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Freelance editor, part-time volunteer, full-time sci-fi/science geek. Temporary US expat. Member EFA, ACES, AIPP. Still learning. she/her
Dec 11, 2019 42 tweets 6 min read
Overheard today:

"Schiff said he committed treason, and that wasn't true. The whole thing turned out to be nonsense." (Equating one hyperbolic rhetorical statement to the entire inquiry.) 1/ Overheard today:

"They've been trying to impeach him since the day after he walked into office." (Note complete lack of any proportion, either regarding use of the word "impeach" by lawmakers, or the fact that opposition will, you know, oppose.) 2/
Mar 28, 2018 24 tweets 7 min read
For the next hour I will be live blogging the #RISINGTIDESUMMIT session on changing the narrative around climate change. Feel free to mute if you find it uninteresting or annoying. :) Tipping Points in the climate can be seen everywhere on Earth. #RISINGTIDESUMMIT
Feb 25, 2018 24 tweets 5 min read
OK, so for some reason my silly little list of founding fathers' ages is getting legs, so OF COURSE this shows up. Education time. Humans have ALWAYS lived to be between 60 and 80 years old (some MUCH older), assuming they could survive childhood. psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scien…