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As everybody knows by now, philosopher J.L. Austin asserted at a lecture that 'there is no language in which a double positive implies a negative. To which Morgenbesser responded in a dismissive tone, "Yeah, yeah."' [Wikipedia] But what you don't know... (keep reading) ⬇️

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A petición popular... “Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynyrd Skynyrd), racismo, Neil Young y coristas. 🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵

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Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased. If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.

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In the last four decades, the number of people who were paralyzed by polio was reduced by over 99%. This chart is from my article on why we can be the generation that ends polio forever everywhere: ourworldindata.org/global-fight...

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

Florencia vs cruce de carreteras en EE.UU. ¡A la misma escala!

submitted 92 days ago • 3 comments

thanks for this @skeletonclaw.bsky.social

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