+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@qoto.org

BREAKING NEWS! Exciting new genetic analysis of 356 hunter gatherers who lived between 35,000 and 5,000 years ago across Eurasia published today at 16.00 in the journal Nature by @MPI-EVA Leipzig @PKU1898 @Senckenberg @Harvatilab_tue https://bit.ly/3IISQeQ

Image by Michelle O'Reilly and Laurent Klaric, inspired by the original work by Benoit Clarys

These are such good questions:

* Are you capable of entertaining real doubt about your beliefs? Or are you operating from a position of certainty?

* Can you articulate the evidence you would need to see in order to change your position? Or is your perspective unfalsifiable?

* Can you articulate your opponents perspective in a way that they recognize? Or are you straw-manning?

* Are you attacking ideas or attacking the people who hold them?

* Are you willing to cut off close relationships with people who disagree with you, particularly over small points of contention?

* Are you willing to use extraordinary means against people who disagree with you?

(These are the “discernment questions” Megan Phelps-Roper poses in “The Witch Trials of J. K. Rowling”. The podcast much recommended in entirety.)

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hey baby my spike protein wants to bind with your furin cleavage

BREAKING: Is a better world possible? Let's not get ahead of ourselves; this mindset can lead to dangerous things, and may harm the economy, says a new study published earlier this week.

Good morning poast 🌄

#ProtestBansWork 🤣

zen moment

Reddit moment.

@amerika @r000t modern education is about making people mediocre.

@LadyDragonfly True, but it forgets to mention the devistating effect this has had in violent acts, and rape cases. They replaced the death of a child or two and traded it for tens of thousands of rape and other victims... Not really a win IMO.

@rdaily Here are some very similar patterns from all over the world too.

@rdaily Here isd a similar chart of historic homicide rates and points where major democrat led gun control acts were enacted...

I care alot more about homicide, something that is rampant and an actual issue than I care about school shootings which, while tragic, a child is about two times more likely to get struck by lightening than to die in a school shooting.

@mangeurdenuage @sim the edit makes it even more apt
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