#Myths

CR: A Touch of Ruin (Hades and Persephone 2)( This is entirely @25ofserpents 's fault )I SHOULD be studying but nope, here I am making another CR thread while
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Boy, when I logged into twitter today, I did not expect to see a bunch of uninformed trolls talking about orcs and how the concept of orcs is not problematic.Here's
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Privilege is being outraged by the destruction but indifferent to its casualties https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/ https://www.physiciansweekly.com/nonwhite-patients-get-less/ https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-we-fail-black-p
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Black Slavery Myths DebunkedClaim: Every civilization had slavery.FACT: “Slaves were NEVER chattel until recently — NEVER in world history were slaves considered chattel until MODERN times.” — Dr. David Neiman#slavery#slaveryfacts
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So I had an interesting thing happen recently and I want to share it, because for people not in the know, this is a major insight as to why lots
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Looking at COVID-19 admissions this past week, we are seeing a change. More patients are testing positive for the virus and getting sick enough to need ICU. Definitely a second
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Just finished an online lesson for my students in becoming digital detectives for fake news. I will outline the steps here..... 1. Check the source and whether the author and
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Thread to debunk some common Urbit myths:0. Your Urbit OS does not run on a blockchain.Only the address space ledger (who owns which Urbit address with what public key) and
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1)Socialism. Why is socialism so attractive to millennials? Being re-named Democratic Socialism, “done to soften the impact of a historically unpopular term in the U.S.”...implying “the system is chosen democratically,”
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As a transition from debunking disinformation to kaggling here is a thread debunking several myths about Kaggle, including lack of relevance to real world, overfiting, automl performance on kaggle, etc.
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#Thread Once again Nation is witnessing selfless service of @RSSorg and its Ssevaks during this #CoronaLockdown. But how many people know about Role of RSS in Freedom Struggle, this question
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Yesterday I wrote about one of the oldest Celtic deities: Cailleach, the patron of wolves. [link below]Once Europe was “converted” to Christianity, the Church began to depict her as a
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UN mau diganti pakai PISA (yang sudah dimodifikasi)... I wonder how this will go https://amp.kompas.com/nasional/read/2020/04/03/14501301/mendikbud-nadiem-un-diganti-jadi-penilaian-kompetensi-minimum-sesuai-pisa I check'd PISA questions (bc I hav
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Over the weekend there's been some uproar re: the so called "Twitch Amendment" by AOC. Below is a screenshot of that very amendment. Yes it really is that short. She
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2 Myths r bring spread on #Mehnditwitter:1 - #Mehndi is not of Indian origin & mughals brought it to India.2 - Mehndi may be of Indian origin,butit's application on palms
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Another tax myth: UK corporate tax has been cut over the last 20 years.Blue line shows the % headline rate, and a big drop.Red line shows the % of total
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