Person coordinating aid and rescues in Turkey earthquake says:
“We did most of our aid coordination on Twitter. Since the restriction, we went down by 70%”.
He gives examples of people being pulled alive from the rubble after Twitter messaging and coordination directed help.
So the WHO chief in Syria is accused by her own staff of:
- Throwing a $10,000 party at WHO's expense.
- Giving favours to regime figures & meeting Russian military.
- Hiring relatives of gvt officials -- some accused of human rights violations.
https://t.co/JYQd0OWBHe
A senior U.S. official expressed exasperation to me about the Starlink situation in Ukraine involving @elonmusk.
Musk “dangles hope over the heads of millions, then sticks the DoD with the bill for a system no one asked for but now so many depend on.”
https://t.co/uiitGNwIm4
OK, I said yesterday that I'd take a brief dive into this this Syria mosaic. So here we go🧵:
First of all, a good rule of thumb is that when you see something blow up in the news like this, it's usually the result of a coordinated media campaign operating behind the scenes.
📢🚨SOME PERSONAL NEWS (except, predictably, that it is entirely professional): after leaving Gates for a short-lived stint as a senior civil servant, I hereby announce the birth of @goodplacecomms - communication, advocacy and investment strategies for public and planetary good.
Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. One of victims was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich.