#Recent

Her Husband brought his gay boyfriend home to quarantine in their house with his wife and children. [THREAD] Am writing you with tears in my eyes & my hands are
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It is strange to come from NI, where political identity - as British or Irish - can seem so central, to then move to RoI or across to Britain you
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From my new @PrincetonUPress book "Empires of Vice." On what the dark history of empires and opium prohibition in #SoutheastAsia can teach us today about how to solve morally-charged transnational
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What luck I'm 2 for 2 on being forced to vote for the political equivalent of stale wonderbread because a bunch of old fucks can't pull their collective heads out
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Energy efficiency cannot compete in the excitement stakes with experimental green technologies or smart infrastructure but if Ministers are serious about a #GreenRecovery and achieving #NetZero it needs to be
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1/14 Attention has focused on hosps in coverage of #NHS response to #coronavirus. Mustn't overlook contrib of #mentalhealth, community and ambulance staff, responding to huge challenges. I’ve talked to amb
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Here's a thread, written while ago, hadn't published. Relevant now bc overemphasis of *liberal* identity politics on representation rather than material change, was *factor* in another temaNote that this's as
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At least 5 London bus drivers have tragically died of Covid-19. Sadiq says "TfL have ensured measures have been taken to keep staff as safe as possible", but bus drivers
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I've spent a big chunk of my day off working on careplans on Birdie. These take upwards of 2hrs to write initially, we then review these as needed (they are
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Ok, was trying to stay off Twitter until Saturday but this question of children masking outdoors (in camps, etc.) keeps coming up. Let's discuss #outdoortransmission. Viral particles disperse quickly in
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Re: NYC blocking ZoomI like Matthew a lot, but I don't feel this is a "dumb overreaction."As a security admin overseeing 40K+ students and participating in communities serving over 1.5M
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5 years ago today,around 2am EST my brother Johnny was pronounced dead,a knife plunged into his chest.He's home but not forgotten.His wife,who'd abused&manipulated him for yrs called it suicide.She walked
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China announces it will:- ratchet up Paris ambitions- 'strive to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030'- 'strive to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060'Huge news, but what does it mean for
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Oli Sykes' abuse allegations were finally taken seriously like two weeks ago on here but I'll post receipts of what happened anyways just for my peace of mind and for
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The "in case you missed it" rundown of the #Baxendale drama:Rachel Baxendale somehow managed to land herself a job as a political reporter, no doubt due to her LNP connections
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1. Imagine spending years of your life to become a lawyer and then throwing it all away for this. The driver went to Princeton for undergrad then NYU School of
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