2020

Jan 1st - Australia’s fires (impacting nearly 3 billion wild animals)
Jan 3rd - US military killed Irans’ General Qasem Soleimani at the direction of Donald Trump
Jan 7th - Chinese authorities identify a novel coronavirus

Jan 8th - Both Prince Harry and Megan Markle stepped down from their position as senior royals
Jan 9th - China recorded their first coronavirus death in Wuhan, China
Jan 20th - USA recorded their first coronavirus case in Washington state

Jan 25th - Australia recorded their first coronavirus case in Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Jan 26th - Kobe and Gigi Bryant were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California
Jan 28th - Worst locust swarms in decades hit east Africa destroying crops

Jan 31st - The UK leaves the European Union

Feb 8th - First American Citizen died of the coronavirus in Wuhan
Feb 9th - Parasite wins the Best Picture Award, making it the first non-English making film to win the award

March - Panic Buying
March 1st - Australia records 1st coronavirus death
March 9th - Stock markets crashed, suffering its worst single day joint drop ever
March 11th - WHO (World Health Organisation) declared coronavirus a pandemic

Amazing places in Nigeria you won’t believe exist in Nigeria

Retweet to educate someone

1. Gurara waterfall, Niger state

Gurara Waterfalls is located in Gurara, a local government area of Niger State, North Central Nigeria. The waterfalls is approximately 30 metres in height and it lies on the Gurara river along the Suleja-Minna Road

2. Sand dunes of Yobe
Located in Geidam, Yobe, Nigeria, these sand dunes are just like those found in Dubai 😁. You can do that desert safari in Nigeria

3.The Awhum waterfall
It is 30 metres high and is located in udi LGA,Enugu state, Nigeria.The locals believe the water has healing powers and is capable of driving away evil spirits if used. The Awhum Waterfall is also a popular tourist location in Nigeria

4.Oguta Lake
Located in Imo State, Southeastern Nigeria; within the equatorial rainforest region of Niger Delta. One part of Oguta Lake in Imo State, Nigeria is blue, the other part is brown. But they never mix

Welcome to a new Legislative Day in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

Senate President @DrAhmadLawan leads the Principal Officers into the Chambers, takes the official prayers and begin the day's proceedings at 10:43am.
#TodayInSenatePlenary

Senator Isah Jibrin moves for the adoption of Votes and Proceedings for Wednesday, 10th February, 2021.

Senator Nora Dadu'ut seconds.
#TodayInSenatePlenary

Senator Sirajudeen Ajibola (@DrSRJ_) cites Order 43 to inform the Senate on the demise of former Senator Adebayo Salami who represented Osun Central Senatorial District

Senate resolves to:
Observes one minute silence in honour of the late Senator.
#TodayInSenatePlenary

Senate now moves into Presentation of Bills for First Reading
#TodayInSenatePlenary

Event 201 consisted of fifteen ‘players‘ that represented, amongst others, airlines and medical corporations. Out of these fifteen, six are direct partners of the World Economic Forum.

THREAD. 1. We simply must stop seeing Freedom of Movement of People as a thing that causes mass immigration or that we must be scared of it. It avoids the need for “permanent immigration” & opens opportunities for British people and ensures our prof quals are recognised /...

2. FOM of people means it is as easy to take a job or live in Frankfurt as it is in Manchester or Bristol. FOM means you don’t need to immigrate permanently and keep your own nationality. /...

3. FOM of people does not mean scrapping passport control. (That’s Schengen and we’ve never been in it, but when you understand it properly, perhaps we should be) /...

4. FOM of people does not mean the government doesn’t know who is in the country. We have that data as passports are scanned and from flight advance passenger data and airline data. More recently also from health questionnaires. /...

5. FOM benefits younger workers coming to the UK and younger Brits going to other European cities to work. Nowadays you can often live and work in Europe even if you only speak English. Younger workers may go home after a few years /...

🇺🇲🇺🇲Roman Empire🇺🇲🇺🇲
The main cause of the fall of the Roman Empire wasn’t one event, but a series of factors and events that caused a steady decline...to eventual collapse.

History will repeat itself when we forget or deny its examples...

The managerial style and persona of Thomas Tuchel. 🇩🇪

[Thread]

Thomas Tuchel:

“My philosophy is an aesthetic one; aesthetic means to control the ball, the rhythm to attack in every minute, and to try and score as many goals as possible.”

If there is to be a defining and key element to Tuchel’s style and philosophy, it has to be his willingness and ability to shift and alter his setup - varying on matter of opposition that his side will face.

