#THINKING

Grant Morrison’s take on how adults struggle with fiction as opposed to children who simply accept the rules of a created world because it’s not real is too damn true.
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1/Something happened. That wasn't supposed to happen. Or rather. Something didn't happen. That was supposed to happen. Eyes wide like saucers, they told me. Tears glistened in their eyes. Them:
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Just started reading this book where @AthenaAktipis argues that "our very existence as multicellular organisms - as paragons of multicellular cooperation - is inextricably tied to our susceptibility to cancer."
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How do revolutions--periods of great political, social, cultural uncertainty + possibility--happen? I have been thinking a lot lately abouthistorical contingency (chance)central role of aggressive resistance to change (sometimes mistakenly
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On August 3, 2020 - Putin insider and Trump whisperer, Artem Klyushin, provided Donald Trump with a roadmap for annulling the Presidential election, in case he would be defeated.A roadmap,
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Recently I have found myself wondering how the so called "silent majority" became so silent. Why are people so afraid to speak up for the things that Americans once viewed
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Two #uranium thoughts on my mind:(1) I’m no trader, but I think it’s fair to characterize a uranium equity’s value as the sum of:(a) value of asset(s) at current U
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Reading about how transport planning is sexist bc it’s premised on commuting - going from A to B and back, which is how men mostly travel - instead of what
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A masculine son and a feminine daughter are the evidence of a competent father.Should the son prove timid, or the daughter prove arrogant - he failed.Having a masculine father in
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If you’re thinking about applying for a UK Deep Earth seismology PhD, where can you apply this year? Here is a non-exhaustive list, please add what I inevitably miss! 1/7(ish)
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Today, I had a student who worked as a construction worker and an electrician. He's an older Black man who is moving on to a technical career that requires less
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So, here’s odd. Back in the early/mid 90s I studied Medieval English at Sheffield University where I met my good friend Tim Higgins. We spent many happy hours in the
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I have a suggestion, since I think I recognize your @ bc it’s not the first time you’ve talked about atz, is it genuinely THAT hard to just....... pretend ateez
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The double standard for coronavirus restrictions - dancing in the streets for Biden is fine but you can't have a funeral for your mom, the elite can get haircuts and
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Playbooks are always so interesting to me because the sum total of the playbooks you have in a game is always a declaration of who gets to have their stories
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run out of reasons?um, guys, this has been obvious for months: covid comes in seasonal/regional surges. when it's your season, you get covid. lockdowns, masks, & travel bans do nothing.
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