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What we know:1. The CIA started a program called MKUltra.2. MKUltra still remains classified as #TopSecret. Officially, the CIA refuses to acknowledge it. In the aftermath of Watergate, the CIA
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My most important take-away from the Global #Carbon Budget 2020:While emissions dropped by an unprecedented 7%, atmospheric CO₂ not only kept growing, it kept growing by pretty much the same
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We are in a relentless Arctic #heatwave - Siberia is literally on fire right now and it's set to continue.Temperatures will comfortably exceed + 30 °C within the Arctic Circle
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Just to be clear on why immigration levels are the biggest factor when it comes to #cdnecon's future growth:Economic growth (as measured by GDP, really the only game in town)
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Snowflake was one of the hottest IPOs of 2020, maybe hottest Cloud IPO so farIt now trades at $88B, or 120x its ARR! Growing 115% YoY at $600m+ ARRNow, we
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My article in @nature is finally out, titled ‘Redesign Open Science for Asia, Africa and Latin America’. I wrote this piece not as just as my opinion, but to echo
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As a very pro-EU Scot who is broadly in favour of democracy, here are my Arguments against a second referendum; without using the phrase 'once in a generation' The downside
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The EU will not offer an FTA without comprehensive state aid provisions. It has asked the UK to set out a regime it can recognise - which is an offer
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How. Please tell me how. I’m begging you please. How can you talk about the economic “success” of countries like England, US and France and Spain and so on without
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“We were following it like a soccer match.”When insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, far-right extremists across the Atlantic cheered.Jan. 6 has put the spotlight on the transnational links of the far
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So ... a little more on the departure of Danielle Smith to the recently created Locals platform (created by a conservative, of course): https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gqkv/global-news-radio-host-danielle-smith-resigns-over-mob-of-politic
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2020 has been such a difficult year for so many of us. But..... the glimmer of hope for me has to be the astonishing speed of vaccine developmentThe effects of
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Hiring and retention is not HR’s responsibility. It’s the manager’s.If you can’t “find good people” or retain them, the issue lies with you, not HR. Sure they can support your
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PSAFamilies are understandably frustrated about the low-quality of virtual schooling. But let's not mistake this for a case of teachers "mailing it in," students "giving up," or schools "failing."[Short thr
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We recently worked with @AAMRI_Aus to develop a guide to support #MedicalResearchers in amplifying critical information via #DigitalPlatforms during #COVID19. In this thread, we have shared some of our insights
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convinced that ever since we opened the mummy juice sarcophagus, we've been on a spree of curse-unleashing bad decision-making with building momentumluckily I have a few surefire ways to boost
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