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“the Eurocentric worldview measures and validates things in reference to European values and paradigms [two citations]” thanks, buddy. i never would have guessed

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one of the most baffling aspects of academic house style to me is the implicit presumption that the person reading your paper lacks the information literacy to research and validate the intellectual groundwork upon which you make your claims if you don¦t point them to a literal book on the subject first

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there is a lot of “i feel this claim needs evidence but it is also obvious and widely‐recognized and has a whole school of literature about it so i just picked the top search result” going on here

for example, “indigenous and local communities were colonial subjects and victims [three random citations]”

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this paper is not good but hopefully their citations have something

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the specifications will continue until morale improves

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intellectualism is, when you have a new thought, wanting to learn from others who have had that thought before you, rather than wanting to teach those of your peers who have not had that thought yet

9/11 takes 

• i am very glad everyone still calls it 9/11 and nobody respects the term “patriot day”

• read judith butler archive.org/details/butler-jud

• if judith butler is too easy for you, read jasbir puar

Wikipedia covers the notorious cases but there are a lot of guys with basically zero internet coverage where like. did this guy harass people at conferences. i wanna know

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why isn¦t there a website i can check that just says whether X notable figure in the early Unix scene has a history of being a misogynist

if you are on fedi and not doing horrible bullshit then @ me and i will review your code up to 2hrs/wk i am not learning rust and reserve the right to question your fundamental premises and assumptions

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why does fedi not have a culture of offering code review

if i wanted an element of randomness in my worship i would probably just get into tarot

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thinking about a·i users like. every time you ask an a·i a question you get a slightly different answer. it is like a fun little game. keeps you on your toes

do a·i users think conventional religions are boring

the tale of princess kaguya

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