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Posts by Beth Quitslund

This seems bad.

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@infinitescream.bsky.social

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Unearthly noises from the back patio as the cat cries to come in without dropping the squirrel in his mouth

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Thank you for yelling this to your followers, my yelling is not loud enough.

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Overlooking the Guelph of America

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I had a cat who would sidle closer and closer when I sang... and finally bite me.

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Oh no

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Definitely differs by state and year--5 years ago, under a different formula, adding doctoral students wouldn't have changed the amount of funding for doctoral programs from my state.

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I believe that PhD students may come very close to breaking even for us relative to teaching line faculty once you factor in state funding for degree completions, but I couldn't swear to it.

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I would really love to see psychological research specifically focused on how to mitigate this problem. It seems hardwired that stories from trusted sources are overwhelmingly persuasive.

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Photo of protesters accompanying NYT text "Thousand of people took part in 'No Kings' rallies across the U.S. yesterday," understating turnout by three orders of magnitude.

Photo of protesters accompanying NYT text "Thousand of people took part in 'No Kings' rallies across the U.S. yesterday," understating turnout by three orders of magnitude.

Get it together, @nytimes.com

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Troops.

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Right. That doesn't take long to teach at all, but it has real benefits.

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Cursive is significantly easier for kids with dyslexia and related writing disorders. And for reading anything written before 1980.

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Um... is this in a small Appalachian hamlet?

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To be fair, Weiss went through the full process of destroying the brand first.

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This. I have always assumed dyslexia.

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Have you seen airfares in the past week? The TSA is the least of my travel worries right now.

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Love this.

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I did not need this earworm.

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We are funding the regime we are bombing and the regime helping to target attacks against us because of the predictable effects of the bombing. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something seems off here.

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🤦‍♀️

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Couple at the next table on what appears to be a first date:

Man: There's no team I've spent more time hating than the Mariners

Woman: You're an Astros fan?

Man: Mariners fan.

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(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

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I thought we all ate at our keyboards now?

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It's a Tesla

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Comes with miniature car alarm sounding from somewhere under the sauce cups

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Beginning to suspect this war of choice was not burdened by analysis

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You want to larp as ai

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