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Out today: two academic publications (not yet peer reviewed) that formally test whether the new B.1.1.7 variant is more transmissible. Both conclude yes, about 50% more. First, a pre-print
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What is the goal of Zionism, that political movement, and of all those people ? Zionism is a political movement mainly by East European Jews (Ashkenazis coming from the Iberica
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The South Strand, as shown in Moll's Map of Dublin, 1714. All north and east of Townsend Street is salt water or a long gleaming strand, depending on the ebb
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Have been thinking about the parallels between UK and US elections, and the most obvious one is about geography - in particular, metropolis vs periphery (1/?) We're seeing all these
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UK-wide Trade stats out today for September and Q3 2020. The next batch of stats will be released around 2 weeks before the end of the transition period, so this
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Peter Zeihan is one of the most important thinkers in geopolitics today.Here are my high level takeaways from his latest book, Disunited Nations, & his recent interviews.TLDR: US created global
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On Monday, 1 July 2019 Kenyan national Cholo Abdi Abdullah was in his room in the Rasaca Hotel in the city of Iba, northwest of Manila, when he was arrested.
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My @LSEnews dissertation is an attempt to understand the sincerity and bargaining skills of Nigerian political elites in Beijing, which I referred to as China Shop. This trending claim that
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TRUMP DONOR AND AGENT OF FOREIGN POWERS IMAAD ZUBERI GETS 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR OBSTRUCTING PROBE INTO FOREIGN FINANCING OF TRUMP INAUGURATIONThe news is mangling this story yet again
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A thread explaining why we will be finding Uyghur forced labor and Xinjiang abusive institutions involved in more and more things we buy: Starting ca 2010, PRC expanded the 援疆
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#ThreadOdisha has a long history of maritime trade with other countries in ancient era.And maritime trade was responsible for enrichment of Kalingan people in the early and medieval period.Archeological remains
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1. Tonight, the Democratic Platform Committee completed its work on the 2020 platform. It was a great honor to serve on the committee and help assemble an outstanding platform that
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It’s interesting to read @WiredUK article by @Gmvolpi telling story of London’s “Silicon Roundabout.” As someone very involved in building the ‘tech for good’ community at the time (tech rooted
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Having had a bit of time to reflect on this I think it's worth running through the role of Arconic in a bit more detail. They are the huge Pennsylvania
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Journalism doesn't have much of a memory says @PeterCronau - we miss systemic issues about war, about power - the archive of @wikileaks provides context, insights, and an ability to
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1/NThank you very very much, Mr President and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. The sincerity in your Lunar New Year good wishes is deeply felt. I wanted to acknowledge your
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