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Plaidboy

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  • Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100

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  • Washington was a pretty bad president if you were Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois).

  • Churches close their doors as fewer Americans attend

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  • I think that they are referring to the somewhat adversarial attitude of the comments in this thread. I think that a religious person, especially a self identifying Christian, would feel a bit uncomfortable reading these comments.

    Merriam-Webster on "militant" (2nd definition): aggressively active (as in a cause) : combative; militant conservationists; a militant attitude

  • Scientifically sound YouTube channels

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  • Clint's Reptiles: He does great videos covering phylogeny as well as pet scores for individual species.

    Professor Dave Explains: A huge variety of content explaining science, my favorites so far are on phylogeny.

    Mothlight Media: Videos on evolution of modern and extinct species. One of my favorites!!

    Others mentioned PBS Eons, you would most definitely like it.

  • Blob-headed fish and amphibious mouse among 27 new species found in ‘thrilling’ Peru expedition

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  • Great article, but I'm surprised it didn't end with them saying they planned to follow up with the indigenous people and use their knowledge to help fill in the gaps...

    Yet another example of western science thinking we have to reinvent the wheel - the person they interviewed said that all these "new" species were already known to the locals. Obviously we just needed to ask.

  • Marker on photo paper

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  • Agreed. There's a lot of stuff that reminds me of teeth in this one, maybe that's why?

  • Anyone Can Learn Echolocation in Just 10 Weeks—And It Remodels Your Brain

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  • From the article:

    "The researchers trained 14 sighted and 12 blind people for between two and three hours twice a week over 10 weeks. They started by teaching participants to produce mouth clicks, then trained them on three tasks. The first two involved judging the size or orientation of objects. The third involved navigating virtual mazes, which participants moved through with the help of simulated click-plus-echo sounds tied to their positions."

  • Long-Overlooked Painting Reveals Genius of a Forgotten Black Polymath

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  • I wonder if the stars were brighter in the painting when it was new or if they come across more strongly in person or something... It would be an awful lot of effort to make such an accurate night sky and then not make it visible.

    And if the comet is what the painting is celebrating, why not make that brighter too?

  • Marker on photo paper

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  • My partner says this almost looks like a long exposure aerial view of a city at night, like how there would be trails of headlights and brake lights.

  • Marker on photo paper

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  • I feel like the restricted use of color in this one really draws my eyes to the center. Nice work!!

  • Marker on photo paper

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  • Loving this one!!

  • Did a top NIH official manipulate Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s studies for decades? (alt: Eliezer Masliah's papers under investigation)

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  • Reading about this is making me feel sick. It's so sad how many people's lives have been negatively affected because of this Masliah's dishonesty. I think people who fake research like this belong in jail.

    Sadly I think low key dishonesty is even more prevalent than what this guy did - the way we dole out money encourages researchers in every field to cherry pick data so that they can keep getting funding.

  • Seahorse Propaganda [OC]

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  • There are actually 46 species of seahorse, they make up the genus Hippocampus.

    This would definitely have gone up on the wall at my college's sexual health and wellness center!

  • Marker on photo paper

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  • I like the finer line work in this one, it provides a nice contrast to the wider, bolder strokes. Somehow it makes the piece more emotional for me.

    Did you give this one a name?