Dude who's waaaay too long-winded for this medium.
Sep 13, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 I suspect not many people will attack this bill for the "15 weeks" part, because pro-choice activists consider it bad politics. But I think it's actually quite a clarifying discussion to have, especially for those who have qualms about abortion as a personal choice. /1
Under what circumstances would you consider yourself dead? The science here is plain: you, the person who thinks, feels and behaves, resides in the prefrontal cortex. Destroy that and you, the person, no longer exists, even if your body does not die. \2 sciencedirect.com/topics/medicin…
Jul 26, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Why has it become accepted wisdom with national CFB reporters that Texas has a history of hogging revenue and bullying other schools? That's false. Uniquely among CFB programs, Texas has supported a half-dozen smaller schools at all times for D-E-C-A-D-E-S
It tells the story of the SWC up to the mid-70's. Texas was subsidizing the conference at a 1:4 share even back then. Rice and TCU struggled to get 15K fans for their games but each got paid ~10% of Texas' TV revenue. \2
