#Belief

Hank Green

hankgreen

There's always been this group of absolute shits that have believed that gold is the one true currency and that investing in a yellow rock is the only true investment

Valentin Wyart

valentinwyart

Great study by @jwdegee @donner_lab out in @eLife on the effect of pupil-linked arousal on choice biases during stimulus detection and memory retrieval. They show how phasic pupil dilation predicts

Joanne Harris

Joannechocolat

At the heart of the #examshambles is a double disgrace; one, the social and racial profiling that led to the conclusion that only "good schools" (white, well-off) get good results,

Staedtler

Staedtler

I still don't think the English have come to terms with the magnitude of Brexit.They seem to think Brexit is an inconvenience but that all their attachments are pretty secure.

fearlessly, lauren⸆⸉ 💛💛

tayscartwheel

best quotes from miss americana; a thread “throughout my whole career, label executives would just say, ‘a nice girl doesn’t force their opinions on people; a nice girl smiles and

Kimberley Strassel

KimStrassel

1) This "all is lost" NYT story is a stunning reminder of how the press keeps moving the goalposts to other planets. The lede says it is finally "dawning" on

WYATT

_CEOofGenZ

The new years for you will not be one of destruction, but will be filled with hope. God would never want to destroy you. Of course, there will always be

Marrrk J. Valek

MarkValek

We had forgotten that alongside Orwell's dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even

Leona Neelam Maple (she) Maple Consulting & PR

TheLeonaMaple

WHITE PEOPLE:The literal definition of racism from Merriam Webster:"the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another"https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism1. System

Misha Gurevich. Angel Investor, Photographer.

drethelin

Coining phrases is hard, but here’s a few thoughts about a particular thing. A lot of people try to name the social blob currently eating academia and journalism. There’s the

(((Taubes)))

jaytaubes

What we call the Jewish Left is often just the children of the liberal Jewish establishment, taking a left-of-center & anti-occupation approach compared to their families but committed to salvaging

Fridays For Future

Fridays4future

The myth of overpopulation as the reason for the climate crisis is the belief that there are more people than the planet is able to sustain.This narrative is used by

Asha Logos

AshaLogos

The ascendancy of men like Saul Alinsky as foundational political philosophers marked the beginning of the end of all hopes of truthfulness or decency in politics because his particular brand

Climate Justice Alliance (CJA)

CJAOurPower

As anticipated, we are in a state of uncertainty as our communities ensure that every vote is counted. In times like these, we call upon our liberatory belief and practice

Iron Spike

Iron_Spike

Used the phrase "God of the Gaps" recently, and got a blank stare, so linking this for everyone's benefit. Very useful phrase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps Short version: Humans do not possess complete

N.A. Mansour

NAMansour26

Because people have been asking (and having nice dm convos), I'll elaborate....a thread on casual Islamophobia and racism in the academy..This is in part about a book by an academic

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