#Science

A reasonable response to the COVID19 Pandemic:1. YES to respecting people who are afraid2. YES to accommodating the vulnerable3. YES to optional safe & effective vaccine4. YES to PCR
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This week’s #SundayScientistShoutout is Eugenie Clark (1922-2015)!Clark is an American ichthyologist who worked with fish (order Tetraodontiforme) and shark behavior - container her the title of “The Shark Lady”(1/n)#DiversityinSTEM#W
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1/Settling down to watch @MLiebreich & @kirstygogan discuss the role that nuclear power can play in a #lowcarbon future in the @MLCleaningUp series... accompanied by a glass of @ShinerBeer Bock,
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1) Peter Nygård is a Canadian clothing manufacturer and fashion executive, who’s accused of sexually assaulting 10 women at his Bahama’s mansion in what has been referred to as a
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Hey, so I'm waiting in a parking lot for an hour for a wedding to be over so I can drive people home, and so I'm gonna kill some time
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Success! Following a detailed complaint by OBJECT, a course on Transgender People in the Workplace written by Gendered Intelligence for the Open University, marketed by @FutureLearn has been withdrawn from
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I'm reading this article right now and I'm pretty glad I have a drink in hand because good God this is confirming all worst suspicions.https://twitter.com/shearm/status/1284550928318824450 What strikes me more than
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101 BS THINGS TAUGHT TO STUDENTS, 1That correlation is a measure of relationship betw 2 variables. It is very rarely so.Few understand how correlation requires 1) no subsampling, 2) strict
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The Gainesville Sun is running a disparaging piece on me in tomorrow's print edition. This thread summarizes my response, or you can read the whole thing with links to references
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Today's episode of The Weeds is focused on the Georgia Senate elections so feels like a good time to explain the strange, racist, and muddled history of why Georgia has
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COVID Update June 30: What does the Congress owe us?Time for them to support the American public through chaos. And the virus. 1/ The American public need these 4 things
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A long thread on #COVID19 prevention and face masks (which we should use) and sending the RIGHT message. Why? I worry about the unintended consequences of hardcore face mask advocacy,
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Do transgender girls have an unfair competitive advantage in sports?The Women's Sports Policy Working Group, created by six scholars and elite athletes, says their proposal provides a "compromise" to this
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Proposed COVID-19 Pathophysiology [Part 3 of (now) 4]: Coagulopathy Strikes Back.What happens when #COVID19 clashes with the
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"ANOMALY-FL155 HAS BREACHED CONTAINMENT, REPEAT! ANOMALY-FL155 HAS BREACHED CONTAINMENT. ALL RESEARCHERS ARE TO EVACUATE TO REALITY AMPLIFYING BUNKERS, AND WAIT FOR COMBAT OPERATIVES TO" [Fzt] Fliss walked down the hall
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Sanctimony is in infinite supply when judging others.There's enough *collective* blame go around.Do we really want to have *that* conversation?If we did, I think most people of conscience would just
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