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It's a Friday, but I'm too sick to do a history thread.
So here. Just have a picture of Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III, Colonel in Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guards, inspecting his troops.
Nuff said. I'm sure you have no further questions.
ALT Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III, with rank insignia on his wing, walking past a line of uniformed soldiers inspecting them carefully. Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III is a penguin.
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The chances of having your dick bitten off by a duck are low, but never zero. teapawt.org/macacosfoda/status/157…
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Teaching is so weird because nobody seems to want to talk about how to explain things... which seems like it'd be something we'd talk a whole lot about. There are a few things I've learned from research into clarity of explanations that I wish I'd been taught earlier 1/
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When you're used to being around people who keep score and send you an emotional bill later for anything nice they ever do for you, it's terrifying when you first start hanging around people who are kind just because they like you.
Push through the fear. It's worth it.
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Someone drugged my drink this weekend.
Here’s are some symptoms of a spiked drink that I wish I knew beforehand (and was never told):
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MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem"
REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment!
Here's what you need to know:
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I just wrapped up a 3-year shift as chair of my department. I learned quite a bit and would like to share. Here are some practical tips that you can easily implement as dept chair or other academic leadership role to help ensure success.🧵
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1) Let me tell you a crazy story. It's consumed 2 years of my life.
As COVID-19 shut down the world in April 2020, I decided to follow the money. I began with a call to a no-name federal contractor who’d somehow landed a $35M deal for masks. Hours later, I’m on a private jet …
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I just realized my non-US friends probably don't know how US insurance works.
So lets say your employer offers insurance. They pay a portion and then you pay a portion. For a family, the employee pays on average about $400 per pay cycle, or $10,400 per year.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The average U.S. worker with family coverage pays $5,969 towards employer-based health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey.
kff.org/health-costs/r….
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One month before Russia invaded Ukraine, I stood trial at the High Court. And now I wait, in purgatory, to be judged.
But I believe this trial and the silence around it - & all the Kremlin's men - has revealed something profoundly rotten at the heart of the British state.
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I don't know who else needs to hear this after Saturday night, but it's not a hangover.
It's the wine flu.
Way more dignified.