#South

Ramez Naam

ramez

A short thread on Climate Justice, prompted by this great New York Times article on the global inequality of suffering from heat. 1/n When I hear the words "Climate Justice",

Jordan

JordsNel

Quick thread on an exemplary non-zero-sum company: @nthabileg's QualiHealth. The company began to address the need for timeous, affordable and high-quality health care for the 80+% of South Africa that

Paul Waugh

paulwaugh

Hancock says so far it seems vaccine will still work on this variant of the virus. Areas going into Tier 3 from Weds: Greater London; south and west of Essex;

Alex Niven

Alex_Niven

Lot of stuff lately about the end of the North-South divide (from me too at times) but there are big limits to the argument. Ok there's more to life than

Santiago Zubillaga 🔔

SZubillagaNY

I've been meaning to say this for a while now since I’ve been seeing all the praise that @govkristinoem has received within the liberty movement. While her efforts in South

Wessel van Rensburg

wildebees

One can not have a nuanced debate in South Africa it seems. On the right you have these tweets. The ratings agencies & Bloomberg think Tito’s plans are not credible.

The Blue Roof

BluRoofPolitics

Our Friday read is about the new South Korean law that dramatically increased the penalty for industrial disasters that cost lives.https://twitter.com/BluRoofPolitics/status/1355139139541164032 South Korea has the dubious distinction of hav

big relly

awkward_duck

Finally about to watch #LovecraftCountry !!! Excited. I saw folks talking about sundown towns this week. We have one of those not too far from my small hometown in

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5This very interesting article by Ren Zeping and colleagues notes that during China’s planned economy period, while the northern provinces experienced an economic boom in heavy industry, “a blessing can

Nodutdol | 노둣돌

nodutdol

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha was grilled on CNN recently about South Korea’s new anti-leaflet law. What is the anti-leaflet law, and why is this issue being elevated by

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Remarkable data from the ONS just published which shows that they think just over 2% of the population in England had Covid-19 in the week to January 2nd.That's 1 in

Corbyn in the Times / Crime from Times Past

TimesCorbyn

As lockdown II loomsA glimpse of what happened a century ago with the 'Spanish' flu of 1918-1919.There were three waves (not two) and the mortality rate hit 29 per 1,000

Lorraine Lam

lorrainelamchop

inmates are testing positive for COVID in jails across the country. In the federal system, positive inmates at Joyceville were taken to other centres to make room for those coming

Yang Jin Chun

YangJinChun1

In 1997, South Korean president-elect Kim Dae-jung got the 1979-80 coup d'etat masterminds Chun Doo-hwan & Roh Tae-woo pardoned thru the outgoing Pres. Kim Young-sam. It didn't provide the expected

Sarah Mushtaq

SarahMushMush

As someone who deeply appreciates the work NCCM does, I'm having a *really* tough time understanding what the purpose is - on such a painful anniversary - to give a

Gayle Smith

GayleSmith

The fact that new #COVID19 variants are spreading to the US & other countries is both extremely concerning & tragically unsurprising.The world needs a global strategy to combat this global

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