In South Africa they call it a "circle." Bonus if it is near a red light - “Go to the circle after the robot.”
My wife made this joke during a presentation that was part of a job interview. Nobody laughed. Clear sign of a toxic environment.
I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
Depends on the program you are in. The view from being a doctoral student to being a postdoc to being research/lecturing staff is very different. Not all advisors expose their students to the realities of higher levels of academia. And when a woman or minority is being mentored by a white man, they may not be aware of biases that can affect the student's later career.
The troopers in scene 1 of a New Hope were pretty scary.
Not very long, not a hard read, moderately enjoyable.
I actually know him. Incredible guy. Was really pivotal in the discovery of the importance of the impact killing the dinosaurs.
Chess is free. No DLC. I have never stopped playing.
My rough estimate is $120B. How far off am I?
NO and BR always have had bad crime. Seems like authoritarian ideology bubbling to the surface again.
BBEdit for me.
I tried reading one of these. Gave up when I realized it was basically a very slightly modified version of the four humours philosophy of philosophy. Couldn’t find anything helpful in it.
When I was a teenager, I thought it was so funny that the guy sang, "Life would be ecstacy, you and me and Lesley." Took a while to realize it was "endlessly."
The racism of UFO conspiracies gets worse the deeper you go. For instance, it is a common belief that there are multiple races of aliens, but the really “good” ones are either the “Nordics” or the “Tall Whites.” They are generally described as being tall, white, blonde-haired and blue eyed.
That part stuck out to me, too. That is really terrifying.
On the other hand, that was a while ago, and we are still going…
Earth's oldest craters could give scientists critical information about the structure of the early Earth and the composition of bodies in the solar system as well as help to interpret crater records on other planets. But geologists can't find them, and they might never be able to, according to a new...
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