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Academic (e.g., Science)

2 days ago2d

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKThe Weird History of Invented Languages | Otherwords - YouTube

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News & Links

3 days ago3d

Posted by abrimudan

LINKChatGPT Online - The Best AI ChatBot Powered by OpenAI

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General & Hellos

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Petter

Amazing how languages inherit words and phrases from other tongues. Seen on a sugar sachet, in Spain, with this morning's coffee.

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by davers

Bai noun A yellow mist occurring during the spring and autumn, caused by dust from the interior of China. Bai is a loanword from Japanese and was exported from Middle Chinese to multiple languages of East Asia. In this way, bai is ...

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World Music

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Marionville

Dimash Kudaibergenov is a phenomenon…his vocal range quite simply extraordinary. He is the singer who emerged on a talent show in Kazakhstan in 2010 and has astonished the classical music and international entertainment world ever since. As well...

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World Music

1 month ago1m

Posted by Marionville

The Celtic fringes of Europe comprise more than just Ireland, Scotland and Wales…the Celts, who originated and migrated from the Upper Danube basin of Central Europe, settled all around the westernmost Atlantic shores of the continent as far south ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

1 month ago1m

Posted by davers

Oneiromancy noun Divination through dreams. Oneiromancy is based on Ancient Greek óneiros, “dream,” and manteía, “divination.” Óneiros is of uncertain origin, with relatives in Albanian and Armenian but in no ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

1 month ago1m

Posted by Marionville

MACARONIC. - Adjective…composed of or characterised by the use of Latin words mixed with vernacular words, or non-Latin words given Latin endings; composed of a mixture of languages; denoting language, especially burlesque or comic verse, ...

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Love & Relationships

1 month ago1m

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKGroup intelligence - how people behave en masse | DW Documentary - YouTube

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General & Hellos

Mar 28Mar 28

Posted by HankHunter13

arts & memes

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Mar 28Mar 28

Posted by glennlab

And Ron says but the penis, it's so big it will scare all the children.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Mar 23Mar 23

Posted by Archeus_Lore

Interesting . . . Russian . . . "вооруженный до зубов", colloquial . . . is equivalent to the English "Armed to the teeth", colloquial. Common to both languages.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 23Mar 23

Posted by Thibaud70

One of the symptoms of the "age of narcissism" (Christopher Lasch, 1979) is that today everyone seems to be proud of something; "pride" is one of the key words of our time: one is proud of being white or black, of being a true Scot or a Quebecois, ...

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Posts

Mar 19Mar 19

Posted by William_Mary

Volunteers for Victory----Russian 'men-on-the-street' join fight against Ukrainian nationalists These Russian men couldn’t just stand and watch when their country needed them. Every day, hundreds of ordinary men volunteer for the Special ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Mar 15Mar 15

Posted by TheoryNumber3

WHY DOES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAVE SO MANY SILENT LETTERS? Our language is a glutton, and it has taken words from an enormous number of other languages. Since we have words borrowed from languages that have different sound patterns, this results in ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Feb 18Feb 18

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKWords Commonly Mispronounced | Merriam-Webster

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World Music

Jan 13Jan 13

Posted by Marionville

Italian born Caterina Valente who was a very big international star from the early 1960s onwards will be 92 tomorrow. She is a multitalented actress, singer and dancer, multilingual speaker of six languages and singing and recording in eleven. ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Jan 13Jan 13

Posted by anglophone

"Late Cardinal George Pell called Pope a 'catastrophe' in anonymous memo": Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

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Music, Movies & Books

Nov 24, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by rainmanjr

LINKJackson Browne Sing My Songs to Me/For Everyman with Lyrics in Description - YouTube

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Nov 23, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by glennlab

Even the machines are on your case.

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Nov 20, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Marionville

LINGUA FRANCA. - Noun…a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different; also known as a bridge language; trade language - the international business community uses English as a lingua franca; ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Nov 19, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by Marionville

KOINE. - Noun…a common language shared amongst speakers of different languages; a lingua franca; the modern use based on the common language of the Greeks from the close of the classical period to the Byzantine era; a dialect of Greek that ...

