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Follow up news

There’s basic history, where you don’t have to know more than the patriotic narrative learned in school and how dare you suggest it’s misleading. Also, it’s not really the same thing, but something was happening when scientists argued it made more sense not to treat Pluto as a planet and started getting death threats from the general public. Apparently a lot of people are happy to respond to “turns out reality isn’t like that” with “I hope you die” even in cases where it can’t possibly affect t…

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Google, Meta, X and all the Tech Bros

Favorite line from the article: “The vibe shift is clear: DEI is out and merit is in,” Padfield said in the presentation. Uh… that is exactly what DEI is: opening up the meritocracy to more people. Sorry if you find it hard to compete on the merits.

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Archaeology Today

Before stonehenge there was woodhenge, and before that strawhenge. But the big bad wolf blew down strawhenge and woodhenge, leaving stonehenge in England. The big bad wolf couldn’t cross the English channel because the boatsman couldn’t figure out the sheep-wolf-cabbages problem. This also explains why there is so much mutton and cabbage in anglican cuisine. QED