#National

How the United States killed Brazil’s Democracy. Again. A brand new long read editorial.http://www.brasilwire.com/how-the-united-states-killed-brazils-democracy-again/ "Brazil’s recent history is one of national sabotage, of international collus
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Who else was watching Friends Like This when that sangoma avukwa yidlozi on national television? In front of #DJSBU?And I think they planned Kahle ukuthi he's a sangoma, he has
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A little story about charity, adjacency to privilege, and structural change. Recently, one of my students was featured in a national news story. The reporter did a great job showing
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Either through stupidity or spite, the Liberal/National Government's inaction during #COVID-19 will devastate universities. Higher ed drives innovation & growth and will underpin our economic recovery in a changing post-COVID
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when someone says "respecting Diversity" , I hear stifling conformity How rapidly equality of opportunity has moved to equality of outcome is beyond belief. Look all around.. we are no
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today i’m thinking a lot about the ways that quarantine and lockdown have shifted from immediate panic and urgency to a claustrophobic, durational trauma. the public imagination can endure a
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Tally of COVID-19 cases worldwide as of 8:13am: • Over 1.6 million positive cases• More than 102,000 deaths• At least 376,000 recoveriesFollow this thread for global news on the coronavirus
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Belle initiative,mais il faut aller au delà. Pour l'instant on a même pas besoin de replanter,tout juste laisser les espaces en jachère et la nature fera le reste. L'effort se
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reasons to stay; a thread think about all your possible new friends/bestfriends you haven’t met yet you cant leave your soulmate behind have you pet every dog breed yet? you
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wow."twitter slowing retweets to slow spread of misinformation"you misspelled "twitter throttling dissent from their preferred orthodoxy to put a thumb on the scale of national discourse."let's see if this gets
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Just had a great conversation with my father. When Dad was a 2LT in 1964, he was stationed at Fort Carson—1 of 4 LTs who shared a house in Colorado
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1/x Why 6 months to focus on airborne?--> We prioritize the pill over prevention, medicine over public healthWithin *hours* of seq, vaccine develop beganImagine what might be diff had we
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It’s Week 3. Feels like Week 33 of #distancelearning. Trying to find a workflow that is not overwhelming, but attempts to maintain connection has been challenging. Here’s the routine I’ve
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The legacy of the Famous 5 is a complicated one. I tried to explore it in a video essay, which felt particularly timely, against the background of the Amy Coney
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To everyone who protested in Chicago please take care of yourself and get a Covid rest as soon as you can. Here’s a short thread on some places you can
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103 years ago today, The Battle of Vimy Ridge started (from the 9th to the 12th April 1917) which formed part of the Battle of Arras. #Arras103 Paul Nash painted
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