Boris Johnson is speaking at US think tank, @atlanticcouncil, on 1 Feb about how to sustain support for Ukraine. Here are a few questions the hosts might like to pose to this stalwart "freedom fighter", Putin foe, and Churchillian "champion" of

In 2016, why did Boris Johnson blame the EU for Russia's invasion of Crimea?
https://t.co/SIO8dHMS2w

In 2018, why did then For Secretary Johnson spend several days at the private villa of a Russian oligarch and ex KGB spy without any aides, immediately after a confidential NATO meeting discussing the Skripal poisoning?
https://t.co/afUru5A0dJ

In 2020, why did Boris Johnson make media mogul, Evgeny Lebedev, the son of Alexander Lebedev, a peer in the House of Lords, against the advice of the UK's own security services?
https://t.co/3PVJ0Ks16U

Why, in the run up to the December 2019 general election, was so much Russian money allowed to flood into Conservative party coffers?
https://t.co/2GmUwDDMNR

Why, in the same period, did Boris Johnson's government suppress a report into alleged Russian interference in British politics until after the election? https://t.co/QkRYVK6Xgw

Why, in 2021, did the UK Treasury grant a special exemption to Putin ally, and head of notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner, Prigozhin, to circumvent British sanctions so he could launch a legal case in British courts against a British journalist? https://t.co/x7fiaGgAfW

Why, in 2022, would the UK's Information Commissioner refuse to release the minutes of a meeting between then For Sec Johnson and the CEO of Cambridge Analytica on grounds that disclosure would undermine trust and confidence between the US and UK? https://t.co/51NSaNnQJR

Yes, Johnson makes wonderful arguments in support of Ukraine now. But, please, attendees at the Atlantic Council, @ACEventsLive take what he says with a strong degree of scepticism. Remember, this is a disgraced ex PM, who lost his job after a record of serial lying.

@peterjukes @bylinetimes @annettedittert

For that matter, there are many other questions which deserve answers. How did a man of such great "principle" only back Brexit after essentially flipping a coin, and concluding "leave" would most help his career? https://t.co/XhmwXygBr3

How and why did such an allegedly staunch Russian foe support Brexit, a move which only served to weaken and divide the EU, gifting Putin a present? https://t.co/caLR4UFKc3

Could his decision have been influenced by his engagement with ‘a group of Eastern European businessmen’ and after a dinner with Evgeny Lebedev (h/t @peterjukes )? https://t.co/I2wC4In6p1

Why, if he is so concerned about Russian aggression, did he continue to pursue the hardest form of Brexit, and escalate rows with EU over N Ireland, further distracting and dividing the Western alliance when it needed to remain strong and united?

How, under his leadership, did Boris Johnson allow the conservative party to be transformed into a national-populist party, whose instincts now are like those of Viktor Orbán, representing everything Ukraine is allegedly fighting against?https://t.co/YIuBTWtHon

Why is this MP spending so much time on speech and talk show circuit, and playing up his support for Ukraine, at expense of his constituency work? Could it be something to do with raising money to fund his lavish lifestyle, or help a possible comeback? https://t.co/uKIaxV4A2c

What principles has Boris Johnson ever truly altruistically served, beyond his own self-interest?

Who owns Boris Johnson?

https://t.co/jkp6RM8ZPN

2/21
She was a true nationalist & always had a vision of becoming a part of the freedom fighter movement. She was also reportedly accused as an undercover by the British Govt.

That was the time when her father's business was flourishing in Calcutta, though his business was..

3/21
spread across the country but Calcutta was the center of his business and that was one of the reasons why her education was done in Calcutta. During that period of time, she had learned quite a few languages along with Bengali, Hindi, English.

4/21
Her father got her married to a CID Inspector "Shrikant Jairanjan Das" in British India but they were two different individuals, Neera Arya was a true nationalist but her husband was a true British servant. She was highly motivated & she had an urge of getting us freedom..

5/21
so she ended up joining the Jhansi Regiment in Azad Hind Fauz after the marriage. It was the regiment that the British always accused them of spying on British Govt.

It was the time when Neera's husband Jairanjan Das was given the responsibility to spy on Netaji Subhash..

Anastasis
@OrdersofM

https://t.co/6cRR2B3jBE
Viruses and other pathogens are often studied as stand-alone entities, despite that, in nature, they mostly live in multispecies associations called biofilms—both externally and within the host.

https://t.co/FBfXhUrH5d

Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.

...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.

Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.

Simon DeDeo
@SimonDeDeo

This is a pretty valiant attempt to defend the "Feminist Glaciology" article, which says conventional wisdom is wrong, and this is a solid piece of scholarship. I'll beg to differ, because I think Jeffery, here, is confusing scholarship with "saying things that seem right".

Imagine for a moment the most obscurantist, jargon-filled, po-mo article the politically correct academy might produce. Pure SJW nonsense. Got it? Chances are you're imagining something like the infamous "Feminist Glaciology" article from a few years back.https://t.co/NRaWNREBvR pic.twitter.com/qtSFBYY80S
— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs) October 13, 2018

The article is, at heart, deeply weird, even essentialist. Here, for example, is the claim that proposing climate engineering is a "man" thing. Also a "man" thing: attempting to get distance from a topic, approaching it in a disinterested fashion.

Also a "man" thing—physical courage. (I guess, not quite: physical courage "co-constitutes" masculinist glaciology along with nationalism and colonialism.)

There's criticism of a New York Times article that talks about glaciology adventures, which makes a similar point.

At the heart of this chunk is the claim that glaciology excludes women because of a narrative of scientific objectivity and physical adventure. This is a strong claim! It's not enough to say, hey, sure, sounds good. Is it true?

$Anu Satheesh \U0001f1ee\U0001f1f3$