Prof Francois Balloux
@BallouxFrancois
Director @UGI_at_UCL. Interest in Infectious disease epidemiology, pathogen genomics, global health, and all sorts of other stuff.
Our über-massive review on everything you always wanted to know about SARS-CoV-2, or didn't even know you wanted to know, or would have preferred not to know - but if you read it you'll know it (sorry), is out, peer-reviewed and open access. academic.oup.com/ooim/advance-a…
The student protesters were obviously correct on Gaza. The reaction to them was obviously idiotic and depraved. We're probably still a while out from this being banal conventional wisdom, but it's coming.
⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱JUST IN: Former GHF Aid Security Guard Speaks Out — “This Has to Stop”. A former American security guard with UG Solutions at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites gave an interview to Israel’s Channel 12, exposing violent abuses against starving civilians at “aid…
Writing a community note under every incorrect post by @EYakoby would be a full time job ...
This doesn’t get talked about enough.
Nir Hasson from Haaretz has examined why, despite the delivery of aid through the GHF, hunger in Gaza is reaching lethal proportions. First, the amount is insufficient. Millions of meals are needed daily, but only a fraction gets through. Out of 353 million meals needed, 85…
I never liked Ozzy Osborne. He had a long recorded history of killing and abusing animals for fun, a clear sign of psychopathy.
🧵Thread: Exposing Israeli settlers’ lies. After global outrage—especially from Christian leaders—Israeli settlers and their propaganda machine are now denying they attacked the Christian village of Taybeh or tried to set fire to its church. Here are the facts: (1\15)
Extraordinary. AFP says its journalists are in imminent risk of being starved to death by Israel. This has never happened since the agency was founded. Never has any of its journalists been starved to death
💥"Today marks a week since this video was filmed. Two things haven't changed: 12 members of the Arafat family are still buried under the rubble of their home, and the @IDF still hasn't explained why it was necessary to kill them." @NirHasson
The GHF is an unfathomably evil and rotten organisation, masquerading as a humanitarian foundation, but in fact just a genocidal death machine. ~80 Palestinians got killed today as they tried to access food - which the GHF records as 'no incident'. The humanitarian situation in…
Today's GHF Operational Update: ➡️ More than 82 million meals distributed to date ➡️ More than 2 million meals delivered today ➡️ No incidents “We’ve now delivered over 82 million meals in Gaza — a reflection of our team’s extraordinary commitment under tremendous pressure.…
I thought I could no longer be shocked by the actions of the IDF in Gaza. But this report, from one of the most impartial and objective UN agencies, suggests there is simply no limit to the depths to which the IDF will sink. How can any sane person continue to support this?
WFP Statement | #Gaza On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza. Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the…
This thread is very funny and sweet, but it also engages, in a whimsical and thoughtful way, with fundamental issues relating to the nature, aims and limitations of experimental science.
This is the tale of a little frog who could. That frog's name was Rosie the Ribeter. And she could jump over 2 metres. And the problem was, according to science, she shouldn't have. In a minor way, Rosie changed science. In a major way, she showed what svcience was about. 1/x
Some advice by someone who's survived a number of Twitter/𝕏 pile-ons and cancellation attempts. 1. Stop digging 2. If what you wrote is super offensive to many, explain how your views were poorly expressed, and misunderstood ... 3. Never apologise - it just adds fuel to the…
You disgraceful liars. Because of your criminal incompetence and near daily massacres of starving people en route to and from your sites by the IDF , armed groups and hoarders are getting most of the aid. That's why the markets are nearly empty and people are starving to death:…
In Gaza, food is power. That’s why GHF’s secure, direct-to-civilians model is a threat to Hamas. It prevents looting, protects aid workers, and gets food where it’s needed fast. It’s working, which is exactly why Hamas is now scrambling to shut it down. They’re spreading…
The Epstein scandal may fester and putrefy for a while, but eventually, it likely can't be controlled and as the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.