Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Our World in Data) Emerging COVID-19 success story: Vietnam’s commitment to containment
Vietnam is one country which has responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic. How did they do so? In-country experts provide key insights.
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(Our World in Data) Emerging COVID-19 success story: Germany’s push to maintain progress
Germany is one country which has responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic. How did they do so? In-country experts provide key insights.
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(Our World in Data) Emerging COVID-19 success story: South Korea learned the lessons of MERS
South Korea is one country which has responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic. How did they do so? In-country experts provide key insights.
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(Our World in Data) How experts use data to identify emerging COVID-19 success stories
How can we identify which countries have responded well to the Coronavirus pandemic? We look at the key metrics that help us identify success stories.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Not being lazy
New comic!Today’s News: Our Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixietrixcomix/pixie-trix-comix-volume-1-and-more
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(Austro-Athenian Empire) (You Know) Who Said This
I won’t say “guess the author” on this one, because the author is unmistakable, even if the content will be somewhat surprising to many: I believe that my statement of man’s proper morality does not contradict any religious belief, if that belief includes faith in man’s free will. … Christianity was the first school of…
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(QC RSS) G’day
whatta beauty
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(Our World in Data) A pandemic primer on excess mortality statistics and their comparability across countries
Excess mortality has become a key metric to understand the true impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. But how is excess mortality measured; and what can we learn from cross-country comparisons? Janine Aron and John Muellbauer provide an overview on exces…
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(Policy of Truth) Fantasy Football with the NCAA
A recent article in The New York Times illustrates the magical thinking that prevails in the NCAA, and indeed, throughout much of higher education, on the topic of the coronavirus: When Kansas State opened the doors to its athletic facilities, welcoming its football players back to campus starting the first weekend in June, administrators breathed…
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Who Said This? by Leguizamo Fan
Jeffrey Jones’ character, the neo-nazi manhunter Gustav Shank in the vastly underrated 1997 comedy “The Pest”! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119887/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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