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Through its long history, London has survived some enormous epidemics. During the 1665 Great Plague of London, the city burned, shops closed and the streets emptied. Read Samuel Pepys’s account

Sam Bowman

s8mb

It's depressing to watch this country repeat the mistakes it made in March, which will make mortality AND the economic impact worse.https://twitter.com/IronEconomist/status/1314539120505630722 Saving the economy vs lives is a false

Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻

CanadianUkrain1

Hello, friends Our assignment took us deep into enemy territory. Unlike the times before, however, the job was, in some ways, much more dangerous. We changed into plausible civilians clothing,

tikkun olam means antifascist action

afrodesiaq

this is sort of a tangent to the question of the EFFECTIVENESS of water (water works! i will hammer this point till i go to my radical-medic GRAVE) so imma

Merl Jobst

merlinjobst

as someone very local to Brockwell Park I cannot overstate how insignificant a number 3000 people is relative to its space and importance to the borough, and how nakedly disingenuous

Shay Castle

shayshinecastle

TAB unanimously recommended last night closing some streets. Staff has not wanted to. Expense was cited as the reason. Today's presentation has some numbers. Mostly bc the barriers needed to

Oregon History

oregon_history

Boss Lunch, 87 NW Flanders Street, 1941. Burnside Bridge in the background. From @OrHist. Suspended Liquor License in 1938, 21 days, serving to minors... Boss Lunch sounds like a classy

Vicky Smallman

offhandremarks

In the dense downtown neighbourhoods, more and more of our public spaces have been shut down so we can keep each other safe by physical distancing. We can't let our

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

No city is complete without walls: they define it and protect it from sprawling uselessly over the surrounding countryside. Now we can add one more qualification to the endless resume

Thato

ThatoD01

The @bbc has a very unhealthy fixation with South Africa. They did a TV news report on coronavirus in SA and it was both bizarre and embarrassing. Someone promised the

Aniyia (🗣 Anita without the T) ❤️

operaqueenie

Here for it:https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/mn-governor-chuavin-verdict-gives-momentum-to-legislative-police-reforms-110564421988 "We contribute a lot to the world and we ranked [...] at the very top in quality of life indica

Gemma O'Doherty

gemmaod1

#Lockdown is coming to an end as hundreds pour onto the streets of Berlin to protest. This city understands better than most the loss of freedom. It’s only a matter

LB

beyondreasdoubt

I told my twelve year old that people on twitter think they can control or otherwise impede constitutional procedures and she laughed and laughed My 4 year old, in his

Vijay Prashad

vijayprashad

(Thread) The coup in Bolivia is not because of lithium or indium, but it is a war between the forces of resource nationalism & socialism (in this case led by

Amber Mac

ambermac

1/5 There was a time in Internet land when trolls lived in the depths of message boards like Reddit & 4chan, cowering behind fake profile photos & sporting silly usernames.

Aint Nobody Coming To See You Otis

zoraslovechild

Ima give Joe one day to bask in his victory before I’m back in the streets protesting against him because he ain’t talking bout defunding the police, folks are still