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andrewducker- 1. The many levels of racism
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- 2. Behind a nice conceit and good packaging, the Mr Men and Little Miss books are very, very bad
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- 3. Turning off the UK's analogue phone system is proving harder than they thought
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- 4. Putin is recruiting prisoners from Russian jails to fight on frontline in Ukraine
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- 5. Edinburgh North Bridge to remain closed until 2025 after discovery of 'previously concealed' issues
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- 6. How to really change someone's mind
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- 7. The monkeypox situation keeps getting worse - here's why
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- 8. Playing action video games boosts brain activity and decision-making skills
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- 9. Apple retaliated against women who complained about rape, assault, and harrassment
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- 10. Who knew that watching fences being knitted would be so soothing
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- 11. Summers are getting so hot in Florida that turtles there are mostly born female
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- 12. Scottish prosecutors angered by US criticism of record on child slavery
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- 13. It's lovely to see sheer joy in playing with technology
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- 14. What happens to Russian soldiers who refuse to continue fighting in Ukraine?
- (tags:ukraine russia military war viaDanielDWilliam )
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Date: 2022-08-05 11:56 am (UTC)Does anyone know?
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Date: 2022-08-05 12:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-05 01:26 pm (UTC)1) It used to do something but now it doesn't do anything
2) temperature is linked to a good season to be born male or female
3) temperature is linked to situations where being born either male or female means you are bigger
Fascinating.
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Date: 2022-08-05 01:28 pm (UTC)There was also a (4) - "Being born the same gender as your siblings is useful".
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Date: 2022-08-05 11:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-05 12:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-06 07:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-05 01:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-05 01:19 pm (UTC)But certainly Ukrainian citizens would be worried about it.
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Date: 2022-08-05 12:24 pm (UTC)But I can't endorse the idea that any "us-them" thinking is racist, because it looks very different when you're on the other side of the "us-them" divide. More and more in the US I'm getting the sense of being just tolerated in a Christian country, and "us-them" thinking in response is just a matter of protective defense.
3. Where we live, you have the option of plugging your phone into broadband instead of the old phone network. And I'm so glad we decided against doing that, because our broadband service is not reliable - we've been trying to get it fixed for 15 years now - whereas the old phone line never goes out.
6. "If moderators Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz had declared that Trump had been disqualified, and that Clinton was therefore president-elect, everyone would have concluded that Cooper and Raddatz had lost their minds." No, we would have been greatly relieved.
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Date: 2022-08-05 12:53 pm (UTC)3) We don't have a phone line at all. It's all fibre-to-the-house. Thanfully both that and our mobiles have been very reliable.
6) I don't think they had the power to do that, sadly!
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Date: 2022-08-05 12:54 pm (UTC)7. Yeah. Lessons not learned. Gah.
9. FFS! Horrific.
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Date: 2022-08-05 12:55 pm (UTC)