Tweeting about science, technology, medicine, politics, economics, society, onions and carrots - anything that has made me think. Better if counter-intuitive.
Near Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined January 2011
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I wrote this twenty years ago and lots of things have changed since then. But climate change still poses the same critical ethical and political issues it did then. And the issues are not necessarily those that first come to mind.
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One of the simplest, best, quickest, most scaleable recipes I’ve ever cooked, stolen from Ali Slagle in the New York Times, and adapted for frozen spinach.
Last night I served it to friends - and even the seven year old loved it – despite the greens.
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A personal, philosophical letter about how I lost my National Identity and why I don't think National Identity is a real or a useful concept.
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This is one of the best recipes I have ever cooked. It comes from the New York Times, the accent is vaguely Mexican or Cuban but it doesn't claim to be anything but itself.
Here's the first post from "Letterrs to My Friends". What do I mean when I say I', "On the left". How do I square that with my other, more philosophical ideas? What does Lao Tse have to say to Karl Marx?
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I've started a blog: . Longish, very personal, letters to friends on big questions in politics and philosophy. Not the sort of thing you read for university. Click here if you're curious.
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Rethinking Ivy League Admissions pensandpoison.org/p/rethinki…
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The philosophy section at the train station bookshop in Florence
ALT Seven long shelves of philosophy in Italian
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As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏😀
To make it worth sharing, here's the moment a Swallow zooms out of a hole in a shed door! 😍
Thank you very much! 😊♥️
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Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York.
They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵
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Perfect peace, waiting for the sunrise on #peakdistrict country lanes. There's an expectant hush, a cool freshness to the air before it warms for the day. Every single dawn is different to the one before; the play of light, shadow and mist never falls in just the same way again.
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As Former President Jimmy Carter approaches 100 years old, he told his family this week that his goal is to “make it to vote for Kamala Harris” for President. I couldn’t love this amazing man any more than I already do. 💙🙏
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Even in my wildest dream, I did not think that my game could make it to the homepage of Nature🤯. Very excited to launch it soon!
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After a high dose of psilocybin, the brain desynchronizes at a massive scale, causing loss of our sense of self, time, and space. This may drive the burst of plasticity caused by psychedelics. The next day, brain activity has largely returned to normal, but an echo remains – a reset of circuits critical to the sense of self.
Our study is out today in @Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…