#Problems

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

It really does comes down to the definition of 'diet.' You improved your diet and level of activity rather than going *on* a diet for a short term so you

Eugene Gu, MD

eugenegu

One of the toughest things I’ve had to learn about social media and the mainstream news is that the narrative is manufactured and out of touch with reality, making a

Ben Reinhardt

Ben_Reinhardt

The Szilard point - when more value is wasted applying for a grant than the value of the grant From "Problems With Peer Review And Alternatives" by

Sesame Mosweu

SesameM

I once had neighbour's who were a couple. I had just moved into the block of flats that week. I think it was a Thursday evening because I had work

Oliver Willis

owillis

i hate appearing as if im saying some of the media/pr things democrats can be doing that they aren't is "easy." i dont want to be "that guy" who just

Joel MacManus

JoelMacManus

Thread: There's lots of good policy in National’s transport plan for Wellington, but there's also a lot of re-hashing old rejected ideas from Let’s Get Wellington Moving, most of which

Jeff Hauser

jeffhauser

The constant assumption that if you don't die from COVID-19 you're little different than someone who had the flu is omnipresent, unacknowledged, and likely EXCEEDINGLY wrong.https://twitter.com/markwbudde/status/1271913677143158784

probably salma 🏳️

mightbesalma

Ok let's talk some more about women's right in egypt.Why are sanitary pads not available in prisons?And why is it that pads are rejected when family members try to bring

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

a thing that I am worried about in terms of religious freedom is that Jewish and atheist women are going to be denied access to contraception and forced to give

Littleblonde1

ElzMo3008

Apparently, Labour are going to 'look again at their policies', in order to try & fix their problems ... They. Just. Don't. Get. It.It's not about policy, it's about the

Tricina 🏳️‍🌈

tricina

For a long time, we've known it costs less to just make housing, food, and healthcare a part of a collective responsibility than let people die in the streets. So

e.g. 🏴🚩

exempli_G

fun fact: i had a job offer recently from oracle. i was very excited about it because i hated my job at the time, but looking back, i'm glad i

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wuooods

Jarin Blaschke (DP for the Lighthouse) explaining how they achieved that one shot at the end of the movie This effect was also used for a makeup effect in the

Vinay Sharma 🐺

justvinaying

Are you NOT comfortable in sharing your ideas in Public?(A Perspective Thread) (1/17) So I got the thread Idea from one of the opinion share by a friend of mine

Talia Ringer

TaliaRinger

The dialogue of "it's OK, women can have babies at 40, there's basically no cost to waiting!" is misleading, regressive, and ultimately an excuse to maintain patriarchical structures when it

Dan Steingart

steingart

IMHO the main role of academic engineering research is clear: the training. Teaching students to become critical research engineers to - differentiate 1st and 2nd order problems- differentiate discovery/new ideas