#CASE

When this all kicked off and I saw the mass graves being dug, the makeshift mortuaries erected, the size of football pitches, and heard Boris Johnson's "many of us will
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What does this mean?POLITICSPerilous moment for Johnson. Tory benches are bleak for him, angry over the u-turn, the communication the lot.The autumn lockdown is imbued with politics in a way
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Pfizer. Israel refers to 30% efficacy “after” the first dose but does not state at what stage they are measuring efficacy as they ARE administering the second dose three weeks
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I've been seeing a lot of discussion on the "people ignore my opinion because I'm a straight white male", so here's my unasked for hot take on it (be warned,
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Being scared of death threats and rape fantasies from right wing white supremacists that specifically target you = Too Sensitive!Being scared when the people who want to rape and kill
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hey classical music organizations, i want to have a little chatget something you can take notes with, ok? you might, in the next week or so, find yourself needing to
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Probably burning all my bridges with local arts institutions here, but my rapist is still employed at @tynesidecinema #metoo When I reported it, the HR department made me do
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Just so it's clear: Priya Ramani has been acquitted of defamation, MJ Akbar hasn't been convicted of rape.When the court says "can't punish women for raising voice", it's deeply troubling
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So hey. Some good news from me: Last week - without warning - I was told my position at Bristol Uni was being made permanent. Having been on temporary contracts
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This is a constant refrain on Fox, as I discuss here: https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-rejects-president-bidens-call-unity https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1352279081971277829 .@pbump is correct that the rhetorical move Republ
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The government approach to the pandemic is utterly insane. I'd say they have lost the plot except that implies they had a plot to lose.In the past seven days alone
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Been reading this article about moral disengagement for my ethics course -- a topic I touched on when I was doing a paper on cyberbullying last term. A few interesting
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More ruminations on what trading can teach us about non-trading things. A thread.../1 Recently reading @SinclairEuan's excellent "Positional Option Trading", and he reminded me of something I hadn't thought about
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Vanita Gupta took over DOJ’s Civil Rights Division in the wake of the Ferguson unrest, and oversaw the Obama administration’s police reform work.https://twitter.com/etuckerAP/status/1346873135426117633 As a young attorney fresh out of
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Pre-government engagement rant:I genuinely do not understand why our government is so obsessed with making sure only the truest of Disney soul mates immigrate to the US.Like, I get the
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2020: A thread2020 has probably been the worst year in recent memory for a lot of people. And while during this year I had my fair share of hardships, I
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