Tim Skellett
Me: interests: #scicomm, books, gardening, philosophy, science journalism, photography, #nature, #travel, #DiscWorld, and so on.
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The postmodern assault on science: If all truths are equal, who cares what science has to say?
Postmodernist thought is being used to attack the scientific worldview and undermine scientific truths; a disturbing trend that has gone unnoticed by a majority of scientists.
Tim Skellett
Via @CyberneticsFTW: there's a paper on this all, after the 'truth' is before the 'truth':
#Philosophy, #PhilosophyOfScience
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Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defense of Science
He spent decades deconstructing the ways that scientists claim their authority. Can his ideas help them regain that authority today?
Tim Skellett
A 'social constructionist', Bruno Latour, finds out his ideas & rhetoric were crap, and OF COURSE the enemy would use his ideas in a way that discomforts him, what a surprise. #Philosophy, #PhilosophyOfScience
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Beach Boys- I get Around
Beach Boys I get Around Lyrics Round round get around I get around Yeah Get around round round I get around I get around Get around round round I get around ...
Intra-Gulf Competition in Africa’s Horn: Lessening the Impact
Gulf states are competing for influence in the Horn of Africa to control the Red Sea, transposing internal rivalries onto a fragile region. Horn governments should increase their bargaining power with their powerful neighbours, who should recognise...
Feeling blue: US woman treated by doctors after blood turned navy
Woman, 25, diagnosed with methemoglobinemia as doctors say numbing agent for toothache that contained benzocaine to blame
How Did Lauren Duca’s Revolution Backfire?
The viral writer wants to galvanize young people with her new book, How to Start a Revolution. But past controversies — and a new complaint filed by her New York University students — threaten to undermine her message.
Tim Skellett
LOL, LOL, Lauren Duca's entire NYU summer class, the class she was teaching, put in a formal complaint about her. IOW, srsly, don't take any course run by Lauren Duca.
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Gaming Sarah Braasch
Cathy Young took a deep dive into the Yale story of “napping while black,” seized upon as a battle in the war against racism at Yale. It revealed a few things of social significance abo…
‘Sexy Mr. Rogers’ costume drops just in time for Halloween 2019
Could it be the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Or is it sexy retailer Yandy’s 2019 line of Halloween costumes? Either way, we’re all going to hell. This year’s tantalizing cultu…
To decarbonize we must decomputerize: why we need a Luddite revolution
Big tech claims AI and digitization will bring a better future. But putting computers everywhere is bad for people and the planet
Tim Skellett
This, by @bentarnoff, js a claim that just won't fly. It also have every appearance of, "Now the rich people have got computers, the world's poor can go to hell".
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Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV series will be filmed in New Zealand
Middle Earth is back.
Snopes: 'The Claim That Trump Is Hitler Lacks Concrete Evidence But Alludes To A Deeper Truth'
U.S.—Snopes usually does a pretty good job at being the world's most trusted source for non-partisan fact-checks of fake news, memes, and obvious jokes. But they've really stepped in it this time, drawing criticism for a recent fact-check of the...
All The Other States Beg California To Add Them To Travel Ban
U.S.—After California added Iowa to its growing list of states to which the government will not fund trips, all the other states began clamoring to get added to this ban list."Wait---there's a way to get Californian politicians banned from traveling...
Alyssa Milano Confirms FBI Investigators Have Not Reached Out To Her To Get A Celebrity's Opinion On Kavanaugh Yet
LOS ANGELES, CA—Charmed actress and all-around knowledgeable person about politics Alyssa Milano confirmed Tuesday that FBI investigators still have not reached out to her to get a celebrity's opinion on Kavanaugh."This investigation is a sham!" she...
through an intellectual web darkly
For the past few years I’ve been on the outskirts of a political and, sometimes, intellectual movement that takes aim at what are, in the…
Tim Skellett
Reading @olivertraldi's piece, https://t.co/uHBfPVN7IP; and I found this bit interesting.
"[Uri] Harris and [Cathy] Young treat IDW stalwart Dave Rubin as a scapegoat when he’s just a symptom." Dunno how true this is, I'm still reading. I just found it an interesting thesis
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A Professor’s Killing Sends a Chill Through a Campus in Pakistan
A student said he killed Prof. Khalid Hameed, a well-liked teacher, because he insulted Islam. Now his colleagues are being very careful about what they say.
Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze
The long read: Demand for ‘healing’ crystals is soaring – but many are mined in deadly conditions in one of the world’s poorest countries. And there is little evidence that this billion-dollar industry is cleaning up its act
Tim Skellett
The dark side of the 'healing'-crystals boom: “In the US, demand for overseas crystals and gemstones has doubled over the past three years, and quartz imports have doubled since 2014.”
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US academic given two weeks to pack up after eight years
Visa system for researchers is hostile and costly and risks jamming a pipeline of talent, universities warn
Tim Skellett
THe new UK criteria for work-visas, concentrating on barring those on lower-incomes, will not only hit the UK NHS staffing very hard indeed, it will also hit research-academics even harder.
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Bettel's anger highlights a bleak truth: the EU27 just wants Britain to go
Luxembourg PM’s exasperation is shared by EU officials and national leaders
Tim Skellett
excellent point: “... because, despite the clout of Germany and France, the EU remains a club of small countries, most with populations smaller than 10 million.”
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