#Language

BIG NEWS! @duolingo has given me permission to stream their online conference, so that means you can come with me!! Next Saturday (9/26), 11-3:30 EST! To celebrate, I'm doing a
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Time to start using more straightforward language and calling out people who don’t tell the truth, like @pbump. The original model explicitly accounted for the effect of lockdowns. It was
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LRTSometimes I think it'd be nice to try writing a novel again but with chapter illustrations as a compromise between illustrating the whole story and just using purely words This
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“It is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning
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Someone slipped into my DMs and had a bit of go at me for my comments on Bryan AdamsIt wasn’t particular imaginative nor terribly well writtenI’ve had worse & more
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The easiest way to resist the @NCAA is to stop saying “student athlete.” Here’s why: Hello Marxists! Today we are going to be talking about ideology and ideographs and how
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the word "kameen" is Persian and means low, kameen@/kameen! actually was used for lower caste people to debase them and is a casteist slur. stop using it.https://twitter.com/clovekoo/status/1305882019503640577 just because you'
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Exclusive: Although mostly technical, differences over shariah, issues of other sects/ minorities & language is causing delays in intra #Afghan talks@AlJazeera has seen the current version of draft terms &
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Intermittent gratitude thread for the unnoticed: grateful for: doorways I can fit through without ducking my head grateful for: whatever it is we have it inside ourselves that we can
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Message [Not] Received - exploring how stories are shared, and meaning is creating, within culture.A thread https://julianstodd.wordpress.com/2021/04/27/message-not-received/ As part of my current work around Culture (https://julianstodd.wo
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1/ Want to improve your work relationships? We got you! In this week's Awesome People newsletter, we cover how to leverage Love Languages at work . Highlights H/t @uvajfrank 2/
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“The same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state
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From watching the #DemConvention and a little bit of #RepublicanConvention there’s one thing clear... they’re both looking for the black votes. As a black person person I can’t see myself
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Small Thread. Hi. Does your friend like basic insta outfits? Don’t hate on them. Do they like an artist you believe is “overrated”? Don’t make them feel stupid about it.
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“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.” -James Baldwin 1/ “If you
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A stolen identity: The Afrikaner identity can be traced back to the 17th century when mixed-race descendants of European settlers, the indigenous Khoikhoi and slaves from Indonesia, Madagascar and India,
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