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1/ With all the talk of how lockdowns can eventually be ended, the EU Commission this week drew up an internal 'roadmap towards exiting from the Covid-19 pandemic' which provides
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Bombshells inbound. Got a lot to say about this, especially after many Aussie SOF members assured me for years that this was, "no big deal" and that, "nothing will come
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NEW with @ChrisGiles_ & @DanielThomasLDN: UK’s big cities are shadows of their usual selves, but smaller urban areas have rebounded https://www.ft.com/content/203cc83c-72b0-49c9-bea5-6fb38735a8fcWhat’s driving the divergence? Chart
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We're not heading towards a civil war.We're IN a civil war, it's just one-sided and only the right has been stacking up a body count.The closest thing we've had to
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Cloudflare, swearing it is not a joke, have launched a censored DNS product that out the gate blocks LGBTQ support and aid sites as well as sex education resources.(They have
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1/10 The smallest things that can have biggest impact on people during #COVID19 and #lockdown - I realised this week just how much hobbies keep my mental health in good
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What I think needs to be done to manage a third wave1. Act now2. Group the Toronto-centred megaplex into one super-region and lock it down3. Limit travel out of regions
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"That one's a bit too revealing""You’re lucky I’m with you because no one else would want you.""I could just snap your neck now, if I wanted to."NEW: More and more
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“The BBC must uphold the highest standards of due impartiality in its news output,” we are told, as it reprimands #EmilyMaitliss. I could buy that - perhaps - if the
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Today @MHFScot / @mentalhealth has issued a statement on the safe re-opening of schools in Scotland and the psychological harms of lockdown. A THREAD follows:https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/news/charity-urges-scottish-government-prioritise-
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We want to tell you a story about James Simpson: from Afghanistan to RLWC2021.A thread on #ArmedForcesDay2020 11 years ago, @BritishArmy Soldier James and his team were in Afghanistan
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A piece I wrote in the @Independent on the new economic common sense which has emerged from the Covid-19 crisis and the opportunities for selective, value-driven regrowth which it presents.
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I work primarily with nested data. One example is in experiments, with students nested in schools. Another is meta-analysis, with effect sizes nested in studies. In this thread, I’ll focus
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The prime minister is up. He's talking about the job report. "As stark as those numbers are they aren't a surprise for many Canadians," he says. He promises to help
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Right. So this gives me an opportunity to tell my favourite WW2 tea story. I came across it in a short, limited run book of first-hand accounts of tea in
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The pandemic changed the way people live, and for mothers, it came with a new set of challenges.Five mothers spoke to @thisisinsider about the past year of raising infants. https://www.insider.com/pandemic-babies-turn-one-moms-reflect-year-
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