Common Sense

Atheist, Family man

[Common Sense @TheCthSense]

Making a mouse model that works by inducing DSB's and then calling it an epigenetic intervention... Anyone? "I had a number of questions/concerns about this manuscript and its co-submitted counterpart…" — mismatch_repair https://t.co/XNuoZJ1McG

[Imperial College London @imperialcollege]

Critiqued coronavirus simulation gets thumbs up from code-checking efforts, reports @nature https://t.co/1Ch1rQ8OXT

[The Independent @Independent]

Editor's letter: Polling exposed how Britain is blind to its own endemic racism https://t.co/6HgXX18d8C

[Common Sense @TheCthSense]

@AndyHa_ Of course Churchill was a racist

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@TomlinsonCJ No... That's true love for your country, trying to make it a better place. Churchill was a documented racist.
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Amidst all the anger, and without wanting to take away from any condemnation of police brutality, I would like to thank @EdinburghPolice (as a brown person). I have only experienced great empathy from your officers in the past.

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@LeaveEUOfficial https://t.co/g2MRYOX0op

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@gavmacn https://t.co/g2MRYOX0op

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@Iain643 @gavmacn @JamesTudhope1

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@KTHopkins #Churchillnext

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@ClinPsychDavid https://t.co/g2MRYOX0op

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@ClinPsychDavid

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I am not sad about being removed, my input was minimal, I am just trying to show the way of thinking I encounter even among the intellectual elite.

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How about starting with a national treasure like #Churchill. Churchill was documented openly racist and harboured a deep hatred for Indians. He also diverted crops during the Bengali famine from India to Britain, leading to the deaths of millions. Yet, is there any commemoration?

[Ewan Birney @ewanbirney]

Looking at my own society at home - British - we, like many countries have to realise that looking at our history unvarnished is necessary. Too often people only see/ are taught positives- eg the abolition of slavery but not the support of slavery nor indentured servitude

[Common Sense @TheCthSense]

...and I quote an FRS here: "I am totally opposed to judging people's actions by today's moral standards." When I asked whether historic atrocities like fascism and colonialism could be excused that way, I was removed from the manuscript.