So I lost my voice this weekend (it's recovering, I just did too much singing when I hadn't quite recovered from a cold) and the thing is I'm a linguist so the whole time I was just thinking oooh this is so communicatively interesting
A few thoughts:
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I NEED HELP!
Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats!
I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again!
Please circulate widely!
I'm struck by the bravery of this student and the fantastic way the union handled this allegation. What a model for all of us to follow in terms of how to show up for our members.
LOVE that many women’s fear (being defined by their harassment and/or their harasser) is being legitimized here
wonder why so few come forward? It’s because of bullshit like this
Excellent taste ❤️
Never eat anything bigger than your head.
—Admonitions 35:17
My wife just asked me “are you ready for an applesauce taste test?” Girl there’s a reason I keep a blindfold with me at all times
On his way to steal yo girl
(Provided yo girl is a tan-morph female White-throated Sparrow, since each sex of this species has two morphs that mate disassortatively and function like genders with associated behavioral differences.)
I just impulse-bought a blu ray of Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion as some sort of coping mechanism. All things considered I could be handling things a lot worse
No. Trapping HIS feet
My wife just asked me “are you ready for an applesauce taste test?” Girl there’s a reason I keep a blindfold with me at all times
She reportedly parted ways with Bezos with a jaw-dropping $38.3 billion in Amazon stock. Their divorce settlement included a 4 % stake in the online retail giant or 19.7 million shares. Under the agreement, Bezos kept 75% of the couple's Amazon stock, along with voting control of her shares. Jan 11, 2023
MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years and experts say she's 'changed entire fie... MacKenzie Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations as 2024 comes to a close.
MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.
Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started.
Just. Tax. Them.
Really cool thread about indigenous agriculture!
contrary to popular belief it actually pays dividends to be an extremely difficult person as long as one is also unapologetically oneself
Several folks in my mentions said they quit watching the new Count of Monte Cristo on PBS because it features Black actors. My friend, you are going to be shocked when you learn the ethnicity of Alexandre Dumas.
HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison?
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale
HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin.
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well
My dad to the dog while making a snack, “I know you're excited, so am I. But there is no need to bark. I'm not barking. No one else here is barking”
A great magician could be living in your house and you’d never know
I read this wrong
8yo’s Girl Scout trip met with our town mayor today
me: and what did the mayor say?
8yo: that he “does not regret” it
me: what
8yo: I asked him if he regretted becoming the mayor and he doesn’t
that’s so upsetting
You’re thinking of Chicago Hope, which takes place in Miami. Chicago was the doctor’s name
to me the pitt is a love letter to new york city – a town it lovingly accepts, warts and all. in a sense, new york is almost the show's main character
"Good drama is often just complicated people doing stuff."
Yes! It's OK to question that too! Did they do a shitty thing? A weird thing? Why'd they do THAT?
But I guess I struggle with the idea that this a) can't be enjoyable from a storytelling pov and b) we need to bang a gavel by episode's end
How will I escape, you ask? I have no intention of leaving
in a very specific place
I disguised myself as a kit kat you see. Perfect crime
You’re too late. I’m already inside
