Chris van der Walt

Posted by Chris van der Walt
26 January 2021

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statnews.com 26 January 2021

Undercounting of Covid-19 deaths is greatest in pro-Trump areas

Tens of thousands of Covid-19 deaths are going unreported, with far more missed in counties that strongly supported former…

Posted by Chris van der Walt in Truth, fake news and disinformation
11 December 2020

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mattstoller.substack.com 11 December 2020

The End of the Facebook Crime Spree

A significant set of antitrust suits is ending the lawlessness at the heart of our economy.

Posted by Chris van der Walt
8 December 2020

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jewishcurrents.org 8 December 2020

“Almost the Complete Opposite of Fascism”

Posted by Chris van der Walt in Truth, fake news and disinformation
1 December 2020

Carole Cadwalladr publicly backing down from her accusations that Arron banks received money from the Russian government to influence the Brexit referendum.

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irrussianality.wordpress.com 1 December 2020

The Russian Brexit Plot That Wasn't

Russian Disinformation. Russian Disinformation. Russian Disinformation. How many time have you heard that over the past four…

Posted by Chris van der Walt in Truth, fake news and disinformation
3 November 2020

Most of the Russiagate accusations have not held up to closer scrutiny.

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thegrayzone.com 3 November 2020

The huckster and the hack: UK govt report undermines stars of…

Posted by Chris van der Walt
12 October 2020

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medium.com 12 October 2020

The “herd immunity strategy” isn’t part of a scientific debate about…

Abby Cartus, PhD candidate in epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh and Justin Feldman, ScD, Health & Human Rights Fellow at…

Posted by Chris van der Walt
4 October 2020

Distressing

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arena.org.au 4 October 2020

Eyewitness to the Agony of Julian Assange – Arena

Posted by Chris van der Walt
1 October 2020

Important.

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theatlantic.com 1 October 2020

This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic

It’s not R.

Posted by Chris van der Walt
2 September 2020

Important.

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elemental.medium.com 2 September 2020

A Supercomputer's Covid-19 Analysis Yields a New Way to Understand…

A closer look at the Bradykinin hypothesis and what it suggests.

Posted by Chris van der Walt
5 June 2020 (edited)

Highly recommended.

youtube.com 5 June 2020

Be A Great Product Leader – Amplify 2019

At Dropbox, Adam Nash leads the charge in building products that empower customers to do their best work. He’s spent his career…

Posted by Chris van der Walt
2 June 2020

This.

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thebaffler.com 2 June 2020

The Un-Election Year

This choice between two dim visions of a national future, one medieval and the other maudlin, is a choice we have been presented…

Posted by Chris van der Walt in Syria Conflict
20 May 2020

markcurtis.info 20 May 2020

Revelations about UK covert operations in Syria challenge media…

Newly-discovered documents show how UK covert operations in Syria helped “shape perceptions” of the war. The British government…

Posted by Chris van der Walt in The Great Game
4 May 2020

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project-syndicate.org 4 May 2020

The Coming Greater Depression of the 2020s by Nouriel Roubini

While there is never a good time for a pandemic, the COVID-19 crisis has arrived at a particularly bad moment for the global…

Posted by Chris van der Walt in The Arms Race
25 April 2020

It’s now a subsonic fighter...

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defensenews.com 25 April 2020

The Pentagon will have to live with limits on F-35’s supersonic…

The Navy's and Marine Corps' versions of the F-35 will have restrictions on how long they can fly at supersonic speeds because of…

Posted by Chris van der Walt in The Great Game
12 April 2020

"It isn’t a secret that China’s debt bubble, Europe’s divisions and America’s irrational political culture pose a challenge to the functioning of what we know as the world economy. What caused the panic last month was the realisation that Covid-19 has exposed all three weaknesses simultaneously."

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