#System

Paul Graham

paulg

Something surprising I've learned from forums: intellectual dishonesty is an art form. When I write an essay on a controversial topic, I can usually predict what the median attack on

HM Treasury

hmtreasury

We’ll be answering your questions about the #coronavirus support schemes announced by the Chancellor @rishisunak between 3-4pm today. Want to know more about small business loans, job retention or our

Peter Apps

PeteApps

This morning's #Grenfelll inquiry evidence mostly surrounds emails Ashton replied to in 2014 regarding cavity barriers + insulation. Critically, it's about his failure to make clear combustible insulation wasn't acceptable

Munim Matin

munimmatin

Clearing some misconceptions about civil services:1. There are 12 groups. Not one.2. Not ever civil servant is an AC or an ASP. 3. An officer of 17 scale is paid

Greg Palast

Greg_Palast

Twitter fact checks Donald Trump's tweets for first time. In response to Trump's tweets, Twitter states:"Trump falsely claimed that mail-in ballots would lead to 'a Rigged Election.' However, fact-checkers say

Feyhed

Fishtiaaq

Some out there may need to hear this but questioning the interpretation and application of the apostasy law should not be perceived as questioning the law itself. This is true

StanceGrounded

_SJPeace_

“No they're not humans, they are Muslims”. An Egypt American Muslim woman was attacked by a vile racist white woman while she was shopping with her husband at a Walgreens

Megan Reyes

megreyes_

I realized I had anxiety when I was 22. I couldn't control my worrying to where I felt it physiologically - cold, shaking, tight chest, lightheaded. Sometimes my anxiety can

HawaiiDelilah™

HawaiiDelilah

Birthday #coronavirus thread. 1. It's my officially birthday. I was supposed to be on a flight this morning. Instead I am under lockdown, which I respect, because the LEAST we

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

This Telegraph splash on July 20th 2020 is about a scenario in a government report, published in April 2020, which the paper says has now "emerged" within the debate inside

MPI GravPhys

mpi_grav

Super heavyweight and flyweight in a cosmic dance – volunteer distributed computing project @EinsteinAtHome discovers a #NeutronStar in an unusual binary system: https://www.aei.mpg.de/545717/superschwergewicht-und-fliegengewicht-im-kosmi

Margarita

margaritaevna95

My brother who is a car mechanic is more useful to society than me, a neuroscience PhD or in fact most scientists in general.Those who get angry at this have

Birdtickler

BirdTickler

“Is a gay cop bad? Is a *trans* cop bad???”Yes, they’re even worse It takes a certain kind of bootlicker to be queer, see what policing systems do to marginalised

Coceka Mfundisi

Cmfundisi

I guess South Aftica has seen an overwhelmed health system before. People have lay on the floor in corridors of hospitals when sick and needing care. Black and poor people

Ian Goodrum

isgoodrum

Some tweets about China's social credit system, how it isn't actually Black Mirror and how you should stop using facile pop cultural references to demonize countries you haven't bothered to

Brad Setser

Brad_Setser

"It is of paramount importance to ensure foreign currency liquidity in times of stress, given that Japanese banks, major banks in particular, have substantially increased needs for foreign currency funding"clear