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bunkyprewster

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I wish this could be more selective. I like to keep some read posts still around to check for later comments. But others I would hide quickly if I could.

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I went to Catholic catechism as a child and one of the few things I remember was Jesus washing other people’s feet. I like the humility of that and it inspires me to want to do acts of service

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Agreed. Bombastic. Felt like it missed the whole point of Oppenheimer’s moral dilemma

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I’ve always imagined his moral dilemma was knowing that (after the Nazis were defeated) going ahead with the bomb was wrong, but wanting to do it anyway - because they had become so invested in the idea, and wanted to see if they could.

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A paraphyletic group is a group of any size and systematic rank that originated from a single common ancestor, but does not – as opposed to a monophyletic group – contain all descendants from this ancestor. The ancestral species of this group is thus also the ancestor of one or more other groups

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/paraphyly

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“we obtained colorectal tissue”

Is it mentioned how the tissue was obtained?

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I love Nancy!

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Don’t disagree that he’s embarrassingly old, but the gaffes were always part of the deal with Biden, going back to the 1990s.

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