#Consequences

Today the Chief Medical Officer told the #covid19Aus Senate committee that he didn’t know about the #RubyPrincess until after 2,700 passengers were allowed to disembark.And that’s just the beginning of
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The government’s reduction in overseas aid funding from 0.7% to 0.5% of national income equates to an estimated reduction of £4.4bn in 2021, or 29% compared to the 0.7% target.Read
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As someone whose body just...doesn't always do what they want it to do, that hurts more often than not, that has never quite looked like they want it to look,
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A short thread on an obvious selection effect with some big consequences.The social networks that are huge and very powerful now are the ones that grew the fastest. All else
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1Replugging some thoughts, in light of the recent engagement in the Valley where we lost five special forces men in a freak engagement. 2Ever since the humiliation of 1971, further
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8 life lessons from Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 1. “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”You can let the media
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Trump is exactly the same person he was when he campaigned in 2016.In hindsight, what I find most shocking is how the GOP is not only defending everything he does,
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With fire signs (Aries/Leo/Sagittarius) it is very easy for them to attract jealous/envious people and it is simply due to how “effortless” they may obtain things that they set out
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IMPORTANT COVID THREAD:Today, a healthcare worker was at my doorstep in Chennai to check if anyone at home at #CoronaVirus symptoms. My observations:1. The worker was using his personal handkerchief
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Been thinking overnight re Cummings.Strategically there are a few issues.If PM gets his way this time then backbenchers are disabled for a long time. 35+ realise this.Challenging Johnson becomes a
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[discussion of emotional/mental abuse]vilius aetiliva crying deeply
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I understand people voting Green — or not at all:Republicans are of course repugnant, and Democrats have at best a suspect history.Sadly, electoral power at the federal level is polarized
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I’m on a deadline again and have to finish some work, work I am so happy to have and work that is important to do. But I’m quickly becoming symptomatic
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Ok so this NYT op-ed about reopening ND is a mess. And *incredibly* on brand. (1/?) First of all, war as an example of acceptable risk? Framing it as if
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The authoritarian dream of “control” of the virus, that these punishing measures will “win the war” + “save lives”, is underwritten by a fatal fallacy: that life is something separated
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I can’t get over a conversation I had yesterday. I needed evidence from students, so we did a skills brain dump.The student asked, “Will this hurt my grade?”Me: “Nope, I’m
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