#Archive

Quick thread on COIs + the fast-moving WTO waiver policy conversation.Several folks flipped me this smart, well-written piece on @PetrieFlom blog.https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2021/05/05/covid-vaccine-patent-waiver/ In the piece,
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We're up to 15 cases of J&J clots, still all in women (not counting the one man in the trial). The rate for women 18-49 is not one-in-a-million anymore, but
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As I've mentioned a few times, I'm writing a book about how journalists shaped how Canadians understand COVID. And early on, already, the theme that I keep coming back to
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I think a lot about what Mr. Rogers said and did when he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Emmys: As @TomJunod so beautifully put it in @esquire's
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There's always discussion about what exactly qualifies a movement as fascist. For anyone looking to delve into this topic, we recommend starting with Umberto Eco's 1995 essay published in the
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Twitter banned this thread:"1. Wuhan Coronavirus is an engineered offensive bi oweapon."You're not being told this by the Mockingbird media here because the US Gov is directly responsible for the
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It's a conventional rhetorical move to characterize Congress and the White House as the "political branches." But that implicitly suggests that the Supreme Court is not also a political branch
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L’inculture bĂȘte, mĂ©chante et sĂ»re d’elle d’Emmanuelle Ducros @emma_ducros s’apparente Ă  du nĂ©gationnisme.Christophe Colomb Ă©tablit des colonies Ă  Hispaniola (Saint-Domingue). Il y fut d’une cruautĂ© sans Ă©quivoque avec le
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Hello! My paper is another sort of armchair archaeology! This is a quick & dirty guide to exploring your local archaeology from the comfort of your home. You will need
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Clinton Foundation/CHAI Largest Reported Donor > UNITAID, 'hosted' by World Health Organization. Let's 'keep punching': Who is UNITAID (https://unitaid.org/#en )? A Geneva-based organization founded in 2006 by Bill Gates,
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Full text of today’s Throne Speech for those who—like me—get a weird thrill from this stuff.https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/campaigns/speech-throne/2020/stronger-resilient-canada.html The most interesting line? “The Governmen
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Dear Lord, we need to revamp teaching of American history in this country.Some of the ignorant, idiotic responses I am getting is...incredible. My 10 year old knows more about the
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This #nurse’s badge was found by metal detectorist Ken Rive in a field in St. Brelade. On the back of the badge, the name “S.L. Blampied” was inscribed, along with
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This is a thing I should probably post more, but:If you have a collection of non-Torch/Observer wrestling newsletters (well, or the 1987 Torches, which aren't on the Torch site), please
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1/28: The complex web of relationships of the envisioned #Stakeholder #Capitalism is complex. It can only be holistically grasped by network-graphs. This is a breakdown-compilation of the 4th Industrial Revolution,
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Uhmmmm WHAT???!??!!https://twitter.com/AndrewCMcCarthy/status/1258154195104018432 Like I knew the US was corrupt, but now they’re just being blatant about it Please read this comment, I’m sure you’ll be just as enraged as I
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