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The Spry Old Lorax
@SpryOld
I speak for me: a Liberal, a Democrat, and a Sane person who believes in facts, reality, science, healthcare, & civil rights. I fight for a sustainable future.
Mar 26, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
"Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery.

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE:"
#WomenshistoryMonth
🧵(1/8) Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery (via alliterate):

"Cecilia Payne’s mother refused to spend money on her college education, so she won a scholarship to Cambridge."
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Mar 25, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The 2-party system is not a grand design or a conspiracy... it's simply the statistically emergent phenomenon caused by our use of the flawed Plurality Voting method, and amplified by the Electoral College. It's literally just math. You can't change it by voting 3rd party.
(1/6) In fact, in our system, "3rd parties" serve as spoilers, thanks to how Plurality Voting works. Plurality Voting (aka "First Past The Post") is ONLY accurate when there are exactly two options. A third option can actually allow the LEAST desired candidate to "win".
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