branko
@pzmyers It took Thomas Piketty 10 years, maybe even 20, to find data about income and property that could be compared meaningfully across the decades, and that was data for only a century.
If only the most brilliant economist of our times had asked Bill Gates! The billionaire's friends are apparently sitting on date for two centuries!
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You're killing babies with your low-vibration drugs!
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When vampire libertarians fund creationism/climate change denial…
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Cephalopods and Arachnids, oh my.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/30/handy-guides/
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People get all squicked out because I'm working on spiders. You know what's really scary?
Microbiology.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/30/microbiologists-dont-need-labs-apparently/
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Not gonna swear to god.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/30/i-swear-towho/
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We just need the right info-graphic to justify launching everyone at Davos into the sun.
ar.al🌻
Facebook just hired a handful of its toughest privacy critics
*worriedly checks self* Oh, phew, you mean the ones who were up for sale and never really its critics to begin with.
Also see: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/101488404889934170
#SurveillanceCapitalism #WhiteWashing #Corruption Via @foggy
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You know what turns bioethical problems into knotty nightmares? Money. Every time, it's money.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/30/should-he-have-done-more/
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-32°C. I didn't go in to the lab today.
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Tom Brokaw is just another old white man, I guess. Ick. So am I, but at least I have a speck of self-awareness.
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My lineage is aquatic, I guess.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/29/she-may-be-sprouting-tentacles-soon/
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I remember the last time we had a president who confabulated movies & reality. It wasn't good.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/29/reagan-redux/
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My university just announced that they're closed tomorrow, due to extreme cold. I think that means they'll be closed on Wednesday, when it'll be even colder.
Wimps.
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I'm never going to get famous and popular at this rate.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/28/i-keep-turning-down-these-honors/
Nervous
You can't demand a service while simultaneously berating those who provide the servive
YOU CAN'T DEMAND A SERVICE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BERATING THOSE WHO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE
Farrell
Once upon a time, I overheard the following:
Teacher: "If they can't handle the way I teach, they shouldn't be in my classes!"
Teacher's spouse: "If you can't find a way to help them learn, you shouldn't be a teacher."
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A couple of important points for teachers: it's a service position, not a petty fiefdom.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/28/advice-for-new-professors/
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We're all going to die.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/28/the-most-disturbing-news-yet/
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Pinker: Dunked Now!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/01/28/i-do-enjoy-a-good-pinker-dunking-in-the-morning/
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