#Giving

If you've ever wondered how the Epic of Gilgamesh was translated from its original cuneiform, I have decided to write a thread showing you exactly how. Together, we can translate
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How to Say No to Requests without Feeling Like a Jerk 1. Be sincere (no flattery/bs).2. Be direct.3. Be kind.4. If you can, point them in a helpful direction (article,
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As @RachelBitecofer has pointed out on another thread, Trump has pushed hard for his voters to show up and vote today while crapping on mail-in voting (giving Republican state parties
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How does the fed gov't decide how much vaccine to send us?Through a formula that unfairly shortchanges NYC.We get no extra allocation to cover the huge # of people from
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Now might be a good time to mention that William Barr spent much of his career helping monopoly-minded phone and cable companies eliminate local competition and take control of broadband
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I (foolishly) went back & watched every made Hawks basket from last night. Because I'm an idiot, I complied a list of some of the most egregious, basic mistakes the
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If you are wondering why you got a pop up of an updated privacy policy on WhatsApp recently Read this thread Because WhatsApp is now openly mining and giving your
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1/ One of the issues w/ public health policy making is the lack of accountability or even full understanding of the effects of those policies. Yesterday was an example of
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I find this news of this backlash unsurprising. There's a really big difference between airing different viewpoints and giving a platform to someone with a known history of bigotry and
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1/ WATCH THE WATER: Did you know that at 1 point, Pepsi had the *6th Largest Military Naval Fleet* in the world?In the 80s, the Ruble was so worthless that
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on the occasion of me thinking about all that writing advice that was going around on here last week, during which time I also received a few fan emails that
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Wanted to write abt this and I feel like this is a good space / time...I’ve been asked to be a part of many collective pushes to white gatekeepers in
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1/nI'd hesitate giving entire credit of freedom to SCB. We needn't go from one unifocal hero-worship to another, particularly those in past. No country fetishises past personalities as much as
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A thread on a threat to the #NHS in EnglandIt's important, so please read & act TODAY.NHSE is seeking feedback on "Integrated Care Systems"That sounds like a great idea -
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OK, so, I'm biased, but I can't remember the last time I had so much fun watching a show than I did binging @Netflix's "The Queens' Gambit". It is criminally
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We need to have a serious talk about the difference between being ‘offended’ and being ‘harmed’. a conversation about forests and trees: 1/x The reason I use the analogy of
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