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#RT @LRB: ‘Since the balance of power between science and organised religion has shifted, many suppose there is no real conflict between them. The early modern period teaches us that this comforting belief is historically untrue.’

Tobias Gregory on the … https://t.co/7ZeaJdgTFR

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#RT @LRB: RT @leonardbenardo1: Alex de Waal provides a brilliant dissection of the Sudanese catastrophe. Blame lies everywhere: warlords, paramilitaries, World Bank unaccountability, Arab investment funds, and so on. Deepest of tragedies after an all-to… https://t.co/tGy6ACM1Eo

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@LRB Posted...
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‘Since the balance of power between science and organised religion has shifted, many suppose there is no real conflict between them. The early modern period teaches us that this comforting belief is historically untrue.’

Tobias Gregory on the heavens:
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'During the twentieth century the US military ... introduced the rosy wolfsnail (in 1955) as 'biological control' for the invasive Giant African land snail, a short-sighted fix that has led to an uncontrollable spread of palm-sized cannibals.'

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@LRB Posted...
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Alex de Waal provides a brilliant dissection of the Sudanese catastrophe. Blame lies everywhere: warlords, paramilitaries, World Bank unaccountability, Arab investment funds, and so on. Deepest of tragedies after an all-too-brief moment of optimism. https://t.co/P3gpJE8hIM

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"Now, this story is heading back to the big screen, but adapted from the musical. It’s directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones." Planning on seeing it? https://t.co/dfUXS6hOH9

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'Do remember, when you see a carefully illustrated book, what a huge amount of work it has been just to get the pictures in place' (@wmarybeard) https://t.co/LJD1wrFk9Q

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@BookRiot Posted...
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Which books have you read because of a TikTok recommendation so far? https://t.co/HO1hNKhuno

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#RT @LRB: ‘The hunt goes on, reaping fewer and fewer rewards. A typical wooden fishing boat in 1900 could catch sixteen times more fish in an hour than its contemporary equivalent.’

Chris Armstrong on the depredations of the fishing industry:
https://t.co/Rp5B2XFM1o

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@LRB Posted...
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[London Review of Books @LRB]

‘The hunt goes on, reaping fewer and fewer rewards. A typical wooden fishing boat in 1900 could catch sixteen times more fish in an hour than its contemporary equivalent.’

Chris Armstrong on the depredations of the fishing industry:
https://t.co/c2ukFAGdAF

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@BookRiot Posted...
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How do you feel about Barnes and Noble now? https://t.co/kEQQuc52ZV

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#RT @LRB: ‘Pleasure isn’t simple but that doesn’t mean seeking pleasure is traumatic; only that one must be willing to be inconvenienced.’

@ErinMaglaque on Lauren Berlant’s hard feelings:
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@BookRiot Posted...
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Which of these new books are you most excited about? https://t.co/h6p12h4KpW

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@LRB Posted...
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‘Pleasure isn’t simple but that doesn’t mean seeking pleasure is traumatic; only that one must be willing to be inconvenienced.’

@ErinMaglaque on Lauren Berlant’s hard feelings:
https://t.co/j4ldn1msXv

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#RT @LRB: RT @greg_jenner: Excellent and generous summary by ⁦@malcolmgaskill⁩ of ⁦@carolinepennock⁩’s new book On Savage Shores, which resets our perspective of how Indigenous peoples experienced European colonisation - free to read in ⁦@LRB⁩ https://t.co/V84FWtjkB2

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#RT @LRB: Turkey’s electoral participation rate is one of the highest in the world, with turnout at 89%. ‘But another way to look at this’, writes @is_fink, ‘is that in a nation where power has become so centralised, the stakes around elections are far t… https://t.co/BSPfZNVzCA

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@LRB Posted...
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Turkey’s electoral participation rate is one of the highest in the world, with turnout at 89%. ‘But another way to look at this’, writes @is_fink, ‘is that in a nation where power has become so centralised, the stakes around elections are far too high.’

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#RT @LRB: RT @Jake_Watson27: "There was something perverse about Israel’s choice of Asunción as a destination for dispossessed Palestinians."

Fascinating account of a failed Israeli plan to transfer Palestinians to Paraguay by Hadeel Assali

@LRB Diary https://t.co/YlGmPyAceB

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#RT @LRB: ‘Most Americans transported against their will never returned to their native lands and lived typically short lives of alienation and desolation. Pocahontas died in Gravesend as she prepared to depart.’

@malcolmgaskill on indigenous Americans … https://t.co/V84FWtjkB2