Over the weekend, #COVIDIOTS in the Netherlands rioted in cities across the country in protest at a new lockdown

They even attacked a hospital

As with the US & UK where #COVID19 messaging has been unclear & shifting, the #COVIDIOT phenomenon has arisen.
Protests against #COVID lockdown measures in the Netherlands turned into riots

A #COVID19 testing centre was torched

Nearly 200 people were arrested.
(footage via @annaholligan👆& @AJEnglish👇)
“The private data of millions of Dutch people in the #coronavirus systems of the GGD are not secure.

Large-scale illegal trade takes place in residential addresses, 06 numbers &BSNs, originating from the systems for testing & source & contact research.” rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederla…
The Dutch #COVID19 strategy mirrors the British

In what’s been described as “a masterclass in framing & gaslighting” PM Rutte announced in March their ‘strategy’ was #herdimmunity then tried to deny it

Today, he narrowly survived a vote of no confidence.
“Ystdy, @SylvanaBIJ1 of the burgeoning leftist Dutch party @PolitiekBIJ1 who recently earned her first seat in Parliament, impressed friend & foe with a sharp analysis & blistering condemnation of the Dutch #COVID19 strategy.” @jaapstronks @ContainmentNow

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16 Apr
1/. “Some may argue decisions made by the Dutch govt were just a series of errors of judgement. They were not. They were deliberate decisions. To allow the maximum number of people to get #COVID without overwhelming hospitals.”@SylvanaBIJ1

Sound familiar?
2/. The Dutch #COVID19 strategy mirrors the British👇

Described as “a masterclass in framing & gaslighting” PM Rutte announced in March their ‘strategy’ was #herdimmunity then tried to deny it

Is the involvement of shadowy company, Palantir, in both strategies pure coincidence?
3/. Palantir, who rptdly taught #CambridgeAnalytica about data scraping, are in charge of the #COVID Data Store in the UK together with #FacultyAI the firm Cummings used for the #VoteLeave referendum campaign

Palantir are doing the same in dozens of other countries #PalantirPlan
Read 8 tweets
14 Apr
“Happy birthday, Hugh Janus...er...”
@Nigel_Farage
Here’s the longer version
#NigelFarage > #HughJanus > #HugeAnus (via @benjamincohen)
This isn’t the first time #NigelFarage has been pranked

CALLER: I used to be an ardent remainer until something monumental happened that completely changed my view

FARAGE: What was that monumental thing, Mark?

MARK: I was kicked in the head by a horse!
Read 7 tweets
13 Apr
The hunt is on for the world's biggest rabbit, stolen from its home in Worcestershire

The ten-year-old Darius, a 4ft 3in-long Continental Giant, was snatched from a rear garden.
@AFP u.afp.com/UQut #Darius
Darius may have been stolen to order by a rival rabbit breeder

He can command a £500 appearance fee at functions

He’s on a special diet & - without it - there are fears he may not survive

Darius looks a bit like this rabbit, only 170x bigger #FreeDarius
Wow! The missing rabbit has made it to the @nytimes

"He travelled across the UK for events alongside Ms. Edwards, who often appeared with him dressed as the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit. Darius was insured for $1.6 million 7 traveled with a bodyguard”
nytimes.com/2021/04/13/wor…
Read 5 tweets
12 Apr
1/. "I will never see the world again"

In 2018 writer & journalist, Mehmet Altan, was sentenced to life-imprisonment in #Turkey on baseless terrorism charges

Tmw the European Court of Human Rights will pass judgment his conviction #FreeTurkeyMedia

3 May = #WorldPressFreedomDay Image
2/. This cartoon👆is by the amazing @channeldraw

In previous years, to mark #WorldPressFreedomDay, @amnesty invited people to tweet their cartoons using the #FreeTurkeyMedia hashtag

Turkey is one of the world's biggest jailer of journalists. #WPFD21
Read 4 tweets
11 Apr
In this chilling 2013 interview, @BorisJohnson admits he’s not really bumbling

“I’m hard as nails” he says

He also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”

That you can “make a good case for any course of action.” #HerdImmunity #COVID19
When the subject moves to ethics, @BorisJohnson becomes more guarded

Asked whether he believes one "can derive the ethics from the science" he avoids answering

Perhaps he’s aware that discussions of genomics can easily slip into the subject of eugenics.
I know!

Most of us switch-off at the mention of “genomics”, but it is crucial to understanding how the world is transforming & how “super forecasters” see the need for society to transform too

This thread👇offers a potted summary of just some of what is going on. #GenomeUK
Read 13 tweets
9 Apr
“144-page issue with magical souvenir magazine” @DailyMailUK

“Magical”?
“Souvenir”?
“144 pages”?
#PrincePhilip #dukeofedinburgh #RIPPrincePhilip
Only 16 pages in the Irish edition of the Daily Mail!

They cut 128 pages!
(pic via @CSBlenner)
“It’s a stretch to call him a feminist icon but...” @guardian
#dukeofedinburgh #PrincePhilip #RoyalFamily
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