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General & Hellos

Nov 16, 2022Nov 2022

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKPeople Have Been Saying “Ax” Instead of “Ask” for 1,200 Years

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Philosophy & Meaning

Oct 26, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by FvckY0u

I'm going to discuss being dead for a moment. So at the core without religion having any undue influence on me I believe that there is this human body and then there is this other thing. It's indescribable. I'll label it energy. So when the ...

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Posts

Oct 17, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by johnnyrobish

An obvious case of "who DIDN'T done it?'

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Oct 17, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by davers

Diglot adjective Spoken, written, or containing similar information in two different languages comes from Ancient Greek díglōttos, which is equivalent to di- “twice, double” and -glōttos, a derivative of glôssa (also glôtta) ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Oct 10, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKWhat Native land are you on? This map shows Indigenous tribes' past territories : NPR

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Legalize Cannabis Nationwide/Worldwide

Oct 4, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by OldGoat43

STATE CANNABIS UPDATES10/4/2022 Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) highlighted public support for legalizing marijuana. LINK: Iowa's agriculture secretary said there are "unintended ...

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World Music

Oct 3, 2022Oct 2022

Posted by Marionville

I’m inspired to post another Susanne….after Roger’s one earlier. This time it’s singer/songwriter Susanne Sundfor who has an extraordinarily beautiful voice…another one from Norway…is it in the Viking genes or in the water? There must ...

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Goodness without godness

Sep 19, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by godfree2

Humanist Conference Sept 24th

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Aug 28, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by MerlinZap

Carl and Tom figured it out!

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Aug 28, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Fernapple

Older and more beautiful than a pyramid ? I think so anyway, but much harder to reach. Good pictures and an interesting story from the bbc about the Ziggurats of Iraq.

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Gardeners

Aug 27, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by devayoga

Vegetables from my garden

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General & Hellos

Aug 27, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Secretguy

Happy Dog Day!

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All Things Legal/Crime and Punishment

Aug 26, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

LINKRyan Remington: A former Arizona police officer is indicted in the shooting death of a man in a wheelchair - CNN

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Aug 24, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by itsmeagain

The macadamize post from @davers reminded me of the lovely coquina structures in St. Augustine. Walls and roads are constructed with small, sometimes tiny shells from the ocean, generally mixed in with concrete or some other binding substance. I ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

Aug 24, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by whiskywoman

a good sense of humor

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Posts

Aug 22, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by William_Mary

Why the Inflation Reduction Act is Less a “Climate Bill” and More a Poison Pill for Black and Indigenous Communities and Movements The brother El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) once explained, “If you’re not careful, the ...

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CLASSIC ROCK RULES

Aug 21, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by phxbillcee

Happy B-Day, Carl Giammarese - (75) - The Buckinghams - Kind Of A Drag - The Buckinghams - Don't You Care -

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Posts

Aug 5, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by digifilm4

I am a filmmaker by trade. Started off in 1999 shooting 16mm that got the attention of people that sent me on a trajectory of exploration that I am currently continuing today. Anyway, I have been experimenting with AI's recently. I have made many ...

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Cheesy Jokes

Jul 23, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by Zealandia

My partner asked for a little peace and quiet whilst cooking dinner. So I took the battery out of the smoke detector.

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Just for Laughs

Jul 21, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by Tejas

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Silly, Random & Fun

Jul 13, 2022Jul 2022

Posted by Dyl1983

What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? ---- trilingual What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? ---- bilingual What do you call someone who speaks 1 language? ---- American

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Posts

Jun 25, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

Belated but sincere…

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Just for Laughs

Jun 24, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by glennlab

This picture does double duty.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 23, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by Anabucerias

“The pathetic thing that grows out of this condition is called faith: in other words, closing one's eyes upon one's self once for all, to avoid suffering the sight of incurable falsehood. People erect a concept of morality, of virtue, of holiness ...

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Posts

Jun 9, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by St-Sinner

Give him time. He is getting adjusted.

