David F Browne

@UniofExeter & @MertonCollege grad; ex-@OxfordUnion Standing Cttee (three terms); frequent speaker; @HPYoungVoices writer. Right-Libertarian - not Richard III

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

The argument that it is 'intolerant' or 'bigoted' to be concerned about thousands of undocumented young men from the Middle East turning up on our shores every week is contemptible. You can be pro-immigration while still expecting robust management of the system.

[David Lat @DavidLat]

Katie Couric writes in her new memoir that she thought Justice Ginsburg, 83 at the time, was "elderly and probably didn't fully understand the question."

I dunno. Based on her writing & speaking leading up to her death, I think RBG was pretty darn with it.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

Even as someone who works with data every day, it's rare to see a disrupted time series quite as stark as this.

Rates of girls' education in Afghanistan collapsed to *zero* when Taliban took over in 1996, shattering progress up to that point.

The question is what happens next

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

It should be a free choice whether to take the vaccine. I made my choice with no hesitation and took it months ago.

My advice would be to do the same as the vast majority have done so.

The threats and coercion need to stop. It's counterproductive and unethical.

[Scott Greenfield @ScottGreenfield]

You want people to get vaccinated. You want people to wear masks.

So you attack them, call them names and ridicule their concerns.

As if that's going to change their minds? What the fuck is wrong with you idiots?

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

New PHE data shows that since 21 June, 47,071 unvaccinated people have had emergency care for Covid compared with 17,939 people who have been double-jabbed. Only 12% of adults are unvaccinated whereas 69% have been double jabbed.

[Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX]

If climate change is the “existential threat” you say it is, why do you oppose nuclear energy, the only base load energy source with zero emissions? Why do you oppose carbon capture?

Answer: because this isn’t about solutions, it’s about control.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Be patient: just need to squash the sombrero and stop the NHS being overwhelmed.

Be patient: just need to single-jab the vulnerable.

Be patient: just need to double-jab the vulnerable.

Be patient: just need to double-jab pretty much everyone else, too.

Be patient.............

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

Find me anyone - scientist, politician, pundit, anyone - who said in January that we should still have restrictions in August even if two-thirds of adults were double jabbed and 86% had had one jab.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Continuing to wear a mask after restrictions are lifted doesn’t make you an inherently good person. Though it probably does mean that you have lost all ability to quantify risk.

[Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh]

Very troubling account from @hrw’s new report on academic freedom in Australian universities. If there is this level of self-censorship about China in universities, we should be worried. https://t.co/4EY4aAlqOe

[Elmer Yuen袁弓夷 袁爸爸 @ElmerYuen]

100 Criminal Years
百年共禍

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

Getting the vaccine means chances of passing on the virus have been massively reduced.

I'm now part of a growing 'vaccine wall' holding back the tide of the virus from more vulnerable people.

I'm also helping this country to build up to herd immunity, protecting us all 👍🇬🇧💪💉

[New Liberals @CNLiberalism]

China keeps making anti-West propaganda that makes the West look cool.

[Drew Savicki @DrewSav]

Pedro Castillo is not only an opponent of LGBT rights but he supports government sponsored paramilitary organizations that would conduct mob justice and enlist young people

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

The Pfizer vaccine /HAS/ cleared Phase III clinical trials.

So has Moderna. And AstraZeneca.

The idea these vaccines haven’t finished their trials is Fake News.

It’s standard practice for safety monitoring to continue post-approval. That doesn’t mean trials haven’t completed.

[Giles Fraser @giles_fraser]

God save the Queen.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

If we make life multiplanetary, there may come a day when some plants & animals die out on Earth, but are still alive on Mars

[Wesley Yang @wesyang]

From "white supremacist violence" to "no one may criticize China" in 1.5 news cycles