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  1. Razib Khan Retweeted

    Dozens of media outlets falsely report that CNN broadcast 30m of porn https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/a-boston-cable-company-says-it-has-no-evidence-that-it-showe?utm_term=.ti5gKJba9#.ygWgp768N  Fake news cascade triggered by a single tweet

  2. Razib Khan Retweeted

    Preprint from @SeoigheCathal and I on looking for evidence of mutator alleles in human genetic data http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/11/26/089623 

  3. Razib Khan Retweeted

    African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, researchers say http://www.independent.co.uk/news/elephants-africa-tusks-ivory-poaching-born-without-a7440706.html 

  4. Razib Khan Retweeted

    "Ali A. Rizvi says there’s a wisdom to be found in non-religious people from Muslim backgrounds." In the @NYPost: https://nypost.com/2016/11/26/atheist-muslims-could-be-the-key-to-defeating-islamic-terror/amp/?client=safari 

  5. Razib Khan Retweeted

    .@aliamjadrizvi @maxrational Audiobook is epic. First decent one since @danbharris 10% happier 👍

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    Yet another example of the potential value of “extreme genotypes” for drug target discovery: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/opinion/sunday/the-thin-gene.html 

  7. Razib Khan Retweeted

    A+ for appearance & delightful crust. A bit softer mouthfeel than animal-based burgers of my memory. Next time will try patty only—w/salt.

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  8. Razib Khan Retweeted

    About to try the @ImpossibleFoods Impossible Burger. Haven't had meat—or something that tastes like it—since 1989. I may cry. 🍔

  9. Razib Khan Retweeted

    Chicago's experiment in achieving diversity in elite public schools http://bit.ly/2fFcl9E 

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  10. Razib Khan Retweeted

    The thing speaks for itself. Good God. One oughtn't to expect much out of Jesse Jackson, but this?

  11. Razib Khan Retweeted

    : Drought-resistant grass to spur milk production. http://ow.ly/yTiX306pPvO  (Via @SciDevNet)

  12. Razib Khan Retweeted

    I'm a little worried about the line when journalists are proven suckers for every social scientist who can confirm their priors

  13. Pakistan Appoints New Army Chief of Staff in Unusually Smooth Transition http://www.wsj.com/articles/pakistan-appoints-gen-qamar-javed-bajwa-as-army-chief-of-staff-in-unusually-smooth-transition-1480187126  via @WSJ

  14. Razib Khan Retweeted

    IMHO, this is the correct headline.

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  15. Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 http://nyti.ms/2g1IaMO 

  16. Razib Khan Retweeted

    For young scientists, a supervisor’s fraud can derail a career https://www.statnews.com/2016/11/25/postdocs-grad-students-fraud/ 

  17. Razib Khan Retweeted

    Nice discussion by Futuyma of challenges to Modern Synthesis in light of modern evolbio. [pdf] http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319150444-c2.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1494358-p177219674  ht @Evolutionistrue