Dad, Texan, humanist, skeptic, PhD in biophysics “I write because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention” -Orwell
Feb 8 • 35 tweets • 7 min read
I was criticized for not inserting detailed info about how a complex molecular machine *could have* evolved into someone’s brain
against their will
in tiny understandable tweets
without them having to read an actual science paper on it
One of the hallmarks of right and left extremism seems to be the assumption, usually unfounded, that the total happiness or suffering in the world is like the total air in a balloon 🎈
It cannot be created or destroyed, only squeezed out of one part and into another 🧵
So when Haitian immigrant schoolchildren legally move to Springfield, Ohio, and improve their lives
their increase in educational opportunity, safety and prosperity can ONLY come from an equal and opposite decrease in those things among the “native” American children
Sep 18, 2024 • 40 tweets • 10 min read
1/N 🧵🪡 What will happen to MAGA if Trump is defeated at the ballot box?
Trump must be defeated, regardless of the answer to this question. But it is worth anticipating how MAGA could mutate in response
Some say MAGA predated Trump. Trump just fanned the flames of a reactionary movement and became its champion. The movement did not start with him and will not end with him
Aug 18, 2024 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
IN HONOR of Candace Owens leaping right off the cliff of insane antisemitic blood libel (receipts below)👇
… Here are SOME of the times Charlie Kirk has absolutely ❤️😍gushed 🥰💕 over her
Commence with the cringe!
In case you doubt Candace Owens has lost her very last marble,