COVID spread takes time. Say 50% of people (low vax rate) just stop picking up dog poop at a dog park. To start with, you don’t notice it. There is tons of space, and little poops. Where is all the poop people say? What’s the worry? Days go by, 50% still leaving the poops. 1/2

これの赤い部分がまったく動いてないのすごくね？ 作った人天才だろ……

スリットアニメーション極めたわ

回転する縞模様の白と黒の間を灰色の円が通ると、まるで四角のような形に見える錯視ですと書くとなんとなくそういうような映像に見えるんじゃないかと思って作った偽錯視映像です。

The idea that these vaccines came out of nowhere is a failure of science communication with tragic results. They're the result of DECADES of basic research in MULTIPLE fields building on the BREADTH and DEPTH of human knowledge. That’s how science works. And it's awe inspiring.

I love this one because it’s a case of illusory impossible motion.

Does anyone know the acceptance rate for nature #correspondence articles?

You’d need a few hundred independent votes to get the wisdom of crowds effect to make committee decisions approximate reliable judgments. I routinely point out that these decisions are mostly random and everyone laughs nervously like I’m joking. Not joking.

Our checklist for journals asks, ‘Does the journal provide any information about metrics of usage or citations?’ To find out more about metrics, you can read our handy guide: thinkchecksubmit.org/journals/metri…

An Irish politician puts America on blast for not being a functioning democracy

It’s not a raid, it’s just a normal FBI-executed tourist visit.

Florida Man-a-Lago #hewhoshallnotbenamed

Hmm, why do I get the sense that the Supreme Court's protection of religious liberty will prove to be limited to one religion in particular...? 🤔

My visual experiment showing the global surface temperature anomalies over the last 130 years has been shortlisted for the Information is beautiful award #IIBAwards 🎉 #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming

A Christian Conservative who voted Republican her entire life is calling on all women to vote for Democrats. This election is about so much more than politics. #ChooseWisely #VoteBlue

In his new Netflix “documentary” #AncientApocalypse, Graham Hancock has declared war on archaeologists His rhetoric sows distrust in experts, and #Atlantis conspiracy theories promote white supremacy Buckle up, it’s time for an #ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD 🧵 /1

Every single American should know that Republicans just filibustered a Democratic bill that would give rail workers 7 days of paid sick leave.