#Conversation

This builds upon the excellent conversation b/w @Isacmpanga & @JMwesigwa_S re: Royal Mile in Buganda. How is 'Kabaka’njagala' best translated? Commonly translated, The King Loves Me, @Isacmpanga effectively argues that
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We need to have a conversation about #masculinity.But guess what? “We” means everyone.No, stop it.I see you, fellow liberal. You’re pointing at your conservative neighbor.“You mean THOSE neanderthals need to,
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Mental strength in modern age1/ Had a conversation with a friend whose ex-colleague committed suicide 2 weeks ago leaving behind a wife and aging parents. Reason was due to monetary
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In my line of work, I bump into A LOT of "closet conservatives." I use that term as they're afraid to admit it publicly because they believe it would hurt
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These are divisive times.Perhaps worse,Nobody can hear out the other side.One of the major reasons why is something calledConfirmation bias.Today's thread won't cover anything controversial,But it will explain why people
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EmailThe family have got themselves a lawyer and he's presumably from the Lionel Hutz law school as he has said he sees "no reason" why an individual exception to Brexit
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Had a conversation with two Chinese friends living in America this week about how they feel like there is no space in diaspora media/debate for voices like theirs. As they
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1/ As we close in on 2021, I’m left asking myself:“Have I taken all I can get from the baseball Twitter community? Is it really worth continuing on?Is there anything
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(1)Cis person in a pharmacy...CP: Hi, can you tell me where the aspirin is? I need to get rid of this awful headache.CLERK: Well, first I need to be sure
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“When Osman Ghazi met Mevlana Rumi” Ala'din Kayqubad who was the Seljuk Sultan organised a feast for the purpose of declaring his spiritual master. Ertuğrul Ghazi was present amongst the
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I think you should carry a gun the way you wish to carry one. I carry openly for a number of reasons as I've stated in https://digitaldropzone.com/why-i-open-carry/, but one is
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A bit of cringey seeing philosophical masculinity expressed so clearly. Hiring committee members, including chairs, might consider having a public conversation about their expectations in response.https://twitter.com/DailyNousEditor/status/
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As many in Winnipeg have seen, there has been a petition going around asking for the renaming of the Wolseley neighbourhood which has garnered much attention. When I was originally
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Many performers of music cannot read it. Okay. There are other, often more intuitive, ways to learn music.Scientists perform stat models. Most scientists cannot read them. This is less OK,
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A short thread on the relationship between social media, hypocrisy and political extremism. It’s been bugging me for years. 1/9 Everyone is a a hypocrite at some level, since it’s
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The attorney for Robert Fuller’s family, Jamon Hicks, is giving a press conference now. @LAist Hicks says the family has “repeatedly” asked for a thorough and independent investigation into Fuller’s
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