The EU believes that the death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punishment, which fails to act as a deterrent to crime and represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity.

“We also demonstrated the efficacy of surgical masks to reduce coronavirus detection and viral copies in large respiratory droplets and in aerosols“

Service Workers’ Queens Neighborhoods Hit Hardest By Virus 《No, there is nothing “freaky” about Corona being a hot spot. That’s where the people who keep the city running live.》

The best alternatives to Zoom for videoconferencing 《Zoom is basically spyware!》

Taiwan’s aggressive efforts are paying off in fight against COVID-19 《Excellent short video, with full transcript.》

What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage

Why does Taiwan still criminalize adultery?

Taiwan: The liberal democracy where adultery remains a crime

Turkmenistan Has Banned Use Of The Word ‘Coronavirus’

Coronavirus kills its first democracy

When he ran OneWest, CA found over 1,000 examples of violations conducted by Mnuchin but AG Kamala Harris refused to press charges. 🤬

⭐️ “There’s still a good case for masks, though, even if they can’t stop viruses from getting in: They can stop viruses from getting out.” 《Exactly. Also, Ed Yong is a national treasure.》

“In 2011 Mr Xi urged officials to “make full use” of Mazu to woo Taiwanese” 《Sheds new light on Terry Gou’s dream…》

Taiwan phone tracking system monitors 55,000 under coronavirus quarantine

Why Taiwanese Life Insurers Are The Great ‘Whodunit’ Of The Financial World

Japan’s relatively small coronavirus case count may be a mirage 《If true of Japan it could be true of Taiwan as well.》

Trump says Republicans would ‘never’ be elected again if it was easier to vote

♥️ General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand to Make Ventilators

The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration 《The fact-checking asides make this a hilarious read…》

Here’s How China Is Rewriting the History of the Coronavirus Pandemic to Make Itself the Hero

⭐️ Reality Has Endorsed Bernie Sanders. 《Excellent piece by the always amazing Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in the New Yorker》

Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Messl

Two paths for coronavirus testing; targeted like Japan or wide net like South Korea 《I wish Taiwan was following S. Korea’s approach, but it currently looks like Japan’s…》

⭐️ The Rise and Fall of Biopolitics: A Response to Bruno Latour 《What I’ve been trying to say, but said better.》