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andrewducker- Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult
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- US threatens to veto UN resolution on rape as weapon of war
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- Capricorns need not apply: is it legal to pick a roommate by astrological sign?
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- Google Wing drones approved for US home deliveries
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- Saudi Arabia executes 37 people, crucifying one, for terror-related crimes
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- When Workers Control the Code
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- Blind reviews of research proposals still produce gendered results, because men use broader language than women, and reviewers prefer that - even though women get better results.
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- How not to be a Useful Idiot
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Date: 2019-04-24 07:08 pm (UTC)I once had a long discussion with a serious astrologer, who told me that the importance of sun signs is vastly overrated by amateurs, because they're so easy to calculate. An astrological chart is an interplay of many influences, and the most important, she said, is the rising sign, which takes a lot more work to determine.
I'm not endorsing astrology, but I do know the difference between it and the sun-sign forecasts in newspapers, and I will say this: that I identify with the personality traits of my rising sign a lot more than I do with those of my sun sign.
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Date: 2019-04-24 09:09 pm (UTC)