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Conrad Hackett
Great @MickEbeling talk about amazing work of NotImpossible Labs - designing device to paint by eye for artist with ALS, prosthetic limb lab for victims of war in Sudan, & new wearable device for deaf to feel music that reduces Parkinson’s tremors! #tnp8
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I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.
Conrad Hackett
Remarkable op-ed from a senior official in the Trump administration
nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opi… pic.twitter.com/ZHwVukiogc
14d
U.S. adults are more religious than Western Europeans
For instance, about two-thirds of U.S. Christians pray daily, compared with a median of just 18% of Christians across 15 European countries.
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Conrad Hackett
12% of Christians in Germany believe in God with absolute certainty
27% of Americans who identify with no religion believe in God with absolute certainty
14d
Trump Has Met the Public’s Modest Expectations for His Presidency
Americans had fairly low expectations for Donald Trump’s presidency just before the 2016 election. Their current views of his administration’s performance vary little from these pre-election predictions.
Conrad Hackett
Say Trump has
not set a high moral standard for the presidency 71%
not improved the way government works 61%
Can't name anything they like about how Trump is handling his job 35%
people-press.org/2018/08/23/tru… pic.twitter.com/dj8OqBCuCh
14d
Quiz: What is your religious typology?
Are you a Sunday Stalwart? Solidly Secular? Or somewhere in between?
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Conrad Hackett
Check out this new quiz to discover what religious category you fall in:
pewforum.org/quiz/religious…
Do you agree with the result?
17d
Millennials are the most likely generation of Americans to use public libraries
About half of U.S. Millennials have visited a public library or bookmobile in the past year.
Africa, home to growing number of Christians and Muslims, contends with atheists, too
When the doors swing open every Sunday morning, churches in Africa welcome thousands of new followers.
On this deeply religious continent, both Christianity and Islam are on the rise. But small group...
Conrad Hackett
Atheists in Kenya are campaigning for Atheist Day to be a public holiday
ncronline.org/news/spiritual… via @ncronline
21d
Pollution May Dim Thinking Skills, Study in China Suggests
The impact of air pollution appeared especially stark in older men, a particularly worrying sign for countries with aging populations.
Florida candidate says alien abduction doesn't define her
MIAMI (AP) — U.S. House candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera has a long list of accomplishments to bolster her campaign in Florida. But she is perhaps best known for claiming that
Republicans and Democrats agree: They can’t agree on basic facts
Nearly eight-in-ten overall say that when it comes to important issues, the two parties' voters disagree not just on plans and policies, but on basic facts.
Trump Has Met the Public’s Modest Expectations for His Presidency
Americans had fairly low expectations for Donald Trump’s presidency just before the 2016 election. Their current views of his administration’s performance vary little from these pre-election predictions.
White House blocks bill that would protect elections
A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation’s electoral security has been held up in the Senate at the behest of the White House, which expressed its displeasure with the proposed legislation.
Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty to leaking secret U.S. report, gets 63-month sentence
Prosecutors called it the longest sentence ever imposed for a federal crime involving leaks to the media
‘We Cannot Afford This’: Malaysia Pushes Back on China’s Big Projects
A country that once courted Chinese investment now fears becoming overly indebted for projects that are neither viable nor necessary — except to China.
Hey, Sociologists! Speak Up!
There’s an academic discipline that studies economic questions in illuminating ways. But it’s too quiet about it.
Jason Furman's review of The Master and Margarita
5/5: One of my favorite books ever, was my third timing reading it (the first time reading the Burgin and O'Connor translation, which was excellent). The story of The Master and Margarita takes place over the course of a few days in Moscow as the...
Chicago's Eve Ewing will pen Marvel's 'Ironheart'
Social media maven, academic, poet and Gwendolyn Brooks fan Eve Ewing will be writing Marvel's "Ironheart" series.
A majority of Americans support using biotechnology to grow human organs in animals for transplants
About four-in-ten Americans say using biotechnology to grow human organs in animals for transplants would be going too far.