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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… aghast (adjective): : struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you are aghast, you might look like you’ve just seen a ghost, or something similarly shocking. “Aghast” traces back to a Middle English verb, gasten, meaning “to frighten.

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William Shatner to Be Oldest Astronaut at 90 – Here’s How Space Tourism Could Affect Older People

Nick Caplan Christopher Newman Northumbria University, Newcastle Nick graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2005 with a PhD in Biomechanics. He subsequently joined Northumbria University where he is now Professor of Aerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of Postgraduate Research for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. Christopher

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… jamb (noun): 1 : an upright piece or surface forming the side of an opening (as for a door, window, or fireplace) 2 : a projecting columnar part or mass Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English jambe, borrowed from Anglo-French jambe, gaunbe “side post of a door

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Let Me Retell a Brief Story about Resilience

James O’Keefe projectveritas.com James O’Keefe established Project Veritas in 2011 as a non-profit journalism enterprise to continue his undercover reporting work. Today, Project Veritas investigates and exposes corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions to achieve a more ethical and

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… defenestration (noun): 1 : a throwing of a person or thing out of a window 2 : a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : These days defenestration is often used to describe the forceful removal of someone

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… tousle (verb, noun): verb : dishevel, rumple noun 1 Scotland : rough dalliance : tussle 2 : a tangled mass (as of hair) Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Tousle is a word that has been through what linguists call a “functional shift.” That’s a fancy way of saying it

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Reality

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The recent death of 1979 Nobel Prize winning American physicist Steven Weinberg aged 88, recalled his famous quip about the evolution of the universe in the three minutes after the Big Bang, specifically, “After that, nothing of any interest would happen in the history of

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… boilerplate (noun): 1 : syndicated material supplied especially to weekly newspapers in matrix or plate form 2a : standardized text b : formulaic or hackneyed language bureaucratic boilerplate 3 : tightly packed icy snow Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the days before computers, small, local newspapers around the U.

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Stand up for Your Rights

Stand up for Your Rights

Voices for Freedom How are you holding up?  So much going on for so many of us. The key thing to do if you understand you are to be affected or are already affected by “No Jab, No Job” mandates or requests is: Don’t panic. Take a deep breath.

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… bromide (noun): 1 : a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives 2a : a commonplace or tiresome person : bore b : a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : After bromine was

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… undulate (adjective, verb): adjective : having a wavy surface, edge, or markings verb 1 : to form or move in waves : fluctuate 2 : to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence 3 : to present a wavy appearance Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Undulate and “inundate” are word

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Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never

The postal service in Edwardian England was a pinnacle of efficiency: twice-daily deliveries, and even soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front reliably receiving mail from home the next day. But not all postal services are so efficient. A resident of Bagdad, Tasmania, a small town just outside Hobart,

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Britney’s Conservatorship Is One Example of How the Legacy of Eugenics in the US Continues to Affect the Lives of Disabled Women

Britney’s Conservatorship Is One Example of How the Legacy of Eugenics in the US Continues to Affect the Lives of Disabled Women

Michaela Kathleen Curran University of Iowa Michaela Kathleen Curran is a Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on social-structural determinants of health; global health; disparities in disability access and accommodations;

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… scuttlebutt (noun): 1a : a cask on shipboard to contain fresh water for a day’s use b : a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval or marine installation 2 : rumor, gossip Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Nowadays, office workers catch up on the latest

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… callow (adjective): : lacking adult sophistication : immature Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : You might not expect a relationship between the word callow and baldness, but that connection does in fact exist. Callow comes from calu, a word that meant “bald” in Middle English and Old English. By

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Are They Really Gene Therapies?

Marc Grey Many of the covid vaccines are made using completely new medical tech involving the use of genetic material instead of proteins from the appropriate virus. This has led to them being described as ‘gene therapies not vaccines’ in some circles. In this article, we discuss these new medical

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