#Governments

oluwatise

maintishe

I love nigerians I really do, I’m not trying to start a diaspora war BUT since it’s already a topic of discussion. I would like to point out that ALOT

Charlie Robertson

RencapMan

How long will #lockdowns last ? This #thread suggests lockdowns end no earlier than the end of May in Italy and California, followed by most of Europe, but early June

A_Typical_Psychologist

AtypicalPsychol

*An appeal to NON-autistic people: please take a few moments to read this thread*We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what

Manisha Pande

MnshaP

“Great governments benefit by criticism, without which they are bound to deteriorate in self-complacency and unchecked self-will”. This from a piece called “Value of Frank Criticism” by Rajagopalachari from the

Alastair Otter

alastairotter

1/7 Thoughts on Ramaphosa's speech last night: "We are committed ... to be transparent, to take the nation into confidence". Why then is the NCC/Govt not releasing the data and

Aaron Dodd - Masked Like Ned Kelly

Aaron_Dodd2

[A thread] When nations face disasters or other existential threats, such as bushfires, terrorist attacks or war, generally politics is put aside and the population strives together to overcome the

Jussi Halla-aho

Halla_aho

1/14 Every day that Ukraine stands and fights, counts. It increases pressure on Kremlin at home. It increases domestic pressure on Western governments to help Ukraine and to further isolate

PiotrRFrankowski

prfrankowski

All those Brits who use WWII stereotypes to justify everything, pay attention. I am going to explain a simple timeline... @derekjames150 @mbk_center @Channel4News @funder @Otto_English @ericgarland @back_fights @isslater @rambutan62 @polici

Dr Lindsay Tedds 🌈👼🏻🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

LindsayTedds

Many of us are calling BS on the Minister revisionist history. What did we know in nov/dec? Stock market was over valued. CDN growth targets revised down. World and Chinese

Bes D. Socialist

besf0rt

if you wanna teach people about climate change, teach them first about how 100 companies are responsible for 71% of carbon emissions before you tell them that they should turn

Rill-Liberty

ThAlMeArCrEq

“Governors are referring to this crisis as if it were a previously unknown meteor from space. In fact, we have been discussing the utter lack of prep for a pandemic

Kayla Adams

KaylaAdams___

[THREAD] Prince William spearheaded the creation of @united4wildlife in 2013. Through his Royal Foundation, he funds the task force to tackle the illegal wildlife trade by bringing together conservation organisations,

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Probably the single best thing Hong Kong has done to fight COVID is maintain this website which is a massive privacy violation and also a huge lifesaver and a great

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

If you've read U Missouri econ prof Michael Hudson's writings on the subject, you know that for millennia, rulers in these circumstances simply wiped out the debts, declaring a "jubilee"

Echoes of the Past!

EchoesofthePas1

When we study history, do we get all sides of the events or is it told to us through an ideological and political filter?Read on and find out...As our case

Rags Srinivasan

rags

1/ Gilead announced its #pricing pricing for antiviral drug Remdesivir (try saying that fast) and justified it with an open letter from their CEO.2 price points for the same drug:For