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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Six year old shoots a teacher in Virginia |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 10:15 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Jan 9, 2023 (AP) — The 6-year-old Virginia student who shot and wounded his teacher pulled the handgun from a backpack and shot her while she was teaching his first-grade class, a police chief said. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew on Monday offered the first description of how the shooting hap... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: England Will Ban Single-Use Plastic Plates & Cutlery |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 9:12 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 220
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| Important note: This new ban applies specifically to plastic packaging of food and drinks from restaurants and cafes, not in supermarkets and stores. The government plans to address those in a separate scheme that would have manufacturers cover disposal costs starting in 2024. :arrow: :!: Action on ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 5:53 pm
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Replies: 35,890
Views: 836,343
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| Several aircraft-related things circulating around my mind right now: a rocket launch, via aircraft launch, from UK this evening; how I used to build and fly those balsa wood, tissue covered, rubberband powered, airplanes before my health collapsed; how attractive and intriguing the early polished w... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 2:34 am
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Replies: 29,575
Views: 924,285
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| Damaged and defective bodies seem to be the thing of the moment. I am unhappy with, frustrated with, the wrinkles which my own is throwing in to life. Although there is plenty of pain to be unhappy about the thing really, really, really, bugging me is that my defective body gets in the way of being ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Mammon |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 2:29 am
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Replies: 85
Views: 2,222
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| I dont think Jesus would tell Christians how to be multi-millionaires if he was here today. Yeah, that likely would not be the center point of His ministry. However He'd probably be happy with Christians who already have multimillions going and using the money to help people. And there's probably m... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Being Very Hard On Yourself |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 2:23 am
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Replies: 11
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Kitty4670 wrote: As I’m writing this I’m crying too.
Aw, I hear that you are stressed and frustrated, and I don't have any kind of "Do this to fix that" to offer while having insomnia here at 01:22am on a Monday morning. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are humans worth saving from their own self-destruction? |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2023, 2:18 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 874
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| This question is one where the answer a person gives will totally depend on that person's specific philosophy and their specific theology, if any. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Eye contact research |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2023, 7:01 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 996
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| I’m sorry, I’m having trouble comprehending how a “non invasive”cap can “emit(..) light into the brain” That is a really good question. So I went playing in Google ... And selected from the finds are, a PDF from Harvard ... https://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/DOT/course_pdf/Villringer1997.pdf Now, usin... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Mammon |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2023, 5:21 pm
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Replies: 85
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cyberdad wrote: How does one claim to be christian but serve mammon??
Easy answer, sin.
cyberdad wrote: Why do wealthy christians judge those who are poor as less/beneath than them?
Easy answer, sin. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Buying online |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2023, 5:17 pm
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Replies: 31
Views: 508
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| one of them being that it saves gas. But when you buy something online, isn't gas still being used for you to get your product? You yourself may not be using gas, but the delivery person is, right? Don't they have to pay for the gas? If you buy online, the mail or other service delivering the packa... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Condolences for Kortie |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2023, 12:59 pm
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Replies: 52
Views: 922
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Praise for Wednesday Addams’s “coded” Autism |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2023, 6:25 am
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Replies: 5
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| Hmm. Wonder how the being coded autism thing works with this scene, which is the sole and only thing I know about the show, and I only know this video because I follow the YouTuber; Dec 7, 2022 Listen, I'm enjoying the new Wednesday series, which...genuinely surprised because I am grumpy and don't l... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Virgin at 21, wondering what sex is really like |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 177
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| Sex is human. Sex is complicated, Very complicated. Sex can be your safe place. Sex can get you a disease you'll never be free from. Sex is where you are are at your most vulnerable and exposed and defenseless. Sex is absolutely totally and completely shot through with fantasies, expectations, insec... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: When Will We See Positive News Reported? |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 536
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| One more reference: Negativity bias: Why we love bad news (and how to break our addiction to it) Posted: October 23, 2018 By: Jory MacKay https://blog.rescuetime.com/negativity-bias-why-we-love-bad-news/ Next, is the problem with consuming bad news itself. According to data scientist Kalev Leetaru—w... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: When Will We See Positive News Reported? |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 8:45 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 536
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| A reference; Why does so much news seem negative? Human attention may be to blame By Amina Khan Staff Writer Sept. 5, 2019 1:35 PM PT https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-09-05/why-people-respond-to-negative-news Ever wonder why there’s so much bad news out there? Maybe it’s because people fi... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Did we really go to the moon ? |
| kitesandtrainsandcats |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 7:59 pm
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Replies: 178
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cyberdad wrote: Neil Armstrong was the first man to dispel the long held belief the moon was made of Swiss cheese.
Yep, it's actually made of Limburger cheese, which is why they kept their helmets closed. |
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