What are some numbers in your field that anyone else in the field would identify without even thinking about it, but folk outside may have no idea. Just the numbers, no explanations. Yet.
FYI - I worked on 2 different #RealityTV shows in #Canada & after those lived work experiences - told everyone I could - don't agree to go on these shows. It's almost all scripted, not reality. Crews are forced to put pressure on voluntary participants - who rarely know WTF they're signing up for & producers exploit naivety. Don't chase easy fame/easy money - they both come at high personal costs. Don't agree to be traumatized on TV, for money. You'll regret it.
Most of them are heavily in debt & I'd not be surprised to see some declaring bankruptcy in future. Mean ass bitches who lived way beyond their means. Treated crew like shit, off cameras too. I'm not nice to anyone who abuses my work crews.
The contention that using high-filtration masks to prevent transmission of respiratory disease is “unscientific” and “lacking evidence” when we have reams of aerosol and transmission studies is a display of either unawareness/scientific illiteracy (super fixable! non-shameful!) or of an intentional disregard of the evidence for emotional or ideological reasons (common but troubling).
Serious question: when and in which contexts did calling people "individuals" emerge as a common practice, as a synonym for people? Or "an individual" for "a person"?
I ask because I'm noticing it in student writing, and I associate it with police-speak. I don't know if it's in some corners of social science or medicine too
I've got a way with the girls on my block
Try my best be a real individual
And when we go down to Smokies and rock
They line up like it's some kind of ritual
I think it crops up as a kind of countercultural term, opposing the individual vs. society. (Now that I think about it, this could also be prosecutorial / cop language, reclaimed as a sign of rebellion.)
Frankly I have no idea what this song is about, so I can't really speculate as to what the source of "individual" is here. Is it just contrasting the concept of "individual" with being multicellular & therefore made of a vast multitude of parts? Is it medical?
@GottaLaff Its only complicated for her because she can’t figure out any way to interpret the law or twist the legal proceedings in a way where Trump isn’t plainly guilty of illegally retaining top secret classified information. 🙄🤷♂️
@flexghost Republicans have no shame. Trump, the criminal is their choice for President this November. He was convicted of sexual harassment, four times indicted, he supported the overthrow of our Government and he is accused of countless other charges. Common sense would say he should be kicked to the curb. But, common sense, morality, American values of brotherhood and ethical behavior is absent from these MAGA voters. Instead, they are reveling in the gutter.
#NikkiHaley is supporting #Trump’s 2024 White House bid, she said Wednesday in her first public remarks since exiting the Republican presidential primary more than two months ago.
@GottaLaff You guys aren't going to believe this but Mr. Alito and his wife also have a pesky neighbor on Long Beach Island, NJ. They have some of the worst luck with neighbors.
@cosvak That empty narrative is infamously known as the “Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Dumb,” “Not a dimes worth of difference,” “Both Sides are exactly the same,” theories. The stock in trade of Nader, Greenwald, Moore, Sarandon, Stein and RFK, Jr. It’s noise that only dispirits voters. Please don’t make more of it.
@cosvak@DuncanWatson@mastodonmigration You do realize you’re just spouting really old and tired cliches, right? I had these same arguments with people a lot better than you in every election since 1976. There are reasons why 3rd parties fail here, so it’s impossible to diss something that isn’t a thing, and probably never will be. Anger with only a flourish of purpose is just outrage without aim.
@cosvak@DuncanWatson@mastodonmigration And one more thing. Everyone I have know that sounded like you, going back to Nader, always came to regret it. You’re as unique as a drop of water in a pond. Go ask them. Many if not most are quite open about their many regrets for letting idealism help the much greater of two evils get elected.
So there's always the debate between QWERTY and alphabetical keyboards, but everyone is missing the obvious way to solve this disagreement.
There's no reason the alphabet HAS to be in that order. It's arbitrary, and English would work almost completely the same if the alphabet was in a different order, you know?
So, let's just put the alphabet in QWERTY order!
It'd solve all our problems from Q to M.
Hmm, finding a vegetarian Indian dish to make for dinner from scratch (which doesn't require a lot of ingredients I don't have and time) is an interesting challenge 🤔
Thus, why Indian restaurants and grocery stores here with takeout counters are appealing, LOL.
@EugestShirley@ai6yr My mom came to the US from the UK with Mrs. Balbir Kaur’s Indian Cookery cookbook. That is how I remember the title, it shows up as Mrs. Balbir Singh’s Indian Cookery now. I never read it so I don’t know what the format was but I bet it was as you described. I was asked about a cookbook recommendation in 90s & saw Smita Chandra’s from Bengal to Punjab at B&N, read some recipes and it was similar to how I cooked so I chose that for my friend.
@ai6yr You could always bring it to a boil on the stove without a lid to boil off the water so it is thicker. Also, mashing some of the chickpeas with a spoon against the side of the pot helps thicken it. I never tried instant pot methods so I can’t comment there.