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conulyFemale monkeys use wile to rally troops
The Normalization of ‘Normalize’ Is a Sign of the New Normal (I think there are exactly 7 language people on-call for every question the media ever has on linguistics.)
The Strangest Calls to the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line
Invasion Of The Big-Brained Sci-Fi Blockbuster!
Tuna’s Declining Mercury Contamination Linked to U.S. Shift Away from Coal
Never forget c’thurkey, the octopus-stuffed turkey from hell
Green Party filing for recount in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. (Well, thank you Jill Stein!)
Can DIY Flipbooks Become the YouTube of Prisons?
The Short, Frantic, Rags-to-Riches Life of Jack London
The enormous pop-up clinic trying to bridge America’s health divide
The upper Han: The world’s rising superpower has a particular vision of ethnicity and nationhood that has implications at home and abroad
The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It's Also Centuries Old)
Impostor Syndrome Is Probably the Reason You’re Terrible At Your Job
After decades of progress, the earnings gap between black and white men is back at 1950 levels. The earnings gap between black and white men narrowed during the civil rights era. Then, starting around 1970, the gap between black and white men's wages started widening once again.
Why Kids Need Recess
How the Recession Left Low-Income Children Out of Shape and Out of Options
'Invisible' Children: Raised In The U.S., Now Struggling In Mexico
What It's Like to Raise Kids in a Refugee Camp
Babies For Sale: The Secret Adoptions That Haunt One Georgia Town
For Trans Women of Color, Safe Employment Is a Matter of Life and Death
Hacked or Not, Audit This Election (And All Future Ones)
Autocratic for the people: As Donald Trump’s populist wave recedes, an authoritarian regime in the making is revealed
Alarm In Germany And Israel At Emboldened U.S. White Supremacists
Literacy Not A Right For Detroit School Kids According To State (Oh, ffs already!)
The Normalization of ‘Normalize’ Is a Sign of the New Normal (I think there are exactly 7 language people on-call for every question the media ever has on linguistics.)
The Strangest Calls to the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line
Invasion Of The Big-Brained Sci-Fi Blockbuster!
Tuna’s Declining Mercury Contamination Linked to U.S. Shift Away from Coal
Never forget c’thurkey, the octopus-stuffed turkey from hell
Green Party filing for recount in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. (Well, thank you Jill Stein!)
Can DIY Flipbooks Become the YouTube of Prisons?
The Short, Frantic, Rags-to-Riches Life of Jack London
The enormous pop-up clinic trying to bridge America’s health divide
The upper Han: The world’s rising superpower has a particular vision of ethnicity and nationhood that has implications at home and abroad
The Standing Rock Resistance Is Unprecedented (It's Also Centuries Old)
Impostor Syndrome Is Probably the Reason You’re Terrible At Your Job
After decades of progress, the earnings gap between black and white men is back at 1950 levels. The earnings gap between black and white men narrowed during the civil rights era. Then, starting around 1970, the gap between black and white men's wages started widening once again.
Why Kids Need Recess
How the Recession Left Low-Income Children Out of Shape and Out of Options
'Invisible' Children: Raised In The U.S., Now Struggling In Mexico
What It's Like to Raise Kids in a Refugee Camp
Babies For Sale: The Secret Adoptions That Haunt One Georgia Town
For Trans Women of Color, Safe Employment Is a Matter of Life and Death
Hacked or Not, Audit This Election (And All Future Ones)
Autocratic for the people: As Donald Trump’s populist wave recedes, an authoritarian regime in the making is revealed
Alarm In Germany And Israel At Emboldened U.S. White Supremacists
Literacy Not A Right For Detroit School Kids According To State (Oh, ffs already!)
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Date: 2016-11-24 10:25 am (UTC)I won't eat octopus any more, because it would feel like eating a cat - they are shy, intelligent, amazing creatures. Squid, on the other hand, are vicious but delicious, and I will eat as many of them as I can, because I know they'd do the same to me if they ever got the chance.
If literacy's not a right, what are the public schools even there for? Sheesh! Why not just have 'recess' all day long?
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Date: 2016-11-24 05:39 pm (UTC)Hm. Good question, with the way schools have been cutting down on recess for so long.