I don’t know what more this regime needs to do before we finally see some decisive action from world leaders. The IRGC needs to be designated a terrorist group. Islamic Regime officials need to be as ostracized by the international community as apartheid officials were in the 90s
Two 16 hour days. Covid is getting bad again at the hospital. I am exhausted and can’t sleep. I am getting stage 2 pressure ulcers on the bridge of my nose from my N95 again. My hands are dry, angry and hurt. I am fried. Burned out. Exhausted. Wear. A. Fucking. Mask. #CovidRN
I love elegant visual illusions. They reveal the inner workings of our minds & how easy it is to confuse our perceptions with reality.
If we can’t get simple stationary cubes right , shouldn't we be warier of confident opinions on complex social systems? Beware of naive realism!
The heroic Maajid Nawaz (joint author with Sam Harris of “Islam and the Future of Tolerance”) is on hunger strike until 100,000 people sign this petition. I’ve signed it. Please sign it too.
https://t.co/eT4XgfRaf9
**Bar Chart Race for CO2**
The changing ranks of the 10 largest CO2 emitters in the world since 1850.
Fascinating to see nations rise, fall & rise again in their yearly emissions*
See how the UK dominates the C19th & US the 20th.
Then watch China surge ahead after 2005…
National pride has evil consequences. Prefer pride in humanity. German pride gave us Hitler, American pride gave us Trump, British pride gave us Brexit. If you must have pride, be proud that Homo sapiens could produce a Darwin, Shakespeare, Mandela, Einstein, Beethoven.