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Robert Jenrick is to change the law so that historic statues, plaques, memorials or monuments cannot be removed without going through a formal planning process.
— Christopher Hope\U0001f4dd (@christopherhope) January 16, 2021
Twelve thousand statues are covered by the law changes.
2. In a speech last September, Jenrick complained that "the planning system is broken". Only "1% of people" had "the esoteric knowledge to navigate [its] arcane and protracted world", shutting out those "who donāt have the time to contribute to the lengthy and archaic process".
3. If campaigners make it through that process (which Jenrick himself calls "as inconsistent as it is slow") more barriers lie ahead. "I will not hesitate to use my powers as Secretary of State" to enforce the view, to "be set out in law", that statues should "almost always" stay
4. When this govt wants councils to do something - like building houses - it invariably overrides the planning system. When it wants to *stop* them doing something - like moving statues - it enforces it. This is not an attempt to democratise change. It's an attempt to obstruct it
5.If the goal were to prevent direct action against statues, blocking lawful & constitutional avenues for change would be a foolish way of doing it. As I wrote here, we need good faith mechanisms where the case for change can be argued & contested lawfully
8. Debate around public statues is not going to go away. Nor should it, for it raises profound questions about our values & the ownership of public space. So councils need to establish good-faith processes in which debate can happen - and from which meaningful change can emerge.
— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) June 9, 2020
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Israel works to "Judaize" the entire area, treating the land as a resource chiefly meant to benefit the Jewish population. Jewish communities are established and developed, while Palestinians are dispossessed and corralled into small, crowded enclaves.https://t.co/DFU922lNvC pic.twitter.com/d36H8OVgdD
— B'Tselem \u05d1\u05e6\u05dc\u05dd \u0628\u062a\u0633\u064a\u0644\u0645 (@btselem) January 14, 2021
Starting with the West Bank, specifically Area C from which allegedly Palestinians are being systematically pushed into the enclaves of Areas A and B, and replaced by Jewish settlers. If so, we should've seen the demographic balance in Area C shift in the Jews' favor. Has it? /2
Well, there's no evidence for that, certainly none in the paper. Latest UN estimate is ~ 300k Palestinians in Area C in 2013, probably >3 times their number in 1995 when the area was delineated. Jewish population growth in the same area & period was slower or similar at 2.6%./3
While good population stats for Area C are unavailable, there are construction surveys based on aerial photos. Do they support Btselem's claim? Quite the contrary. At least one shows that in recent yrs the total Palestinian residential area expanded more than the Jewish one./4
The same analysis by @RegavimIsrael found that the number of Palestinian structures in Area C increased by 28,600 during 2009-2019, nearly doubling in one decade, far more than the 18,600 built in Jewish settlements in that period, according to official statistics. /5
Couple of things to clarify in case you don't know what these systems are
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Over the past 15 days I have not only been running my company as normal but I have been faced with largest threat to its future since it began in 1992. This is #Brexit & here is my thread on just how bad things are getting. 1/26
— Daniel Lambert (Wines). \U0001f1ea\U0001f1fa\U0001f1eb\U0001f1f7\U0001f3f4\U000e0067\U000e0062\U000e0077\U000e006c\U000e0073\U000e007f\U0001f347\U0001f942 (@DanielLambert29) January 16, 2021
Daniel mentions 2 different systems: EMCS used to register movements of excise goods (wine) and CHIEF for customs.
As excise products are subject to additional controls EMCS was used even when we were in the EU. And it still is now.
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CHIEF is different, it's a customs systems. Reminder, as an EU member we didn't have customs borders with other EU states.
We've now introduced a new customs border so all movements to/from the EU need to be logged in CHIEF AS WELL AS other relevant systems.
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CHIEF isn't easy to use. Kudos to Daniel for managing to input directly into it. The additional software helps but yes, there is a cost involved. Or you can pay the broker.
Part of that extra admin cost we've been warning about for the last 5 years
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Another issue is that CHIEF will soon (ish) be replaced by CDS. A new version. So even if you learn how to deal with CHIEF now you'll soon need to re-learn on CDS.
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(includes free resources and everything else you need to get started)
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Before we begin, I want to congratulate you on your decision to learn how to code using Python.
I still remember how I wrote my first piece of code 6 years and all the amazing and cool things I've been able to do with it ever since.
