I’m an optimist and believe holding on to hope is crucial to the moment we find ourselves in. In Enlightenment Now, Steven Pinker offers reasons for optimism, using data to show how the power of science has enabled us to improve life on Earth—and how it can for generations to come.

Thanks New Scientist. Exciting possibility. Paper (2019) here: arxiv.org/pdf/1909.11090…

Experimento súper divertido con los niños

Great news.

¡Guau! Muy impresionante continuar la cirugía en medio del incendio.

Good. The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/04/05/bus…

Physics instruction at Oregon State University has set national trends in modernizing the #physics curriculum. In an article for eCampus News, physics instructor KC Walsh discusses OSU physics' pioneering role in making virtual learning more commonplace. Oregon State Ecampus bit.ly/3sTfsQS

37% of Oregonians have 1 or 2 vaccine shots in them, that's great news, also hurry up! We're still in a pandemic & still need to be vigilant, learn + apply lessons of the 1918 pandemic, like distancing, limiting indoor activities & gatherings, masks & hygiene practices, etc

Ok, this is 3 years old, but I just saw it for the first time. Worth 4 mins.

Se ha encontrado una polilla gigante del tamaño de una cometa Juan Solo cree que a ésta, el antipolillas hay que disparárselo a la cabeza 📻👉cope.es/directos/net1

The future of humanity has *always* been bleak, except for knowledge generation. Problems are inevitable. Problems are soluble. David Deutsch Brett Hall

Lástima que los casos se van aumentando mucho en Costa Rica y otros países de Latinoamérica. Los EEUU debería ayudar ya que tenemos más dosis de la vacuna de que la gente quiere usar.

Eso. Tenemos que mandar un otro 600 millones de dosis. Podremos hacerlo. Latinoamérica lo merece. Senator Jeff Merkley

Muy preocupante. Bukele construye una dictadura. / very concerning. Bukele is building a dictatorship.

Investigate the origins of COVID-19 | Science science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65…

This a fascinating debate and merits academic discussion. It relates to some fundamental questions including what is knowledge, how is knowledge created, and what is a good explanation (aka hypothesis)? ⁦David Deutsch⁩ ⁦Brett Hall⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Necesitamos mucho más de esto. Latinoamericanos están sufriendo y tenemos la capacidad de ayudarles a ellos y debemos hacerlo. Senator Jeff Merkley We need more of this. While this piece doesn’t say if you co-authored the letter—if you did, thank you.

Daniel Ortega hizo el error de permitir votación libre en 1990. Desafortunadamente, aprendió algo, y sigue adelante deconstruir la democracia nicaragüense (junto con su vecino al norte). la-prensa.com.mx/mundo/daniel-o…

“As a first generation college graduate myself, I know some of the unique challenges that first-gen students face. With you, I celebrate the courage and resilience of all first-gen students to receive a life-changing education." - Provost Roy Haggerty #CelebrateFirstGen