#Disaster

EK Johnston

ek_johnston

HEY NOW IT'S KIND OF CANON THAT ANAKIN'S LIGHTHEARTED MOOD AT THE BEGINNING OF RotS IS THAT HE THINKS AHSOKA IS GOING TO COME BACKgood night i mean, it always

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

krishgm

CMO said 13.5% of UK care homes have reported Covid-19. There are approximately 5500 care homes in the UK. so that's around 740 currently with or suspected of having the

Valerie Marlowe

ValerieGMarlowe

Sure, okay. I'll see your isolated early 20th century maritime disaster and raise you the 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone, in which 90% of the 140,000 people who died were women. (Thread)

Eddy Canfor-Dumas (⧖)

EddyCanforDumas

Thread. Can the natural disaster management cycle help us in our thinking about the Covid-19 pandemic? The cycle is Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Reconstruction. We’re now in Response

Zack Davisson

ZackDavisson

Kaiju Talk Time: With the word kaiju, I think there is a difference in terminology and genre, and I agree it gets complex. And of course, there are no exact

Noreen Haider

Madadgar

Pathetic situation of Punjab Disaster Management Authority. Had a meeting with DG today. Only 14 crore Rs issued for big cities and 4 for smaller. No ration distribution anywhere for

Kambree

KamVTV

Trump has often expressed concerns about how a prolonged nation-wide economic shutdown and increased isolation will affect mental and emotional health.After media dsmissed concerns, calls to substance abuse and mental

Andrew Cuomo

NYGovCuomo

This virus is not an issue of states’ rights.This is a national disaster.The states need federal assistance. No state can get all the ventilators they need.We need a national deployment

Jacob Garbe 💀

logodaedalus

Seeing how our institutions and general populace can’t grapple with a disaster on the time scale of two weeks asymptomatic / months of lockdown is kicking my climate grief into

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

This is farcical stuff from AG Bill Barr. Wolf Blitzer is taken aback by how weak his arguments are. This interview is a disaster for Barr. He can't answer extremely

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

"a lack of basic supplies like ladders and cable" gives me the squicks because of the research I did on Fukushima Dai-Ichi. The meltdown happened because they couldn't connect to

Jeff DelViscio

Jeffdelviscio

Happy #MoonLanding day. What do #DeepFakes, Richard Nixon, and a mostly forgotten #MoonDisaster speech that was thankfully never given have in common? A thread: 1/10 I made a short film

Joy-Ann 😷Reid

JoyAnnReid

Neither JFK not LBJ were particularly liberal. They were politicians who could be moved, by the arc of history and events and by determined movements. The relentless push of movements

Dr Eric Levi

DrEricLevi

Two weeks ago I was an alarmist. I saw the data from China, Italy, Spain & the UK. I wanted my colleagues to look out for the wave to come.

Nat Torkington

gnat

A few silly things I didn't post to Four Short Links this week (a thread).1. Dunning-Krugerrands schadenfeude.https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/yam_cryptocurrency_bug_governance/ 2. Republishing books under the actual name of the w

Mark Pitcavage

egavactip

1. This is a thread about (right-wing) extremist groups that engage in "charitable" activities, like providing necessities to the homeless or doing disaster relief. I've seen many instances of this