#Essential

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

A 2006 paper was written by a team of epidemiologists led by perhaps the most famous of them all, Don Henderson (credited with smallpox eradication). They wrote it as a

James

agoodfireburns

I just wanted to share a couple of excerpts from the US Military's counter-insurgency field manual which are particularly relevant at this time. Won't be a long thread, but one

Mika McKinnon

mikamckinnon

Go on. Lick it.https://twitter.com/geologytime/status/1327251565850324993 Searles Lake is a major industrial source of evaporate minerals. Brine is pumped into shallow ponds, where desert sun evaporates water & leaves behind baby crysta

Jayanna Krupakar

JayannaKrupakar

Over 6 lakh Indians gave up citizenship between 2015-19, averaging about 1.25 lakh per year.The bulk seems to have taken US citizenship, averaging about 30k per year. We may be

Gail Cornwall

gailcornwall

On the importance of representation: When I mentioned something about how the mayor's words will affect her reelection chances, my soon-to-be stepdaughter, 16, said, "Aren't mayors mayor until they die?"

Sarah Tuttle, Princess of Quite A Lot

niais

I had some good talking with the kids yesterday as vaccines start to be on the scene. We talked about how they weren't approved for kids yet (sorry), that they

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

A few words about what led to today’s column.I’m writing a book about feeding the world without destroying the planet.Some of the shocking things I’ve discovered prompted me to think

Bill Morris 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Lcars24

Make a habit of two things: to help, or at least to do no harm.—Hippocrates Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.—Thales of Miletus, pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, mathematician,

Catherine Herridge

CBS_Herridge

#FISA newly declassified records @LindseyGrahamSC show system was “blinking red” over Steele dossier in early 2017 but it was used twice more to renew surveillance warrant @carterwpage In his December

dahlia

itboysfile

why the mma 2020 black swan duet could only be done by jimin and jungkook: a small thread jimin is the only member in bts with a background in contemporary

Dr. Lisa Iannattone

lisa_iannattone

Today’s aerosol transmission open letter made some much needed waves. A frequent question journalists have had for the team is “If PHAC acknowledged aerosol transmission in November, so why hasn’t

Alison Pennington

ak_pennington

Private healthcare & social srvcs are Cwth-led weapons to dismantle public goods & decent work. $Bs funneled to private VET RTOs to smash once-world-leading TAFE systm. User-pays "markets" created in

Scott Santens 🧢🏄‍♂️

scottsantens

Unconditional basic income is not solely an income boost equivalent to a simple raise. It's a structural change that removes barriers to other structural changes. It's a foundational floor for

David Algonquin

surplustakes

The US CDC is going to recommend that 'essential workers' are vaccinated before the over-65s, despite their *own modelling* showing this will result in more deaths.Why? They say it is

Steven Murphy

DrStevenMurphy

2020 has been a difficult year yet we have much, and many people, to be grateful for incl our healthcare & essential workers & our resilient community that came together

The Pouty Chismosa

wordssetinstony

TEXANS AND OTHERS NOT USED TO THIS COLD NEW YORKER HERE: gather all your blankets, towels, clothes, every cloth type thing you have GATHER IT. If you can, use blankets

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