#Science

This upset a lot of people. So maybe I should explain what I mean. 1) We are currently attempting to live “with” Covid- with sustained community transmission and continued lifting
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The animal cruelty issue is connected to a larger epidemic involving pathology-induced cruelty and inhumanity. I often look at society (and the political climate) through the lens of anthropology and
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this piece on covid voice detection and other forms of vocal diagnostics is really worrying.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02732-4#ref-CR6 (1) it takes highly dubious claims about these tools' accuracy at face value eg that
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"Ça marche ou pas ?": avec le #Covid_19 le nombre d'études scientifiques explose, donnant l'impression d'une cacophonie incarnée, notamment par le débat autour de l'hydroxychloroquine.Si la controverse et le do
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@timnitGebru identified a huge problem w/artificial intelligence today: English text generators (language models) are built using online text from sources like Twitter. But there's so much abuse towards women, people
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Some good readings on CV19 from this past week#covid19Canada1. How South Korea Flattened the Curvehttps://nyti.ms/3aeD35c  2. This one is a very good summary and easy read on CV19 from a
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Day 2 of why diversity in Media matters and why “Narrative Punditry” that leads to “Narrative Journalism” can be disingenuous..@jmartNYT on @CNN @OutFrontCNN said that by tomorrow no one will
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One of the strangest experiences of my life this past year has been moving from New York (where outdoor masking is the popular and polite thing to do and has
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In honor of #PrideMonth , we wanted to raise awareness and highlight some of our content that focuses on the challenges faced by the #LGBTQ community in the region. Stay
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India is a Karma Bhoomi for the believers of Sanathana Dharma Every Sanathani strives to do Sadhane in India Similarly why can’t neophyte converts go to their holy lands?Yes. They
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The difference between a religious and secular society is that the latter is ostensibly predicated on scientific fact.The similarity is that most people in both societies rely on authorities rather
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The sighting of the new crescent depends on 2 main (scientific) things: (1) Astronomcial factors; and (2) Meteorological factors. Any lunar calendar calculation can only address the 1st factor
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Breathing is a function that is both conscious and unconscious. Only we as humans can breathe consciously. Breath is the bridge between physiological processes and our other koshas. I find
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I just read the Anderson v. Raffensperger lawsuit and I’m torn between screaming, laughing, and going up to Georgia and going full election valkyrie on some people. I can tell
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Angka kematian yang melonjak jauh di atas rata-rata tentu mengundang pertanyaan, apa penyebabnya? Tanpa dilakukan otopsi kita mungkin tidak pernah tahu jawaban yg sesungguhnya. Tetapi ada beberapa pendekatan untuk mencoba
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1. This tweet is only partly true... the cult of "Dollar Gurus" has some history to it.. All of them are not frauds.. some are genuine & some are just
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