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POPSNeat tricks to teach your body Some little-known practical tips about your body, such as: If your throat tickles, scratch your ear. If your hand falls asleep, rock your head from side to side - etc.
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POPSReverse Dictionary I've had many many many moments when I can't remember a word....I still haven't tried out this site though....I just thought it was interesting that someone actually finally came up with it...
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POPSRock Paper - No Scissors Needed Stone paper is just a cool idea. I would like it even if it weren't for the environmental issues. It's fascinating that we're back to 'carving' on stone.
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POPSTo Queer, or Not To Queer? One of the few genuinely interesting things about the Knight Rider movie/pilot earlier this year was FBI agent Carrie Ruvai's apparent queerness. Unsurprisingly, it's caused waves and will probably never be seen again. But some of the people behind the scenes aren't as homophobic as the suits.
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POPSNet Socialization Good I feel like saying "duh", but also I'm glad to see someone say something positive about online social interaction. Even if they did use Myspace as their source.
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POPSSave the City, Save the World? Starhawk wrote a book Five Sacred Things, that postulated SF as being the centre of a somewhat utopian new society. Looks like the people there are actually aiming for that in reality too. Kinda cool.
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POPSOn Having A "Polite" Tone Politeness (under which requests for the "right" "tone" seems to fall: it's not specifically a soft tone or a pleading tone or whatever that's requested, but something more abstract, especially in written discourse) is a product of cultural conventions that grow out of historical and political dynamics. It's a product of society: it reflects the order established in that society. Discourse that upsets the dynamics of society fails to conform to that order.
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POPSEmpty Karma Best explanation I've ever come across in regards to karma and all that.
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POPSMegacorps Agree To Stop Being Dicks At least for the moment. As someone who would've been screwed by this money grab, I'm glad they've come to an agreement. However, I think this shows why regulation needs to be brought back and brought back hard.
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POPSMaybe we can call it Endor The new planet is in the habitable zone of its parent star, a domain where the temperature is right for liquid water to exist
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POPSWhy I Actually Prefer It When People Aren't Civil The are all sorts of problems with this, which is frequently referred to as the tone argument. But I haven't yet seen anyone say, fuck man, I LIKE it when you're beautifully, articulately, pointedly angry, and if my attention and my comfort is least and last in your order of importance. I'm not sitting here thinking, well, you've obviously got something important to say, so I'll try and see past the anger and hear the message. It surely can't be said enough times that this is not about my safety or my comfort, but actually, dammit, I feel safer and more comfortable if you're angry.
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POPSMy most recent venture into conlanging Once upon a time I wanted to learn a foreign language, and not being in school I couldn't imagine how I'd learn one. So, as usual, I took the least complex route and started inventing my own language. Later I figured out that they had books and tapes and stuff to teach you foreign languages. Go figure! Still, my love of conlanging stayed with me. This conlang is actually a collaboration between my dear friend and me, with occasional input from her daughter. There are examples, grammar, phonology and more on the source page.
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