December 2011
22 posts
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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natashavc: The Morning News, a FANTASTIC site filled with gorgeous essays and reporting, asked me and bunch of smart people what the most important news story of 2011 was. Click and you can also read what heros Julie Klausner, Matthew Gallaway and Matt Langer had to say!! <3
Dec 29th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 22nd
Dec 21st
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The Secret Vice is not a waste of time.
setavulos: monkeytypist: It’s good to see that Language log is addressing the anti-constructed language sentiment that is out there; in particular the reflex idea espoused (especially by qualified linguists who should know better) that creating fake languages while real ones exist that are poorly documented is somehow a sinful waste of resources. This strikes me as silly for a number of...
Dec 20th
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2011 was great, no doubt. But there was no Batman...
Dec 19th
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The Secret Vice is not a waste of time.
It’s good to see that Language log is addressing the anti-constructed language sentiment that is out there; in particular the reflex idea espoused (especially by qualified linguists who should know better) that creating fake languages while real ones exist that are poorly documented is somehow a sinful waste of resources. This strikes me as silly for a number of reasons. Firstly, as the...
Dec 18th
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So much for the man who thought enlightenment best...
I’m not sad. Sorry.
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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I don't know what makes me angrier; UQ's continued... →
Dec 6th
Belgium has just ended 589 days without a...
Not gonna lie, I’m disappointed that they couldn’t keep it going longer.
Dec 6th
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monsterpussy: “It is December 6th, and I remember. I was 13 years old when Marc Lépine opened fire and murdered 14 women for being at engineering school when he wasn’t. He blamed feminism for the situation he was in, and murdered these women for being in non-traditional jobs, for being there. Every year, the memorials I go to are different. Some are quiet - I remember several winters in the snow,...
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Jim Green on idiocy and uranium →
The flabbergastingly wrong assertions about nuclear proliferation, the trashing of well-reasoned, entirely sensible opponents, and just the sheer boneheaded determination to implement an idiotic and quite objectively dangerous policy (selling Australian uranium to India) were to me the worst moments of the ALP National Conference.
Dec 5th
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“I take pride in my work. Sure, there are good days and bad days. Nobody gives...”
– This Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit: Theory and Event
Dec 4th
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“As leftist parties reorientated themselves toward gaining political support and...”
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.188 (via redrabbleroz )
Dec 1st
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