#News

This is such an interesting topic to me.The idea of what is "believable" and what is not in a field where suspension of disbelief is so key.https://twitter.com/DanDanTransient/status/1199421247886483456 I think about
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To the Royal Courts of Justice for the case of Depp -v- News Group Newspapers. Evidence later from Amber Heard @5_News #JohnnyDepp ‘My name is Amber Laura Heard’ she says
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Guess who's still doing stock photo modeling, everyone?? I imagine this is her when her ex sends her a message pleading to give him another chance and quarantine with him
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Woah. This is one of the more damning reports I’ve ever read on Facebook. Yes, that says something. It’s a deeply reported must-read on how Facebook’s political and PR interests
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its accounts like these and tweets like this that irritate me the most & show just how fucked up the world is towards poc. there are people like #GeorgeFloyd who
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It appears @hussain_imtiyaz none of you transferred this civilian to the hospital for emergency care. What kind of people are you becoming or were you always all like this? Heartless.
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An Unconventional Canal: Will Turkey Rewrite the Rules for Black Sea Access?In a new background briefing for @FOIresearch I look at how Erdogan’s canal project could affect the Montreux Convention
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US numbers via @COVID19Tracking. A weird one.Newly reported deathsToday: 1,259Yesterday: 629One week ago (5/27): 1,402Newly reported casesT: 19KY: 16K5/27: 21KNewly reported testsT: 286K*Y: 302K5/27: 405KPositive test rateT: 7%*Y: 5%5/27: 5
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Vernon Coleman - 'And though I am no lawyer, it seems to me that there must be a case that our governments and their advisors should be taken to court
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The good news: My paper found a home! YAY!!! The bad news: Academic research and writing in a pandemic is a bag of .... A thread. /1 This is a
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3 years ago I was now downloading the locations of the voting locations of the Catalan independence referendum, as the websites that listed them were taken offline (and duplicated) constantly.
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Kitty Catching: a thread?For two weeks we've tried to befriend them but they've never had a pat before or human interaction so kitty trap is our last option First cat
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His brand is built around winning. In his world—where cheating and breaking rules are fine as long as you come out on top—he's been able to spin himself as a
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What a ride.4-5 weeks ago, my wife, who’s an ER nurse, came home telling me about the Wuhan virus #COVID19 #coronavirus.In my utter stupidity, I lectured her on why she
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Durham (my birthplace) is in the news for all the wrong reasons (sorry folks, most of us aren't massive bellends) but also Klute gets a mention, so let's take a
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Why this photo is such a big deal.Politico: Ukraine pol allegedly sent Kremlin-backed disinformation on Biden to Senators.Sen. Ron Johnson's spokesperson says Johnson “never received nor would we ever
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