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Have you ever been confused or frustrated by the phrase "begs the question"?

In this week's podcast, I tackle how to handle this useful but frustrating phrase. Plus, Brenda Thomas looks at the differences between online, distance, remote, and correspondence learning.

Check out the whole thing!

Listen: https://pod.link/173429229/episode/c51ee421129d16e39e42d49eab2cb865

Read: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/begs-the-question/transcript

Watch: https://youtu.be/0EJjQIO2zDw

#podcast #GrammarGirl #OnlineEducation #OnlineLearning

From Roxi Horroo aka @roxiqt on spouse's FB feed:

Stop talking trash about city animals!

Raccoons are INTELLIGENT

Pigeons are BEAUTIFUL

Opossums are KIND

Rats are CLEVER

People

Squirrels are BRAVE

This errant mylar balloon that arrived out of nowhere was easily the most terrifying thing that had happened to these chickens, ever. There was the running around, the flapping of wings, the endless yelling.

🚨 THERE IS A THING
🚨 A THING CAME FROM THE SKY
🚨 THE THING IS A THREAT
🚨 LOOK IT'S A THING
🚨 OMG A THING A THING
🚨 OMG OMG OMG OMG

It took twenty minutes and FIVE handfuls of cracked corn to settle everyone down.

Mylar balloons: threat AND menace (if you are a chicken)

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Yesterday it was a pleasant warm afternoon and we were sitting and relaxing out on the porch enjoying the silence when we spotted a mylar helium balloon (pink, "baby girl”) wafting through the air toward us.

We watched as the dying helium balloon gently, gently floated on the breeze up the hill, over the trees, past the house, over the lawn, through the garden, and then gently, gently floated right down into the chicken yard where it instantly prompted

🚨 🚨 🚨 TOTAL CHICKEN MAYHEM 🚨 🚨 🚨

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👏🏻👏🏻 #Minnesota governor signs bills protecting reproductive, gender-affirming care, banning conversion therapy #LGBTQ

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/335376

No. 707, one of my recent works, brings together loose bands and splashes of spontaneous, warm, vibrant color--orange, umber, olive green, green, blue, aqua, and red--with a framework in various tones of black, broken here and there like the walls of a maze, and bolstered by tons of interesting textures throughout. Find it here: https://jon-woodhams.pixels.com/featured/no-707-jon-woodhams.html #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #AbstractArt #ArtForInteriorDesign #CreativeToots #FediGiftShop

This is the newest mixed media painting added to my vintage collection called "Vintage Cardinals", hope you enjoy:)

Can Be Purchased Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/vintage-cardinals-tina-lecour.html

#bird #birds #birdsite #art #artist #artwork #mastodon #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #creativetoots #artbooster #artmatters #buyintoart #ayearforart #artmatters #painting #creativetoots #spring

A certain member of this group, who has already defamed me in the legal sense, as well as insulted me in a personal sense, is continuing to write on this platform that "things are happening" to people who don't like me or disagree with me. They continue to write that I "abuse", "harass", and "bully" people.

These allegations are false, undemonstrable, libelous, and defaming. I am simply an #ActuallyAutistic person who toots about autism and offers assistance and education to my community.

You don't need to like me, but I will not allow people to defame me in such a manner, lying and causing harm to my mental health and physical health. If you don't want to see my toots, if you're so offended by them, mute or block me. But do not make up libelous statements about me and don't continue to harass covertly.

@actuallyautistic

Remember: One of the biggest reasons the federal debt has exploded is that tax cuts for corporations and wealthier Americans have reduced government revenue.

If Republicans actually cared about controlling the debt, they’d repeal the Trump tax cuts or pass taxes on the rich.

No, I will not be silent about my own genocide.

Does that make you uncomfortable? Good. It should. The Nazis hid their Holocaust behind closed doors too, so the nice Germans didn't have to see it. The only fucking tool I have to drag this genocidal fascist takeover into the light of day is social media and I'll be damned if I'm going to be shamed out of using it.

Guys, I just went back in time and prevented that one super horrible thing that none of you remember now. No need to thank me.

@milkteawitch @actuallyautistic i practice mindfulness meditation and rollerblade when I am feeling extra stressed

@TexasObserver @texastribune

It strikes me as less about sex these days and more about simply clobbering the smallest and least powerful minority as a first step by the “moral majority” to establish street cred for punshment, vindictiveness and violence before it moves on to the other enemies of a good Christian state in America, like poor people and people of colour…

The Kyiv City State Administration has announced that the first dinosaur park in Ukraine will be reopening in Kyiv on Saturday, April 29. From 12:00 to 15:00, the grand opening of the park will take place in Hydropark, and the animators have prepared a variety of activities and entertainment for young visitors, such as games with props, relay races, contests, aqua makeup elements, dance battles, musical accompaniment, and a mini-bubble disco. All children will also receive balloon figures as a gift. The park will be open daily from 10:00 to 20:00, seven days a week. Free admission is provided for certain groups, such as children under 3 years old, orphans, children of fallen war veterans, ATO and combatants, children with disabilities with an attendant, birthday children under 12 (on the day of the holiday), and every third and subsequent child of a large family (provided that all children are present).

I don't know how to say this in a way that will matter, or even get noticed, but I really need cishet people to understand something:

The people labelling LGBTQ+ folk groomers and pedophiles know it isn't true.

They aren't spreading false information accidentally. Their goal isn't to raise an alarm about something they think is a legitimate threat to children. Their goal is to vilify LGBTQ+ people to set us up as targets for violence, persecution, and death. They are fomenting hate deliberately, because they know how to harness it.

By positioning themselves as the leaders of a violent movement against a manufactured enemy, they gain credibility, exposure, and ultimately control over large parts of the American populace. By pretending to be the vanguard of a defense against predators, they become heroes within their movement.

I know it's not the norm, but I hope a fight breaks out at Jerry Springer's funeral.

Ethics bill is good, but It's likely that the only remedy for a compromised SC is to #ExpandTheCourt. Biden & Dems should run on the need for a trifecta & 60 seats in the Senate: The King-Murkowski bill would require the SC to create its own code of conduct for justices *exists for other fed judges. +Require: court to publish that code, appoint someone to hear complaints about potential violations & mandate an annual report on such investigations & actions taken in resp-: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/27/clarence-thomas-trips-pro-publica-supreme-court-congress/