#Literature

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Medieval Muslims wrote extensively about plagues. Theories ranged from the natural, to the will of the divine. But some spoke of the hidden influences of jinn and stars. A thread

sonia aggarwal

cleantechsonia

So is 100% zero carbon electricity by 2035 doable? If we squint, we can see some possible paths, and what's most exciting - we might just be able to do

Simcha Gross

Simcha_Gross

New Publication Wednesday! Just received the printed version of a chapter I wrote entitled "A Long Overdue Farewell: The Purported Jewish Origins of Syriac Christianity." A thread. 1/35 (sorry for

Dr Ruth Ann Harpur

RuthAnnHarpur

As promised @G_backlater ... my thoughts on this recent paper from @TheBJPsych ...https://twitter.com/g_backlater/status/1275483336161538051 The paper highlights a common clinical problem - people with complex problems, suicidal thoughts, d

Convict and Disqualify Trump 🇺🇸🏕🏔

SecularOutpost

My view of the plausibility of theism and atheism:- A long time ago atheism wasn’t intellectually defensible.- Modern philosophy and science exposed flaws in the old grounds for theistic belief.-

Pete Irvine

peteirvine

Some thoughts and questions about the new PNAS paper on cloud collapse Schneider et al. 2020 [S20-solar]: "Solar geoengineering may not prevent strong warming from direct effects of CO2 on

Charles - 6'3 Caesarian; Legatus - 13th Legion

JiffjoffI

http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/resources/publications/2006/2006-09-15-diseasemitigationcontrolpandemicflu.htmlDonald Henderson, arguably most famous Epidemiologist of 20th century - for eradicating smallpox - led a massive research

Rob Deaville

strandings_man

On Monday evening we carried out a field examination on the fin whale which stranded and died in the Dee estuary over the weekend. Examination carried out by a CSIP

Alastair Lawrie

alawriedejesus

This week NSW Parliament saw the introduction of the most damaging & hateful legislative attack on the LGBTI community, & especially on trans kids, this century:Mark Latham's Education Legislation Amendment

Gergely Neu ~ hiring!!

neu_rips

MYSTERY: why does SGD generalize well? My new paper may provide some answers: a perturbation analysis identifies three factors that contribute to good generalization. "Flatness" is one of them.(And yes,

Darel E. Paul

darelmass

The American Cultural Revolution is going to put to the test an interesting hypothesis advanced by @epkaufm in his excellent 2019 book "Whiteshift" (for my review, see below). 1/xhttps://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/11/the-fut

Gareth Griffith

Garethjgriffith

Just had a paper (with Kelvyn Jones) accepted in Health and Place looking at the impact of spatial scale on measurement similarities between mental illness and mental wellbeing.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.15.20152645v1.f

Amarnath Amarasingam

AmarAmarasingam

1. There has been a lot of talk about QAnon and a well-known body of work in the sociology of religion/social psychology called the “failure of prophecy”. A new piece

Jason Jackson

JasonBJackson

‘Governing through Markets: Multinational Firms in the Bazaar Economy’ w/ @OSUlaw & @UNSWLaw Amy Cohen is out! Our @RegGov_journal article offers an alternative view of #neoliberal market reforms. http://tiny.cc/94j6tz #RegGov

Eric Hundman | 何諳銳

ehundman

The full version of this anonymously authored "Longest Telegram" is fascinating in some ways, but the attempt to claim Kennan's mantle is hobbled by questionable assumptions and logical contradictions. Thread:

D_Shariatmadari

D_Shariatmadari

Here’s a story language as a political football, race and linguistic prescriptivism. It’s a long thread, but I think it’s worth setting out here as a case study in the

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