#CoVID

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

Enough with the beach-scolding! It's not scientifically-sound and it's counterproductive. It's a virus—not a moral agent geared to smite people who dare enjoy themselves. Six months in, we *know* most

WE-Change

WEChangeJA

With countries currently battling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemics, individuals and households will definitely be feeling the effects in the short term.Since we can’t run away from the effects

Arwyn

Anianegwr

1/ The four main duties of government are:1. Make laws2. Ensure order3. Security4. Welfare of citizensI'd say that the UK state has done a decent job of the first three

BlueSky⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BlueSkyEpistle

National Guard troops are deployed. National Guard work in coordination with the marines. No civil unrest. Clean and swift. Military planning at it's finest. This is a MI operation. The

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

The new SARS-CoV-2 test from @nanopore, LamPORE is going live in the NHS this month - here is the news page on this from nanopore. https://nanoporetech.com/about-us/news/oxford-nanopore-technologies-partners-uk-government-roll-out-lampore-n

Kelly Martin Speaks

KellyMartin_UK

1. So I watched Social Dilemma last night. While I’ve known about algorithms for some time, hearing from the tech creators of Twitter, Facebook,Instagram, Google etc.was really eye opening. If

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

One of my favorite expressions of disgust is "The only time I wouldn't piss on him is if he was on fire." Well, the world is on fire and the

Evening Standard

standardnews

PM faces revolt over Cummings as row overshadows lockdown plans - livehttps://bit.ly/2WWIYYm Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds shared a letter sent to Priti Patel asking for clarity on travel restrictions

Layla Moran 🔶

LaylaMoran

It’s the job of the leader of the @LibDems to stand out from the crowd, cut through in the media and make the case for our liberal, progressive vision to

Kelly Hills

rocza

I'm really unimpressed with this paper. It relies on non-peer reviewed data, it appears to misinterpret what it means for a virus to be airborne, and appears to ignore a

Future Africa

anafricanfuture

Life is often complex and filled with unprecedented events. Here's a guide to building mental toughnesshttps://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/how-to-build-mental-toughness-in-your-20s-or-80s-34e78730ddda Charlie Munger's operating sy

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Trump begins his hour-long interview Laura Ingraham by saying "Portland has been burning for many years, for decades it's been burning," which is a lie Trump cares about the people

Sugar 🍊 | it's grapefruit all the way down

weiwuxiansnose

(he texts lwj. lwj brings him breakfast in bed. best boyfriend ever? best boyfriend ever.)(he also texts jiejie. she apparently /already knows they’re dating now/ because /lan zhan told her/.)(at

Nicholas Drummond

nicholadrummond

HAS THE INTEGRATED REVIEW BEEN OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS? (Thread)As most of you know, the UK’s integrated security, defence and foreign policy review is designed to reconfigure our armed forces around

Luke Livingood ✝️ 🇺🇲

lukelivingood

IS IT POSSIBLE to FARM without foreign labor? I found this article about farming in Britain during Covid interesting. So here's a thread.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/business/British-farms-labor.html?smid=em-share "In this pa

Jack Worth

worth_jack

What effect has the lockdown had on recruitment to teacher training?Last month I blogged about the increase in applications to initial teacher training in the first month of lockdown. Today