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  Re: women getting promoted as a likelihood for abuse: Trad/RW groups know this stat well, and have a different takeaway - they argue that it's proof women shouldn't work outside the home or make demands on their husband (instead blindly trusting him to provide finances while she provides everything else). If women try to get uppity, that breaks the natural order of things, so it's no wonder they drive their husbands to "discipline" them. Some women inter...

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  Cracks me up how many people on @NPR sound like they're reporting from the quiet car or in a room with a sleeping baby. Definitely a change from the yelling shows I used to listen to before 2015!

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  @sylvianana so fun! Pleasant little white bird, then a delightful red surprise!

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  @peter I think a bit of it is people discovering he wasn't the all-evil-all-the-time cartoon villain they'd been told about. A fellow who teaches a terrorism class says he sees surprise in his students when they learn that. And in our binary thinking, finding out someone bad was right about something can lead to some messed-up conclusions. Getting people to the level of "he had some legitimate grievances, some bad ones, and took very bad actions and is overall bad&q...

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  What birds are these? From an unlabeled set of 50 birds of the world, all the rest of which I've identified, so I assume these are also real. #birdsofmastodon

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  @Robynw oh wow that was fast! I didn't think that maybe the image was just a bit pale. That's spot on, thanks!

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  Somehow I've always missed the backstory theming of #dinoland at #animalkingdom . I picked up on the "roadside attraction" part of things but not the "dinoland institute" side at all. Guess it's always just been hot, so go see Chip and Dale in dino costumes and put the kids on the spinner ride and go look for shade somewhere! But here's a good rundown: https://disneyshawn.blogspot.com/2009/11/welcome-new-interns.html