Dr. Erin @LightWizard12

College professor, cinephile, lover of art, music, and Greek philosophy. Joined December 2022

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Steven Pinker @sapinker

7 days ago

A conversation on language from many years ago between me and @NewThinkAllowed. There’s no exact English equivalent for the Yiddish word nachas, but every English speaker knows the feeling: the swelling pride and joy a parent feels at a child’s success. The word may be missing…

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William Shatner @WilliamShatner

a week ago

If you could change the ending… by finding cancer at the very beginning… would you? @IdentifySensors is developing #Check4 — exploring real-time early #CancerDetection anywhere in the world. Check out identifysensors.com for more info. 🔗 youtu.be/TTSrwSJgfcU?si……

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cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic

2 weeks ago

If you could recommend one B&W movie to a person who dislikes them, what would it be?

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Steven Pinker @sapinker

2 months ago

Sublime: Moanin' - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Live youtu.be/uKOoxgI_xfQ?si… via @YouTube

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Michael Warburton @TheMonologist

3 months ago

Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest Directors - winner of 7 Oscar’s (nominated 21 times) - BILLY WILDER, who was born 119yrs ago today. ACE IN THE HOLE (1951)

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Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE

3 months ago

The Wrap-around Spider, indigenous to Australia, can flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs for camouflage

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Stephen Uzzell @StephenUzzell2

3 months ago

Another kickass woman of WW2. Roza Shanina, the 19 year old Soviet sniper who killed 59 Nazis, including 12 at the Battle of Vilnius, Lithuania, which I write about in 'I Am Juden

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Cincinnati Zoo @CincinnatiZoo

4 months ago

Happy National Corn Day from Rico the porcupine!! 🌽

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Fyodor Dostoevsky Collection 🪓 @Dostoevskyquot

4 months ago

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Steven Pinker @sapinker

4 months ago

What the f*ck? Why do people curse? — "A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts" (the expert in this case being me). Harvard Gazette news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

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Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1

6 months ago

Mr. Marx with the greatest female "straight man" in film... Margaret Dumont...

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Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1

6 months ago

Which Stooge was your favorite??? (From "Hold That Lion" the only time the 4 were on screen together).......

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Steven Pinker @sapinker

6 months ago

A historic tragedy: What really made America great was that it was based on the Enlightenment ideals of individual rights, the rule of law, and democracy, not blood and soil or throne and altar. Descendants of Eastern European Jews, Italians, Indians, Mexicans, Chinese, Caribbean…

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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry

6 months ago

Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker, who facilitated the escape of over 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War once said: "We are not heroes. I continue to have qualms of conscience that I did so little."

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Steven Pinker @sapinker

6 months ago

My 3 days at TED restored some optimism after 3 months of seeing the causes of progress being dismantled. Tech can be a force for progress that doesn't depend on the election cycle. Here, or here soon: Malaria vaccines; zero-emission container shipping; cheap portable MRI;…

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New York Magazine @NYMag

6 months ago

Presenting our #YesteryearIssue! We’re celebrating seven decades of Broadway by having 29 stage legends reprise their most memorable roles — for one night only! Explore the full issue now: vulture.com/article/bigges…

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Michael Warburton @TheMonologist

6 months ago

One of my favourite Movies of all time, THE best political thriller of all time (imho), and nominated for 8 Academy Awards (winning 4) ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976) was released 49yrs ago today.