#Global

OK, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. What are they and why do people care? I've sat through so many pitches by crypto startups, and they're always so EPIC about how world changing
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With the Jan 7th announcement of the @remap_cap IL-6ra results: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.07.21249390v2 and last nights @BMJ_Latest RCT drop: https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n84let’s talk about tocilizumab [threa
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How are mRNA vaccines made? A chemist’s perspective. TL;DR A DNA plasmid is used as template for the in vitro transcription of DNA to mRNA which is then packaged in
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This thread details a social experiment of sorts. PANDA members have dropped bombshell after bombshell in recent weeks, with nary a peep out of media or the lockdown zealots of
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1/Les gens qui travaillent ont tous émis de vives réserves sur le haut niveau décisionnaire de combattants non-étatiques en Syrie et de cadres subalternes en Irak sur les feux d'appui
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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://www.pscp.tv/w/cmGeIDI2MTAyMHwxbW54ZWxwWGxwRUpYQ8J6_PHEfLTPacScoHuHZMYdRI2ssLT7pZvRAfrKm_Q= "We are at a critical juncture in the #COVID19 pandemic, particularly in the northern hemisphe
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US alliance partners are thrilled about @JoeBiden! But should they? How do we know that USA alliance commitments really matter?Answer: we can't[THREAD]https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-11-07/us-allies-express-relief-af
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With lockdown giving people more time on their hands, many have taken to online bullying as a pastime.So, I have started a thread on cyberbullying, why people abuse others online
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WORRISOME—Key things on new VUI-202012/01 #SARSCoV2 mutation:—Likely more infectious, possibly up to 70% faster transmission.—R0 increase of ~ +0.4—23 unique changes, many in spike protein.—Comprises 62% of recent London
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By this thread, I want to invoke some Nostalgia by taking us down memory lane to the late 80s and early to mid-90s when arguably the best set of indigenous
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There's a certain uneasiness when you see something like this, someone from a colonised country, vociferously advocating for re-colonisation, adamantly indicating a despicable level of self-hatred.But this behaviour is common
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@lecuyerv1 had some thoughts about @MaryRobinette’s post about clout, and SMOFs, and I have some responses to both, because I think they’re both not quite understanding how SMOFdon works. 1/
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The biggest internal problem for China is a Canton/Pearl River Delta that is rapidly eclipsing every other part of the country in nearly every measurable dimension, and knows it. The
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... the net result was increasing instability (a house of cards), nothing evolving and open warfare. I realised, through equal mixes of luck, discussion and articles that I had read,
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#BREAKING Anger in London city, on the banks of the Gulu, capital of reclusive island kingdom of Britain, after nations in sub-Scandinavian Europe indicate they intend to read text of
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Business Advice Tweets (Will add to this as time goes by and the quoted tweet gets more traction)https://twitter.com/JamieMcSloy/status/1361697417008193539 In the beginning, middle and end, there is one system to rule
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