#Winter

Dear Pandemic

DearPandemic

1/ Q: How is it possible that my friends are social distancing & yet have colds??A: The interventions we use to reduce #COVID19 transmission--such as wearing masks, improving ventilation, &

Just Bill

BillWhoWanders

(1) ‘Twas the night before Christmas and the virus was spreadingAnd the leaders did not care where the numbers were headingThe nurses and doctors held on best they couldHoping people

Izabella Kaminska

izakaminska

Fake news watch. There have been some extremely concerning unverified claims (all sourced from social media) circulating among doctor/health communities at breakneck viral speeds. The latest is the Laura duffel

Felicity Morse

FelicityMorse

Lots in here but there’s a few things I want to pull out that apply to businesses, leading teams and to the business of being human (the personal also applies

Arnab Ray

greatbong

One shouldn’t be surprised at the dual standards of censorship Twitter adopts for the home country (US) and “third-world” countries like India. Since it’s not bad to use work terms

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread (longish): This is Diduch or Did, the most important decoration made in the Carpathian villages in Western Ukraine during the traditional winter holidays, originally Winter Solstice, now Christmas... It

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

The Romans considered basically all fruits/vegetables to be one of two things: apples or melons. This lasted up until recently: potatoes being pommes de terre (earth apples), tomatoes being pomodoros,

ℙ𝕆𝕃𝕀𝕋𝕀ℂ𝔸𝕃 𝕄𝕆𝕆ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔼 🇺🇸 On Parler

POLITICALMOONS1

STRAIGHT-UP RED PILL for anyone still believing that the 27Dec19 event is genuine, real or otherwise authentic.This is exactly what is happening right now.But there is more to the story.A

💧😷Kate Hayford 朱晓韵, Unquiet Australian 🇦🇺 🇱🇹

democratie_kate

1/True story to put COVID-19 quarantine in perspective: In 1727, 11 natives of the isle of Hirta, Scotland, were ferried out to a nearby rock stac to collect eggs. The

Jillian Jorgensen

Jill_Jorgensen

Pretty surprised we have not heard more from @NYCMayor about schools at his daily presser, considering the positivity rate citywide has surged to 9% and we're not seeing an Christmas

Rosalind Jana

RosalindJana

In honour of this piece I wrote for @prospect_uk on Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ball + why reading about sweaty, noisy, glittering parties currently feels like an acute form of

JesseJenkins

JesseJenkins

#TexasBlackout update, 9:24am Central time: the grid operator @ERCOT_ISO's latest data is STILL reporting over 30 GW of thermal generators offline. ERCOT's 'extreme' generator outage scenario planned for just 14

Glasgow City Heritage Trust

GlasgowHeritage

Today’s #glasgowparkoftheweek is Springburn Park in the north of the city. Glasgow Corporation acquired the land for the park in 1892. At the time it was agricultural land, with the

ɾɑყɑ⁷ yami hater

afterwc

taehyung and seokjin being the happiest together — a thread when taehyung fell and seokjin fell after him so tae wouldn’t feel embarrassed will forever be precious

Gary Koekemoer

Gary22k

Expect the pattern to repeatIn the desperate search for relevance post Trump the populism enablers will trawl Pres Biden’s comments for gotcha soundbites. Ignoring context & know-howIt’s a doubt-merchant top

Ivan Sorokin

NevznachaY

So, reasonable interest in ‘90s post-Soviet pop has been building up in the west for some time (shoutouts to Kedr & Kate NV) — but one thing people seem to

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