#Measures

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

Excellent piece by the @ConUnit_UCL on the "shocking" collapse of parliamentary govt over the last year. Five changes, in particular, "amount to a fundamental undermining and exclusion of parliament from

Ben Zurawel

BenZurawel

Can we talk about new Coronavirus Regs 5(3)(g), 5B & 5C vs. the need for certainty in criminal law, please? @AdamWagner1 @thebrieftweet @Joanna__Hardy @davidallengreen @BarristerSecret A particularly absurd example -

Grant LaFleche

GrantRants

As we have reported, the anti-mask groups have present a number of false claims about pandemic safety measures, including claims about masks being a violation of human rights. The hyperbole

Carole Cadwalladr

carolecadwalla

Failing to hold Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson to account: what I learned. You have to act now. After the event is after the event. You’ll be told to ‘move

Sam Bowman

s8mb

I have written with @pdmsero on Sweden as the Covid counterfactual – "Live free and die".https://thecritic.co.uk/live-free-and-die-swedens-coronavirus-experience/ We describe what we know now about Covid – that it is extremely

Movies Silently

MoviesSilently

Why are so many silent movies lost?There are quite a few reasons.1. Vandalism. Studios viewed older films as worthless and junked them. For example, Universal purged the last of its

Kreigh Knerr

KreighKnerr

I've been off this space for a while, much to my betterment, I think, but while I was away, two pieces have lodged in my brain and won't leave. The

Dean Venables

DeanVenables

Some comments as an atmospheric/AQ scientist on cyber trees & Cork city #airquality:1STIt’s a huge positive that AQ is being seriously discussed. @corkcitycouncil is doing innovative monitoring work (incl. with

Indrani Basu

IndraniBasu88

My mother has a toothache. Her dentist had given her medication before India went under lockdown, telling her she will probably need more aggressive measures if it didn't get better

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

the shaun king thing where he goes after a senator who cosponsored the m4a bill shows the problem with targeting people *because they say stuff you agree with.* if someone

Known Heretic: Amy E. Sousa #IStandWithJKR

KnownHeretic

URGENT: STOP all participation in gender jargon! The safety of women & children depends on our ability to rely on our instincts & accurately identify sex quickly. Gender jargon creates

Shashi Tharoor

ShashiTharoor

Centre's decision to cut salaries &pensions of MPs is welcome. It's a good way for us to show solidarity w/people suffering across the country. But the Ordinance ending MPLADS funds

WHO/Europe

WHO_Europe

Press conference on #COVID-19 in the WHO European Regionhttps://www.pscp.tv/w/cYuuizFwempNZ2VBcUxOUWR8MVlwS2tRWldSVmRKat6jJ5WmaESMApQrKS7wF4wmX6vYcZZrWAJQP8Z46paZ Good morning. It is a pleasure to speak to you today. Taking the European Region as a w

Francis Scarr

francska1

An op-ed for state news agency RIA Novosti titled "What Russia should do with Ukraine" by pundit Timofei Sergeitsev has created quite a stir todayThe rhetoric is truly horrific, even

Senator Tim Ayres

ayrestim

What is really animating the Morrison government’s view of superannuation? Meet Senator Rennick – LNP Senator for Queensland.https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6898384/liberal-senator-launches-grenades-at-super/?cspt=1598502423|c2e2

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

It is remarkable that you have idiots like this "Prof" @BallouxFrancois who conflate additive risks with multiplicative ones (fat tailed), a mistake your grandmother wouldn't make.https://twitter.com/BallouxFrancois/status/129