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Oddities and Anomalies

Jun 4, 2022Jun 2022

Posted by TheoryNumber3

HOW EVERY LETTER OF THE ALPHABET CAN BE ANNOYINGLY SILENT Some languages have a very strong relationship between spoken sounds and written sounds, making their spelling more phonetic. Spanish, Russian, German, and Korean are very phonetic languages;...

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World Music

May 30, 2022May 2022

Posted by Marionville

I don’t think we’ve ever posted anything from the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius before, but here’s one I came across when I was looking for something else. English and French are the two official languages of this country which has had a ...

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News & Links

May 12, 2022May 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKU.S. identifies Native American boarding schools and burial sites : NPR

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Trump Pinata

Apr 20, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by CuddyCruiser

Different geographies, different languages and customs, but always the same mentality….

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Apr 14, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by davers

Haček noun a diacritic (ˇ) placed over a letter in some languages, as Czech and Lithuanian, and in some systems of phonetic transcription, especially to indicate that a sound is palatalized.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Apr 9, 2022Apr 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

From someone who has studied many languages: Language is fraught with errors. I could ask three people what the meaning of the word "voluntarism" and get three different answers. Language is a weak form of communication because none of us have a ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Mar 25, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by xenoview

Pope’s peace prayer for Ukraine recalls ancient prophesy To hammer home its universal nature, the Vatican translated the text of the prayer into three dozen languages.

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Philosophy & Meaning

Mar 20, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Archeus_Lore

If you have spent your life living in this country, and never ventured out of it to some other places where they speak different languages, have a completely different culture than yours, you may be a very bad judge of just how to rate your own ...

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World Music

Mar 11, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Reignmond

No idea what geography or ethnicity to assign Manu Chao to because he sings in multiple languages at the same time. But it is cool.

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Foreign Film Fans

Mar 6, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Ray13

An action-advrnture from 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Languages: Hindi, Mandarin

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Posts

Feb 28, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Tejas

I can do the first 3, the forth if the person taking my order is patient. I can also say "fuck your mother" in 3 languages, so it kinda balances out

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General & Hellos

Feb 28, 2022Feb 2022

Posted by Ryo1

He is amazing! Journalist Goes Viral After Speaking Six Languages In Live Report From Ukraine Full story:

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Just for Laughs

Jan 24, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by MichelleGar1

Anticipation is making me wait! Lol

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Silly, Random & Fun

Jan 15, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by snytiger6

LINKDa Vinci Code: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive) - YouTube

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Music Fans

Jan 13, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by puff

Go on, git!

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Jan 11, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by johnnyrobish

Republican State Senator Says Teachers Must be ‘Impartial’ When Teaching about Nazism and Fascism During an Indiana state Senate committee hearing about a proposed bill that would ban “divisive concepts” in school classrooms, Republican ...

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General & Hellos

Jan 3, 2022Jan 2022

Posted by DenoPenno

A bunch of wild crap going around now about Betty White and her manner of death. People stoop so low to spread lies and rumors. I'm providing a link that will put some order back into her sudden passing.

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The Best of Late Night & News

Dec 30, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee - Full Frontal Rewind: The Ultimate Case for Abortion Rights

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Dog Lovers

Dec 26, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by RussRAB

The rules to remember ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

Dec 24, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by JonnaBononna

Mmmm, delicious! 🤣

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Posts

Dec 5, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Paddypereira

Here's a band I really like from Germany. They sing in several languages like Swedish and Spanish. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do.

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Feline Fanatics

Dec 1, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by RobertNappi2

Wednesday morning cuteness...Don't ever forget!!!

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News & Links

Nov 6, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKLetters From An American 11/05/2021

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Just for Laughs

Nov 5, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

I just had three…😬

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Philosophy & Meaning

Nov 4, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by VORPCORP

Are we seeing the end of how the world is? Will we all lose everything?

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CLASSIC ROCK RULES

Oct 24, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

Aretha Franklin, featuring Duane Allman.

