Tuesday, December 27, 2022

History

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In terms of GDP per capita growth, northwest Europe began to surpass the rest of the world during the fourteenth century. This was before th...

Cultural achievements have an ephemeral genetic trace

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From They came, they saw, they left no trace... by Razib Khan.  The subheading is except for all of Western Civilization .   It is a comple...

An Insight

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Michael Collins, the astronaut who took this photo in 1969, is the only human, dead or alive, that isn't in the frame of this picture. p...

I see wonderful things

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The Great Lake system profile vs the Atlantic Ocean vs Lake Baikal [source: https://t.co/KBddPdaRNy ] [Great Lakes only: https://t.co/DY1N5N...

Offbeat Humor

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Data Talks

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Yet another study finds that the reinfection rate in individuals with 3-doses (boosted) is HIGHER than in individuals with only 2-doses. htt...

Winter Thrush by Angela Harding

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Winter Thrush by Angela Harding Click to enlarge.
Monday, December 26, 2022

He was merely, as is his wont, emitting words

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From 2022 was the opposite of good. But it had some positives by Dave Barry.  As accurate as any other summation of the events of the year ...

History

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I heard someone make the incorrect claim that more humans are alive today than ever lived before. Nope that is very much not true. This exce...

An Insight

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Probably my most "radical" position on race, class, etc is that I think everybody should be treated exactly equally in most situat...