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A piece by @MadaMasr on the #EastMed tensions with my two cents.#Thread with some of my comments.[Do read the whole thing, it's extensive and very balanced]#Turkey #Egypt #Cyprus #Greece #Israel
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How do we call ourselves? This is a question that leads to some strangely amusing answers. But there is indeed a common thread that binds them.In this thread, I will
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19 days of excerpts from books/poems, movie scenes, and song lyrics along with my totally unrelated art: #1oh, yesthere are worse things thanbeing alonebut it often takes decadesto realize thisand
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Oh Andrew Coyne. Time to debunk this media myth making. Who is up for a trip down memory lane about the economic record of the Harper government? Let's start with
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Thread on portfolio flows & ‘hot money’:As per @StateBank_Pak’s update from 7/04/20 Pak’s flows since July’19 were as per below:Equity inflow: $647m Equity outflow: $847mNet *out*flow: -$200m Debt inflow:$3,492mDebt outflow:
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Country-level correlation studies like the "lettuce will kill you" preprint provide epidemiologists with a good laugh-cry, & I want to be sure everyone understands why.So why are diet/disease correlations (AKA
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Pedagogy Tip of the Day:Always analyze which of your classroom practices are ableist, or only serve students who fit your prefab ideation of who a "student" might be. Examples to
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For months, New York sent more than 4,300 recovering elderly COVID patients back to nursing homes because of a Coumo directive. I don't get how this isn't the biggest news.
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On June 27, 2019, Mette Frederiksen became Prime Minister of Denmark. A Social Democrat, she replaced the rightish Lars Rasmussen - who had, in his turn, replaced the Social Democrat
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There is no national security imperative for new US nuclear tests. We have almost 4,000 operational nuclear weapons. Enough to destroy the world 20x over. Here are some resources
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PPE: TODAY’S THREAD: 2k MORE body bags ordered at new factory that’s never made them. Paramedic ‘knows what hell looks like & I’m worried’. Importer: 'borders closing and we have
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The gender & covid series from @PoliticsGenderJ is . A Saturdayon the pieces related to #COVID19, electoral politics & women in office. Are women leaders better at fighting covid? How
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Today's decision by the World Bank to suspend the publication of the Doing Business is a definitely a major event in the history of global development policy, especially because the
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#Vaccine #Passports - #Aviation #Travel - The #UnitedKingdom company has announced @iPLATOhealth @myGP_app - found here: https://www.mygp.com/  - a 1st step, but are we leading to multiple nations & companies
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The most important thread I've ever written. Please read and RT.We expect 30% unemployment in Q2. 30% of 209mil workforce = 50mil:They cannot work by law.They have no health insurance.
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You might have missed it but Twelve EU countries, including Ireland, have blocked a proposed new rule that would have forced multinational companies to reveal how much profit they make
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