#LOCKDOWN

Is staying at home the new norm? A Thread.First I don't blame the government for the strategy they have taken. I don't blame healthcare services as they are giving 110%
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This article, for me, shows one of the problematic side-effects with a national culture built on banging on about “British values” all the time: nobody discussed lockdown for the U.K.
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A thread on STREETS - This week the Mayor asked Londoners not to go to public parks if they have their own outside space, but hundreds of thousands of Londoners
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1/n @FortuneMagazine recently covered the growth of #digitalpayments in India over the past few months.Highlights from their article below..Use of #digitalpayments is soaring for everything frm groceries, electricity bills &
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On Friday I had my first ever job interview via @zoom_us. It reminded me of the utter horror of the flailing, incoherent speech I gave in HS (while in a
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Me, when they didn't just cancel the REF Me, when I hear the phrase 'student experience' in the midst of a global pandemic Me, when I remember 'space' and something
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Can I spread a bit of joy? Right on the edge of Deal in Kent is a village called Sholden. Someone in Sholden has four pet peacocks. I'd seen them
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Thread on how we count Covid-19 cases. And why I believe India may still be able to dodge this bullet. Just STAY HOME, folks, and we can beat this.https://twitter.com/ErikVoeten/status/1242241295990566912 Since
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CW: weight loss So this morning I tried on a shirt and shorts I hadn’t worn in a while. They used to be baggy and now fit me quite snugly.
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Tidying up my work space that seems to be in a permanent state of mess during the lockdown.Dug out these DVD/blu rays featuring the work of Jean Giraud Moebius so
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To cap a great week for @bureaulocal & @TBIJ our latest investigation into council investments makes the front of today’s @FT and the entirety of Page 3! Here’s a thread
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Yesterday I let my 5 year old play online multiplayer VR for the first time. Deliberately controversial opening tweet aside, read on for the context...1/n He's physically interacted with nobody
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It's Death Day time!Things are bad folks. Excess deaths have cumulated up to 330,000, vs. 230,000 official COVID deaths. National R value remains above 1. This is, how you say,
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Reflection. My teams seems far more productive working from home. I am much MUCH productive working from home. I am looking at our P&L and thinking a call with my
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THREAD 1/ Today I've seen/heard more than one American take that #Singapore's spike in #COVID19 cases is due to easing social distancing measures too quickly.I'd like to do a thread
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What should government do about the food crisis? Give more money to the poor.Using the Child Support Grant database: this will reach 65% of people who depend on informal jobs,
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