#Crisis

Some thoughtsThe deal makes it inevitable that negotiations with the EU will continue for at least 4.5 years on Fisheries alone, and most likely forever on everything else.The character of
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Tonight I had a really difficult night which involved my key fob dying and my car not being able to start. Being a little stranded. Pretty cold but more like
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I'm getting really fucking sick of hearing that anyone who questions of the logic of reopening campuses--anyone who questions the plans for face to face instruction-- wants faculty & staff
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The Universities minister wants fewer HE students who are first-generation to university.https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/01/minister-lambasts-uk-universities-policy-for-letting-down-students The argument goes: universities
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1/ Our latest: A major monetary reform hiking prices and state wages in #Cuba starting on Friday is sparking widespread uncertainty as the island resumes market-oriented changes to its Soviet-style
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1/ MINI THEAD-RE: VICTORIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS BREACH1. KEY POINTS:A. Its opinion, not fact, not tested in courtB. Human Rights Charter remedies are only for the action to stop (not
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The @DailyCaller spoke to a number of Republican senators about the USPS, as Democrats like Speaker Nancy Pelosi have said President Trump is trying to "sabotage" the November elections. GOP
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Boring, pessimistic, navel gazing thread coming up.Eve of the season and I feel probably the least confident I’ve ever felt, and I don’t know quite know why. We have sort-of
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'For many of us, coffee is essential.'No.A 'daily luxury'. Yes. We don't need coffee, but we do need to transform the global food system away from Big Business Agriculture asap.One
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Margaret Keenan, 90, born in Enniskillen and living in Coventry, became the first person to receive a Covid vaccine today. But anti-vaxxers have been spreading conspiracies about her since."She actually
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Since everyone is talking about the crisis at the @usps and the Trumper creep #DeJoy, the Postmaster General. These are mail sorting machines at the main Cleveland postal facility last
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1. Over the past 6 months, we’ve advised more first-time clients. We’ve seen more clients coming with issues about employment, housing, and hardship, reflecting the detrimental economic impact Covid has
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Something that economist @yanisvaroufakis has been talking about quite a bit this year is the idea that the world absolutely could have markets without capitalism. We could regulate capitalism out
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1/7 With details of a new EU/UN/World Bank framework for aid to #Lebanon due Friday,the call for donors to bypass the corruption-plagued state when responding to the country’s multiple crises
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[Does Japan really stands with Hong Kong ?]As a close neighbour of Hong Kong, Japan has been watching the Hong Kong Protests reveal China's tyrannical imperialism from up close and
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1. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to present the results of my ongoing research on the effect of US sanctions on the Venezuelan economy at the #EconoMaraton organized by @ceconomiaucv.Let's
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