#Science

As we approach the start of University Term (formally Oxford Michaelmas Term starts on 11th October but many students will be arriving 1 to 3 weeks before then) it’s time
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The SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site is yet again in the news - this time because of a quote by Nobel laureate David Baltimore.The site is not a "smoking gun", nor
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All right, let’s do this. Police are America’s largest organized criminal enterprise megathread. Police have unlawfully seized over $35 billion in property, disproportionately from low-income people, without convicting or in
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So today we're talking about O'Neill Cylinders! Space settlements have always been something straight out of sci-fi, but cool to talk about nonetheless. Today, I'm going to talk about what
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A note from rural America: I had to drive 2 hours to find the nearest covid rapid testing center. I waited in a parking lot in the rain for 4
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1/10Last week, Americans witnessed inspiring speeches from countless Democrats & a few Republicans at the Democratic National Convention. The prevailing themes seemed to be kindness & inclusion: “our better angels”
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Everyone has been putting their two cents about GPA so here’s mine as a first-gen student & tutor of a diverse set of students: GPA 100% does not accurately represent
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1. For months we’ve been trying to find figs & science behind Govt quarantine policy, both in March when we had no quarantine & now.Basic Q; how many people do
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Since I declined to join any of the closed-door off-the-record sessions, today is my first chance to view the outcome of the Facebook Civil Rights Audit, which I was consulted
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This thread is into two parts, Part 1 & 2 which covers largely about #PCRay’s works and Life History in briefPART 1#PrafullaChandraRay: The Acharya Who Revealed History Of Hindu Chemistry
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One of my teaching activities for the day is discussing (on an online forum) what is specific to global modernity as opposed to premodern global links, and one of my
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I can’t sleep, cuz I’m worried again. I want to tell my kid one day that daddy did all he could to stop the pandemic. Daddy failed in January, despite
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Need a colorist? Well, you're in luck! I'm currently looking for work. Here's some of my coloring work, both pinups and sequentials. I'm fast and thorough, and I tailor my
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this may be a new low for slanted, hysterical journalism.as is so often the case, the data in this very article refutes its own claims.this is literal propaganda.let's look:https://www.newsweek.com/multiple-florida-hospitals-run-out-icu
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COVID Update October 21:A few nights ago I described how we need to do 2 things. Account for the pastFight for our futureI wrote about how we need to account
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Morning Patriots!Coffee...Then a big Thread coming your way.This one... no joke, guys...This dig uncovered something that stunned me so completely, I needed to sleep on it before writing.What if I
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