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In my newsroom experience, the folks who lob vile, misogynistic attacks against women journalists have tended to be those affiliated with far-right groups or ideologies. Apparently, there are exceptions. Reporters
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#covid19uk - Detailed positive tests thread. Rolling weekly comparison of totals up to 3 days ago. Now colour-coded by Tier. Red is Tier 3, yellow is Tier 2 and blue
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I'm worried about the disconnect between local areas choosing to close schools and our federal gov not providing resources to help those affected by school closures. I thought, and still
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As a former EMT, I’m concerned about this 911 dispatch consolidation - literally every second counts in life and death situations. Intimate, local knowledge in dispatch cuts on-scene time.https://twitter.com/ryanjespersen/status/134766992
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Today marks 5 years since the #Paris Climate Agreement was formed. Even though Trump announced a U.S. withdrawal 3+ years ago, climate action did not stop – and now with
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1/5 Unpaid carers under the age of 65 will be prioritised for the COVID-19 vaccine alongside those with underlying health conditions which puts them at risk of the virus.
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OG Story Time: STSFNSave That Shit For Nationals is 90s lingo for saving tech. Some people today believe arcade players were ridden with this type of ideology which held back
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I don't spend my time on Twitter baying for the blood of @SEBTS; I'm thankful for SBC institutions, choose to believe the best as much as I can, & work
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1/ What is still poorly understood is that more virus spread in disadvantaged groups means harm not only to them but to almost all other groups in society (except the
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An intense week for me and the other board members of @nufctrust We have worked hard to make things happen after speaking to Amanda last weekendThere’s loads of people who’ve
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THREAD: In December, @LCotula travelled to Colombia with law expert @nicolasmperrone & IIED's Brendan Schwartz. They met with activists, miners, lawyers, mayors & government officials to explore investment disputes &
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Dec 25, 1942:George Silk’s iconic photograph of local Orokaiva villager Raphael Oimbari escorting Pte George Whittington during the battle for Buna Station.Silk had returned from Libya after being captured for
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The @WelshLabour Government has just published its draft BudgetOur priority is to protect our health service and economy through the pandemic, invest in a greener future and build a more
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The class character of the current abolitionist movement is not that different from that of the 18th/19th century movement IMO. Upper class professionals whose strategy, politics, and tokenizing of black
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My girlfriend saved this from being thrown out at the school she teaches at. It’s an amazing insight into how 1979 CEGB thought their work to run coal fired power
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Been watching a lot of Simpsons again in Lockdown which is hardly a show that gets under rated on this site but I do still think it's amazing how accurately
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