David
David
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Calculus owes a debt to the Arabic numeral system.

The advent of calculus is not the achievement of “white men.” It’s the achievement of Newton and Leibniz as exceptional individuals. Attributing individual achievement to an arbitrary construct like race is as preposterous as it is poisonous.
January 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Israel-Yemen war will go like this:

1. The Houthis fired multiple ballistic missiles at Israel. The world does nothing to stop them.
2. Israel responds, destroying their military capabilities.
3. The Houthis say there’s a genocide.
4. The UN condemns Israel.
December 26, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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December 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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A MUST WATCH: Sarah Longwell absolutely tears into Kevin McCarthy for his role in enabling Trump:

It's funny that you roll your eyes at this, Kevin, because you're the one who went down & resurrected him…You should never be allowed to get away with this
December 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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I suppose I don't talk about my autism that much, but I can completely understand this. I have a carefully built mask I have to maintain and wear whenever I'm dealing with people I'm not comfortable with and its a constant drain and stress. The urge to isolate and vegetate is often strong.
As a parent, this hits me in the heart: Autistic lives are marked by an often-astounding excess stress burden across the life span, and it's usually because of other people's behavior. Those of us who aren't autistic can do better. Research by Dr. Monique Botha:

www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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Trump hasn’t changed. What has changed is that these people have chosen to sell their souls for power.
December 5, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The columnist seema to believe that depictions like The Good Doctor mislead the public about what autism is and result in a failure to meet the needs of high support autistic people.
What happened this time? I'm a bit disconnected on mainstreaming autism shows.
December 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Al Jazeera is worse than corporate. It's owned by the Qatari government. It's state media.
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
These comics are FANTASTIC.
Are you, like me, a huge nerd for teen superheroes? Wanna see more women in S.T.E.M. in your fiction? Maybe you're just looking for an accessible entrance to the Marvel Universe? You should try Unstoppable Wasp!
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Unstoppable Wasp is a Marvel superhero book about Nadia, the daughter of Hank Pym and his first wife, who grew up in The Red Room where she was trained to be a mad scientist. She escaped, decided to become a hero, joined the Avengers, and then had two ongoing series written by me!
November 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM