#Understanding

The SCOTUS voted to allow the federal government to execute Alfred Bourgeois despite the fact that he is intellectually disabled with an IQ measured between 70-75. Justice Sotomayor published a
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Yes, we all need to look critically at inconsistencies of our policy and enforcement. Yes, we need to look at how our service might incentivize distraction and harm. Yes, we
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1/ Funny how this account has evolved. Its original purpose was to help people understand COVID, its epidemiology, and how to best avoid contracting it. As treatments and vaccines got
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Just the other day, I had the racial stereotyping in sports reporting, with myself, because I thought I probably had done it in the past. Here's how it went. I
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There is perennial controversy over BAP, who he "really is" & what his true intentions are. Those of us who consider him a friend & ally know very well why
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A primer on investing in #psychedelics inspired by a conversation I had with @APompliano. Investors who think psychedelics are just like any #biotech play...don’t understand psychedelics. Investors who think
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If you’ve never heard of him, that’s because it’s not his real name. In reality he was Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy - the real traitor in l’Affaire Dreyfus, the anti-Semitic scandal that
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Short thread on current situation:I agree with a lot of Lampard supporters that you shouldn't make result based analysis, at least not in small sample sizes. "Even Klopp loses games!
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#UndergraduateResearch positions could play a key role in keeping students financially stable during the #covid19 pandemic. Here are a few thoughts to consider: a thread. (1/8) If you have funds
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Let's talk about idiots. 1/ Definition.A practical definition of an idiot could be this: binary thinking, either PRO or AGAINST sth. No nuance.- throw all gays to jail or Soros-sponsored
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THREAD: @HFostering Many of you will be aware of the deeply worrying and upsetting social media campaign from Horizon Fostering. Today, they posted this tweet 1/https://twitter.com/hfostering/status/1324736827975225346 However, they appear
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Reformed Christians should intuitively understand restorative justice. One of the marks of a faithful church according to our historic confessional documents is church discipline, and as many a theologian in
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This made me wanna rewatch Hart of Dixie which I have not done in post Trump world so I don’t know if the understanding that if Bluebell was a real
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I'm a little bewildered because I just heard some astonishing things from a Jacobin podcaster- political power only = statecraft and policy- Q is a cult and therefor not a
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Q: Should schools open? I look at my ten year old daughter and know we need to get this right. For her, for all the other kids, and society. Understanding
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In the context of recent terrorist attacks in France & after a week of outrage in Muslim countries over the Charlie Hebdo caricature, @EmmanuelMacron gave a long interview to @AJArabic
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