#Essential

Vidura neeti & Chanakya neeti – It is a comprehensive book of advice to one & all though it’s taken as a dialogue between the Vidura & King Dhritarashtra. As
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I'm not an economist but* I wanted to post a short thread because I remain concerned that we are not distinguishing clearly between the alleged economic costs of the lockdown,
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Six months into the pandemic, we’ve learned a lot about how SARS-CoV-2 spreads — and it’s not quite what we thought in the beginning. @SmithDanaG explains what we now know
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I want to discuss the actions I’ve taken related to protecting our more vulnerable populations, specifically focusing on the black community who has suffered vastly disproportionate impacts of #COVID19. Generations
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1/16On May 21st 2010, 3 University of Arizona police officers responded to a “welfare check” about a person hacking a tree with a knife. When they arrived on-scene they witnessed
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Today we sent a list of 13 actions to the government, actions that are crucial for the EU Single market & international trade to work. To keep as many companies
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Sunday Times apologises after Rod Liddle's column last week breached Editor's Code (accuracy) by falsely claiming no opinion polls had been published {alleging a deliberate refusal!} to gauge levels of
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A THREAD ON TESTING: I am deeply worried about the serious testing delays and bottlenecks being reported throughout the US. It will only get worse when flu season starts.https://twitter.com/JenniferNuzzo/status/1280853497068519424 The
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Updated thread with all essential contact details for those who have been affected by Covid19 in Bengaluru. This single thread will have helpline numbers, contacts of officials, list of hospital
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Recently various sources have pitched the Pfizer vaccine for India. This parlays the recent western ‘branding’ effort differentiating Pfizer, but it is known that this vaccine has some unique technical
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It is, of course, utterly ridiculous for Boris Johnson to describe the UK's approach to Coronavirus as a 'success'. It's a bloody insult. We probably have the highest number of
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what’s happening to baha’is in irantold by me, a baha’i iranian. first i just wanna say thank you to sonja for inspiring me to make this thread because a lot
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1/n I've been asked a few times about the math in this recent Science paper, so here's a thread to help unpack it: A mathematical model reveals the influence of
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I've got drama in my Apple Valley 'hood. Something went down at my neighbor's house, screaming match w/ strange cars/people, threatening white Range Rover circling block at high speed, and
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Today marks a year since the UK became the world’s first major economy to enshrine in law a commitment to end its territorial contribution to global heating by 2050. A
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Over the past month, a lot of folks have asked me how to best help restaurants through this pandemic. Truth is, there's not a silver bullet or one simple way.
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