#Government

Sarah Spaghetti

SarahSpaghett

Starting in 2016 Ontario began a $9.5 mil rollout of body scanners to "keep drugs out" of jail. This did not "keep drugs out" (nothing will) & unlike in other

Martin Gundersen

martingund

My Phone Was Spying on Me, so I Tracked Down the Surveillants THREAD on the location data industry and how European personal data ended up at a U.S. government contractor.

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

THE TIPPING POINTYesterday I wrote a thread about the tipping point of tolerance of inhumane abuse of power by UCP. Attached.It was in response to the outrage about Xmas vacations

Jeremy Horpedahl 🍞

jmhorp

How much greater are deaths in 2020 than recent years? We don't know yet, because the year isn't over, but so far the best estimate is about 13%. How does

UOS_SISER

UOS_SISER

We're pleased to share the 'Mapping VAWG funding' report by @docadisa (PI), @alwaysalreadyun @DrRuthWeir, @Hopetraining & Prof Bond. The report makes six recommendations for funders. Huge thanks to Comic Relief

Jeff Giesea🌴

jeffgiesea

There's something deeply disturbing about near-monopoly platforms deplatforming users with no due process or transparency. YouTube controls more than 70% of the online video sharing market. Its parent Google controls

Steve Analyst

EmporersNewC

Here is an idea: Instead of the press asking the Prime minister if we will go to no deal if the negotiations fail, they ask him if he will resign

FairPlayForWomen

fairplaywomen

BREAKING: It has emerged that the @ONS has reversed its decision not to allow self-identified answers to the sex question in next month’s Census /1 The UK’s Chief Statistician, Professor

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

BellRibeiroAddy

We need to talk about the number of Black women dying in childbirth.In England, the maternal mortality rate for white women is 7 per 100,000 live births.For Black women, this

Jesse Brown

JesseBrown

VERY IMPORTANT THREAD:I confess that I was ready to defend Dog Shampoo Guy @jonkay.It was clear to me that though he obviously DID haplessly use dog shampoo and get upset

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

On the courts, Democrats are the kids who give the bully their lunch money without conflict to avoid the unpleasantness of being stuffed in a locker. For those who don't

david oliver

mancunianmedic

i met and chatted with Chris Whitty and heard him speak and read his work well before he was CMO. He is a really decent, lovely, extremely bright &knowledgeable man

charli

prettycringey

“am I anti-Semitic”: a short thread of anti-semitic things to say and do without even knowing it • calling someone a “nazi” when you actually just mean they’re a racist

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flowersofsaffr1

In the beginning of the uprising in Kashmir that started in December 1989, armed activists of various groups such as the JKLF attacked Indian military, the police, and people they

manuel rueda

ruedareport

An interesting aspect of President Duque's decision to grant protection or "TPS" to 1.8 million Venezuelan migrants: Most of #Colombia's people are probably AGAINST it. In January gallup poll 68%

Graham Atkins

GrahamTAtkins

Right, a little thread on NHS reform.Last Friday, @HPIAndyCowper got hold of leaked proposals for the government's NHS white paper: http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1700 BBC coverage:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-5596

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