#Species

Probabilistic Thinker

samclark2225

1) Two biases have really warped our Covid response - the action bias and the illusion of control. The action bias is our tendency to prefer doing something to doing

Joss Prior🍄..in a powder-keg giving off sparks..

joss_prior

CW:Kellie-Jay Keen/Posie Parker decided to test her wits and robust arguments on a discord AMA to amusing resultsKellie runs head-first into black civil rights, and refuses to accept trans women

Colin J. Carlson, Ph.D.

wormmaps

A quick thread about the evidence base for this claim about Ebola, which is perhaps troubling (1/4)https://twitter.com/OIEAnimalHealth/status/1265998821466742785 The 2014 outbreak in West Africa, the largest to date, was traced back

Atheist Forum

ForumAtheist

CHRISTIANITY: Belief that one God created a universe 13.79 billion yrs old, 93 billion light yrs in diameter (1 light yr = approx.6 trillion miles), consisting of over 200 billion

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

Students should not return to campuses this fall, regardless of the financial implications (opinion)https://ihenow.com/35Zius1 “Yes, the cost will be high -- it will probably exceed $50 billion. But the cost

Jess Panegyres

Jess_Panegyres

1 of 20/ For anyone who watched @craigreucassel’s #FightforPlanetA last night and wants to know more about Australia’s #deforestation rates, its links to #climatechange & #beef production, here's some links

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

This is a great thread and something I've been thinking about a lot. Discussion about novel virus emergence often implicates an obvious culprit (wildlife trade, research labs), but historically this

Cathryn Townsend, PhD.

CathrynTownsend

If you're going to read the Cofnas piece on "Woke Twitter Mobs" in Quillette, I suggest you use the link I'll provide to avoid giving them clicks, & that you

frog

filthycattle

At this point most of the normalfags understand that a virus can be a weapon tooA virus can be a weapon used by a state or nation to attack and

SMARTSWARD

SMARTSWARD1

Following on from the interest in the MSS presentation from Dr. Helen Sheridan and @PallasTb at the @teagasc #ThesignpostSeries @TeagascEnviron here is a thread outlining the work to date from

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Most everything they say about plastic waste is wrong:- ocean biodegrades 99.9% of it- bioplastics worse than fossil-plastics- landfill & incineration better than recycling Nobody likes waste but it's

Known Heretic: Amy E. Sousa #IStandWithJKR

KnownHeretic

The terms Woman/Man are biological descriptors. They're NEUTRAL terms that describe the developmental pathway that one's body has taken. We have similar neutral terms that we use for male/female animals:Ewe/RamCow/BullMare/StallionT

John Morgan Christoph

JohnMChristoph

As amusing as this is, I feel compelled as a planetary scientist to emphasize that it is just shitposting.We are almost certainly not going to be able to sustain an

Janet Hill

Saskajanet

OK, I think I finally finished ID'ing everything in my wader/peep extravaganza yesterday. Here we goooooFirst up, avocet (lets start with an easy one)... (1/?) Next were the far away

Zach Phillips (100/100 posts)

zachphillips

1 | I need to admit something: I am an active participant in looting. As a business owner (or, as the elected leaders and ruling class like to call me,

Jane Lowers

JLoHealth

I’ve been getting calls from friends and family who have questions about advance care planning. First, awesome! All adults should do this! Here are some things specific to the COVID