#GLOBAL

About time we all understand it’s not the chinese virus, nor did jt come from the bats. Or consumption of wild animals. It did transmit into humans from the wet
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Depressing thoughts on PandemicGeneral hope/view is that this will be 2 - 4 month thing. That we all lock down & it will pass. But that is very bubbled view
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In week when I’ve heard overwhelmingly from female colleagues about how lack of childcare is impacting on them & there’s extensive coverage in the press about this & other gender
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For @thenation , @suchitrav and I wrote about why the covid-19 vaccine should be a public good, and what the Biden administration can do to make that happen:https://www.thenation.com/article/world/covid-india-astrazeneca-vaccine/ The crisis
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since i work at the fsc bookstore again, i think i’m allowed to speak on what is happening with books for the fall (since some people have blown the process
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Excited to share a new piece in FP!I argue ODNI's claim that China prefers Trump "not win reelection" tells only half the story.Party texts show China believes Trump is accelerating
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This is a interesting argument but I think is overly pessimistic.What we've seen so far in the US is actually fairly widespread compliance with public health directives and support for
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Asides from the fact that we need to govern ourselves and manage our resources better in Africa, we cannot compete with the British or Americans in terms of resources. The
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#China’s Marine Corps Is on the RiseChina is pursuing global power projection capabilitiesWhile the #Chinese army will be cut by 300,000 soldiers, the marine corps will grow by 400%, from
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This is your reminder that it is *perfectly* normal to be exhausted right now. You are living through a global pandemic in countries run by openly corrupt people who would
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The attacks on @DrTedros are not helpful We are in the middle of a health crisis, and the @WHO needs to function, and not be distracted or undermined. Every government
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i am not an epidemiology experti just thought someone on twitter should say this at some pointthat said, i do know a fair bit about biotech, data, & have a
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My hot take on the moon hexing is that "in public" is a terrible place to believe anything. I think we'd all be better off if we adopted a notion
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Singer @ladygaga says she doesn’t always agree with the phrase “we’re all in this together”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-04-07/coronavirus-lady-gaga-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show “While I think the sentiment is nice, I also
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On-chain HOLDers: 23.4mUnique users on exchanges: 101mTotal on-chain participants: 187m (upper bound)PayPal userbase: 487mSo yeah, PayPal is bullish AF.Full commentary and datasources threaded below, worth reading There are 23.4m
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Delighted to speak at the 90th birthday party of Bank of China London Branch, the pioneer of modern Chinese banking sector. BOC’s first overseas office in London was the first
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