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Woman forced to wax testicles

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

In the Guardian we read,

Surely a woman shouldn’t be forced to wax testicles if that makes them feel uncomfortable?

Who or what does "them" refer to? The testicles? The woman?

Notwithstanding my delectation in occasional wildly funny ambiguities such as that one, I continue to advocate systematically avoiding them by using singular gender-neutral pronouns when referring to just one person. In this particular case, since the person is specified as a woman, "her" would also have fit.

Moscow police arrest 200 protesters

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Moscow Police Arrest up to 200 Ahead of Election Protest.

Putin openly visits contempt on democracy as an act of intimidation, like what the bully does in the US.

EPA plans to allow polluters to appeal

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

The EPA plans to allow polluters to appeal rulings but not allow pollution victims to do so.

Plutocratists have directed that agency to do the opposite of its job. That is why I now call it the Environmental Poisoning Agency.

The right trees in the right place

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

In order for planting trees to be environmentally beneficial, they need to be the right trees, in a suitable place.

I conjecture that a good rule would be to plant trees in places that used to be forests a few centuries ago, and plant the trees that used to live there.

Mobile phone personality

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

A person's pattern of using a mobile phone allows deducing a lot about per personality.

Phone companies around the world could use this to help profile people.