#Propagate

Let's break down this "Hindu khatre me hai narrative" that comes up again and again and has come to the fire again after the Bengaluru riots. The violence in the
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A thread on why I have resigned as an Honorary Associate of @NatSecSoc. I'm a strong believer in a secular society, where religion isn't given advantages by the state, where
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Day 2 of my Twitter #thesis. Today's topic: How spontaneous waves of activity shape the developing brain(Figure from Ackman et al 2012 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11529) Again, it all dates back to Hubel
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Trump Happens When Cultures Believe Private Can Cover for Public. History shows that when societies favour ‘private’ too much, tyrants emerge and public problems accumulate that private cannot fix. 1/https://www.responsible-investor.com
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An example of the kind of wrong-headed claims that can kill people with #cancer: (1) You cannot cure cancer with diet. Ever. (2) Spinning conventional therapy as dangerous or ineffectual
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I'm seeing a lot of people wondering why this vaccine doesn't work against variants, but the mRNA virus shows little to no reduced effectiveness. I thought I'd spend a few
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NEW: MeWe has become the de facto app for rightwing movements and I've spent months documenting these communities on its platform. When I confronted MeWe's founder about this content, he
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ADDENDUM Genuinely remarkable to see one of the authors of the 2019 report touted as providing ‘evidence’ of the alleged problem in Unis simply dismissing the relevance of the fact
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OK folks - I'm finally ready to address this issue head-on! This tweet from my good friends at @tnjoint spurred me into action to discuss the #anti-#cannabis policies of tech
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I woke up this morning with a sense of dread that I can't shake. So I'm gonna put my doom spiral out there in hopes you all can convince me
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One of the things that is becoming clear, to me at least, is that the layered model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model ) the whole internet is built on, is censorship friendly. And I don't
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Nietzsche on StatuesA ThreadWhat do these figures carved in stone matter?What difference does it make if they are pulled down?What does it say when they are removed? We could begin
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Lesser Known Fact: Of the many portions of the grandeur of Buddhist heritage that Pakistan boasts of, one is reserved for Padmasambhava of Swat; One of the most revered figures
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Owen surely comes from one of those families where critical thinking wasn't considered a valuable lifeskill.➊ "92% of UK firms" will undoubtedly include a huge number of so-called 'personal service'
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You might see an 'essay' going around today about 'the value of knowledge'. I'm not linking it, but I've taken out a few paragraphs that need to be reckoned with.
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A must read on so many levels.I would add that the ‘naive’ referenced here are not so because of politics or ideology but because they never made the effort to
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