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🔷 DEFENCE STATEMENT 🔷 1. There was no party 2. If there was a party, I did not attend 3. If I did attend the party, I did not realise it was a party 4. If I attended the party and realised it was a party, I did not know that parties were banned under the rules that I wrote.

THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go "back to normal" or "like it was before". My personal thoughts: We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu. The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't. 1/13

Something washing up on a beach stokes military tensions in this short piece of speculative future fiction. I had fun writing this, and thanks to ⁦Neil Ashdown⁩ for comments and ⁦U.S. Naval Institute⁩ for publishing blog.usni.org/posts/2022/02/…

If you need another shocking illustration of how the new pick-up trucks have been designed to be deadly, watch this. That dash screen may not even save a corvette, let alone a pedestrian.

Listening to Putin’s speech, I’m reminded of the old Soviet joke: “The future is certain; it is only the past that is unpredictable.”

If you're gonna listen to any speech about #Ukraine 🇺🇦, let it be this one. The Kenya ambassador to the UNSC perfectly explains how people across Africa understand Ukraine, and what the Kremlin's acts of aggression mean in our post-colonial world.

Interactions that treat Russia as a continuing member of the international community will normalise, and thus tacitly permit, what is happening. Genuinely amazed at the appalling misread from eg Formula 1 and Eurovision Song Contest - and even UEFA Champions League in allowing Russian teams to play.

The central question. Are Europeans willing to face some rationing of gas to bring the Russian economy to its knees in weeks? We didn't loosen our addiction their gas when we should have. A small price now to help save #Ukraine ?

THREAD: Here's why sanctioning the Central Bank of Russia could prove devastating - the true "nuclear" option in the West's financial arsenal. Russia currently holds about $640 billion in reserves. About 32% held in euros, 22% in gold, 16% in dollars, and 13% in Yuan. 1/

For those with whiplash, some of the changes to German foreign & security policy in the last week: - de facto death of Nord Stream 2 - substantial arms deliveries to Ukraine, directly and via 3rd countries - €100bn investment in armed forces & commitment to 2% NATO goal (1/2)

Second, we will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU.   The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war.   We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.

100,000 deaths was an “incalculable loss,” but 1 million deaths is “learning to live with the virus.” A masterclass in narrative control by the rich and powerful.

I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.

This is very good. A fabulous communicator.

Thank you Russia at the United Nations for your letter dated March 16. Please see our suggested edits below. #StandWithUkraine #RespectTheCharter

Full day of IPCC interviews yesterday (🙏 to the journalists & the incomparable Aïcha Besser of Suisse Climact who coordinated it all). The question I was asked most often: "Scientists have been raising the alarm for so long, and no one does anything. Why another report?" 🧵

A new report from #MonashUni and Royal Holloway researchers suggests key principles to enable Australia’s transition to a fair and low carbon future ♻️ Read more: mona.sh/gxP630soOfU #ChangeIt #NetZero

Our @CDEIUK report on Responsible Innovation for Self-Driving Vehicles, published today: gov.uk/government/pub…. John McDermid A thread on some of the key recommendations... 🧵

What do we say when we say #OSINT? 📢 ANALYSIS: Neil Ashdown examines ethical implications of the term "open source intelligence" to refer to different activities by government agencies, the private sector, civil society, and the public. Read more ➡️ stnl.cr/publicosint