#Authors

This also explains why climate denialist lobbyists were willing to organise & fund Covid denialism. Controlling the pandemic has hit oil revenue hard. For almost all of this it’s a
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On March 23rd, 4 days before Ireland went into full lockdown, I started a chat show online - #ShelfAnalysis.Partly because authors were launching books into a very unknown world with
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I have a question for the #WritingCommunity about #PenNames.I write non-fiction about cats. But I also get ideas about genre fiction.Should I publish these works under my name, or not?
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Jews were murdered less than 100 years ago for being, as the Nazis themselves put it, Oriental/Negroid "mongrels". In other words, for not being white.Fast forward to today, the same
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if you need motivation, here are some of my favourite serious quotes from my yearbook “a person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new” “you miss 100% of
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a dark stage. suddenly a single spotlight shines on a red-head w slicked back hair n a blue leather jacket. then a neon sign, 'DANGER DAYS'. "the future is bulletproof,the
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In "threads about unimportant things given the world on fire," a convo yesterday brought up something that has much potential but is fundamentally broken: Star Wars, Episode 2: Attack of
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1/ Your reminder that the major journal publishers have committed to make clear to authors of papers on Covid-19 that "data or preprints shared ahead of submission will not pre-empt
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Today a customer mentioned that she could get a new hardcover book online for $15. Our mission is not to shame anyone for their shopping practices, but we do feel
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In all this discourse, I have yet to see a white author arguing about who gets to write what answer this:No matter how well you think you can write POC
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Good news! I just got my first "Top 5" journal publication, in the Review of Economic Studies. Top 5 journals in econ are fetishized beyond belief. This publication helps show
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Over the last two days I've read the first two books of a dystopian sci-fi series and they're fine. The author clearly thinks he's making a grander point than he
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This is a really careful, interesting, and thoughtful analysis of non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 and what works (i.e. masks, distancing etc) to control spreadA quick review thread 1/nhttps://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/20
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People infected with #SARSCoV2 without noticeable symptoms (“asymptomatic”) can exhibit lung abnormalities upon chest CT. New paper in @NatureMedicine. However, despite no obvious symptoms, they make a robust neutralising antibody
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The paper behind these breathless articles leaves a LOT to be desired. Brief threadhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-06/bitcoin-blockchain-operations-in-china-threaten-climate-goals This is the article in question. It doesn
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Here's a thread of upcoming free/low-cost online science fiction and fantasy (and related) conventions. @ or DM me if you have others I should add!The previous thread of classes/workshops is
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