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do you want to feel superior or do you want to win elections?
i thought he would win. yes Ukraine is probably fucked. Taiwan likely too ( Read more... ) -
biology lecture
mostly for my own memory and reference
it's crazy this needs to be "rediscovered" and "fought for"
https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-sex-binary-what-it-is-and-why -
two news today, one after another
Activists throw soup on Van Gogh painting again
and
this is news about last assholes who did this a year or so ago:
Activists jailed for throwing soup on Sunflowers
"Plummer, from Clapham in south-west London, received a two-year jail term at Southwark Crown Court, while Holland, from Newcastle, was handed 20 months." -
edinurgh
i never got an acceptable explanation why most people in the UK pronounce Edinburgh as Edinborough ( Read more... ) -
UK needs a 1st amendment
all these "you offended someone now you go to jail" are getting worse and worse and more frequent
Judge brands man a bigot over Facebook riot posts
A plasterer who admitted to stirring up racial hatred on Facebook has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
meanwhile...
Huw Edwards given six-month suspended jail sentence for indecent images of ( Read more... ) -
trees
а вот наверное интересный был бы вопрос (увидено на youtube) на Что Где Когда
в Аризоне, в Биосфере 2 (ну такая фигня где пытаются создать закрытую биосферу) возникла проблема с деревьями. они ростут ростут а потом падают когда достигают определенного размера.
почему?
ответ тут ( Read more... ) -
ca-razy
medium term rental market in Barcelona is absolutely insane (>32 days but less than a year). not sure why. maybe not much demand.... short term exists and is quite competitive (but not cheap of course); then there is long term with its own problems; but people who need something for 1-2 months are totally fucked. you find something with "more or ( Read more... ) -
weird words
there are several words and expressions in English that when I heard them for the first time, long time ago, and did not know what they meant, I sort of guessed, wrongly, just by the sound of the word/expression, and by what other similar words meant. Then I learned their actual (surprising to me) meaning. But now every time I hear them my brain ( Read more... ) -
interesting read
The Distinctiveness of Human Aggression
The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham-A Review
https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/the-distinctiveness-of-human-aggression
