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andrewducker) wrote2023-11-14 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 14-11-2023
- 1. Scientists perplexed to find each nostril works separately to sense world
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- 2. If the UK government wants parents to work then wraparound care needs to be fixed
- (tags:parents work childcare uk )
- 3. Nearly Everyone With Mild Cognitive Impairment Goes Undiagnosed
- (tags:brains neuroscience fail )
- 4. 'Coyote vs. Acme' Shelved by Warner Bros, Taking $30M Tax Writeoff
- (tags:movies business OhForFucksSake )
- 5. US election results show rights still bewilderingly popular
- (tags:rights women USA politics funny )
- 6. Dutch elections: is a new version of PR on the way?
- (tags:Netherlands proportional_representation )
- 7. When Israel-Palestine Peace Was Within Reach
- (tags:Israel Palestine history )
- 8. What words were added to the dictionary the year you were born? (Gaia, Bipolar Disorder, and Woke for me)
- (tags:words history dictionary )
- 9. What's Biden's record on trans rights?
- (tags:transgender politics USA democrats )
- 10. "I've Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I've Witnessed At Them Shocked Me."
- (tags:school Education children politics usa )
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Ah, sorry, not clear. In its original form I think it’s Anglo-Saxon. I was assuming - perhaps entirely wrongly - that this meant with the sense that it has now.
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But it was AAVE, and didn't leave black circles and hit the mainstream until decades later as far as I can see
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Thank you!
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But it was clearly in use before then to some extent, as it sounds like he expected the usage to be understood.
Edit: the Wikipedia article section on origins is also fascinating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke?wprov=sfla1