#GLOBAL

Max Blumenthal

MaxBlumenthal

I just read @RichardMNephew's "The Art of Sanctions." Nephew, ex-Obama State Dept sanctions coordinator, clinically & chillingly details how pain is the essence of the US global sanctions regime. Unfortunately,

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

Yes, I do think that COVID19 *might* be remembered differently, in part because of the superior (electronic, real-time) documentation of our predicament. #ApollosArrowChat 1/https://twitter.com/davidrosenthal/status/1322249242950488068 And

Sai Deepak J

jsaideepak

1. If Hindutva is Hinduism that resists, well, it includes resisting the caricaturing of our Deities by Abrahamics, atheists or otherwise, & non-Abrahamics, atheists or otherwise. Given d history of

John Apter

PFEW_Chair

Have seen media reports about potential plans to help the financial recovery post #COVID19. Part of these reports include the possible freezing pay for the public sector. Although these are

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How much could potential biases in early data affect our current understanding of COVID-19? This question crops up a lot, so let's look at three crucial aspects of that early

Elle Dodd

elledodd

Today I've been trying to get my head around the food supply issues caused by #COVID19 My first ever job in the civil service was as a food economist so

Caitriona Dowd

CaitrionaDowd

On Friday, @WFP was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize for work to address hunger. Conflict & hunger are closely linked, and I've had the opportunity to see the work of WFP and

Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳

Aabhas24

Shri "Chidiyaghar ke Bhalu" pl watch the whole clip. @POTUS didn't use the term "retaliation" but one silly reporter of your type asked former: if there will be #Retaliation in

Rakesh Kamal

Rakeshkamal

The numbers are low in Telangana because the government is not testing enough! Patients with even 85% symptoms are being sent back by giving paracetamol tablets and antibiotics!https://twitter.com/THHyderabad/status/1254206055162101761 Only patients

Leigh Phillips

Leigh_Phillips

Chinese GDP drop by 40% in up to April; a 30-50% drop in US GDP by summer. But all this, with all its horrendous socioeconomic outcomes, will still likely only

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

KHayhoe

At the hearing for the deputy @NASA administrator today, nominee Jim Morhard was asked by @EdMarkey if he agrees with the scientific consensus that humans are the dominant influence on

Jim Al-Khalili

jimalkhalili

This poll has now closed. Thank you to the almost 6k people who voted. It seems that by a small margin, you prefer the term 'Climate Emergency' over 'Climate Crisis'.

Dan

danliv9

The last few weeks have been really toxic on here. Getting personal insults and abuse from men who, just cause they're season ticket holders think they're opinion matters more. And

APPG on Coronavirus

AppgCoronavirus

**THREAD** In yesterday’s session we heard damning evidence from witnesses on both new Covid variants and border controls. Lucy Moreton, ISU officer told the APPG that border staff are spotting

small robots

smolrobots

Huh. Haven't seen anything in the news that could explain this. Maybe there's a big football match on and they all went to that? Really weird.https://twitter.com/naomi2009/status/1260136533056786433 Like, stuff about ending

#FreePearlTuma

FreePearlTuma

Editor’s note: the sewage system in Pearl’s unit at Logan Correctional Center has backed up for the second time in days. All the drains (showers, toilets, hallways, dayroom) expelled raw