Judith Stout
Univ of Iowa grad, married, still seeking new thought patterns. Read Philosophy, Hist, Politics. Distracted by everything.
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Some of the Most Visible Christians in America Are Failing the Coronavirus Test
In place of love, they’re offering stark self-righteous judgment.
Judith Stout
"Like many others, I’m struggling to make sense of how those who follow the teachings of Jesus, known for healing the sick, could shrug their shoulders at mass death and heap pain on the grieving," @JonathanMerritt writes
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The Wellcome Collection—Perfect Medicine for the Incurably Curious | JSTOR Daily
Pharmacy genius, Henry Solomon Wellcome amassed a lot of knowledge—and amazing tchotchkes too.
Judith Stout
The Wellcome Collection—Perfect Medicine for the Incurably Curious daily.jstor.org/the-wellcome-c… via @JSTOR_Daily
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Jeffrey Toobin warns Republicans in NC and WI could declare Trump the winner — regardless of the vote
On CNN Monday, chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin warned of a possible scenario in which close states with right-wing legislatures could find a pretext to overturn the election and hand their electoral votes to President Donald Trump. “What is so...
The (evolving) art of war
In a new book, “Active Defense,” MIT political scientist Taylor Fravel offers a new history of military strategy in modern China.
Cory Gardner Just Kissed His Senate Seat Goodbye As He Pledges To Confirm Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
Republicans are in for a rude awakening if they think it's smart politics to steal another Supreme Court seat right before the election.
The Little-Known History of the Forced Sterilization of Native American Women | JSTOR Daily
Jane Lawrence documents the forced sterilization of thousands of Native American women by the Indian Health Service in the 1960s and 1970s.
Judith Stout
The Little-Known History of the Forced Sterilization of Native American Women daily.jstor.org/the-little-kno… via @JSTOR_Daily
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Using New Social History to Teach Culture in High School Latin - JHI Blog
by guest contributor Evan Dutmer
Practicing What They Preach? Lynching and Religion in the American South, 1890 – 1929
This project employs a moral solidarity framework to explore the relationship between organized religion and lynching in the American South. We ask whether a county’s religious composition impacted its rate of lynching, net of demographic and ...
Judith Stout
Practicing What They Preach? Lynching and Religion in the American South, 1890 – 1929
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Louisville police chief declares state of emergency for department ahead of Breonna Taylor case update
The Louisville police chief declared a state of emergency Monday for the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) ahead of Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s announcement in the Breonna Taylo…
Trump Could Be Investigated for Tax Fraud, D.A. Says for First Time
The assertion by the Manhattan district attorney offered rare insight into the office’s investigation of the president and his businesses.
Why agile governance should be human-centred governance
Agile governance of technology must strike a balance between encouraging innovation and protecting rights. Keeping human beings in mind is the best way to do .
Unconscious Learning Underlies Belief in a God - Neuroscience News
People whose brains are more predisposed to implicit pattern learning are more likely to believe in a deity, researchers report.
Judith Stout
Unconscious Learning Underlies Belief in a God - neurosciencenews.com/unconscious-le… via @neurosciencenew
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Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is a Barrier to Controlling Spread of COVID-19 - Neuroscience News
Belief in conspiracy theories surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic predicts personal resistance to coronavirus vaccination and preventative behaviors, such as mask-wearing.
Judith Stout
Belief in Conspiracy Theories Is a Barrier to Controlling Spread of COVID-19 - neurosciencenews.com/coronavirus-co… via @neurosciencenew
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The Overlap Between Fear and Anxiety Brain Circuits - Neuroscience News
Study provides contrary evidence to existing theory, finding anxiety and fear reflect overlapping neural circuits.
Judith Stout
The Overlap Between Fear and Anxiety Brain Circuits - neurosciencenews.com/fear-anxiety-c… via @neurosciencenew
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People’s Life Goals Relate to Their Personality - Neuroscience News
People formulate personal goals consistent with their personality traits, and their goals are related to how their personality changes over time.
Judith Stout
People’s Life Goals Relate to Their Personality - neurosciencenews.com/personality-li… via @neurosciencenew
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Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible
My grandparents thought the past was buried forever beneath the wreckage of the Third Reich, but it reared its head one morning in January 1946, when Karl Schwarz found an envelope in the mailbox w…
Judith Stout
Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible lithub.com/indifference-a… via @lithub
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On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works
For tens of thousands of years, human beings have been using fictional devices to shape their worlds and communicate with one another. Four thousand years ago they began writing down these stories,…
Judith Stout
On Enheduanna, the First Poet to Ascribe Her Own Name to Her Works lithub.com/on-enheduanna-… via @lithub
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$3.2 million worth of rare stolen books have been found under a house in rural Romania.
When a group of thieves stole $3.2 million worth of rare books from a London warehouse in 2017, including seminal scientific texts by Isaac Newton and Galileo, they shocked the antiquarian book wor…
Judith Stout
$3.2 million worth of rare stolen books have been found under a house in rural Romania. lithub.com/3-2-million-wo… via @lithub
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Let’s Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate
We live in unreal times. I wake up in the middle of a global pandemic to watch a reality-TV president spout conspiracy theories while dystopian corporations enact new science fiction tech. In this …
Judith Stout
Let's Stop with the Realism Versus Science Fiction and Fantasy Debate lithub.com/lets-stop-with… via @lithub
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Through a Glass, Whitely: Ideal Theory as Epistemic Injustice
Below is the audio recording of Charles W Mills’ 2017-2018 Central Division Presidential Address. The talk is titled “Through a Glass, Whitely: Ideal Theory as Epistemic Injustice” and offers an im…
Judith Stout
Through a Glass, Whitely: Ideal Theory as Epistemic Injustice blog.apaonline.org/2020/05/22/thr… via @apa_blog
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