This is just horrifying! #Nigeria has just sentenced a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison (!!!) for alleged blasphemy against Allah!
A reminder: Nigeria is also a member of the @UN_HRC!
cc. @HillelNeuer@NikkiHaley@SohrabAhmari@Kasparov63
https://t.co/EdeWvBAygM
Just a thought but suppose that we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light. Supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way.
Just another comment on the presidential debate: will you please be quiet please, the sense of an ending, they’re a weird mob, barmy in wonderland and the age of turbulence.
A new edition of @Meanjin
is out and within it I have an illustration accompanying @AnsonCameron's incredible and terrifying fiction piece The Miserable Creep Of Covid
My labmate Lincoln Oliver found this 3-legged Eastern Box Turtle during fieldwork. Based on the engravings on the plastron (underside of shell), this individual was marked in 1924 and is at least 96 years old!!! WOW. I almost can't wrap my mind around how old this turtle is.
For a university society to be No-Platforming Richard Dawkins is utterly absurd.
If certain students are uncomfortable with listening to challenging ideas, they can stay at home. Problem solved.
Why take the choice away from everybody for the sake of an intolerant few?