Astronomy Otherwise

Milton (small pic) met Galileo (large pic) under house arrest in Arcetri for "thinking in astronomy otherwise ..."
I'm Stephen Warren

[Nick Short 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @nickfshort]

Malawi hails British Empire as ‘liberators’ who saved Africans from slavery

https://t.co/pOTsP9FIYx

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@astrosonnen Predicted score at the Como v Man Utd game

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The experts have spoken: "The draft Bill is a piece of proposed legislation of exceptionally low quality." https://t.co/epOtn0E9As

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@Jebadoo2 Yours was an excellent contribution. Thank you.

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@HJoyceGender Exactly right!!

[Sex Matters @SexMattersOrg]

Two Tavistock whistleblowers warned about its gender clinic long before it closed.

Now they are raising the alarm about the draft Conversion Practices Bill.

Watch therapists Marcus and Susan Evans explain why it poses serious risks to children, parents and families.

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@ObhishekSaha I remember a similar correspondence in the letters page of the NYT, maybe 30y ago, where the Editor added a helpful footnote to say that anyone now regretting the tin of foie gras in their larder could send it to the Editor for safe disposal.

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@DavidAnsara 100% with you and Oppenheimer. UCT's reputation as the No. 1 university in Africa is at risk. If it does not stand up for diversity of viewpoint it will cease to be the great institution which it still just is. All power to both of you.

[Bloat McQueen @BloatMcQueen]

Please please please

DO NOT share this photo of Simon Bennett

It is very disrespectful and should not go viral

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@RoisinMichaux Not most. I don't think I know anyone who thinks that way.

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@miss_anthrop75 I cancelled my license months ago so was surprised to get the same letter as this one (among several nasty lying letters). But I decided to follow the last instruction 'Or, tell us you don't need one ...' and they have left me alone for the time being. It's like reconfirming.

[The Critical Drinker @TheCriticalDri2]

Oh, no! What awful news. I sure hope more people don't cancel their TV license, forcing the BBC to lay off even more of their journalists...

[Astronomy Otherwise @AstroOther]

@JamieMagill5 @GeoffreyBoycott @BumbleCricket He wasn't that slow. He scored at 42.42, a similar rate to e.g. Dravid, Chanderpaul, and Border, and faster than Compton.

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@fem_mb Newton's Principia

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@EmmanuelMacron va-t'en!

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@ben_j_todd Cambridge's finest, but they never mention his name.

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Excellent thread on logical positivism. Freddie Ayer was exaggerating here for effect.

[Phil Hoyeck @PAHoyeck]

Opponents of logical positivism like to quote A.J. Ayer’s quip to Bryan Magee that the problem with the philosophical movement is that “nearly all of it was false.” What they typically fail to note is that he immediately adds that it was still “true in spirit”! 1/🧵

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@AmbJapanUK Beware the laverbread (= seaweed). No resemblance to nori. Beware!

[Jerry Coyne @Evolutionistrue]

The op-ed from the Wall Street Journal about the latest award of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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@mooseincrisis weirdie beardie