Dr Laura James's writings

Great contributions from Cofarm board colleague Sue Pritchard, and Maintain friend David Edgerton, on the Briefing Room on global supply chains . There was an interesting highlight for me in Talking Politics with Michael Lewis about his pandemic book , about when demand for nose swabs became very high, the price went up, factories ramped up production - not just of nose swabs, but of  fake nose swabs. Astounding. https://twitter.com/sarahmanavis/status/1397517661299425280 There's still a lot more sanitiser stations than open doors or windows in town, even on the warm, dry days.  https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/1392906073804259341 It would be nice if you could tell what venues had better ventilation.  https://twitter.com/kenhorn/status/1397083171720765444 The Prepared Slack community had a discussion about repair cafes and unpaid labour. Volunteering in these contexts is hardly aligned with ideas of valuing repair work (although in some cases those with the greatest need to r