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Maker of stuff, thinker about stuff and thrower away of stuff.

Joined October 2008
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Like to think I've got a decent vocabulary, but submitted articles / interviews still teach me new words: in the latest, 'fissiparous' and 'peculation'. Editors are often tempted to change or remove such words, but in the age of Google why would you deny readers that discovery?
I love the ampersand (&) but it really kills me when people use it in their copy as a replacement for 'and'. You can't possibly be that lazy.
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This 🤯
One I heard in therapy that rocked my world was “Anger is sadness’ bodyguard”
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Raise your hand if you are so exhausted that you need the world to end so you can take a break.
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Turns out Alfanar is bigger than I thought it was bit.ly/3qk9B6N
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Seems legit
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Because the bottom line matters more than humanity
This is a must read. Shame on humans for perpetuating stigmas only seen on dystopian TV shows and movies. Shame!
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Guess who remembered to take cover under a table when the building started to shake?
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Hey ppl walking around Sultan Center Salmiya without your masks on, waltzing down the aisles ever so careless, You’re the reason an entire industry that supports thousands of local families is going to suffer this month, if not close down for good. #covidiots of #kuwait.
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كل سنة وأنتم طيبين بمناسبة عيد التعويم المجيد *عياط ودبدبة*
Why are we calling 7th grade math class pre-algebra now? And isn’t algebra just pre-calculus anyway? Can we call it pre-pre-calculus?
Reading Guns, Germs and Steel and I cannot reccomend it enough. Once upon a time, humans took other humans’ resources because they simply wanted them. Ie. I heard your island has coconuts, I will come to your island, kill or enslave you, and take said coconuts.
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Can you see what is common among them?
Some lessons from around the world: the most successful global leaders in fighting coronavirus have communicated clearly, displayed empathy, and always favored science over politics.
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If you have a laptop or tablet that you don’t need and aren’t using, consider donating it to this initiative
Hello. I've been thinking about COVID 19 and the challenges of e-learning for such a wide sub-sector of humanity. So I got in touch with my friend Ahmed Abdelaziz and pitched this used electronics drive, where we can collect and cl…lnkd.in/g_-AUyV lnkd.in/gmQWB2W
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Grab yourself a copy
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12yo: I can’t wait until all the kids rise against the adults and make you our slaves. We’ll do it while the stock markets are crashing and you don’t have money. Should I be worried?
The light in our fridge died. I think it has become sentient and is sending us a message.
I was looking forward to the zombie apocalypse.
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My goal for this lock down is to use all the skin care products I bought and forgot to use. I think I am good until the end of the year.
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