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In her new show On the Verge, Julie Delpy is a true creative force, as writer, director, and star. But maintaining that creative control is “not easy – it comes with a price,” she tells me. “Because you’re so tenacious, you get a reputation.”pic.twitter.com/CAR9TTjj7J

.@paulkrugman says US ports are “technologically backward”: “We don’t actually have the kind of… cargo management systems that much of the rest of the world does. And that is really inexcusable… This really should be an advertisement for big infrastructure spending.”pic.twitter.com/TqqgHPrnWH

.@sandylocks: "We connect the dots. People need to realize that the same people who support the big lie about the election, the same people who support the big lie about the virus... are the people to be behind the idea that to be anti-racist is to be racist."pic.twitter.com/8I66RP1jCg

"R. Kelly had used Black women and girls as props. He had consumed them in full view of everyone," says @sandylocks. "There's never been a Juneteenth for Black women."pic.twitter.com/plif7LsHch

"The Muslim world should come out and make a statement, because I think this is eventually also challenging their own societies," says former Afghan deputy parliament speaker @FawziaKoofi77. "Taliban have inspired many military extremist groups in the region and beyond."pic.twitter.com/g5i1rqHeO6

"It's important that the line of communication is kept for Taliban to understand what the world wants and I think the expectation of the people in Afghanistan... is that the world continue to use the leverage for the rights of women." @FawziaKoofi77pic.twitter.com/owe57EICDr

"People are just being pushed to the brink of survival. Jobs are being lost. Food prices are going up. Fuel prices are going up, and people just can't feed themselves." --- Mary-Ellen McGroarty, @WFP World Food Program Afghanistan director who is on the ground in Kabul.pic.twitter.com/h8kWDW0g4F

Rising star @BeanieFeldstein will soon turn her attention to an iconic role when she plays Fanny Brice in a Broadway revival of 'Funny Girl.' It's a full circle moment: "I grew up a very unique child in that I asked my mom if I could be Fanny Brice for my third birthday."pic.twitter.com/BMMHmf5QPr

.@BeanieFeldstein plays Monica Lewinsky in the drama 'Impeachment: American Crime Story.' As Beanie tells me, the series was able to focus on Monica's own story and the "women that were integral to this huge historic event but were often cast off and pushed to the sidelines."pic.twitter.com/qINgKZIDFR

Dr. Ugur Sahin has a warning for what may be to come in the battle against the Covid-19 virus. "The virus is starting to escape immune responses," he says. "So we need to be prepared for also unexpected evolution."pic.twitter.com/uuRJ6VNOy9

Before they started @BioNTech_Group, Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci met while studying to be doctors. Now husband and wife, the duo's passion in science has kept them working towards medical cures including in cancer amongst other things. "We are scientists by passion," says Türecipic.twitter.com/OGO5YN0t1T

Founders of @BioNTech_Group and married couple Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci achieved a scientific marvel in their collaborative development of the Pfizer vaccine. "It is like a miracle but at the end of the day, it's a combination of science and human effort," says Dr. Sahin.pic.twitter.com/uT7JtJsVg3

Over the last three days, Danish PM @Statsmin has been meeting with India PM Modi for climate talks in New Delhi. So on the back of those conversations, does she think that India, a massive emitter, can go green? "I believe they're going to change and make the right decision."pic.twitter.com/Qvtx4cu2Uz

The Northern Ireland protocol continues to be a sticking point in the post-Brexit landscape. @MichelBarnier has a stark warning: " I think the current UK government have to be very careful about what they want to decide on Ireland... what's at stake is the peace of the people."pic.twitter.com/hith7u3nHK

Former Chief Brexit negotiator @MichelBarnier has a clear message for states who are pushing the EU right now such as Poland: "There is a moment of truth for everyone. If you are willing to stay, to remain in the EU, you have to respect the principles and the values of the EU."pic.twitter.com/WsB3nFnpCk

.@MichelBarnier is running for the French Presidency and he has recently been critical of the EU- something Boris Johnson has pointed out. Barnier dismissed comparisons between his stance and that of Brexiteers. "This is not serious. It's not correct. It is not the truth."pic.twitter.com/BgDNoEtFBi

Beyond proud that two brave journalists have won the Nobel Peace Prize. My former CNN colleague @mariaressa, and Dmitry Muratov. Courageously sacrificing their own freedom, risking their lives, to defend freedoms at home in the Philippines and Russia. I spoke to Maria in Jan:pic.twitter.com/t7LpZ1qq1B