#Theguardian

Andrew Steele

statto

These BBC covid explainers have largely been very good, interpreting complex guidance in simple language.But this one uses a travel PR exec who knows no more than anyone else and

habibi

habibi_uk

*Thread* It has been amusing to see critics of the appointment of William Shawcross rely on “Claystone”, a thoroughly discredited and now shuttered “think tank”. The Guardian, for example.Claystone is

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AmosDuveen

"The government has launched legal action against a London council over plans to close schools".This first sentence hints towards the massive unanswered question in UK education that very rarely gets

Andrew Jackson

AndrewLRJackson

Greens should have seen the iceberg coming with CETA, writes @aoifegracemoore Well there’s another one right behind it...The govt is rushing through a Bill today that could help restart industrial

Leigh Day

LeighDay_Law

Thread: On history not taught in British schools about colonial rule, specifically the Kenyan Emergency in the 1950’s which involved rape and torture by British colonial guards in detention camps

Stan Carey

StanCarey

This sexist nonsense again. Facty thread time 1/12?https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/04/tokyo-2020-chief-pressed-to-resign-after-saying-women-talked-too-much-at-meetings There's a popular belief that women talk more than men,

Dr. Hadar Aviram

aviramh

Finally had a chance to unpack a fundamental part of the COVID-19 prison problem, which has been gnawing at me for a long time. Read on. 1/https://www.hadaraviram.com/2020/11/18/covid-19-prevention-in-prisons-and-the-problem-of-buy-in/ What

For Exposure

forexposure_txt

"those who pass a vetting process and pay a $1,500 annual fee plus $500 up front – will have the opportunity to publish original content to the Rolling Stone website.

Sarah Lennox

Sarah_LNX

In 2013 @AllAboutTrans met with @ObserverUK following their publication of an egregious piece of transphobia by Julie Burchell. Both current editor and deputy were present. Among topics discussed was the

Dean Burnett

garwboy

At the request of @cardiffbites, here's my take on this newsGeneral summary; doesn't surprise me a all, a few people have been voicing concerns about this in recent yearsIt's not

The Language Revolution

LangRevolution

Fronted adverbials, a thread. Firstly, a letter from @MichaelRosenYes pointing out the sheer arbitrariness of them being in the curriculum for primary children anyway: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jan/23/dear-gavin-williamson-

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

When Nazis Took Manhattan : Code Switch : NPRhttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/20/695941323/when-nazis-took-manhattan Riots erupted between anti-Fascists and Blackshirts (British Fascists)https://time.com/4516276/cable-street-

Ash J

AshAgony

"Covid is killing Native Americans at a faster rate than any other community in the United States, shocking new figures reveal."https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/04/native-americans-coronavirus-covid-death-rate "Am

Jeremy Farrar

JeremyFarrar

Lockdowns have an impact, whilst in place they reduce transmission & new infections, they buy time, protect health systems & save lives. Lockdowns do not change the fundamentals of the

Rachel Reeves

RachelReevesMP

What exactly happened with Public First yesterday, and revelations that both Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove were linked to a lucrative Covid contract awarded to them? Discovering the truth of

Tom Kelsey

TKelsey915

1/ Some interesting ideas in this short piece on tackling our toxic political discourse. THREAD on the abuse of MPshttps://twitter.com/RichardHRBenyon/status/1349672697261920256 2/ tl;dr: The language politicians themselves use is statistic

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