#Gestures

I am rather bewildered by the backlash and utter disrespect levelled at the journos who covered the All Boys Nkandla Tea Party. Equally baffled by how the condescension displayed towards
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Hallo! Today is #WomenInScience Day. I want to recommend the research of a few women in my field who are at the cutting edge and whose research consistently excites me:1-
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The first poll for the June Iran Presidential election is depressing:- Only 44% certain to vote- Sole reformist option in the poll on 2%- Ahmadinejad leading on 37%- Personal ratings
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In ancient Egypt marriage was considered to be for a lifetime, however, divorces were fairly common. With an average lifespan of about 30 years, boys were usually married by the
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After therapy sessions, it is occurring to me how my parents and maybe most desi parents don't really grow as parents. For example, a person would be a very different
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The Oakland Chinatown Coalition held a community call tonight w/ coalition members, organizers, local artists, Chinatown's council member & city council president Nikki Bas, Black allies & longtime residents to
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Buzzkill thread follows There was a time not many years ago that I was in an abusive relationship.As I understand is pretty common, the abuser's behavior went from problematic to
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Thread:Watched a short documentary about OJ Simpson on German TV. I've to admit, I don't know much about his murder trial in 1995 but two things stood out for me.
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I've been following the game localization/translation discourse, and there's something which I think hasn't been mentioned yet but is very important regarding the divide between how professionals and laymen use
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I want to take a minute to celebrate @sullydish on this masterful letter of resignation. Right out of the gate, the contrast could not be clearer than other similar gestures
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Let us not frame white systemic and cultural violence as “dark days.” Let us not echo their favorite mantra: “This is not who we are. This is not what America
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Ok, we've got it. I've created a 32-take bracket to find 2020's worst personal finance take/advice. I've broken them out into categories, with two match-ups per category. Four categories were
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1/ My one-year Windows 10 experiment is over and the results are in. I'm back to Apple and staying there. A thread.1. The integration between iPhone, macOS, Apple Watch runs
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The answer to "people shouldn't Do A Sex in public" + "some people kink on nonsexual stuff"ISN'T "then that stuff is inherently sexual and shouldn't be allowed in public" or
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Giuliani really has a talent for putting defense arguments as unconvincingly, unappealingly, and suspiciously as possible. If his son were a Manhattan gynecologist he’d go around saying “my boy spends
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LRT: going to live tweet a couple reactions to that articlehttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/04/parenting/covid-pandemic-mothers-primal-scream.htmlNote that they're all mothers with a dayjob. (thread) I. When Dekeda's husb
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