#History

How to be a kickass digital soldier.1. Understand the "soldier" part.You may not be storming the beach at Normandy, but your mind and fingers can still help save the world.Welcome
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Harvard will continue employing David Kane, who has never published in a statistics journal and has a history of making basic stats errors, as Preceptor of Statistical Methods.This isn't just
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Here’s what we should all be saying to one another for the next 10 days: This year, make it a virtual Thanksgiving. Save the hugs for when it’s safe. Unless
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NEW - As rescue packages rack up, tax base shrinks - deficit will spiral, poss over 10% at same time bond markets, banks, pension cos and insurers shift from Govt
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Welcome to another therapist thoughts during the pandemic thread! I wanted to talk about a couple of other things I've seen come up over the last week or two. I
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So, Rule One: SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS.What we believe, or refuse to believe, is strongly influenced by our emotional reaction. A lot of the statistical claims we see aren’t just data:
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One more daily thread to toss out, again trying to capitalize on something I (thankfully) have plenty of in my home: Books. Today’s suggestion: But What If We’re Wrong? (2016)
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Thread: TRUMP GETS COVID! MSM HARDEST HIT!On Friday Night it was announced the First Couple had tested positive for #COVID19.As heartfelt prayers & wishes for a speedy recovery for Donald
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Hi. I'm back.You want to know what happened? Here's what happened.Someone wrote an anonymous letter to Child Protective Services saying that I'm a drug abuser with mental health problems and
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1/ Some further thoughts and musings in case I haven't pissed enough people off already... To everyone who's bitching about the cops not being charged:The wheels of justice turn slowly.
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Thread—on European & American intellectual history with a special focus on the left & social science & their contradictory views on antisemirism & colonialism. A note on sources, in general,
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{thread} Let's talk about the #Jesus narrative and what would happen if it was proven false, meaning Jesus was entirely human. No immaculate conception with permanent, unascended death. You have
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Near the start of the new millennium, American actor Jim Caviezel was one of the hottest heart-throbs in Hollywood. With starring roles in The Thin Red Line, Frequency, The Count of
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I may tweet about the Mormon global bi-annual meeting today and tomorrow.I will note them with this hashtag. They are broadcasting globally from an empty room. There is anticipation for
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okay it’s apparently time for me to read this and get mad on behalf of myself and everyone else who has been writing about asexuality in books for yearshttps://twitter.com/ElectricLit/status/1308435889261916160 I’d
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Giving Evidence today publishes #research about Royal patronages of charities: what are they, which charities have them, and whether they help. It's in today's @TheTimes (£). Our findings include these
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