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Make sure to keep in mind that it is probably best for you to keep your expectations in check.
Don't expect to make AAA games or state of the art machine learning models in a week.
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Programming is not something that you can learn in a single week, it takes consistent effort and dedication over time to get good at it.
With all that being said, let's dive straight in.
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In order to write Python code, you'll need to install Python on your system.
Linux and macOS users can skip this step because they come pre-installed with Python.
Download link: https://t.co/KSZ4Qd6CNk
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I predicted this in April and was the first to catch them doing it on Dec 2.
https://t.co/PMcICHQWUi
So, make sure to credit me in any article you write!
Taiwan News reported it on basis of my tweet as @keverington can confirm
Trevor Bedford, Kristian Andersen & Eddie Holmes
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) December 2, 2020
- As I predicted back in Aprilhttps://t.co/KFdAyw4TvG
Now eagerly awaiting Daszak, Rambaut, & Mazzet with their retinue of minions to crawl out of woodwork singing a new jolly "but we always supported a lab investigation" tune https://t.co/iOfjRByIhJ pic.twitter.com/YugM0VJxTF
@keverington 2. Here you go, Alina, about
The Changing Tunes of Trevor Bedford
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) December 2, 2020
Left Screenshot - Feb 21 2020
Right Screenshot - Dec 2 2020 pic.twitter.com/IUNbHtw0Gj
@keverington 3. My prediction from
It will be amusing to see GOF virologists crawling out of the woodwork now trying to reposition themselves as innocent doubting Thomases who never really discounted lab leak theories:
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) April 27, 2020
"Errr, I never actually said that..What I said was"
Keep an eye out for SPIN & scrubbed tweets!
@keverington 4. Supporting Links
February Threads are here:https://t.co/GxBwZipufy
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) December 2, 2020
December tweet here:https://t.co/un9iq4oGg1
@keverington 5. Holmes and
Eddie Holmes in April https://t.co/JisHHZg8cO
— Billy Bostickson \U0001f3f4\U0001f441&\U0001f441 \U0001f193 (@BillyBostickson) December 2, 2020
Eddie Holmes Lately (screenshot) pic.twitter.com/Y8BELYsfgv
here's a good thought about it
hey this is a really really important thread, if you're a follower of mine i'd really appreciate it if you could read through this https://t.co/6yalBIEotQ
— Goddess of Butterflies (@JuniperTheory) January 17, 2021
and here's another good place to get started on it
[THREAD] https://t.co/Xr5YOxECxp
— Plum, Cat Girl (Festive)\U0001f384 (@BirbBabe) January 17, 2021
this person is saying things about the thread
there's always a lot of stuff vying for yr attention on twitter but try to read this thread, if you can https://t.co/A8PNSgH1LL
— soaked through in digital video (@tvwolfsnake) January 17, 2021
oh jeez did i forget to add part 5 hold on
5. There is no five.https://t.co/dsUDkY4dHa
— Lorxus \U0001f967 (@CoronaCoreanici) January 17, 2021
A lot to unpack...but weāre in the middle of a pancetta so Iām gonna leave most of it in the bag š§µ
https://t.co/XrV77u6rUp
I almost quit after the section on āRacial Categorizations in the United Statesā b/c it oversimplifies & inaccurately recounts the history of census racial designations.
(No āBlackā or āNativeā in the 8/2/1790 census, btw. Indigenous ppl were first counted in the 1860 census)
The 1790 census grouped people as free white men, free white women, other free persons and slaves without a specific race question. Then 100 years, the crazy had reached a peak with White, Black and three gradations of white/black admixture in between.
— Lachelle Dawn (@Lachelle_Dawn) June 3, 2020
Many werenāt āwhiteā until coming to the US & many immigrated to access āwhitenessā
The US census canāt be used to demonstrate the merits of race as a proxy for biology or ancestry - white is a group for the non-Black/non-othered & includes Northern European & North African folx
The authors then refer to ethnicity as a way to capture ācommon values, cultural normsā
The oversimplification is offensive. Hispanic/Latino is not a monolithic grouping of people. The authors even show in (figure 1) how different ancestry can be *within* this ethnic group.
That difference in ancestry translates to VERY different cultures in terms of food, customs, & even language. Sociopolitical relations also translate to different ways that people are treated based on the precise origins of their Hispanic identity.
