An astonishing, poignant, and powerful essay by @JohnBlakeCNN so worth the time to read. It captures so much of our history and struggle as a nation, and covers social science to boot. For me, it even resonates with some experiences in my own life.
'The rote response of criminal defense lawyers to indictments is typically something like, “My client looks forward to vindicating himself in court” rather than, “My client is pleased the public is arming itself.”' Important essay via @DavidAFrench
Fantastic set of papers in @Nature: Now that @NASA has demonstrated this technique, it means that we could quickly design a mission to deflect a potentially planet-killing asteroid and that it would have a high chance of working.
Fantastic write-up of preposterous case of Taravat Talepasand’s protest art being initially hidden, then very weakly defended by @Macalester, by @michelleinbklyn .As noted above, art museums and colleges should never yield to people who are “offended.” 41/
Nice piece highlighting this topic