#Classic

Re: polish fandom on fire. Longest-running printed sf/f magazine Nowa Fantastyka published an extremely homophobic, harmful short story by a known nationalist-pandering writer, shitstorm followed, that much is known. I
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I used to be a high school English teacher and curriculum developer. I'm going to try to offer a little nuance to this conversation about teaching classics.When used well, classics
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I'd just like to place on record that #NoDealBrexit is just about the worst *political* idea I've ever heard. In the 1000% unlikely event I was advising the PM, I
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I think they didn’t originally, and the problem is that when it started to be one, rather than stop and ponder how to keep the platform healthy in this new
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What’s up with bond yields?The consensus scenario appears to be that yields stay pegged at zero forever and beyond. I just don’t buy it.Let’s imagine why long term rates would
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What you don't know or can reflect upon when solving puzzles would fill a library. I'm not talking to you I'm talking to the animal protectors. Chuck Schumer is more
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Rating Swedish commentator Niklas Holmgren and his amazing commentary. Enjoy.A thread: 7: Solid little goal commentary. Always very involved! 5: Always intense commentary, no matter the game or situation. 8,5:
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Fonts used in #StarWars, a thread. The classic Lucasfilm card was set in Univers 65 in A New Hope. Subsequent productions, including the season seven of #TheCloneWars, used Helvetica Bold.
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Jordan Henderson scoring bangersa thread: Starting off with a classic Chelsea slip Dribbling master Another top 6 team, another goal Light work Calm as you like YOU. WISH. Genuinely
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LONG THREAD HOURS10 ICONIC HIPHOP DUOS OF ALL TIME HONORABLE MENTIONSEric B and Rakim, EPMD, Bad Meets Evil, Underground Kingz, Neptunes, Maddvillain, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Pete Rock & CL
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It's frustrating for fans/those around the #Flames to watch this group play as lethargically as they have- especially when we've seen what they're capable of at their best. Sure, some
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The bottom line of the A level algorithm is very simple: it was designed to ensure that some children in deprived schools must fail. It didn't matter who, but some
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On the left, London's new water fountains. Oh the right, a Victorian example. The collapse in quality is profound and goes far beyond design. We appear to have lost any
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From a friend "People don't understand the ruinous nature of nationalism and yet we had 75 million die for it only 80 years ago. People have no concept of or
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@SCynic1 was explaining the double-whammy cross-examination technique, when you pose an "either/or" to the witness. Sometimes it is devastating. Here is an example from Wellman's classic text, re Rufus Coate,
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Time for the Daily Hollies! From the 3rd UK LP: Hollies '65.Track 11 (9 Can) "I've Been Wrong," another early Clarke-Hicks-Nash classic! Tony's guitar is brilliant, but it really has
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