#Language

Falsehoods and unfalsifiable assertions you must accept to support the progressive system of power: 1. Minorities can't be racist; 2. Women can't be sexist; 3. Conservatives can't be feminists; 4.
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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands
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Manjarabad Fort: the subcontinent's only indigenous star/bastion fort.A fort that is truly unique.*A Thread* The fort was constructed under the Tipu Sultan, the Sultan of Mysore. He took a keen
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Catching up on the @empowerk12 report showing Covid learning losses for public school students in DC. (Note that the graphs were created using @empowerk12 data from in the report.) https://twitter.com/empowerk12/status/1339729738009604098
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Periodic reminder that "abort", meaning to halt a process, is a transitive verb, which is to say that it takes a direct object; and that when one is discussing a
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I took an example from @johnroderick and found an amazing teaching lesson for my two year old daughter today. She came to me complaining that her diaper was wet, using
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The claim that “the way [Trump] handled himself in the last 60 days" marks some sort of dramatic change in his actions and rhetoric is not credible. He has employed
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I put "NOT the first woman to publish a translation of the Odyssey" on my twitter-bio, after seeing it asserted for the gazillionth time. Here is why. It's factually not
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Breaking NEWS: Acting USAGM CEO Kelu Chao has fired the presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, as of 6pm. RFE's Ted
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THREAD:I am shook and by Kenyan parents (and non-parents alike) claiming that those high school girls on strike because of manual labour at their school are wrong and entitled.Here's a
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1/10Recently there has been a debate on cricketers vs non cricketers. Quite a useless one. Cricket broadcasting has a handful of facets needing to be redressed: First we need to
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Typical that elite savarna debate on the new educational policy is focusing on the language thing and not the blatantly casteist official support of child labour disguised as vocational courses.
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"[Area arrangements] felt like a ‘battle’ for families as their concerns escalated. Too often, families were left feeling dissatisfied with their experience of area SEND arrangements"Can't be doing with this,
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The narrative on "BAME vaccine hesitancy" is flawed and based on weak data. Short thread on why I think we should reconsider our use of the phrase. Following anecdotal
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We had a great discussion about how tools help us learn on the .NET Community Tooling stand-up today @gotheap asked a wonderful question about how the approach to learning has
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Would you think I’m crazy if I said Call of Duty’s actions this year appear to be scripted by White Hats?Yes, the video game. Buckle up, buttercup.Seem familiar?https://youtu.be/C9oz8kJP41E  Raw.https://youtu.be/IQPsKvG6WMI  T
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