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Liam Bright

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Liam Bright

@lastpositivist

Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]

Joined May 2011

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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Feb 17, 2021
I appear to have lost my previous pinned tweet with the Kant monster. Alas, all good things and cetera. So I'm going to pin this tweet linking to a paper of mine in a fancy venue, to establish my academic credibility and intellectually intimidate my foes
nature.com
Difficult trade-offs in response to COVID-19: the case for open and inclusive decision making
Nature Medicine - We argue that deliberative decision making that is inclusive, transparent and accountable can contribute to more trustworthy and legitimate decisions on difficult ethical...
Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Aug 12, 2024
How did these people think boxing worked before this!? 😭 😭
FairPlayForWomen
@fairplaywomen
Aug 7, 2024
“Be kind” they said. #paris2024
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Sep 3, 2023
I genuinely love that Daniel Radcliffe made his Harry Potter money and has just dedicated himself to playing weird little guys ever since, like he doesn't need the money so just picks roles for the fun.
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Jun 22, 2024
This is a beautiful work of art, right?
Black Hole
@konstructivizm
Jun 22, 2024
The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Jul 21, 2024
The audacity of this way of describing settler colonialism is quite something.
Israel Institute of NZ
@IsraelInstNZ
Jul 20, 2024
The sheer insanity of the situation.
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Aug 7, 2024
this was very charming
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Mar 28, 2022
If I were Will Smith I would simply have debated and defeated Chris Rock in the marketplace of ideas.
Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Aug 21, 2023
Business school professor
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Jun 29, 2024
The final boss of just asking questions
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Dec 15, 2023
Paintings that it's cringe and cliché to like but which are also actually legitimate bangers
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Aug 4, 2024
I do find it interesting that someone could take that as the moral of Great Gatsby. Like, genuinely, astonishing.
Mecca Allahzilla
@TheEpicDept
Dec 1, 2020
We need to stop YA authors
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Jan 14, 2024
lmao
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Jan 24, 2024
Black people are America's last line of defence against the eldritch horrors from the Annihilation film
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Liam Bright
@lastpositivist
Jul 12, 2024
Tristan Snell
@TristanSnell
Jul 12, 2024
These are the folks calling for Biden to quit. Gosh, if there was only something they all had in common...
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