briankerby.bsky.social
Host of 502 Conversations - interviews with authors, scientists, philosophers, doctors, science communicators, and others about science, belief, pseudoscience, and more. (I'm also a musician, sailor, budding improv comedian...)
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Wait. What? Was RFK Jr. lying in order to get confirmed? Who could have known? New commission to "investigate" vaccines won't be made up of vaccinologists, epidemiologists, medical professionals, pubic health etc. Instead it will be made up of "cabinet members and other officials". That's a relief.
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The entire EIS or half? Either way it's terrible news, but let's be accurate and not fodder for claims of "fake mews". insidemedicine.substack.com/p/news-half-... and www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...
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When I stapled myself, I immediately realized it as I felt the concussion, and thought "Odd, that didn't hurt that much" and a milli-second later "Ooooouuucccchhhh!!!!!!!!!!!" ...to put it politely.
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Bummer. Been there, done that. Also once did it with an electric staple gun into my thumb hanging outside Christmas lights.
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Who is comparing anti-genocide chants to hate speech? I agree that comparing anti-genocide chants to hate speech does not make hate speech better. How could it?
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That is an argument you are making here. It is not an argument the original post by Stephanie Rains made. The original post was truncated to show words out of context, leading to a misconception. Agreeing or disagreeing with the full article is different than only seeing a misleading snippet.
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It make a difference to read the entire piece. Truncating at a specific point is quite misleading. When I read the truncated version posted, my blood boiled and I thought McWhorter missed the point of 4"33. Reading the next few sentences revealed otherwise. I don't agree completely, but understand.
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It does make a difference to read the entire piece. The truncating at a specific point is quite misleading. When I read the truncated version posted, my blood boiled and I thought McWhorter missed the point of 4"33. Reading the next few sentences revealed otherwise. Not that I agree completely, but
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Will Friday feature a reading with @jonathanjarry.bsky.social as "Jim"?
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We normally review all applications in late MAY and send out invitations in JUNE.
For full consideration for an invitation for the following academic year, please submit your nomination by MAY 15th.
We will continue sending out invitations until our speaker series is full.
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How did this happen? Because many colleges are businesses and not non-profit altruistic neighbors that provide community benefits. As such, they should pay their fair share in property taxes. There is such a movement now in Massachusetts - H.2963.
50.77.30.235/store-3/4622...
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Let’s summarize. Jordan and his colleagues have utilized the power of the federal government to run a smear campaign against researchers who dare to step up and call their bullshit… that’s their “censorship” narrative and their “weaponization of government” investigation at its heart.
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The question is, what are they doing that makes them happy or peaceful when they don't have their phones?
Or, the results may simply be due to the social desirability bias.
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I think you may be misreading this survey, or inferring a conclusion that isn't offered. From what I read here, absence of a smartphone doesn't "make" them happy or peaceful. It's that often or sometimes they feel happy or peaceful regardless of a phone. A phone may just be incidental, not causal.
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Sections of this may interest @dannagal.bsky.social:
"Fitness trumps truth; belonging to a group was survival and reproduction, not truth; tribal identity alters our view. Identity is reality warping; once we strongly identify, we shape perceived data to fit the narrative that our group is good."
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An audio only version here tiny.cc/s9izwz
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Someplace in Portland Maine? Sherman's Bookstore; Back Cove Bookstore; Longfellow Books?
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...what do you know...it arrived today despite the storm. Waiting for me when I got home for lunch!
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Any plans to come to the Boston area? We have MIT Press Bookstore; Harvard Bookstore; Newtonville Books; Wellesley Books; Brookline Booksmith; among many others; as well as various and sundry libraries that host book events...
Or anywhere in New England?