#Globe

Global Initiative

GI_TOC

1/Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. With the second wave of the pandemic in full force, this year has highlighted the need to fight corruption.Here's why#UnitedAgainstCorruption 2/Organized criminal networks are positioning

Guy Opperman

GuyOpperman

OXFORD VACCINE – A THREAD 1/ The @MHRAgovuk have been conducting a rolling review of trial data since July. This has allowed regulators to be agile and assess the vaccine’s

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

The lack of empathy is astounding. Michelle Rempel reveals she made the decision to stay in Canada because she might get caught, not because she believes it to be the

Lucy Michael #BlackLivesMatter #EndDirectProvision

drlucymichael

Today Gardaí pepper sprayed, tasered and shot dead a young Black man with mental health issues. There will be an ombudsman inquiry, as there always is in the case of

JMDavis

JessMarinDavis

I know a lot of you are wondering what the heck is going on in Canada with the release of one of the individuals in the Toronto 18 terrorist plot

Dreadnought Holiday

TheDreadShips

It often seems that the golden age of naval idiocy has disappeared forever. I'm therefore pleased to note that the Venezuelan patrol vessel Naiguatá has managed to recapture some of

Jockthedog

Jockthedog2

1 Back in April the University of Washington IHME's covid-19 model was criticised for "…. producing results that have been bouncing up and down like an unpredictable fever":https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/17/influential-cov

Mark Malone

soundmigration

Steve Bannon on @drivetimerte He's a bona fide fascist. He trying to organise Traditionalist, white supremacist movements across the globe.At least half a dozen book came out in the last

Lykke E. Andersen

lykkeeandersen

It amazes me is how differently the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted countries in 2020. Globally, COVID-19 ended up being slightly less deadly than Alzheimers & Dementia in 2020: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/selected-deaths-vs-covi

despondent Moon satellite

sadmoonanalog

What personal growth narratives are you nurturing through Covid-19? Post pics if possible too! I know for @strnglft it is bonsai and bread. For me, it is currently this houseplant

LL McKinney says pre-order Nubia: Real One

ElleOnWords

So, now that #JuneteenthBookFest is over, let's talk about the culture that surrounds some of these festivals out here. *settles into chair* I want to highlight an interview I did

Bidjan Nashat

bnashat

Last week's events in the reminded me of the height of the refugee response in in 2016 and how hate speech turned into violence against children. 1/https://twitter.com/save_children/status/1349394777985462273?s=20 It

Itishree @भारत भूमि

Itishree001

#ThreadKumbh Mela is the World's Largest Human Gathering.Here are some interesting & important aspects of Kumbha Mela .1.Kumbha Mela attracts over Millions of devotees across the Globe.2.Kumba Mela is held

Ben Wolman

bythewolman

Yikes. Absurd, irresponsible for Columbia to place burden of their ill-considered plan on faculty and grad students. Onus is ultimately on administration, but undergraduates should consider their influence too. Building

Natalie Holme Elsberg

NatalieElsberg

If Jeff Bezos’s Wealth were taxed at 90% he would still have ~$17BN left over.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-01/bezos-s-wealth-soars-to-171-6-billion-to-top-pre-divorce-record With $17BN you can buy every NBA franchise

Jesse Case

jessecase

THREAD (uh oh)A few nights ago I tweeted about the vaccine and went viral (the irony!). I've since received quite a bit of hate mail, all along the lines of

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