A heartbreaking article, and full of controlled fury, in the New York Times. It is about the 2019 outbreak of HIV in a rural part of Sindh, where hundreds of children were (and continue to be) diagnosed. One of the better piece I’ve read in a while of this sort, as it links together societal […]
Close to home
The coronavirus is running rampant in Pakistan, thank heavens my father and grandmother should have their second vaccinations next week, assuming they don’t run out of doses. A pair of relatives by marriage are quite unwell and have only just been diagnosed, so it is many days before they will be safely on the road […]
What I noticed
1. A ship is stuck in the Suez canal. 2. Imran Khan has COVID, keeps chairing in-person meetings. 3. Lira and stockmarker jitters 4. Delhi nationalised. 5. The SNP vs Alba. 6. COVID in Pakistan, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico 7. Deaths in Myanmar. 8. Taiwan buzzed. 9. A mine in Balochistan. 10. A man, a plan, […]
Fury at Alba
The Herald on Sunday, 28 March 2021
Fury at the passport
Daily Mail, 26 March 2020
Long day’s work
I was up till one working last night, and then there was a power cut so I went to bed. And again back on the job this morning. This has really been a sustained period of working and I am starting to feel a dash of burnout. No end in sight, though I might be […]
High quality nose-tapping
Some high-quality nose-tapping by China hawks in the US. …the suggestion by the Republican senator Tom Cotton, a hawk regarding the Chinese threat, that Beijing could opt to attack Taiwan as early as next year. Cotton noted that Russia invaded and occupied Crimea in 2014 just days after it hosted the Winter Olympics. China, he […]
Excellent idea
Had an excellent idea, which I am rather pleased with. Instead of black granite kitchen countertops to have stainless steel. Neutral, natural material and will lighten the feel and make it feel a little stylish. What a genius I am sometimes. Also, what tedium my life that this is the highlight of the day.
Never again, again
Never again will I do something this foolish – I refer to the work I wrote about yesterday. I was up late, and then started work before breakfast – not as early as I planned, but still before breakfast. Thank heavens for the time difference. I sent off what I had and was very plain […]
Desperate working
I took on something I really shouldn’t have. When I am already overloaded with work I agreed to edit a research report on a topic with which I am completely unfamiliar, written by 6 different people none of whom have English as a native language (and none of whom share a language with each other), […]