And the daughter experiences lifelong problems stemming from Epstein's rapes of her as well.
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And the daughter experiences lifelong problems stemming from Epstein's rapes of her as well.
Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.
After big banks declined to fund ICE prison contractors, $CFG @CitizenBank stepped in, drawing protesters. My story: www.inquirer.com/business/cit...
A paused Army Corp dredging of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina points to a huge potential issue with PFAS: the presence of forever chemicals in sediment in our harbors and waterways. My latest, and first for Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social
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"Fiscally irresponsible"? That's not false, but the lives lost seem like a much, much bigger deal.
Are you talking about Civ, or Trump?
The idea that Trump might be politically destroyed by his own actions doesn't sound bad to me, but not at the cost of so many lives
When I said "be able" I meant you should have the freedom to do that. It didn't occur to me that it might be read differently. I should be more careful in my phrasing.
I say "a", they write "e". I say "j", they write "g". I've never encountered that problem with any other English speakers.
I'm not sure if you meant to reply to me.
I've definitely tried to do an IPA transcription of my own speech. And it's *hard*, because the vowel sounds are neither English nor American.
But more to the point - Americans can't understand me when I spell my name. They just can't.
in Canada, built on consciously trying not to assimilate into the dialect spoken by all the other children.
It depends. Does "general" American English count? Because I had to adopt some of it to be understood by Americans.
Also my relationship with Trinidadian creole English is complicated. I consider it my native language, but not my first language, which is the English of my early-ish childhood...
But the language of my heart, that fills me with joy? That's Trinidadian creole English. It has a beauty that standard English can't dream of.
Beyond those I possess a formal register. It's the language of speeches, of oratory. The "best" English I can speak. But it lacks the warmth of connection
My first language is standard English. I cringe when someone uses "I" for "me" or says something like "high rate of speed".
But Americans have difficulty understanding me if I speak proper English. So I learned to mimic aspects of their style. Clear communications matters most.
On top of that, there are different levels of "standardness" or "properness" within those dialects.
I use whichever form is appropriate for the context. I code switch unconsciously.
"Nope" in what sense? That dialects don't have valid rules?
I can speak better English than almost any American, and in the right setting, I do. I also speak two other dialects natively - standard Trinidadian English, and Trinidadian creole English. And I can also speak a roughly American dialect
I'm one of those poorly-assimilated immigrants. I strongly believe that regionalisms and dialects are worth preserving.
Obviously McCarthy is more that just competent in his chosen form. But the AI passage is simply inept mimicry.
It feels trite to say this as if it were an observation, because it's really almost just a plain statement of fact: The first passage reads like someone trying to mimic a style they don't understand.
Quality aside, Cormac McCarthy understands the use of short, and somewhat fragmentary sentences.
"Dis" and "dat" may not be standard English, but it's a perfectly valid regional dialect.
You should be able to code switch in a way that's appropriate to the situation/audience.
Vancouver question, my friend wrote a wikipedia article about Gallery Gachet, does anyone have a decent photo of the entrance with the sign out they'd be willing to upload to use on the article?
People aren't born like this. There might be some propensity of sociopathy, but you have to *learn* that you can treat women this way without consequences.
Do the children of the rich never learn that actions have consequences? Or do they unlearn it as they move through society?
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While PoO is cool, I'm really surprised at the differences. Pumas focus most on monkeys, while jaguars mostly peccarries and armadillos, and don't seem to touch agoutis and pacas.
Also ocelots and margays are trophically just bigger house cats!
A figure depicting the relative abundance of different prey items among two species of felid (e.g., monkey, small bird, agouti), derived from scat. The x axis is labeled "PoO (%)."
I would like to interrupt your doomscrolling for an important announcement: This figure from Ellen Dymit et al., 2025, depicts the proportion of vertebrate prey in felid scat, recorded as a Proportion of Occurrence (PoO). 💩
NEW: For @theguardian.com, I spoke to people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s whose parents were deported under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations about the long-term impacts of family separation:
⚠️ The punch line: With free entry into gig markets, it is *very* hard to raise anyone's earnings with per-task pay regulation.
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