#TeRm

i've been thinking about cursed objects lately. not as in, some kind of supernatural phenomena, but how things do end up carrying a sort of negative charge to them if
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Message from US embassy Tokyo: “If U.S. citizens wish to return to the US, they should make arrangements to do so now. U.S. citizens who live in US but are
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Still waiting for an answer to this: how could clerical errors made by 0.1% of JobKeeper businesses ruin cost projections made weeks earlier? And how could the projected cost of
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The Liberal critique of "New Atheism" is that they're too confrontational, rude, and mean. The Marxist critique of "New Atheism" is that they don't nearly go far enough and are
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i’m going to make a thread on why non lesbians cannot say dyke because it’s getting weird. let’s start, the word dyke has been speculated to have many different origins
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Had a gut-wrenching conversation with a founder last week, who broke the news to me that they are having to lay off a key senior executive, likely cutting off some
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The next big e-learning platform should have a built in capability for tangents.It's often the case that teachers see tangents as road blocks to completing the day's curriculum.However, I believe
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Here's why no one should ever defend crunch 1. Extended overtime doesn't actually lead to an increase in output. Feel free to google it there's a lot of research
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Questions I have for other harries. Are you a solo harrie or an ot5/ot4? Does the term “tpwk” apply to you? Are you a larrie? Or a bluegreener? Are you
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I got sick on March 12th. I have been fighting for a normal breath of air for 7 months now. I constantly feel sick, and have extreme social anxiety that
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Weird how nerdbros who'd usually defend Josh Whedon "because cancel culture is out of control" are mad at him now. Despite not believing Ray Fisher when he first called him
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Another great piece, this time on employment, in the @FT’s New Deal For the Young Series. https://on.ft.com/3dWxqwx  Makes the point that between the financial crisis & the pandemic, much of
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https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/23/the-term-ethical-ai-is-finally-starting-to-mean-something/This analysis of the Gender Shades paper seems to miss how it has been employed to shift policy + industry practices contribute to legislative wins
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A brief thread on the urban exodus we keep hearing about. Firstly, it’s not just anecdotes – you can see here that the outer suburbs have seen the biggest increase
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struggling to manage working at home while monitoring kids? tightened your belt because someone in your family has lost income? living in fear that your elderly relatives might fall ill
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In fact I'll add to this. The usage of the term Brahminical Patriarchy itself is a slur. It is a anti Hindu slur. And no one has a right to
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