Essentially, he epitomises the post-modern manager.

Pep Guardiola is a prime example of a manager hell-bent on positional shifting and versatility in this side.

Thomas Tuchel takes this to even bigger heights. Engrossed on the desire to have multiple formations and systems, it’s almost as if he’s managing a video game.

The need for control is another part of the game that can be attributed to Tuchel’s style.

The core aims of Tuchel - a fusion of Klopp and Guardiola - include preventing the opposition from playing through the Gegenpress and attempting to dominate at any given time.

A new international report places Paraguay as one of the countries in last place using the "Green Future Index" based on its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, developing clean energy and innovations in the green field. If MIT researchers would bother to set foot in

our country they would realize that Paraguay emits only 0.07% of current GHGs and almost zero historical GHGs, and would see our green countryside. We have committed ourselves in the Paris agreement to a 20% reduction of GHGs within the country's sustainable development

framework by 2030. The report says that there is no commitment to sustainable development. Perhaps they do not know that the Chaco was developed with a unique plan in the world for the conservation of 40% of forests on each property, respecting watercourses and protecting

biological corridors between blocks of pastures. Our application of modern livestock management techniques is highly efficient and allows the absorption of organic carbon in the soil, and by taking the absorptions from all wetlands and grasslands and pastures, minus emissions

from livestock, we have a close to positive balance, working to full to reach that goal. There are multiple sustainable and climate-friendly beef production initiatives, such as Natural meat from Solidaridad-ARP, Low-carbon meat from Solidaridad-CREA, Sustainable meat from the

A few more years of this and we'll be a failed state.

It is hard to imagine a radically different future for the country in which you live. But plenty of nations have flipped from prosperity into political and economic collapse, often through gross misrule.
Gross misrule is the UK's other pandemic.
And there's currently no vaccine.

The usual treatment is effective opposition. But, given the scale of the crises we now face, Labour is being remarkably quiet and passive. It should be mobilising its base in protest, while articulating a fresh and exciting political vision.

A crucial aspect of this vision is political reform:
Proportional representation, so the many can never again be dominated by the few.
Get the money out of politics.
Cut Murdoch and the other media barons down to size.
Build a new, more participatory democracy.

The crisis makes a much bolder and more radical Opposition response necessary.
It also provides an opportunity for a new politics, that wasn't there before.
Why isn't Labour grasping it?

[drabble]

Li Juyao is to be betrothed. To whoever the heck it is, he doesn't know. What he does know is that the caravan of the royal he's supposed to marry is nearly at Taiyuan's gate.

He must escape.

He puts on his bounty hunter clothes, and sneaks out.

But alas, Butler Shi seems to have predicted that this would happen, and has scouted outside of the prince's manor. With the help of a few giggling maids, he captures Ji Chong, ties him tightly with a strong rope, the prince's hands at his back, and throws him in an empty room.

"Behave! You will be let out when the king summons you!" Butler Shi hisses, and shuts the door.

Ji Chong can only grumble and accept his fate. He, too, has suspected that this will happen after all. He'll have to personally let down his to-be-betrothed, then.

Meanwhile, Anzhi is grateful that Zichen had agreed to represent him in his audience with the King of Jin. Maybe if it's viewed to be rude enough, whoever it is that he shall marry will be put off by this behavior. Maybe they'll withdraw. He hopes they'll withdraw.

So here Anzhi is, disguised as an attendant, even though everyone in the caravan knew of his identity. He doesn't tag along in the main hall however, lest Zichen fail and be forced to bring him out.

Turkey vs Israel, France and Greece: forked tongue, conflicting messages? - JP columnist

Thread

Turkey’s diplomatic efforts to set aside its differences with Israel, France and Greece over various disputes should not be taken at face value nor trusted, Middle East analyst Neville Teller said in an opinion piece published on Saturday. 1/

In the wake of Joe Biden’s electoral victory to become the next U.S. president in November, Turkey has changed its tone with numerous countries it had fallen out with in recent years. 2/

This posturing “must be viewed as part of a broader strategy designed to strengthen Turkey’s standing with the upcoming U.S. President Joe Biden,” Teller wrote in the Jerusalem Post. 3/

Erdoğan’s “normalisation overtures may be part of his new strategy, but in the light of his past actions and present posturings on the world stage, he cannot be surprised if his motives are viewed by the world at large with suspicion, if not downright disbelief,” he said. 4/