#Major

Many of you have no doubt heard of the recent bourach about the Scots Wikipedia. The actions of one editor have been described as doing "more damage to the Scots
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A friend points out that this definition of "trans woman" in Merriam-Webster's would likely confuse readers (doubly true in light of MW's own definition of 'woman'). But this definition *wasn't
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#FridayThoughts For those that want to see the hammer come down in a mighty way, I have a question for you. What have you seen over the past 3 months?
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A thread on big corporate animation studios making movies about a non-white culture. These opinions (which I may contradict later in life) are purely my own and were formed from
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It's that time again: the weekly OSR D&D game night thread here at Altered Worlds Press. Our group last Friday was all-in, consisting of Xull the Barbarian, Bior the Vikink
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Some historical context for #Lebanon and its sectarian system.1. The initial sectarian system was introduced in mid-19th century in Mount Lebanon when the Arab East was under Ottoman rule.
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Second lockdown?In Israel, the first to impose a 2nd lockdown:1. Surprisingly, the 2nd lockdown worked faster and more effectively than the 1st, despite being less tight2. The effect differed across
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Having trouble starting something new //Read the thread below// Don’t think about it too muchjust do it.Here’s why You’re never going to have a perfect start There’s no such thing
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What happens to a paper submitted to a top journal?Among a set of manuscripts sent out for review by Cell in 2018:-33% were published in Cell-26% were published in another
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I’ve represented hundreds of Honduran asylum seekers in my career. Earlier this year I won asylum for a family who refused to pay the local gang extortion fees.https://twitter.com/Haleaziz/status/1199086371966570496 When my
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US customers of medical supplies — masks, PPE, ventilators — were VERY late to put in orders relative to overseas customers. Today, American manufacturers are having to balance foreign customers
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it's truly amazing how dry the ka*soo ficdom is, and I don't think the extent of it sunk in until I saw how CB fic readers interacted with CB fics
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I'm going to take a quick auntie minute to talk about social media because the @usps reached out to me via @instagram to repost this image.https://twitter.com/nidhiart/status/1250134536492474368 In my youth (still
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I’m not clear why people think Labour’s ‘new’ desire for schools to reopen in September somehow puts them on a collision course with teaching unions.Teaching unions - made up, y’know,
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Let the random choice generator make a quick decision for you by picking a choice from a selection list of items you provide. It's a quick and easy decision maker.
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This is silly.Part of the reason why the NDP won a massive mandate during COVID is because the pandemic has made us all realize that NDP policies like investing in
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