#Harder

what people don't seem to understand about ADHD is that certain things aren't just 'boring' for us - they can be borderline painful. the mental effort it takes me just
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We are people who are attracted to others of the same sex. Some of us were involved 50 years ago in setting up groups to fight for gay & lesbian
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When she told him “ I can’t stand separation any longer “ He was trying so hard here to control his tears! in order not to make the situation
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A running thread of bad ways to do things so I can avoid them: A bad way to start writing online:• Publish with ego• Ignore feedback• Assume you know what readers want• Assume you
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"It's just a crush" Tsukishima thought as he stared at Yamaguchi and Yachi from across the gym. And even though he's a good few feet away, he can hear them
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This “interesting challenge” from @littmath set me off on a very interesting journey. I thought maybe I should share some of what I found on that journey, because I really
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to compare what foreign policy differences there would be between Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris is a bit difficult. For starters Harris adds more Israeli allegiance to the ticket but Trump/Pence Israel
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The Nigerian army's battle plan has always centred around heavy artillery and mechanized Brigades. This entails bombardment by large numbers of cannon and rocket artillery. (2) the Nigerian army favours
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Valencia have one a really good mix of talent and experience that Marcelino made the best of. But their problems run much much deeper. Dreadful owners, horrible decisions and a
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Friends can abuse you just as much as partners, if not worse. The manipulation, the double standards, the abuse of your kindness, the one-sided energy, the entitlement. Absolutely horrid. And
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The notion of "steelmanning" or criticizing the "strongest version" of something you disagree with seems harder to pin down that I used to think. So often a critic's strongest version
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Every day I decide I won’t even try helping with hospital beds because a lot of times it doesn’t work and the helplessness is immensely painful.Then someone reaches out with
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This academic year is extremely hard on students and university staff. The is a huge amount of interpersonal work going on to keep education and emotional support going. People are
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I broke my @worldbuilders Eolian mug the other day, which was a real loss. I decided I would try to kintsugi it, a process I’ve had success with in the
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Understandably, focus will be on those planning to physically immigrate *to* the US and who now can’t. But spare a thought for your (likely junior) academic colleagues who already live
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I get asked a lot about the theses where history always bends to the left forever, with some people triumphant and some people depressed about that concept. I think it's
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