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Oct 23, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

The Young Turks - Democrats Fold on Israel, Pass $1B in Defense Aid

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Silly, Random & Fun

Oct 16, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Holysocks

OK everyone, it's time for a lesson in dead languages. This is how you politely tell people to kiss your ass in Latin.' Kiss my ass with an accent!'

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Aug 30, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

House Spouse English beats up other languages in dark alleys, and then rifles through their pockets for loose grammar and spare vocabulary.

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Aug 13, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by gigihein

I hear about tnis a lot, and I never hear of anyone that does this have relercussions. WTF!

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Traditional and Folkmusic

Aug 12, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

This Italian song based on the first shown German song brings out emotions that I cannot trace to their origin. My tears are welling.

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General & Hellos

Aug 10, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Jolanta

Fictional languages.

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Posts

Aug 7, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by rogerbenham

Damh the Bard - The Land of the Ever Young

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Movie Lovers

Aug 2, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Jurnee

I love WW2 movies. I've seen quite a few. Off the top of my head, the ones I can remember: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Saving Private Ryan, Empire of the Sun, Hacksaw Ridge, and Dunkirk. If you guys could recommend some others (I'd prefer if they...

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

Aug 1, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Typos, tricks and misprints Why is English spelling so weird and unpredictable? Don’t blame the mix of languages; look to quirks of timing and technology

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 30, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by HelenRoseBuck

A friend pointed out that very few people know the term for “hello” in even one of the many indigenous American languages. If you are like me and grew up with stereotypes of “Indians” saying “how” as a greeting in the movies you might ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Jul 28, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by davers

Fletcherize verb (used with or without object) to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

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AUTHORS, EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, AND READERS

Jul 18, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by EdEarl

I'm posting this to establish a copyright. It is about a programming language, so do not expect feedback as it will only make sense to techies. The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe an assembler language with an adaptable syntax that ...

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World Music

Jul 15, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Marionville

Today I’m bringing to you another great Norwegian singer/songwriter…she’s someone I’ve only recently discovered, and in fact she herself came late to performing as a singer, being a teacher of languages, a theatre director & drama coach, and ...

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News & Links

Jun 27, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKCatholic Priest Resigns After Praising the “Good Done” in Residential Schools | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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World Music

Jun 19, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Marionville

Today I bring you a music group from Cordoba in Spain called …Nino Bravo. - Dos Horas (Of The Hours).

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World Music

Jun 18, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Marionville

I know I keep going on about how talented Scandinavian artists and bands are and how they don’t get enough recognition in the rest of the world…USA & U.K. in particular. The Finnish band Poets Of The Fall are a good case in point…here they ...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jun 12, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by powder

To me, "White Privilege" is what the G7 represents. The richest (white) nations in the world discussing how to keep their privilege. Seems they are concerned the rising power, China, is spreading good will by building infrastructure as part of ...

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The Best of Late Night & News

Jun 10, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Jimmy Kimmel Live Biden Repairing Trump’s Damage, Anti-Vaxxers Spreading Garbage Disinformation & Cicadas!

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Religion & Spirituality

May 23, 2021May 2021

Posted by Wildgreens

LINKTeen Vogue Explains How to Use Menstrual Blood in Witchcraft to Their 12-17 Year Old Readers

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Posts

May 22, 2021May 2021

Posted by Adam_Metal

Gameiatric

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Music Fans

May 13, 2021May 2021

Posted by GeorgeRocheleau

Joe Bonamassa - "Different Shades Of Blue"

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Paleontology, Archeology, and Anthropology

Apr 23, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by JoeB

United States returns seized archaeological artefacts to Afghanistan. The United States government has formerly handed over a collection of ancient artefacts seized from a New York art dealer to the government of ...

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Music, Movies & Books

Apr 13, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Surfpirate

Hot chicks and bagpipes, what's not to like?

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World Music

Apr 7, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Marionville

Caterina Valente is a Italian/French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, actress and polyglot. She is now 90 years old and living in Paris, but during her career she performed in six languages and sang in eleven. Here she is some time in the ...

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