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Beverly saying this, then Peter's: no pls don't do crimes!!

When you get to the station and the tram immediately appears this is a sign of favor from the genius loci of the city. You are advantaged today. You will not get caught if you perform minor crimes, etc. Behave accordingly

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Skip Google for Research

As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse.  It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms 

As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable.  As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.

Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.

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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.

www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.

www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.

https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.

www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.

http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.

www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.

www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.

www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free

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Hey there is actually this button it's called my dms

i need like an "i'm bored" button i can push which makes everyone i know reccommend me tv shows and agree to watch my reccommendations

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The existence of New England suggests that a place called 'England' exists, which is ridiculous but funny to imagine.

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"We need more complex female characters" you guys can't even handle Chappell Roan, Real Life Woman with Boundaries

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The juxtaposition between Vulcans having touch being incredibly intimate but not wearing gloves VS Radchaii not finding touch necessary intimate but ungloved hands scandalous

Why don't Volcans wear gloves? They kiss with their hands, they mind meld with their hands, they have telepathy in there hands.

I always liked Lennard's character choice for Spock, standing with hands clasped behind his back. Or often cross armed, slightly obscuring his hands

Volcans use their hands to work, hold items press buttons. They use their hands in nearly the same way as humans. It makes sense they don't wear long big sleeves to cover their hands. There is logical reason to impeed their own work like that.

But gloves! Many jobs that work with your hands alot require gloves. Lots of people who work with their hands chose to wear gloves for comfort and protection.

"BUT OP" I hear you say " humans don't wear masks unless we are sick."

Ok well, when is the last time you were rubbing your mouth all-over your keyboard, typing with your tongue? Counting money with your teeth? Humans and Volcans do these things with their hands.

No one can convince me Volcans would as a culture be wearing gloves.

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Trump and Elon Musk are targeting federal workers to destroy public services. Contact your Congressional representation NOW.

Find your elected officials HERE. If you don't know what to say, feel free to use this form for emailing or script for calling. This is dire. We need congress to address this issue RIGHT NOW. The Trump administration is out to destroy federal services by targeting its workers. This puts at risk your access to disability, to education, to clean food and air, to tax returns. If nothing is done to stop this, every single American will feel the material, concrete consequences of this in their daily lives very soon.

EMAIL

Dear [Representative/Senator], Hello, I’m a constituent from [Your City/State]. I’m reaching out to express serious concerns about recent security breaches involving federal employee data and the increasing targeting of federal employees through harassment, coercion, and threats to job security. I’d like you to be aware of three critical issues that pose both a national security risk and a direct threat to federal employees:

1. Unauthorized access to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data at the behest of Elon Musk that exposed sensitive federal employee information, putting employees at risk of targeting, coercion, and financial exploitation.

2. An increase in harassment against federal employees, including threats to job security, illegal financial solicitations, and other intimidation tactics.

3. Reports that personnel files for the entire federal workforce have been copied from OPM servers and moved to a foreign cloud provider, raising serious concerns about who controls federal workforce data and whether foreign actors now have access to it. When sensitive federal employee data is compromised, it creates a serious risk to national security. Employees in financial distress or facing workplace pressure are at higher risk of coercion or exploitation. If these reports about data being transferred to foreign cloud servers are true, this is an unprecedented security breach. It could allow foreign actors to track, manipulate, or target U.S. government personnel. The ongoing harassment of federal employees is unacceptable and appears to be escalating, including financial scams and threats to job security. This must be addressed at the highest levels. I am asking you to take immediate action by.

1. Demanding full transparency from OPM about what data was accessed, how many employees were affected, and what protections are in place.

2. Pushing for an investigation into the harassment and coercion of federal employees, including illegal financial solicitations and threats to job security.

3. Calling for a congressional inquiry into reports that federal personnel files have been transferred to foreign cloud servers—who authorized it, whether it violated federal law, and what risks it poses. I’d like to know what steps you will take to address these security concerns. Please pass this message along and inform me of actions you have taken in response. I will be following up. I appreciate you looking into these urgent issues and advocating for the security of federal employees and our national workforce. Thank you, [Your name]

CALL

Hi, my name is [Your Name], and I’m a constituent from [Your City, State]. (If leaving a voicemail, provide your address or it doesn’t get logged)

I’m calling because I’m concerned about the unauthorized access and theft of federal employee personnel files. This sensitive information puts employees at risk of targeting, coercion, and financial exploitation. It should be protected at the highest level, and it’s unacceptable that unelected, non-vetted individuals have had access to it.

Adding to this concern, federal employees have been receiving frequent emails from OPM, such as the “Fork in the Road” email and others, which feel targeted, intimidating, and harassing. These toxic, hostile tactics only add insult to injury, especially in light of the privacy breaches and theft of personal information.

I’m urging [Representative/Senator’s Name] to take immediate action to investigate this breach, hold those responsible accountable, and implement stronger protections to secure federal employees’ personal information.

Thank you for your time—I truly appreciate your attention to this critical matter.

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Why? Do you think that I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?

betraying someone who trusts them deeply is one of the sexiest things a character can do its unparalleled. cause either the relationship is irrevocably changed and said character is completely at fault (guilt complex, hot) or it isnt and then both sides have to deal with the fact that they care about each other enough to overlook the betrayal (unceasing devotion, also hot)

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Why are you giving me adverts Disney+ I'm just trying to watch my firefighter show!

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Ben Aaranovitch, Rivers of London book 1: Yeah so this police constable is a lesbian but she's super hard and no one is allowed to make jokes about it

Ben Aaranovitch, most recent novella: AND -AND THEN THE MAIN DETECTIVE GUY TURNS UP TO THE NEW YORK DRAG BALL IN A DRESS IN THE 1920s BECAUSE HE CAN

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I recently discovered laundry stripping and y’all, no matter how much of a crock of shit you think fast fashion is, you’re underestimating.

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The Discovery bridge crew is like a drama show where everyone dates each other except instead of relationships it's who's captain

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6. That is absolutely something they'd say, but not to you.

Variations on "they would not fucking say that":

They would not fucking say that (the classic)

They might fucking say it, but they wouldn't say it like that

They'd say it if it ever occurred to them, but there's no fucking way they'd figure it out on their own

They might think it, but good fucking luck getting them to admit it

They might say it, but – and this is key – they'd be intensely fucking weird about it

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“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

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Counterpoint I love call the midwife because the babies are super fresh. It always breaks my immersion when a character gives birth and then presents a month's old child

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Equivalent of the fyp is me seeing the same post 20 times in a row because all of my mutuals reposted it

“Fyp” we don’t do that here. I mean, Tumblr the app and website tries, but we don't do that here.

“But then how will anyone see it?” peer review.

“How do you get engagement?” by talking and engaging with other people. Or making a devastating typo. Either way.

“But—” Listen, you’re not doing solo stand up anymore. This is a group improv class being held in a SAW dungeon. Good luck.