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Going after a person in power in an academic setting is a life altering experience. It can be a career ending experience. Your friend and the other students should only do this if they feel the calling and are willing to have their life be about that… [more]
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Thorzdad, I don't believe gmail will let you register fname.lname if fnamelname is already registered. Why would they possibly do that? The two are equivalent. [more]
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If you choose your synagogue carefully you shouldn't have any problem. Right wing Israelis have attempted to make allegiance to their views a litmus test of the Jewish faith. Luckily they have not succeeded. There are plenty of Jews, inside and… [more]
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The question of what is art and who is an artist has been debated for centuries. There's no clear cut answer.
Aristotle discussed the question in his Aesthetics.
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a short story on the subject, titled The Artist of the… [more]
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What do you see when you go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage? [more]
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When discussing jigsaw puzzle pieces I use innie and outie. [more]
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You might find it valuable to read about supplemental needs trusts. These provide a mechanism to establish a fund or leave an inheritance to someone without endangering their access to government benefits. Many of the same principles would apply to… [more]
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Mount Auburn Cemetery is beautiful, filled with ornamental trees and sculptures. It's a great place to take a date and walk around on a spring or summer day. But, you know, it's a cemetery.
When in Boston it's also worth checking out the Mapparium… [more]
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It's not the meat it's the macros.
It's not the parts, it's the proportions.
Take a wide range, make a careful selection. [more]
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Ludwig Boltzmann is responsible for the field of statistical mechanics and helped define entropy, among the foundations of modern physics. His ideas were controversial during his life, and he spent much of his life energy in arguments with other… [more]
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You might appreciate Speak Memory, the autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. Raised in Russia in a trilingual household, he went on to become one of the greatest and most precise writers of the English language. [more]
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Columbia Silver Ridge Cargo Pants are comfortable, light weight, and in my experience durable. The linked model doesn't have the zip-off legs, but you can get those if you prefer them. [more]
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There was a study published a couple of weeks ago that raised a bunch of these questions. It was widely covered in the popular press. Medical websites are probably still catching up.
(I looked into erythritol about six months ago and found that… [more]
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The op reports that they can send and receive text messages from the garage despite the poor quality cellular service.
Op, I agree with those who have suggest old-school pagers or beepers, or a modern pager system like the ones used by… [more]
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What a fascinating item. Thank you for looking for a good home for it.
I'd suggest contacting The Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. They might want it, or know who would be able to do something appropriate with it.
It is also… [more]
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Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and… [more]
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If your friend wants to stay as above-board as possible they could start by looking in Oregon, which is in the process of legalizing and regulating the use of psilocybin.
This article from last April provides an overview, with a discussion of… [more]
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But when people say it cuts your paycheck in half compared to w2 employment they are just wrong.
The paycheck you receive from a W-2 job has already had Federal and state taxes withheld. That is in addition to the employer-side taxes that… [more]
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If you are desperate for cash, keep in mind that the paycheck you get under a 1099 needs to be cut approximately in half. You will owe about half of that paycheck to the government. Spend the other half on your own needs.
If half the paycheck… [more]
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Simplice?
Sister Simplice is a character from Les Misérables who is famous for always telling the truth, because lying is a sin. But in the course of the book she makes the hard decision to lie to Javert twice to protect Jean Valjean. [more]
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I found the book. It's Rutka's Notebook: A Voice from the Holocaust. Here is the New York Times review with the description of the infanticide. (Content Warning: horrible inhumanity.) [more]
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There was a diary of a teenage girl under Nazism that was published in the last twenty years. It was often compared to The Diary of Ann Frank.
I did not read the book, but a review describes a scene on the street where a young Nazi… [more]
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Boston Children’s Hospital has an Adolescent Breast Center and an FAQ on the benefits of breast reduction surgery for teenagers. I’ve received care for my kids at BCH for many years, and I’ve always been impressed with the care they provide.
I… [more]
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Okay, rather than dance around it I'll just ask the question:
Are you assuming that it is the responsibility of the guy to make the phone call, and that the appropriate behavior of the gal is to just sit and wait for her phone to ring? And while… [more]
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Previous mentions of Lives of the Monster Dogs on AskMeFi:
What are your top five favorite hidden gem books?
What novels feature the written works of their own characters?
Weird & Wonderful Excellent Esoteric Nightmare… [more]
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I found this short vlog by Tom Scott very relatable. It is not reassuring per se, but it does put into words the unease that I'm feeling, and that itself can be helpful. [more]
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The human body isn’t standardized to the ml level. If you find yourself waking to pee in the night, then reduce your liquid intake before bedtime. If it continues and you think something is wrong, discuss it with your doctor.
No one on the… [more]
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As others have said, when two countries have diplomatic relations there are official channels for communication. Back channel communication can still be used for a variety of reasons. When countries do not have diplomatic relations, all… [more]
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It is one of my favorite all time books. As far as I know, it’s the only book she’s published. [more]
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Ask them how much they want to be paid to play tennis with you. Stipulate that they aren't allowed to complain about playing, and they have to really try. Then decide whether it's worth it to you to pay that much. That's the respectful way to get… [more]
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If they don't have enough people, they force the people they have to work more than 40 hours a week. That's forced overtime. [more]
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My experience with my child playing Roblox is mostly negative. My daughter gets super engaged while she's playing, but she's often in a bad mood when she stops. I put this down to dark patterns that leave you always on the edge of closure without… [more]
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Everyone needs a trusted friend who's ready to tell them when it's time to leave the party. It's sad that it's gotten to this point. [more]
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is 100% 1963. (As a bonus, the cast is unbelievable: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Durante, Jonathan Winters, Peter Falk, Jim Backus, Leo Gorcey, Don Knotts,… [more]
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Seconding Sherlock Holmes.
Seconding Agatha Christie.
I'd add the short stories of E.M. Forster. There are two collections: The Eternal Moment and The Celestial Omnibus. The stories are gentle, fantastical, and full of… [more]
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From the perspective of a one-time wanna-be writer, this is totally normal.
One of my first writing instructors explained the process she went through when she had a story ready for submission. She printed ten copies. Got ten envelopes… [more]
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There were two things I wasn't aware of when I bought my Chevy Bolt.
1. The extent to which cold weather degrades range. YMMV (hah), but on my Chevy Bolt in New England range is reduced by close to 50% in winter. Cold weather can also affect… [more]
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There was nothing she could do, but there was always the next thing to be done.
Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu. [more]
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First off, thank you for caring about this, and for doing everything you can do to help.
That said, the concept of "carbon offset" is fundamentally flawed. A carbon offset implies that it's okay to emit additional carbon, as long as you… [more]
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Your child has already achieved the most important outcome of college preparatory high school: they have learned to work hard for something they care about. They have learned to grow themselves, and become able to do more than they could do… [more]
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I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but musicologist Graeme Boone has some great walk throughs of the Grateful Dead’s Dark Star.
((Some discussion of Boone’s work on Dark Star at the Harvard Crimson.) [more]
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My spouse and I love our 2020 Bolt, and I second all the comments given above. It is very peppy, very low maintenance, and mileage goes way down in winter. Seat warmers are not a luxury in an EV. They increase your mileage by allowing you to run… [more]
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A couple of months ago a business or several businesses in Boston or New York Ciry announced they stop accepting cash and would only allow payment pay credit or debit card. The move was denounced as classist and discriminatory, and the local… [more]
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This isn't possible, for multiple reasons.
We don't know in real time how many people are infected.
We don't know exactly how contagious each infected person is.
We don't know how much masking reduces the chance of infection.
But even if… [more]
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