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If the Rams either of their final two games and the Hawks lose, the Rams would be the 6 seed which would require a Philly win to get the rematch.
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If the Rams either of their final two games and the Hawks lose, the Rams would be the 6 seed which would require a Philly win to get the rematch.
If a mid 19th century Hindu Indian told a Mughal that they weren't really native to India, I would consider that stupid especially considering the way that 19th century Indian nationalism developed. Muslims were a key component of the independence movement.
December 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
If a mid 19th century Hindu Indian told a Mughal that they weren't really native to India, I would consider that stupid especially considering the way that 19th century Indian nationalism developed. Muslims were a key component of the independence movement.
Oh ok never mind.
December 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Oh ok never mind.
Yeah but by the 20th century which is when this character is speaking that distinction would exist. Pre-Mutiny is before Rudyard Kipling was born, so it doesn't apply to this. A 20th century Hindu Indian calling a contemporary Mughal not Indian is being exclusionary. What else are Mughals in India?
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yeah but by the 20th century which is when this character is speaking that distinction would exist. Pre-Mutiny is before Rudyard Kipling was born, so it doesn't apply to this. A 20th century Hindu Indian calling a contemporary Mughal not Indian is being exclusionary. What else are Mughals in India?
Also I'm a woman
December 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Also I'm a woman
I've noticed you're making a moral argument, but Will and what I'm responding to is making an argument about identity. Do you not believe self-conception is part of identity? Like someone who thinks "I am Indian" while living in India is no less Indian than someone who thinks "I am English".
December 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I've noticed you're making a moral argument, but Will and what I'm responding to is making an argument about identity. Do you not believe self-conception is part of identity? Like someone who thinks "I am Indian" while living in India is no less Indian than someone who thinks "I am English".
My ancestors were Hindu Bengalis. They would not have done either.
December 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My ancestors were Hindu Bengalis. They would not have done either.
Yeah there is. Rudyard Kipling was part of a liberal democracy that extended the franchise to members of its inner core and denied it to people in their periphery, a distinction which they explicitly designed. Also Kipling would not have thought of himself as Indian while the Mughals did.
December 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Yeah there is. Rudyard Kipling was part of a liberal democracy that extended the franchise to members of its inner core and denied it to people in their periphery, a distinction which they explicitly designed. Also Kipling would not have thought of himself as Indian while the Mughals did.
Do you disagree with this? There's a pretty clear distinction between the post 17th century colonial projects and the Mughal empire.
December 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Do you disagree with this? There's a pretty clear distinction between the post 17th century colonial projects and the Mughal empire.
Yes that is true, but it's also why you (or OP) shouldn't be baffled that someone would try something different. Those sentences became basic because of phonics. It works but it's not obvious why.
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Yes that is true, but it's also why you (or OP) shouldn't be baffled that someone would try something different. Those sentences became basic because of phonics. It works but it's not obvious why.
Sh/w/could act similarly but there is nothing that tells you shoulder doesn't. So the rule isn't ould makes an "ud" sound. The only way to read "should shoulder" is to look at each word wholly. There's no evidence that phonics helps you with those words specifically; it just helps in the aggregate.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sh/w/could act similarly but there is nothing that tells you shoulder doesn't. So the rule isn't ould makes an "ud" sound. The only way to read "should shoulder" is to look at each word wholly. There's no evidence that phonics helps you with those words specifically; it just helps in the aggregate.
That only works if the word you do know is spelled phonetically which it often isn't. What doesn't make sense is people claim to know the causal mechanism for what makes phonics work. There is no known one. It just seems to work better. But that is a conclusion from experience not reasoning.
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
That only works if the word you do know is spelled phonetically which it often isn't. What doesn't make sense is people claim to know the causal mechanism for what makes phonics work. There is no known one. It just seems to work better. But that is a conclusion from experience not reasoning.
Yes, and the reason we know that is through empirical research because people have tested the counterfactual on a mass scale. But, We don't know if it's because phonics teaches kids how words work. In fact, we know that there is no consistent way words work (in English).
December 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yes, and the reason we know that is through empirical research because people have tested the counterfactual on a mass scale. But, We don't know if it's because phonics teaches kids how words work. In fact, we know that there is no consistent way words work (in English).
Except for when it doesn't, like in geese. Phonics presents a false image of rational principles that guide spelling. You have to learn that it is actually fake in order to read a lot of words. Phonics works but it does not teach you how letters work.
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Except for when it doesn't, like in geese. Phonics presents a false image of rational principles that guide spelling. You have to learn that it is actually fake in order to read a lot of words. Phonics works but it does not teach you how letters work.
Phonics is not actually how a literate person reads. You're teaching a fake version of reading and then hoping people find out the real way (knowing what words look like). The difference between where, whole, and whose is not the product of rules. It may work, but the alternative makes sense.
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Phonics is not actually how a literate person reads. You're teaching a fake version of reading and then hoping people find out the real way (knowing what words look like). The difference between where, whole, and whose is not the product of rules. It may work, but the alternative makes sense.
His opponent on 2020 raised $3 million. She was a strong candidate.
December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
His opponent on 2020 raised $3 million. She was a strong candidate.
This is not true. Places with lower housing prices have lower homelessness rates. The price of a home affects the availability of rental units, which affects the prevalence of very low income housing. It also affects the ability of family and friends to take you in. Spare rooms are cheap some places
December 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is not true. Places with lower housing prices have lower homelessness rates. The price of a home affects the availability of rental units, which affects the prevalence of very low income housing. It also affects the ability of family and friends to take you in. Spare rooms are cheap some places
Even if he doesn't like it, then he shouldn't use it in his introductory tweet. It's just that the gap between the expectation in his model and Casten's performance is smaller than the gap between presidential outcome and his election so he brings it up.
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Even if he doesn't like it, then he shouldn't use it in his introductory tweet. It's just that the gap between the expectation in his model and Casten's performance is smaller than the gap between presidential outcome and his election so he brings it up.
The SAT is design so that half a percent of everyone gets every question right. But also that half a percent of everyone gets every question wrong. So, they include a lot of easy questions and then a decent amount of hard questions.
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The SAT is design so that half a percent of everyone gets every question right. But also that half a percent of everyone gets every question wrong. So, they include a lot of easy questions and then a decent amount of hard questions.
The only concrete proposal here is permitting reform and Republicans killed that.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The only concrete proposal here is permitting reform and Republicans killed that.
That is absolutely not the case. If he possessed it and then fumbled it or never possessed it and then it was recovered by the chargers. It's the same outcome. So, that element was never reviewed and therefore should not be held to the same standard.
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
That is absolutely not the case. If he possessed it and then fumbled it or never possessed it and then it was recovered by the chargers. It's the same outcome. So, that element was never reviewed and therefore should not be held to the same standard.
They actually explicitly preserved AA for men when they banned it for race.
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
They actually explicitly preserved AA for men when they banned it for race.
We gotta start telling people to lie about stuff like this.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We gotta start telling people to lie about stuff like this.
How is the Bengals DAVE so high? Don't they have one of the worst defenses of all time?
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How is the Bengals DAVE so high? Don't they have one of the worst defenses of all time?
I don't know. It seemed to work out for them
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I don't know. It seemed to work out for them