Mandie
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Some people want to erase knowledge because of feelings and it's infuriating. It's also dangerous. They're trying to hide reality. To what end?
TL;DR: She wants to retract papers she doesn't like for political reasons and she doesn't really have a scientific way to make her case. Her aim to pollute the scientific literature with politics is bad and should be sanctioned.
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If you're looking for a badass new hobby, here's a strong contender. More videos here: https://t.co/fZN8wkgByf
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Thinking about a former student who attributed information to a real author and a real book, when the author never even mentioned that topic. Grading essays required playing detective, due to all the fraudulent citations. Google Books and keyword search made it easy to spot!
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The UK has thousands of peak athletes in pubs, who have been training for this moment for all of their lives.
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I read Katherine Dunn's "Geek Love" when it was still fiction. https://t.co/ixwegLkR7Y
WHAT DID I JUST READ?? “The authors argue that “gendered” pregnancy care is too focused on helping women have healthy babies, and that it might be okay for transmen to continue taking testosterone during pregnancy despite the known health risks to the fetus and effects on its
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A South African friend (education insider) told me this week that the last properly trained teachers are retiring now. She said that the South African education system will be effectively defunct within the next 5 to 6 years. It's already exceptionally poor!
80% of SA grade 3 pupils can't read for meaning in any language, 2030 Reading Panel. To read for meaning key to individual prosperity, to vote consciously, in country where political opportunists, prey on those who don't read, can't read for meaning. https://t.co/qMp0qa1QCO
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I worked at a school for students with autism and the kids asked me the most fascinating questions. "Why is the chair red? Do we all see same red? Where do bats live?" My own toddler just wants to know why fishfingers are called "fingers".
I was a little excited for the “why” phase of toddlerdom. I was expecting difficult questions, maybe teachable/ learnable moments. But what it really is: “is that a pineapple? No sweetheart, that’s a pear. “Why?”
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It's as simple as that.
@BeynonSammy It depends what your definition of "genocide" is. If it means killing every Afrikaner, it has not been completed yet. But if it means eliminating a people, a culture, a language, an identity, together with large-scale violence, torture and state-sponsored genocidal propaganda,
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I'm sure leftists will call him Super Mega Double Hitler for this message, but these are just normal immigration policies. Legal, on the books, just needs enforcement. This is what all sane countries do.
A very Happy Thanksgiving salutation to all of our Great American Citizens and Patriots who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World,
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The number of Brits moving to Dubai now is staggering. There have always been plenty of Brits here, but they came because they like the weather. Now we're hearing about fears of civil war. People are scared and they're trying to get ahead of major unrest, by the sounds of it.
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Just saw this footage of a handbag being stolen inside Savages Fine Food in PE. Here in Dubai, it's not unusual to leave phones, bags or even laptops on a table to show it's occupied. It's safe, because laws are actually enforced. Something to discuss at the next dialogue?
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The Apartheid dragon was never slayed. It's only grown more heads since 1994. Fake posters and images, including photos of slavery in other countries, continue to be posted by propagandists. With AI in the mix, I fear that facts will become a rarity in the future.
Lets clarify. This is a satire poster made by an Anti-Apartheid group in England: -Point 1 and 6 are mostly correct and happened during Apartheid. -Points 5, 9, and 10 are gross exaggerations of what happened during Apartheid. Points 2,3,4,7,8, and 11 are completely made up
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America, what kind of battles are you fighting over there? Airport pajamas and hair discrimination? These are toddler problems.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and supporters of the CROWN ACT gathered in Philadelphia to sign the bill into law on Tuesday. The law is designed to prevent hair discrimination in the workplace, schools, and places of business in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/e1J7ksfm9k
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Apparently some people believe that the USA is now a dictatorship on par with North Korea. I guess the fact that people are dying to leave NK, and dying to get into the USA is irrelevant here.
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Perhaps posted in jest, but it is true that in South Africa, one can pay professional mourners to attend funerals. This immediately made me think of the book by Zakes Mda on the topic, called Ways of Dying. https://t.co/LuZAGOzL1U And then I think about all the amazing stories
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In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, To…
Black Friday Deal : South Africa Do you want to boost your funeral? Why not hire professional mourners to come and cry at the funeral. Below are the prices: (1) Normal Crying: R200 per mourner (2) Crying and Rolling on the ground: R300 per mourner (3) Crying and
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"We don't own the means of production" they post. Using their phones. A means of production... 🤷🏼♀️
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This lady is being very rational and reasonable. The UK cannot afford to continue along this path of handing out freebies to criminals. There is literally zero benefit to doing so and many disadvantages. Boggles the mind, really.
"I've worked all my life. I don't want my money being spent on illegal immigrants - they're not even genuine refugees, they're freeloaders. "This country is in massive debt, yet they're getting free health, free dentists, free everything." This woman nails it! 🇬🇧🇬🇧👏👏
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