛔
🔴 Claim 1 : This would lead to better prices to the farmers as well as to the consumers. Better farm to fork availability as well as better farm prices for the farmer.
⛔ Debunking the claim : So this article by P Sainath, brings to light what the reality is for the small farmer in USA]
https://t.co/qcZyfEQWUd…).
📌 From the article : “The size is set by the retail chain stores. They dictate almost everything.”
The Word “almost everything” includes prices. While the Walmarts, Shop Rites and other chain stores sell his kind of onions for $1.49 to $1.89 a pound, Pawelski himself gets no more than 17 cents. And that’s an improvement.
#FarmersProtest
Between 1983 and 2010, the average price he got stayed around 12 cents a pound ".
⚠️ So what we see, is that neither there has been significant penetration of price benefits to the farmer, nor has it improved the availability to the consumer.
#FarmerBill2020
🔴 Claim 2 : Corporatization would lead to better capital investment and infrastructure, Bihar model is a success.
⛔ Debunking the claim : The reforms did not result in any significant private investment in new market infrastructure and a missing floor price due to the...
Yes. I wore a mask while running earlier. pic.twitter.com/KMQf6pkf3V
— Bill Hanage (@BillHanage) January 15, 2021
First I posted the photo after a couple of interviews this week in which mask use outside was discussed in the context of surging infections due to the variant B.1.1.7. Here's one
Great conversation between @BillHanage, @j_g_allen and @writtenbysalma about masks and other measures to improve safety during the pandemic. Starts at 2 hours 4 mins. https://t.co/6sACsU3mCI
— Adam Hamdy (@adamhamdy) January 14, 2021
And then this with RTE where were talked about mask use in the context of the situation in the Republic of Ireland, where cases are surging. I commented that I run with a mask. Hence the
Dr. William Hanage, Associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard University discusses whether we should wear masks outdoors & while exercising due to Covid-19 variants#RTEPT | #Covid19 | @BillHanage | @franmcnulty pic.twitter.com/8VAPaReczG
— RT\xc9 Prime Time (@RTE_PrimeTime) January 14, 2021
Some asked “why are you doing this outside?” – I know where they’re coming from. Risk of transmission is MUCH lower outside. If all contacts were outside there probably would not *be* a pandemic. But it's also not nil
While running outside? \U0001f928
— jenny t. jackson \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f8 (@jmomteague2) January 16, 2021
and remember this is also about solidarity. Seeing a person wearing a mask is a sign that they are looking out for you and not just themselves, because masks greatly reduce the risk of transmission
It's not unusual here in NYC. Not all runners, but many. Most bicyclists. Almost all pedestrians on the sidewalk. Like that since the summer. I assume it's not strictly necessary in lowering the spread, but it seems a show of solidarity as much as anything.
— Rick Bruner (@rickbruner) January 16, 2021
I prefer people who have different political opinions to me, but who are kind and decent, than people with the same political opinions as me but who are vindictive and bullying.
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) January 11, 2021
2011 - city of Dallas and Downtown Dallas, Inc. complete original Downtown 360 plan for downtown Dallas that specifically states, "the inner highway loop is a problem, but there is nothing we can do about it." This was a motivating force.
2012 - TxDOT hosts public meeting on future of IH-345 where nine options were shown (these were nine different construction methods and price tags for keeping the highway elevated. not options):
2013 - D Magazine publishes first story (by me) on removing IH-345:
2013 - https://t.co/07TEwhlgdV goes live and gets 22,000+ hits on the first day. Website designed by @justinc