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Mario Lopez is doing spots for AARP? Excuse me while I find an ice floe and drift into oblivion with the rest of society’s ancients.

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WE ARE HERE!!! MARCH 7th 12-4PM. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITOL!!! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST! Because science is for everyone!!!!

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This 👇 “Misinformation was a key feature of medieval politics and society. Examining the spread of fake news, or conspiracy theories, in the centuries before even the printing press, never mind the internet, helps us understand how they flourish and their appeal.”

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And I for one won’t stand for this em dash slander!

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A touch of blue this morning before the snow fell.

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It’s the start of #BlackHistoryMonth! This is a great time to read about Vernard Lewis, who is an entomologist working on #Blattodea, especially #termites. He recently retired after an illustrious career in #entomology! #28daysofBlackSTEMHistory ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2017/07...

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Got kids? Teach ‘em right. New history of medicine book dropping later this year for the MG market.

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Humans still riding those opposable thumbs to evolutionary dominance. Top that, Ants! www.science.org/content/arti...

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Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

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Today on “As the Soccer Ball Turns”…

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This thread will remind you that food and drink, before safety regulations, were often astonishingly dangerous.

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In enemy territory here in Philly but I have to admit I love this mural of Andre Blake at 12th and Moravian. #nerevs

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Another evening in The LOOP, jumping through time to defeat the evil Dr. Faux. Clever cooperative #boardgame that wonderfully balances strategy and chaos. This game is fast becoming a household favorite.

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Everything old is new again, and not all of it is terrible . www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-sa...

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Great picks. Awesome thread, with a few more classic films to add to my must-see list.

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Take your dragon out for a fly. This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ... 1/2

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Want to see some of Nature’s wonders? Here’s an entire thread of incredibly cool moths, with colorful commentary.

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A big day of output for the Human Cell Atlas, a global collaborative project with 100 countries to understand our ~37 trillion cells A Wikipedia of our cells, a "remarkable achievement" nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/immersive/d4...

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Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study

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Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you. The Powers That Be. (Okay, I know my sister remembers it, too.) Early days in Joseph Gordon Levitt’s career, and the source of my David Hyde Pierce fandom. www.themoviedb.org/tv/9787-the-...

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War Games.

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