#SCIENCE

1) This "all is lost" NYT story is a stunning reminder of how the press keeps moving the goalposts to other planets. The lede says it is finally "dawning" on
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Here's my current take on Covid in Ontario. I was at one time pleased with Ford's leadership during this pandemic. Hasn't been true for a while. It's still nice he
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In case you didn't know, the Green Party of Canada(@CanadianGreens) is having a leadership race. I want to take this opportunity to formally endorse @AmitaKuttner and @MeryamHd2020 . Both of
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Here are the main distilled points from @naval's talk with Brett Hall (@ToKTeacher), in a tweet storm formatExcellent talk of two brilliant men, on the practical nature of knowledge and
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Today's @wsucahnrs Prevention Science colloquium is led by @jabaied who is presenting on how White parents talk to their children about race. 1/ Parents described what they would say in
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The Unions - and as a former @Telegraph and now @FT I'm not exactly classic Union-defending stock - are legitimately asking the government to show/explain their reasoning. To answer hard
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Out of frustration, I’ve consolidated my list of what would make me feel good about optimizing our way out of the pandemic. This is just my opinion and not complete.
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Lol women’s looks decline starting ~30 (different for everyone, but nevertheless true as a generalized statement) b/c what men perceive as attractive mostly = fertility signals. This isn’t a fun
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On behalf of my fellow political scientists, I took the liberty of pointing out a few of the flaws in the @APSAtweets’ “statement” on the insurrection at the US capitol.
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Have you ever wondered why neurons are like snowflakes? No two alike, even if they're the same type. In our latest preprint, we think we have (at least part of)
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Lots of reporters tried to talk to Birx while she was there. She was not interested. And when she spoke publicly early on, she appeared in lockstep with a president
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1. I have a new essay on what @michaelemann climate war is really about. Reader's digest version: it's not about either science or climate action but reinforcing affective environmental identity.https://thebreakthrough.org/articles/
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[THREAD] Populism is a damnable thing. It's akin to a human in their personal life saying, "I'm pissed off. F*ck it. I'm going to go snort coke, or take off
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#ZeroCovid is a #PublicHealth elimination strategy. It means that you resource #PublicHealth teams to play whack-a-mole to crush disease outbreaks when they occur. Act Fast - Save Lives. When outbreaks
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Quantitative biologists, especially but not only biomechanists doing simulations: what are your favorite papers on the concept of "validation" of models and simulations? (not specific good examples of the practice,
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The @publicapptscomm has responded to a complaint about ministers barring a candidate from appointment to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs #acmdis2021. …https://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/complaints/ 
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