#Mechanisms

So I just finished Thoughts & Prayers by @brainbliss and I...loved it. I haven't done a thread about a book in a long, long time! So here's why I loved
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Tropical convective forcing over E. Africa/W. Indian Ocean past 5 days evidence of new MJO wave. Warm Indian Ocean waters, w/ 850mb convergence, suggest continued MJO growth. Models argue for
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The “male violence has no innate/evo/bio basis” argument, again. Yes, it does. Does culture & socialization matter, too? Yes, it does. Influence of culture/socialization does’t discount evo/bio explanations. Adaptations require
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If we dealt with the core issues regarding domestic abuse, especially when there are children involved. We would cut the generational cycle of abuse, depression, self harm, suicide, addiction, trauma,
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(1/6)Huge congrats on launching @Poloniex #LaunchBase, a world-leading token sale platform! As Poloniex’s strategic partner, @Tronfoundation and I will fully support the LaunchBase platform and its future development.https://twitter.com/Poloniex/stat
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1/n) Brilliant talk by @f2harrell yesterday "Musings on Statistical Models vs. Machine Learning in Health Research": https://www.fharrell.com/talk/mlhealth/  What about combining machine learning with multiscale #mathbio mode
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So, I’ve crawled out of my NSFW account (where I‘ve been for the past couple of weeks, but I’ll be coming back here in a little bit) to make a
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I got really excited to tell my mother that I had finally been able to start using a daily planner. Instead she sort of sighed, and said "Well teachers have
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We have seen how the modern world is structurally left-wing. Our society has a chronic aversion to the investment of power into individuals, and therefore we find ways of putting
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A third of COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could
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So.....Animal Crossing New Horizons is a huge hit and has sold a giga-fuck-ton of copies. Yet, I see a bunch of bad takes about it. Now, this isn't a defense
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Thread? Single Edition? Ok. Let’s start off simple. Why are you single? Are you a male or female? (This is totally random.) Is there someone you currently like? Have you
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The 8th HouseMassively misunderstood, uniquely undersold, and particularly presumptuous.The 8th House is not about sex. It is about inevitability. Death, taxes, intimacy. These are universal truths to existence. You cannot
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Many people don't seem to know that the oft used by the right (& sometimes the left, too) insult, 'triggered' actually hurts survivors of abuse and war. The original &
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Darwinian Gaia: the persister perspective on evolution. https://aeon.co/essays/the-gaia-hypothesis-reimagined-by-one-of-its-key-sceptics via @aeonmag I think this an amazingly refreshing and interesting new view on evolution. For several re
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A threadToday is #OrangeShirtDay2020. I think one of the things non-Natives don’t fully comprehend is the sheer magnitude of the devastation residential schools, the 60s scoop, and the ongoing over
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