I returned with my wife by air from Florida, coughing a bit and feeling unwell and having sat next to an oriental gentleman who boarded the plane wearing an elaborate mask – then took it off ( I have no evidence that he was sick, but it spooked me nonetheless). Two days later I was …
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All my other drafts are a bit anodyne at the moment, whereas you, dear reader, are undoubtedly tuned in The Virus. I thought the following was quite useful, and I haven’t seen it in detail elsewhere: The way to wash your hands. ”Many people don’t wash their hands correctly. They may think 10 seconds is …
The EU is turning a blind eye to a giant “scam” in eastern Europe, says The New York Times. Hungary’s nationalist PM, Viktor Orbán, was the first to spot the opportunity: his government sold huge tracts of state-owned land to oligarchs and political allies, ensuring their support by enabling them to claim vast sums in …
Question: ”I’m in my late 20s and I’m feeling more and more constrained by rules. From the endless signs that tell me to ‘stand on the right’ on escalators or ‘skateboarding forbidden’ in public places to all those unwritten societal rules such as the expectation that I should settle down, buy a house and have …
Almost 90% of people are biased against women, according to a new index that highlights the “shocking” global backlash to gender equality. The UN Development Programme (UNDP), which produced the findings, is calling on governments to introduce legislation and policies that address engrained prejudice. Despite progress in closing the equality gap, 91% of men and …
