#Erroneous

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

Fascinating account of how the great Greek mathematician Eratosthenes figured the circumference of the EarthHis estimate was 28,000 miles - about 15% higher than the actual figure of 24,901 miles

Rob Sansom

Sansom_Rob

Man this is all getting a bit much. Parenting a 2yo and 5yo while both of us try to work full time is taking its toll. Everyday is a battle

Miles Beckett

mbeckett

The trillion dollar question. Why are COVID cases increasing while deaths are decreasing? The answer is simple. It's called Simpson's paradox and it's the result of incorrectly pooling data and

Paul Nunez

nunez_paul81

Is the doctrine of inerrancy a doctrine of white supremacy? Yes and no. I’m more comfortable saying the doctrine of inerrancy *misapplied* is has been a safe harbor for white

Kit Yates

Kit_Yates_Maths

I wrote an article about the UK being "over the peak" and what this means. https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-the-uk-could-well-be-over-the-peak-136757I thought I'd summarise why this isn't universally good news in a thread.1/n

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

1. Thread. Political language. Many ideological terms have at least two meanings, one to get you to sign up and one to promote a radical cause. “Black Lives Matter,” “Feminism,“

ghost of daniel parker

SeekerOTL

1\ARE YOU AFRAID?a thread on the 2001 Anthrax Panic 2\On October 3, 2001, a photojournalist in Florida was diagnosed with pulmonary anthrax. He died two days later.Sometime between Oct 6

Gearóid Murphy

gearoidmurphy_

What happened to fair use? Particularly egregious from a state broadcaster I’ve literally paid for. We can no longer critique, evaluate or comment on state media. Great stuff Let's analyze

Liam Donovan

LPDonovan

Since the hit pieces keep coming, time for an NOL thread.In 2009, amid great recession, a unified Dem govt enacted the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act to expand UI

“The Chili Guy”

TheAcherons

I've a take that may anger both LeftComs & MLs about the socialism-classes relationship. I think both sides have gotten it *somewhat* wrong. I had this revelation while I was

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

This is one of those math questions which, now that I have read them, I really NEED to know the answer: does the ℂ-vector space of continuous functions ℝ→ℂ have

Gary Taxali

GaryTaxali

No magazine should be paying illustrators rates that are 30 plus years old. I refuse to work for any publication until they stop exploiting artists and compensate fairly. I’ve worked

Kyle🚬

UffzKyle

The WHO’s anti-smoking lies (a thread)In this thread I will be discussing the main studies cited by Western governments and the WHO in support of their smoking campaigns and explaining

Tim Mort

timmort_

The latest issue of @laphamsquart has some great quotes about nature and the climate. All quite pertinent given the hellish drought Australia’s been through lately. “Whatever befalls the earth befalls

Lisa RWillowfish

rwillowfish

Having psychiatric diagnoses & then carrying them in your records through any health care you seek needs changing.Why?Because even in a phys health crisis, you're treated as a mental illness

theo🛸

th3oisntaturtle

hey I know I don't usually talk politics besides rting petitions and info and stuff, but I'm tweeting now because I see deadass nobody talking about it and I think