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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: China salvaging sunk WW2 British warships |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:11 pm
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| Heartbreak as large-scale salvagers loot Southeast Asia’s WWII shipwrecks, war graves It is an uphill battle to track down the culprits, the programme Undercover Asia finds out. Meanwhile, experts urge greater protection of underwater cultural heritage. Neo Chai Chin 03 Jun 2021 06:15AM (Updated: 03... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: China salvaging sunk WW2 British warships |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:04 pm
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| The illegal salvage is not a brand new thing, Indonesia to ask Malaysia to transfer custody of Chinese salvage ship KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - May 5, 2017 - 17:05 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2017/05/aab6e68a9741-indonesia-to-ask-malaysia-to-transfer-custody-of-chinese-salvage-ship.html JAKARTA -... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: China salvaging sunk WW2 British warships |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:00 pm
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| Not exactly legal and not exactly respectful of the war graves of men who were lost with the ships. https://news.usni.org/2023/05/25/u-k-royal-navy-distressed-and-concerned-by-illegal-chinese-salvage-of-wwii-wrecks An illegal Chinese salvage operation is raiding two United Kingdom World War II warsh... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Social Security Disability has denial quotas |
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Posted: Yesterday, 12:17 pm
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| I remember my own denial appeal hearing about 20 years ago where Social Security Disability's own doctor expert witness they sent looked at my stuff and said I should have never been denied. And then I look at this going on and think, And people want single payer health care funded by this same Fede... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:35 am
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| Still dodging it, so is bio-mom. We’re Novids. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/are-you-a-novid-covid-super-dodger-science-has-clues-why/ Hmm, interesting, BU Today: Let’s start with this: why haven’t some people gotten COVID? Luck? Genetics? Cautiousness? Or a combination of these? Assoumou: It is... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Can a traumatized octopus have a nightmare? |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 9:55 pm
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| And now the question is, can a traumatized octopus have a nightmare? https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article275800646.html Octopus lashes out when he wakes up, perhaps from a nightmare. See the ‘intense’ video By Madeleine List May 25, 2023 8:21 PM A video captured by research... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Services are working - so they might be taken away |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 7:31 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I had to advocate for people with disabilities to keep their services and budget. It is absolutely correct that if someone is doing well, the funding agencies will try to reduce or terminate services. Hehe! We posted kind of the same thing at kind of the same time. :D Ah, you get the concept very, ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Services are working - so they might be taken away |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 7:28 pm
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| The following leapt out at me: ... But now, they will call her “high functioning” and “well adjusted” and hyperlexic. ... And there's the key for the thing, the potential bureaucratic logic of, "Since the services have made her high functioning, she doesn't need the services any more." |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Someone I knew died. TW: suicide |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 5:26 pm
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Aw man, sad thing. Sorry.
Along with the lack of empathy, people seem to have a kind of glee in judging those who do take their own lives.
While used as humor, there was truth in the dark humor "Goodbye cold cruel world". |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: your smart TV is spying on you |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 2:59 pm
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| This kind of news just causes me to be less and less bothered by no longer being able to watch TV because of the sensory overload the thing causes. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: New member introduction |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 2:56 pm
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Replies: 5
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Cecilia Hector wrote: How did I get to my age without knowing this???
How? I'd be pretty certain that it is because you truly are one of us. 
Welcome aboard! |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: A more personal introduction |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 2:53 pm
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| Hey there, welcome aboard! Do understand how it is to have interests in writing, fantasy books, boardgames, being in the forest; and what it is like having a mix of rotating and permanent interests. I have learned it is wise to let my rotating interests to go at their own pace and cycle; trying to f... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you happy today. |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 2:46 pm
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Quote: Fair
81°F
27°C
Humidity 48%
Wind Speed NE 7 mph |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Big globe conspiracy!! ! |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 1:56 pm
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Replies: 18
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Double Retired wrote:
If only ... 
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Services are working - so they might be taken away |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 1:21 pm
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| My family’s autism services are working for us, so we will probably lose them By Terra Vance May 24, 2023 https://neuroclastic.com/my-familys-autism-services-are-working-for-us-so-we-will-probably-lose-them/ How Did We Get Services in the First Place? Typically, it can take years of being on a waitl... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: U.S. Navy destroyer sunk in WWII discovered near Japan |
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Posted: 25 May 2023, 12:06 pm
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| Since Memorial Day is coming up, From sources by 2 great components of the Navy, the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, and from Navy Wives, https://www.usna.edu/Chapel/navyhymn.php Eternal Father, Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn) Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless... |
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