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23 AUG 21 :: "When I first saw the furin cleavage site in the viral sequence... I said to my wife it was the smoking gun... mak[ing] a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for #SARSCoV2." virologist David Baltimore, former president of @Caltech |
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19 AUG 21 :: On the Gringo Trail...Popocatépetl "Smoking Mountain"; 5426m) from neighbouring Ixtaccíhuatl. The twin volcanoes overlook Mexico City. it is the mountain of Malcolm Lowry's "Under the Volcano." @NicholasCoghlan |
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11 AUG 21 :: All roads lead to the Battle for Kabul @asiatimesonline |
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9 AUG 21 :: The rise and fall of the Matatu King @thecontinent_ [cont] |
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6 AUG 21 :: Last Evenings on Earth By Roberto Bolaño @NewYorker [continued] |
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13 JUL 21 :: I realized how quickly the war was moving when, that same day, an interview with a senior Tigrayan leader was cut short by cheering: the fighters had just shot down an Ethiopian military cargo plane. @declanwalsh |
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21 JUN 21 :: Vladislav Surkov: ‘An overdose of freedom is lethal to a state’ @FT @HenryJFoy |
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18 JUN 21 :: On the Gringo Trail...Popocatépetl "Smoking Mountain"; 5426m) from neighbouring Ixtaccíhuatl. The twin volcanoes overlook Mexico City. it is the mountain of Malcolm Lowry's "Under the Volcano." @NicholasCoghlan |
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9 JUN 21 :: The murky origins of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic P. Balaram National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru |
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28 MAY 21 :: The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush @NewYorker [cont] |
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10 MAY 21 :: The coronavirus pandemic was meant to propel the Serum Institute of India and its chief executive Adar Poonawalla from an obscure drug manufacturer into the world’s vaccine saviour. @FT |
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7 MAY 21 :: "When I first saw the furin cleavage site in the viral sequence... I said to my wife it was the smoking gun... mak[ing] a powerful challenge to the idea of a natural origin for #SARSCoV2." virologist David Baltimore, former president of @Caltech |
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30 MAR 21 :: The full @60Minutes segment on the #OriginsofCOVID talking lab leaks, WIV military research, and the WHO-China joint mission H/T @Ayjchan |
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24 FEB 21 :: Why Does the Pandemic Seem to Be Hitting Some Countries Harder Than Others? @NewYorker @DrSidMukherjee [continued] |
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19 JAN 21 :: @WHO in Wuhan: the Covid‑hunters will trudge wherever they are allowed @thetimes |
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13 JAN 21 :: 07-AUG-2017 :: Any financial expert will tell you that President Trump's financial affairs are a "smoking gun." |
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6 JAN 21 :: The Lab-Leak Hypothesis For decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. But what if …? @NYMag |
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4 JAN 21 :: Lab leak is the 'most credible' source of the coronavirus outbreak, says top US government official, amid bombshell claims Wuhan scientist has turned whistleblower @MailOnline |
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22 OCT 20 :: Walk by the Wall Mosul, Iraq @newlinesmag @AliBaroodi |
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30 SEP 20 :: The continent’s case fatality count stands at 2.4%, with roughly 35,000 deaths among the more than 1.4 million people reported infected with COVID-19, In North America, it is 2.9% and in Europe 4.5% @Reuters. |
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