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BugQuestions

Although we disagree with this tweet...it gives us an opportunity to explore a really interesting topic.What we now call 'queen' bees-the main female reproductive honeybees-were erroneously called 'kings' for nearly

Mark Wallace

wallaceme

Weirdly I don't remember all these pro-EU tweeters swooning on any of the various occasions when the EU broke the law by breaching the very treaties on which it is

Chris Ford

ctford

Tip for turning reading into learning - think hard about where you will place a newly read book on your mental bookshelf. I mean by this that there is great

David Tobin

ReasonablyRagin

What have we learned in 11 years since mass violence between Han, #Uyghurs, and the state in #Xinjiang? Since the emergence of internment camps sparked wider interest in the subject,

Chris Buskirk

thechrisbuskirk

The oldest Milennials are now ~40. They have about 25% of the assets of Boomers at the same age. What do you think that does to culture and politics? Two

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

So putting aside the question of whether Matt is uncivil on Twitter (he often is, he admits it), I want to say this is a mean and uncivil way to

Chet Harvey

chet_harvey

Something interesting has happened with the word 'evangelical' over the last several years. When I was growing up, my perception of 'evangelical' was that it was a big tent term

Britt Prevost MD

brittp_27

Ending a 9 year relationship in the fall of 2019 meant that 2020 held potential for fresh start, new place of my own, new opportunities, rebuilding.Or as I was to

Yung 🦌🦁🐺🐑🐜

YuanYungXiLu

5 books recommended by #BaiLu I just read "The Kite Runner" when I was in high school Lifetime Living (To Live) by Yu Hua(P1) Chinese edition(P2) Indonesian edition(P3) English edition

Marrrk J. Valek

MarkValek

We had forgotten that alongside Orwell's dark vision, there was another - slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Contrary to common belief even

Ougoala

ObiomaUgoala

“SO YOU DON’T LIKE RACISM, BUT YOU’RE IN THE UK AND FEEL POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING?”I have had several conversations with friends who have recently felt powerless as to what

Rosiee Thor

RosieeThor

I'm seeing a lot of people pitch their books on the hashtag and asking if anyone is interested. This isn't the best strategy IMO for a few reasons. Mentors likely

قیصر خان

Qaiser__Khan

The destruction that Pakistani culture witnessed in the 2000s and early 2010s is hard to put into words.Risk of terrorism meant concerts, festivals, book fairs were rare. Musicians, writers, book

Greg Thornton

MrThorntonTeach

Had our last Dept meeting of 2020 tonight (I finish tomorrow, moving day!) Lovely to chat with most of the dept and we had a reflection on booklets, our first

Ana Mardoll

AnaMardoll

[Transphobia]This book is being described as "a world without men" because...nearly everyone with a prostate dies. *deep breath* So most trans women are dead and...trans men just don't exist, I

Paper & Vices 📚🎁🍷🎄

PaperAndVices

Someone in a FB group just asked for a list of #reading #recommendations, and off the top of my head a gave a list, here it is - @TheShannonMayer's Forty

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