#Shit

There's some interesting discussion going on on @taxacom about @Zootaxa's decision to mandate @ORCID_Org identifiers for authors. The argument against is that it is an infringement of freedoms and part
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okay so I think I have a satisfying answer to this now...the bit about BG being a homotopy quotient is a bit of a red herring. If we are thinking
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Okay with all this talk of minimum wage and education I'm gonna tell a story about why the pressure students face in HS to go to college is complete BS
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Kama you are below 30 years. Avoid buying a car (thread) I'll start with some statistics,After graduating most people will get a well paying job when they are in their
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It's astonishing how many times this article acknowledges the fatuity of its own premise. Let's count!https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1285617300683599872 "You don't have to believe in pivots to..." ONE! "Th
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#WineWednesday #Wine thread time. Let's dive into what wines go well with Thanksgiving, besides what's already in your glass at any given moment. Like my old commander used to say
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This #remembranceday I feel complicated feelings for my grandfather. He flew a spitfire in WW1 and was shot down near Malta, but was rescued and lived to go on
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Okay, friend confused by furries, listen. Not everyone literally wants to be an animal. Often, it's an abstract expression of human characteristics. It's not as alien a concept as you
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Japanese Racism and the use of Kanji in names - a threadDid you know that there's a lot of "Anti-Chinese/Korean" racism embedded into how JP kanji names are used? The
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Here are tips for grant applications for NGOs or individuals who are starting out or have never gotten funding, what you need to do and shouldn't do. PS: i don't
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It’s been a couple days, and I have read this scene a couple times now, and I’m sorry, I am just astonished that at no point did someone say “this
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20 years ago I got my first job as a digital designer for a 5 person startup working out of a 300 sq feet office inside a GOYA bean warehouse
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On the subject of Trumpy moments, the one that still burns in my chest like an undigested lump of gristle is Christine Blasey Ford testifying at Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. I
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Okay, so here's the thing the rest of the world doesn't get about Americans being forced to stand constantly at service jobs.It's a slavery thing. I shit you not, it's
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“Dr. Jason” is the worst. I watch a lot of infant chiro videos and his bedside manner makes me cringe. In this video, filmed during the pandemic, he does a
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Some people are complaining that #Rationality is turning into a new progressive religion. There is an element of truth to this, but it's also badly wrong. Let me start with
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