Is it just me?
Aug. 28th, 2014 01:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyWhen I call my sister up to share a particularly interesting bit of news and she goes "Yeah, I know", is it wrong of me to threaten to dangle her out the window by her toes? To wish her well on her trip to Hell? To hate her with the burning passion of a thousand suns?
How hard is it to pretend that the news is new to her!?
On another note, this is an interesting use of "was sat" from a presumably American waiter. I thought that was restricted to British speakers! Anybody hear that irl in the US lately?
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A Rising Tide Only Lifts All Boats When Everyone Has a Boat
An anti-immigration group’s imaginary scapegoats
A top Ukrainian army officer said a "full-scale invasion" of his country was under way Thursday, as a U.S. official said up to 1,000 Russian troops had crossed Ukraine's southern border to fight alongside pro-Russian rebels.
UN Calls emergency meeting on Ukraine crisis
Pro-Ukraine Volunteers on New Frontline Despair of Stopping a Russian Attack
Rape and Sexual Slavery Inside an ISIS Prison
It should go without saying that there is some seriously triggery stuff in that link
There is a 20 to 50% possibility that the Southwestern United States could face a "megadrought" that lasts more than 30 years, according to researchers from the U. S. Geological Survey and two universities.
If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained
Rich People Are Trucking Their Own Water Into Drought-Ridden California
Indian team among finalists to build Star Trek-style tricorder
Dogs Eating Dead Bodies Of Ebola Victims On Liberian Streets
Ebola vaccine to be tested in humans at NIH Clinical Center in Maryland this fall
Fueled by Superstition, People Are Violently Attacking Albinos in Tanzania
Mystery of Death Valley's 'Sailing Stones' Solved
Three Things You Didn’t Know About the Arachnids That Live on Your Face
Remember the Wendy Davis Filibuster? The Law She Fought Is Driving Dozens of Abortion Clinics Out of Business
How rural poverty is changing: Your fate is increasingly tied to your town
6 Disturbing Things I Learned Writing Your Textbooks (cracked.com article)
How hard is it to pretend that the news is new to her!?
On another note, this is an interesting use of "was sat" from a presumably American waiter. I thought that was restricted to British speakers! Anybody hear that irl in the US lately?
A Rising Tide Only Lifts All Boats When Everyone Has a Boat
An anti-immigration group’s imaginary scapegoats
A top Ukrainian army officer said a "full-scale invasion" of his country was under way Thursday, as a U.S. official said up to 1,000 Russian troops had crossed Ukraine's southern border to fight alongside pro-Russian rebels.
UN Calls emergency meeting on Ukraine crisis
Pro-Ukraine Volunteers on New Frontline Despair of Stopping a Russian Attack
Rape and Sexual Slavery Inside an ISIS Prison
It should go without saying that there is some seriously triggery stuff in that link
There is a 20 to 50% possibility that the Southwestern United States could face a "megadrought" that lasts more than 30 years, according to researchers from the U. S. Geological Survey and two universities.
If You Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse, Wait Until the Aquifers Are Drained
Rich People Are Trucking Their Own Water Into Drought-Ridden California
Indian team among finalists to build Star Trek-style tricorder
Dogs Eating Dead Bodies Of Ebola Victims On Liberian Streets
Ebola vaccine to be tested in humans at NIH Clinical Center in Maryland this fall
Fueled by Superstition, People Are Violently Attacking Albinos in Tanzania
Mystery of Death Valley's 'Sailing Stones' Solved
Three Things You Didn’t Know About the Arachnids That Live on Your Face
Remember the Wendy Davis Filibuster? The Law She Fought Is Driving Dozens of Abortion Clinics Out of Business
How rural poverty is changing: Your fate is increasingly tied to your town
6 Disturbing Things I Learned Writing Your Textbooks (cracked.com article)
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Date: 2014-08-30 05:05 am (UTC)