You know Barnard wouldn’t miss tweeting about this.

What’s Happening In The World: Brexit negotiators have made a step forward, laying out clearer plans for the transition period that will occur in winter 2020. There’s still the issue of Northern Ireland, which wants to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland, but a timetable is in place. Eurotrips of the future will mourn the loss of London as a destination. (BBC)

What’s Happening In The U.S.: A self-driving car? What could go wrong? Well, it went very wrong when one of Uber’s autonomous vehicles struck a pedestrian Sunday night. Uber has postponed all other self-driving tests and their CEO expressed his condolences and concern on twitter. (NBC News)

What’s Happening In NYC: Actress, activist, and Barnard alum Cynthia Nixon announced her run for governor of New York on Tuesday. She will reportedly challenge incumbent Andrew Cuomo from the left and on her website criticizes him for exacerbating corruption in Albany and “running as a Democrat but governing like a Republican.” We all knew Miranda was secretly the best.

What’s Happening At Columbia: The Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the School of Social Work are co-sponsoring an event called “The Politics of Compassion: The Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in China”. Author Bin Xu will discuss the outpouring of aid after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the “moral-political dilemma Chinese citizens face” when it comes to civic engagement. It will take place in IAB 918 from 1-2 pm.

Fun Fact: Andrew Cuomo is married to Sandra “Two shots of vodka” Lee.