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Ancient Trees Were Bafflingly Complicated, and Scientists Don’t Really Know Why

A tale of ‘trons’: the suffix that tells the story of modern science

The obsolete English -k suffix is my new favourite thing. It’s also the same -k that derives “hark, hearken” from “hear”.

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Date: 2017-10-25 10:20 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] wpadmirer
I love the one about the guy speaking Farsi with his parents! It's hysterical.

Date: 2017-10-25 06:51 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] siderea
The obsolete English -k suffix is my new favourite thing. It’s also the same -k that derives “hark, hearken” from “hear”.

Oh, further postling about the frequentive.

Only "not productive" if we let it.

Funny kind of ‘unity,’ meseems

Date: 2017-10-26 02:30 pm (UTC)
nodrog: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ (Basmala)
From: [personal profile] nodrog
       
        a poignant message of unity…

        "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the black national anthem…


Cognitive dissonance, anyone?

[“Removing racial preferences is racist!”  … Huh?]

Date: 2017-10-26 02:32 pm (UTC)
nodrog: Protest at ADD designation distracted in midsentence (ADD)
From: [personal profile] nodrog


“Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude”

That sounds like something from The Onion.  The headline is enough - this explains much.

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“Congress: Obama Admin Fired Top Scientist to Advance Climate Change Plans” - 12/21/2016


“A new congressional investigation has determined that the Obama
administration fired a top scientist and intimidated staff at the
Department of Energy in order to further its climate change agenda…

“The report additionally discovered efforts by the Obama administration to
censor the information given to Congress, interfering with the body’s
ability to perform critical oversight work… ”


Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose…

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From: [personal profile] nodrog


I abase myself with a thousand apologies, sahib.  Al-ḥamdu lillāh - thy way is now open.

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