Alex Long

@W_AlexLong

Program Associate Junior Policy Fellow M.S. - B.S. 🏳️‍🌈

Washington, DC
linkedin.com/in/w-alex-long
Joined August 2018
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    6 Jun 2020

    The first best part of my apartment’s location on 16th and Q is being able to walk to and support protests everyday. The second best part is, even when I come home for dinner, I can watch ones like this while i eat. No Justice, No Peace

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 7

    Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 41k cases, 40,212 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and 839 deaths. This is our final day of data collection after a very long year.

    4 bar charts showing key COVID-19 metrics for the US over time. Today, states reported 1.2M tests, 41k cases, 40,212 currently hospitalized, and 839 deaths.
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  3. Mar 3

    This Feb 2020 panel was I began to realize everything was going to change. Dr. Fauci, , , and all talking about what COVID-19 meant for the future and if we were prepared. CC:

    The experience and expertise on this panel is incredible
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  4. Retweeted
    Feb 26

    What a bittersweet Black History Month for public radio. Seems everyone is paying attention to issues of race more than ever before in my industry, which is good. But that also means we're all seeing just how *bad* things are, and have been for some time.

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 25

    A day of equality for our kids, Riley, Janak and Evie, and for all kids.

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  6. Feb 22

    I'm honestly overjoyed that I can start bringing conversations about queer experiences, like the one we had today with Luke from , to my colleagues. This is the first of many collaborations between and ONS-- I'm sure!

    Luke had a great time as the first brown bag speaker at to discuss his life and career as an out gay man🏳️‍🌈 working for , , and co-founding ONS with and . Thanks, and !
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  7. Retweeted
    Feb 18

    In the @journalopenh, Staff Assistant Intern Allie Novak unpacks the impact open hardware has on the US economy. "Not only does OSH support industry, but it can generate US jobs" Read the article: The Wilson Center's THING Tank:

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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 12

    I wrote for on who's been working thru China's covid crisis and what they're facing this

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  9. Retweeted
    Feb 11

    Technology is an indispensable component in national security, trade and commerce. Yet it also reveals the world’s interconnected nature, and nowhere is this more true than with 5G. Learn how we are tackling this issue in 's Annual Report:

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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 1

    Why did the open hardware response to the COVID work? How can policymakers support it in the future? Our new whitepaper w/ talked to makers, orgs, & people in gov to understand how to empower this community in the future

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  11. Retweeted
    Feb 11

    I wish all , all girls & women a happy & inspiring . Never let someone diminish you & your professional dreams! Find the passion that makes you happy (for me these are zoonotic viruses) & follow your path.

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  12. Retweeted
    Feb 8

    Many species will shift their ranges under climate change. Some into countries in which they currently don't occur. Map shows borders with largest nos of such birds from our new paper led by

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    Feb 8

    For the Day of Science in Russia () check out this list of resources on women in science from the !

    🧪👩‍⚕️Today is ! To celebrate, we are resharing our infographic 🔽 so you can explore different resources on in Russian science!
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  14. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    Beyond open source software or citizen science apps, an important trend is emerging as the things of science — the physical tools that generate data or otherwise support research — are becoming less expensive, and more open:   

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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 3

    New report from and ‼ Stitching Together a Solution: Lessons from the Open Source Hardware Response to COVID-19. Download the full report ➡

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  16. Feb 3

    Check out our new publication on the response, since March, from the open-source hardware community to PPE shortages/supply chain challenges. Co-authoring this was a privilege-- considering the proven potential these practices have for emergency response!

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 29

    While it's true that the more infections there are the more opportunities for genetic mutations to arise, we CANNOT assign geographic blame for the variants that have been found because there are EXTREME discrepancies in the amounts of sequencing countries are doing.

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  18. Jan 29

    There's no better way to communicate the dogma, "No one is safe until everyone is safe," than the rise + spread of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants. Aggressive global distribution of vaccines, funding COVAX, and reversing vax nationalism is a way out of this Mobius strip of a pandemic.

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  19. Jan 28

    Currently taking a break from acquainting myself with financial jargon describing rich people getting less rich to celebrate!!!

    . is once again named a Top 10 Think Tank Worldwide and has also been ranked 9th in Best AI Policy and Strategy Think Tanks.
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    Jan 19

    "A graduate of Harvard and Tulane Medical School, Levine is president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. She's written on the opioid crisis, medical marijuana, adolescent medicine, eating disorders and LGBTQ medicine."

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  21. Retweeted
    Jan 6

    Hundreds of thousands of DC residents had to endure a coup in their backyard today, go into curfew at 6pm, and fear for their personal safety. None of them have any representation in Congress.

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