#Social

Terminology thread:rate ≠ riskinfection ≠ diseasequarantine ≠ isolationsocial distancing ≠ physical distancingprolonged PCR positivity ≠ sheddingvirulence ≠ transmissibility References to follow 1/ rate ≠ riskA risk is a proba
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Many men find the idea of sleeping with lots of young, fertile women deeply alluring. Polygamy is male nature in much the way wanting to hit someone when duly frustrated
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Why COVID should not be the beginning and end of medical activism in America (aka why it is not unprofessional or controversial to fight for social justice as a medical
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Is Ellen Page going to be an FtM transsexual? Or is she merely changing her pronouns to “he/him/they/them” b/c she was influenced by the TRA agenda & gender identity/NB ideology
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Today @GordPennycook & I wrote a @nytimes op ed "The Right Way to Fix Fake News"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/opinion/fake-news-social-media.htmltl;dr: Platforms must rigorously TEST interventions, b/c intuitions about wh
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Hundreds of farmers and villagers of Hatikhuli Ranghang village in Nagaon district near the Karbi Anglong border, who had to shed tears for decades due to man-elephant conflicts that continued
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(1)The Congress Stormers will be expelled,a half baked Coup will fail. But the far right , US & International, will be wildly enthused. If only for 1 day they took
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1/3 Someone asked but then deleted an excellent question:"How are you distinguishing between what you call 'muckrakers' vs. folks like me that feel like we haven’t been given nearly enough
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Oh FFS, WE HAVE JOBKEEPER TO SHOW FOR IT. We have income support during shut downs to show for it. Also, "lefties" who complain about deficit spending (ESPECIALLY counter-cyclical deficit
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"respect all skaters" doesn't mean what u think it does, I do respect all* skaters, I respect the hard work they put into their career, I respect how intense their
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Re: Statues Juneau has some good ones. This guy again! I'm sure I've got a photo of this guy somewhere! But we do have some less
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One week to go till Christmas. Incredible to wake up to my news feed this morning as the world catches up on Aotearoa New Zealand’s last 24 hrs First, vaccines
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A short 'tweeticle' in honor of this great journal thanks to @SimmsMelanie for her tweet prompting me 1/https://twitter.com/HR_TIHR/status/1356156800568086528 The name 'Human Relations' was proposed by the Rockefeller Founda
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Persephone is almost always referred to as "dread Persephone." When Odysseus is tormented by ghosts, he believes Persephone is responsible. In almost every story that features both her and Hades,
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The question leagues and fans have to answer is what’s the tolerance level going to be for positive tests and players having to be quarantined?Example: If what happened to the
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The spitting intolerance for any mental diversity is the mark of Woke. It is virulent, censorious and self-righteous Dickens would himself would find it hard to believe. For all its
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