#Arguing

Brittney Cooper

ProfessorCrunk

Morning. It’s prolly unwise, but I am gonna attempt a brief clarification of my voting thread from the other day. Here we go: My argument about why I think (as

Christian Kammerer

Synapsida

Important new paper by Susanna Kümmell et al. on carpal evolution in synapsids: http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app007092019.pdfMost notably overturns ‘accepted wisdom’ on homology of the mammalian lunate bone, arguing it is

Shobita Parthasarathy

ShobitaP

Ananda Chakrabarty, biotech pioneer, died July 10. Working for General Electric, he developed a micro-organism genetically engineered to eat oil. This led to a landmark 1980 Supreme Court decision, Diamond

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Yes. I criticise postmodernism & Social Justice scholarship while defending liberalism & secularism. Both of these are products of western civilisation but the former is an intellectual development specific to

Jonah Goldberg

JonahDispatch

Having just heard the 5,000th Trump apologist pundit make the same argument(s), I feel like venting. So, as the say, thread: 1/ If your only -- or even simply your

Alan Feuer

alanfeuer

Robert Sanford, the retired PA firefighter who has been charged in the DC riot, went to the Capitol following "the President's instructions," a complaining witness told the FBI. Peter Harding,

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

So, while we're on the subject of techno-Platonism (@PankhurstEM ), I've decided to read Martine Rothblatt's 'From Transgender to Transhuman: A Manifesto on the Freedom of Form.' I think I'm

Archdruid Eileen

ArchdruidEileen

Was thinkiing about John Snow and his discovery that the spread of cholera was associated with drinking water - and specifically the pump in Broad St, Soho. The water board

Jay 🇳🇱😈

FrnkieDeJong21

“Exposing” Molly the heartless attention seeking hypocrite. I remember when Chris was in a terrible state and that wasn’t fake I experienced stuff like that as well and it’s no

polistirex

polistirex

not to be completely discounted, if your account of working at a small business is from working in a major city, i think it is very different. first, many “small”

Max Burns

themaxburns

Thinking more and more about how @PeteButtigieg caught hell for going on Fox News and right-wing media outlets during the campaign, a decision that now looks shrewd. Democrats can't and

Crystal Frasier

AmazonChique

With the Biden/Harris win, I see a lot of trans people parroting the same misinformation campaign about Kamala Harris, claiming she argued to house trans women in men's prisons as

Kevin C. Klatt, PhD, RD

KCKlatt

It is wild watching Integrative&Functional Nutrition advocates claim that their paradigm uniquely honors cultural tradition. There is no need to cite low quality science to justify folks engaging w safe

Ed van der Walt

EdVanDerWalt

Why I've changed my view on Bitcoin.A thread. A long-term blockchain skeptic, some may be surprised that I've started arguing that bitcoin has the potential to become a store of

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

So, if I'm understanding Left Twitter today, there are people out there arguing because the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots allied together, that means that the Boogaloos should

Franchesca Ramsey

chescaleigh

Lots of talk on the timeline about whether or not #DefundThePolice is a “good” slogan or not. Lucky for you, on #MTVDecoded we broke down what the phrase *actually* means

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