#Living

No, Afrikaans is a creole (hmm also anti-language) made up of dutch, african and asian languages and was started by slaves. The first Afrikaans texts were written in Arabic and
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When Syria’s oil industry collapsed, civilians in non-regime areas had to resort to toxic and polluting coping strategies to ensure fuel for cooking, transportation and heating.Here’s what @wammezz found using
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question thread for people who don’t live in new york city lemme plug first have you ever visited nyc have you ever wanted to live in nyc, and if yes
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If there's something we do a lot over here, it is to boast with our past glories:"Giant of Africa"."Nigeria is rich".However, the realities of the times show that we are
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cw: "the surgery"I don't make posts, let alone threads, about being trans too often. It's something i like to keep under wraps for my own comfort, but as someone who's
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New York Times ran a sensational story on how many places will soon be underwaterUnfortunately, it misuses data to conclude disaster, creating unreasonable fearhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater
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On the contrary, it is precisely the function of white supremacy that Asian Americans can only imagine their Asianness through a handful of memes that imitate and exaggerate Asianness. https://twitter.com/jboyounglee/status/1381412882320134
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To all solo stans playing the hate/blame game: You don't represent Bright or Win with that behavior. You don't have to like both of them, but RESPECT both of them
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1/ Why do cities have so many problems? "That's the way they've 'always' been. They're too hard to change."COVID wipes all of that. Not just cities; communities of every size
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OK this is a *very dark* thread in response to people saying it's time to reopen America, and they're not afraid, and you're more likely to be killed in a
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Tomorrow is... fanfare...our final day of home learning. (We’ve designated Friday as a bring a game to school day - classic last day of term activity). I feel all kinds
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A thread for married people How long have you been married? What has marriage taught you so far? ( can be more than one thing) During conflict, are you the
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By design. A desperate population is the easiest to control.~Signed: someone who grew up in a financially-abusive house.https://twitter.com/dnjaga1/status/1320424651441557504 As I said: it's by design.https://twitter.com/ib2_real/status
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#Thread on why shree krishna was born and mysterious weapons used in mahabharata.Following thread is bassed on my understanding only, not to hurt anyone’s feelingsMany believe that-1. He was born
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EPISODE 57 - RODERICK HALL ON L.A. AS THE CITY OF THE FUTUREhttps://jimbotimes.com/2021/05/10/episode-57-roderick-hall-on-l-a-as-the-city-of-the-future/ In our 57th episode, we hear from Roderick D. Hall (@RoderickDHall1), formerly with Abu
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(1/11) THREAD: During the 19th century, many people living in Derbyshire, England meticulously collected and stored their fallen or extracted teeth in jars. When a person died, these teeth were
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