that her cable cutting out at 3am is not an emergency and doesn't merit a phone call to me, even if she does think I might be awake.
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Why This Charming Gay Fairytale Has Been Lost For 200 Years
How many pieces can a puzzle have?
'Hispanic,' 'Latino,' Or 'Latinx'? Survey Says ... (Saw a thread about Latinx where somebody started handwringing about what "Spanish speakers" think about what Americans "do to their language". Hahaha, very funny, but when the word is being used in English, and not by somebody codeswitching between languages, it's an English word. We don't even italicize it, ffs. Words can exist in more than one language! I don't tell Spanish speakers how to use imports from English, do I?)
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The Life-Saving Car Technology No One Wants
Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank.
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In 14th-Century Florence, Some Residents Socially Distanced While Others Hit the Bars
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Dauntless Fight for Black Americans’ Right to Vote
The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea
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Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000
The Hidden Costs of War: Vet Crimes (The article notes that veterans are only more likely to be incarcerated for violent crimes, not crime overall. Putting aside the fact that the demographics of the incarceration rate is only a very limited proxy for the demographics of the actual crime rate, I wonder how the numbers would look if we selectively eliminated most or all drug crimes from consideration.)
Fashion's dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories
Why This Charming Gay Fairytale Has Been Lost For 200 Years
How many pieces can a puzzle have?
'Hispanic,' 'Latino,' Or 'Latinx'? Survey Says ... (Saw a thread about Latinx where somebody started handwringing about what "Spanish speakers" think about what Americans "do to their language". Hahaha, very funny, but when the word is being used in English, and not by somebody codeswitching between languages, it's an English word. We don't even italicize it, ffs. Words can exist in more than one language! I don't tell Spanish speakers how to use imports from English, do I?)
How the CIA Infiltrated the World's Literature
On Black Power in the Pacific
The Life-Saving Car Technology No One Wants
Flu was all but eliminated in South Africa this year. Coronavirus is to thank.
Coin Shortage? It May Be Time to Use Your State Quarters
In 14th-Century Florence, Some Residents Socially Distanced While Others Hit the Bars
Fannie Lou Hamer’s Dauntless Fight for Black Americans’ Right to Vote
The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea
COVID-19’s Toll on People of Color Is Worse Than We Knew
How starving public health fueled a COVID fire in Florida
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 800,000
The Hidden Costs of War: Vet Crimes (The article notes that veterans are only more likely to be incarcerated for violent crimes, not crime overall. Putting aside the fact that the demographics of the incarceration rate is only a very limited proxy for the demographics of the actual crime rate, I wonder how the numbers would look if we selectively eliminated most or all drug crimes from consideration.)
Fashion's dirty secret: how sexual assault took hold in jeans factories