#Language

Going to share a series of tweets highlighting @beingbrina research on diversity and equity in journalism that offers news orgs blueprints for taking meaningful action. Please share with anyone you
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Not that I think my hot take means anything right now, but I believe (a) Joe meant $2000 total ($600+$1400) but (b) English is shitty language and people understandably thought
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.@rodger_voorhies @gatesfoundation speaking @IFAD’s Governing Council: With climate change making hunger worse, we need to take 3 steps: 1) invest in data: 2) establish common metrics; and 3) update our
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on RCEP Security (& Cybersecurity) Exceptions: 1. RCEP basically reproduces GATT/GATS language, referring RCEP panels to interpretations developed in adopted WTO reports (RCEP 19.4.2); 2. Only two real additions: "national
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You will find many people opposed to the Kemetic movement who will claim, "Egyptians aren't Black." They are 100% right because we are not talking about Egypt but Kemet; they
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Anosognosia is an interesting agnosia.It is, basically, the inability to perceive a disability.For instance, in hemiparesis (weakness/paralysis in one side of the body), about 18% of the time people do
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My talk "Building Technology Standards at Amazon Scale" from reInvent 2020 is now up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xoNsusfOyE It's nominally about how the team chose to use Rust for a new
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Quick take on Starmer’s union speech would be:Primarily aimed at a Scottish audience (understandably) English devolution conceived entirely as devolution from the UK government, no mention of change at national
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The ancient holidays and traditions that modern Egyptians still celebrate and follow [Thread] Shum Ansim: Egyptians celebrate Sham El-Nessim Day, which has roots that extend into the depths of history,
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x) okay, a tHreAd! just so it's out there... just gunna throw it out there folx. i think there is an ocean of distance between a lot of men. i
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localization contributes to the “otherization” of other countries instead of trying to actually teach people something. If you think TL notes are bad, you’re a thoughtless translatorhttps://twitter.com/punishedhag/status/1147066708714
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Thinking about this a bit. Twenty five to thirty years is generally considered a new generation, not fifteen, but also—so very many of my elders (who I was lucky to
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I’ll start this off by saying: I don't mind having a discussion with anyone on this but if you start being a dick about it, i'll probably block youI think
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Today I want to #DeplatformSBC because non-autistic have been telling me my whole life “that must be so hard for you,” to validate me. Autistic people are saying, “This happens
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The government backed the loans that gave your dad boilers to clean in Wilmington. It built the highways that expanded demand for the cars he sold. I’m happy the government
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Something Trump figured out 4 years ago that everyone needs to understand too:Right wing politics is defined and dominated by fear of multiculturalism. Their culture war is essentially paranoia about
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