#Economic

1/ Hedgerows are not only central to our sense of national identity, they're also of immense environmental value. Their loss, and potential for preservation and restoration, also tell the story
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"Quarantine House Rules" thread:1) Turn off internet / screen-time each day (how & how long?)2) Give acknowledgments: what are you thankful for each AM. Choose "word of the day". Do
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The reporter who asked about Alberta, renewables and Green New deal is @660NEWS’s Tom Ross. Kenney did not field the question professionally, and wielded his version of a smear: that
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NGO’s - are donors/grantees/philanthropists who fund your organisations also supporting you with the impact this Coronavirus pandemic has on your operations? Are they cutting funding? Asking for justification of spending?
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Losing my home was one of the scariest things that ever happened to me, and I had a safety net of well-off friends and family. I packed my bag and
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We've been looking for ways to change the channel on our news coverage, offering more than just a steady stream of #coronavirus content. Right now, much of that 'other' content
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COVID-19 is having a significant impact on #migration and #mobility That's why @IOMResearch is releasing a series of #COVID19 analytical snapshots, capturing the latest info and analysis of the migration
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Like any other crisis, this one will present its own set of opportunities - online education, remote work, white collar gig economy etc. I expect one of these could be
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Last summer, pictures almost indistinguishable from these (and others from around the US) -- of police using excessive force against protesters who clearly posed no threat -- were coming from
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1. We really do have to have our heads deep in the sand if we think voting for one of the two main parties (both with strong ties to Moscow
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Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all counts isn't justice. George Floyd is no longer here, but the conditions that allowed for his death are. Neither justice nor accountability can
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I really enjoyed the new @SuzanneMettler1 and @r_lieberman book, Four Threats. I highly recommend it, for the following reaons. 1/https://www.amazon.com/Four-Threats-Recurring-American-Democracy/dp/1250244420 First, it's not an anti-Tru
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One of Foucault's sharpest points is that premises of Marxist, Schmittian etc discourse of politics as "struggle" was invented by reactionary nobles... Maybe this is why current political climate in
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Thread on why the Left / Labour reaction to the Treasury leak story is a disappointing foretaste of the next 5 years:First thing it’s not a ‘gotcha’ moment, this was
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Notes from P. Sainath:- The very first thing that needs doing: preparing for emergency distribution of our close to 60 million tons of ‘surplus’ foodgrain stocks. And reaching out at
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[Long random musing.]Human beings love stories, and one of the most unsettling things about the world is that it isn't a story, doesn't make sense & doesn't have a logical
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