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united states current? events? 

why are all the white american trans women on the timeline acting anxious

Listen to this, Fomantis! 

honestly calling apricorn balls a “recent invention” circa 1868 introduces a lot more questions than it answers

global politics; cold war imperialism 

« In a news conference, the U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, stressed that these new sites were not permanent. The last U.S. soldiers left the Philippines in 1990s, and it is now against the country’s Constitution for foreign troops to be permanently based there. » ok so when are they leaving then

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global politics; cold war imperialism 

« The United States is increasing its military presence in the Philippines, gaining access to four more sites and strengthening the Southeast Asian nation’s role as a key strategic partner » is “strategic partner” how we are describing military occupation now?

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global politics; cold war imperialism 

oh my god fuck off

I’ve had it, Salandit! 

this will be the plot of the eventual pokémon game set in germany

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I’ve had it, Salandit! 

in the pokémon world nobody cares about maintaining the survival of the Teutonic race in central Europe and they certainly wouldn’t wage a disastrous war on two fronts over it

they'd just like try to capture a legendary and then an 11-year-old would show them up and be like “racial nationalism is bad”

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I’ve had it, Salandit! 

i’m trying to write a WWI pokémon AU while also completely ignoring the causes of WWI and also where it was actually fought and i think this is fine

the french name for vanillite 

Sorbébé

duolingo 

reading the pinyin is definitely helpful in hearing the tones and getting them correct but on the other hand i do want to be able to read actual chinese

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duolingo 

oh good you can turn off the pinyin

SIL Fonts 

a lot of symbols were added which i’m happy to see:

• asterism
• tironian et
• turned digits two and three
• place of interest sign
• ballot boxes (empty, check, x)
• copyleft symbol
• smiling, neutral, and frowning faces

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SIL Fonts 

there are new releases

Don’t lie, Sableye! 

pokémon are hot enough as they are you don’t need to make them hotter

duolingo 

it is fucking forty minutes after midnight it is not time to practice my chinese

Just for you, Mimikyu! 

you ever make a commit message which is just like “yes i wrote this code but i have no idea why i did it this way and how about not”

interpreting subtext; poll 

you read…

A murder most foul, Noctowl! 

can't even talk about my feelings without it being a subtoot

subtlety levels; poll 

pick your level :—

• 0%: subtlety is for cowards

• 50%: normal

• 100%: buddy, if i couldn't speak through subtext, i wouldn't speak

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