#Idea

h/t to @RhetoricPJ for the heads-up about this interview with Hillsdale College's president about American history, because it's a doozy. Shall we dive in?https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/15/pilgrims-totalitarians-and-babies-a-conv
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*Everything* in psychology has a cognitive dissonance angle. Like, I'm reading up on Reactance right now, where we humans will lose our shit if we think a freedom is being
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As promised, a few details about my home energy journey (so far)!The new house game plan: electrify, decarbonize, and harden. How’s it going, you ask? We’re moving to Ossining NY,
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Hey #NYR Fam -- Gonna Live Tweet the MSG Virtual Town Hall right now! Let's go. They start with good wishes for Hank. (paraphrased)JD: "We've been texting...he says its
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#TheLastOfUsPartII ’s Breathing System Thread Part 1One gift of working at Naughty Dog is that the sky is limit. With artists and programmers collaborating closely, magic can happen.The Breathing System
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what were the best climate stories of 2020? Climate writers: what did you write that you’re really proud of? Climate readers: what did you read that stuck with you? We’ll
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Many of the critiques I see on here boil down to the claim that the truth value, consistency, coherence, symmetry & correct assumptions of an idea matter less than its
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Yesterday, I held a streaming contest! The winner @emmbarressed got to pick today's topic and they picked, "#BTS As Flowers!" We know birth flower of each member! But that's too
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1/ #LongCovid: What do you need to know? While we are fighting harder than ever to reduce the number of new #COVID19 cases, health professionals are already concerned about long
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1/ What is the most important sea in the universe? It is not the Mediterranean or Caspian, not the Dead sea or the sea of Galilee. It is the FERMI
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OK I'm going to weigh in on the tagging/content moderation conversation happening right now regarding Archive of Our Own. To be clear, this is me as a content moderation researcher
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THE OCCULT ANATOMY OF MANPART ITHE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM In Scripture we are told that God made man in his own image. It is so stated not only in
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This is what pisses me off about the constant bad faith victimhood crap people on the right do:1. They wildly misrepresent something innocuous (no, Pelosi did not “ban” anything).2. They
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To me, one of the most upsetting things about yesterday was what seems to be the intentional capitulation of the Capitol Police. I've lived in and around DC for almost
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1There is only one chart you need to look at in the UK.This chart should be at the top of every headline, at the top of every new cycle until
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So, I don't know how to start this thread. The idea I'm trying to capture is somewhere in there in my subconscious but I haven't found the words for it
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