#Country

I love this elegant 1815 #map of #Wimborne Minster, #Dorset. But it represents something of a classicising, idealising fiction - the town neatened into orderly streets and parkland. Look what
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Some say that herd immunity achieved via regular ol' infection can stop the COVID-19 outbreak and return life to normal History says they're wrongFor @NatGeo, I dive into herd immunity's
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Why I think Virat Kohli’s tweet sharing the CRED ad film was a paid engagement ... (& not organic): Before I give my reasons, want to share the tweet here.
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Haaaaalp, my professor is sounding pretty nutty and such.Anyone with a physics degree knows more about this???Crazy stuff about magnets repelling/giving energy forever/taking in energy from a 4th dimension??? Or
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“BEING RAISED IN A SEMI-TRADITIONAL CHINESE FAMILY IN THE PHILS” (a thread that no one asked for) (Will keep this thread running so I can read back and be a
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A little bit of positive news to come out of the pandemic. I’ve taken over the iconic Daly’s bar in magical West Clare. We’ve moved in upstairs and have loads
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i like many aspects of the biden plan, but i feel like we're still sidestepping important questions of power and its allocation. the key to mitigating environmental racism – and
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Need to clear this up before going Back To Plough Lane. “It was a dump but it was ours”. Shorthand for “we out grew a non league ground” and a
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Testing is critically important as we move forward in the fight against #COVID19, and we will continue to work closely with hospitals, university health systems, commercial labs, and physicians across
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An important step in mainstreaming and normalizing political violence is suggesting the victim is partly to blame for provoking the attack with free speech or legal actions. The victims are
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@realDonaldTrump @jeffsessions This exchange going on between you is very unbecoming to BOTH of you. Reminds me of a school yard squabble. We have important problems in this Country and
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A lot of ppl think 'no lockdown' means the Swedish ppl pursued herd immunity by going on as before. But when you talk to Swedish officials they are usually perplexed
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Just for fun, I looked up some stuff on human trafficking.1. The average age of a victim on human trafficking is 27.2. Most victims of human trafficking are 19-30.3. Any
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On this day in 1991 my brother was killed on the M6 near Warrington by a dangerous driver who failed to stop.The driver was reported by his girlfriend after he
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The #TRIPSWaiver: lots of misunderstanding & mis-information on WTO & law. A thread on why it's: -not going to harm innovation -not radical- harmful to pretend it is-not going to
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1. Let's talk about Snowden.Let's talk about National Security.How about DARPA which was created to spy on American citizens?Maybe more fun, talk about Facebook.Consider how a group of 4 to
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