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Erdogan holds special news broadcast to announce "good tidings," he promised 2 days ago. No surprises, he starts speaking of global need for energy sources. After he then announces the
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In Jan 2016, I had a coffee with @donnazuck after what had happened to her after publishing “How to be a good classicist”. I was chair then on WCC and
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Dear Democrats - and particularly Florida Democrats, can you pull up a chair for a second? We need to have a little chat about voting, and specifically vote by mail
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The Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was born #OTD in 1853. Here he is on the right next to an unidentified German scientist, probably one of his many admirers.Photo: Paul
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Let's talk about why this isn't a great thing to do.But before we start, rule 1 is no piling on the commenter. Their comment isn't unique, and I'm not calling
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T-7 minutes until a hearing in the Assembly Education Committee on #AB19, a controversial homeschool bill requiring updated curriculum. I'll be live-tweeting the meeting in this thread, but you can
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On this dark day for our republic, a history thread about what I imagine will be one of the iconic photos of the day radical right-wing extremists, emboldened by the
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Want to know how Britain kicked Canada’s ass in vaccination?Because in June 2020, Britain’s vaccine task force hired manufacturing partners. But Canada’s vaccine task force never did. Disband its members
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Today's unofficial @UBCPoliSci job thread is for search committees looking for ideas for how to make their hiring process more inclusive. (Will continue this outreach series until our department chair
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I agree with Jenny and others who promoted freedom of choosing your own schedule. As someone who experienced both extremes in grad school, I’d like to throw in a few
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The holy trinity of getting chores done when you have ADHD. 1. Keep your tools where the task happens.2. Make every task as small as possible.3. Set a timer that
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Getting a new kitten in two hours (orphaned, found in the woods, no idea age or sex until vet visit later)! Give me your best advice for kitty caretaking because
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Another lockdown has again put us into a critical situation for educational inequality. As the FEA, our members’ focus is and has always been on ensuring that all young people,
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Facts you didn't know about Christiano Ronaldo...1.) It is already a widely-known fact that Cristiano Ronaldo was named after the American president Ronald Regan, who swapped his movie career for
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So fun fact, I hate when people make fat jokes or ableist insults or whatever about Donald Trump or anyone really, and a lot of people argue you shouldn't do
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Three years ago, I was laid off from an underpaid adjunct job at a (frankly really really toxic) college because I gave my students flexibility & compassion that other profs
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