As @richardbranson, @JeffBezos & @elonmusk race to get into space, I’m reminded of that Gil Scott Heron song:

“I can't pay no doctor bill
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still
(while Whitey's on the moon)”
#Branson #Unity22
Gil Scott/Heron’s stand-up was very funny & always ‘political’

“When I went to see “Jaws”, I identified with the shark. Jaws was the home team. He was in the water. This is where sharks are known to be. You go to the beach, he goes to the supermarket.”
#BREAKING: Exclusive footage of Branson blasting off! #Unity22 #Branson #RichardBranson #SpaceX #VirginGalactic #Bezos #Musk
Oops - wrong video. Here’s the right one of Richard Branson becoming first billionaire to enter suborbital space. #VirginGalactic #Unity22 #RichardBranson #BREAKING

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11 Jul
Bottles & missiles thrown in Leicester Sq

At least it’s happening in London rather than some other European capital

If #England win or lose, it might be wise to stay clear of Trafalgar Sq / central London tonight
#ENGITA #EnglandvsItaly #ENG  #EURO2020 
Ystdy, an #England “fan” revealed the hotel where the #ITA team were staying & tweeted

“If #Italy’s hotel isn’t kept up all night by fire alarms & fireworks on Saturday I’ll be massively let down”

This is what happened👇
#ENGvITA #EURO2020 #Euro2021 #ENG
“Everything I know about morality & the obligations of men, I owe it to football” CAMUS

It teaches us about team work, fair play & that some things are more important than winning

At the EURO2012 #ENGvITA match, an #England fan dropped his pants to try & put off a penalty taker
Read 21 tweets
10 Jul
1/. Charlottesville's Jackson Monument was erected 100 years ago in 1921

The erection of the statue coincided with a growth of the KKK

Lynchings were commonplace

In 2017, protests against removing the statue sparked a deadly far-right rally

Today it’s finally being taken down
2/. “The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly & quietly & invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams” (Maya Angelou)

Last month, marked the centenary of the Tulsa massacre in Greenwood
3/. In 1921, membership of the Ku Klux Klan exploded following a three-week front-page exposé of the Klan in the New York World

There is a mutually beneficial relationship between the far right & the news media

100 years on we are witnessing this again. theguardian.com/world/2018/mar…
Read 9 tweets
10 Jul
1/. More than a year ago, I flagged this Dutch modelling for how the #COVID19 pandemic might impact with its final peak in early 2022

The Dutch were also following a #HerdImmunuity ‘strategy’

Today, the @DailyMailUK is talking about a 4th wave even before the 3rd wave as peaked
2/. All epidemiologists & virologists will tell you, #HereImmunity is an ‘outcome’ NEVER a ‘strategy’

The Dutch #COVID19 strategy mirrored that being used in the UK & was described as “a masterclass in framing & gaslighting”

So why did they go down this non-scientific path?👇
3/. We know the govt did NOT “stick to the science like glue”

#HerdImmunity - wasn’t science

#BehaviouralFatigue wasn’t science

They knew about asymptomatic spread in Jan

These were not “mistakes”

So why DID they do it?

Why are they STILL doing it?

Some answers below👇
Read 6 tweets
8 Jul
1/. #WondersOfNature

Ystdy, I came across this ball of walnut caterpillars

They cluster like this to increase body temperature & as a defence against predators (although a bird could scoff the lot!?)

They turn into beautiful, tan & cinnamon brown moths

Today, they were gone.
2/. #WondersOfNature (PART II)

A few months ago, I came across this oak apple or oak gall

The gall wasp lays its eggs in leaf of a particular type of oak tree

The gall protects the larvae until it metamorphoses into adulthood & the gall tissue nourishes the growing gall wasp. ImageImage
3/. Like the ring-necked parakeets
you see in London’s skies, another non-native species lives in our waterways: the red swamp crayfish or mudbug

Whilst Jimi Hendrix was responsible for releasing a pair of parakeets in 1968, the crayfish were introduced in the 70s by the govt.
Read 5 tweets
8 Jul
Fair play to the big fella

He keeps celebrating even when he’s on his back! (Video via @uchenelia) #ENG  #EURO2020 #Euros2021 #Euros2020 #footballscominghome
British Muslim students celebrate Harry Kane’s extra time goal at an Islamic seminary. (Via @Hasanpatel) #ENG #englandvdenmark #EURO2020 #Euros2021 @HKane
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5 Jul
1/. DAN WALKER: The guidance says you should choose what to do. What would you do

HELEN WHATELY: I’d choose to follow the guidance

Yet another car crash interview by govt minister, @Helen_Whately unable to say whether she will continue wearing face.
2/. Last year, @Helen_Whately attempted to blame scientists for the govt’s policy of transferring #COVID19 patients from hospitals into care homes without testing

@KayBurley wasn’t impressed

BURLEY: You can't stick this on the scientists

WHATLEY: I can
3/. On 28/5/20, @Helen_Whately, was asked four times by Fiona Bruce on #BBCQT where we are with the app which is essential for tracking & tracing

She didn’t answer

#HelenWhately: The app will support the...the...the...the...as we go further down the path
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