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Jaws 3: Technology for People Who Can’t Stop Eating

Jaws 3: Technology for People Who Can’t Stop Eating

Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet At first, I thought it must be something to do with the government’s proposed “hate speech” law. But no, the picture of a set of dentures locked together belonged to a story about controlling love – extreme

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COVID Weddings: Why Some Couples Got Unofficially Married during the Pandemic

Rajnaara C Akhtar De Montfort University Rebecca Probert University of Exeter Rajnaara is a socio-legal researcher with a focus on family law. In particular, her research centres on marriage formalities and legal treatment of non-state registered religious-only marriages. Her research into informal marriages looks at transitional relationship

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Grammarly vs. Prowritingaid Review: Which One Is Better?

Grammarly vs. Prowritingaid Review: Which One Is Better?

capitalizemytitle.com Capitalize My Title is a dynamic title capitalization tool used to make sure your titles or headlines use proper capitalization rules according to various style guides include APA, AP, MLA, and Chicago. It also counts your words and checks for grammar issues. Whenever it comes to the reliable

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The World’s Busiest Shipping Routes

conexboxes.com To understand just how connected our world has become, you don’t need to do much than to head down to a store. Whether it’s a clothing shop, the local grocer, or a hardware store, you’re bound to find goods from all over the world, all

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… altruism (noun) – 1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others 2 : behavior by an animal that is not beneficial to or may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its species Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Altruism refers to a quality

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The War on Reality

CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org So, the War on Reality is going splendidly. Societies all across the world have been split into opposing, irreconcilable realities. Neighbors, friends, and even family members are bitterly divided into two hostile camps, each regarding the other as paranoid psychotics, delusional fanatics, dangerous idiots, and, in

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Letter to the Editor: Hate Speech

Letter to the Editor: Hate Speech

Dear Editor I want to talk about hate. And how we articulate it. My sister won’t give me the remote, I hate her. The emotion is transient, almost meaningless, harmless. A criminal murdered a family member, raped my daughter, poisoned my dog: the hate is visceral, dark, and ultimately

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An Open Letter to All New Zealanders

Dear fellow Kiwis, I am writing to inform you that the ANZAC spirit of endurance, courage, ingenuity, good humour and mateship, often in the face of danger, is as dead as the dodo, and you killed it. For the last 18 months and counting, you have turned your backs on

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Your BFD Questions Answered

Your BFD Questions Answered

One of the many hats I wear is Customer Service Manager. This article contains a few of the common questions I get asked and their answers. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have in the comment section as my goal is to help as many people as

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… heliacal (adjective) – relating to or near the sun —used especially of the last setting of a star before and its first rising after invisibility due to conjunction with the sun Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The word heliacal rose in the mid-16th century. Its source

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It’s Not Just Bad Behaviour – Why Social Media Design Makes It Hard to Have Constructive Disagreements Online

It’s Not Just Bad Behaviour – Why Social Media Design Makes It Hard to Have Constructive Disagreements Online

Amanda Baughan University of Washington Amanda Baughan is a doctoral student at the University of Washington, studying human-computer interaction. Her research focuses on online conflicts, using human-centered design and computational social science methods. Good-faith disagreements are a normal part of society and building strong relationships. Yet it’

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Mainstream Media Promotes Kink for Kids

Mainstream Media Promotes Kink for Kids

Remember, back in the 80s, when the religious right warned us about the “gay agenda”. Oh, how they were mocked and derided. “No one’s going to force the ‘gay lifestyle’ on your kids!” was the sneering response. And who wouldn’t mock them? The likes of the Moral Majority

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Hydrogen Hype and Hurdles

Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications, experience in the energy business and the bureaucracy, has rooftop solar panels and a diesel generator, but no vested interests in hydrocarbon fuels except as a consumer. Viv is Executive Director of the Saltbush Club, Australia. Green Hydrogen is

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… rictus (noun) – 1 : the gape of a bird’s mouth 2 a : the mouth orifice   b : a gaping grin or grimace Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Rictus began its English career in the late 17th century as a technical term for the mouth of an animal,

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Turning the Worms

Turning the Worms

Things have changed a lot in the workplace in the last 30 years, and much of it has been good. Women having babies in the 1980s had no paid parental leave, and may have been allowed to take a few months unpaid leave (if they were lucky), but fathers basically

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