Wednesday, August 19, 2015

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Dear Pedants: Your Fave Grammar Rule Is Probably Fake, What To Read About Dr. Dre's History Of Violence Against Women, Stylish Clothes? There's A Box For That, Obama Begins His Senior Slide Into All-Night Parties And Debauchery, Do Bugs Scream?, How New Genes Arise From Scratch
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
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Dear Pedants: Your Fave Grammar Rule Is Probably Fake
daily.jstor.org
It is important to learn the accepted linguistic conventions of the standard dialect for reasons of communication, clarity and even persuasive style. But it happens to be a historically privileged dialect through no innate merit of its own and is not inherently linguistically better than other, non-standard dialects of English.
OUT OF EXCUSES
What To Read About Dr. Dre's History Of Violence Against Women
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The recent release of 'Straight Outta Compton,' a biopic about Dr. Dre and the rest of 90s rap group NWA, has brought an incident in which Dre beat journalist Dee Barnes back to light — and spurred a new allegation by Dre's ex-girlfriend. Here's what we know about Dre's history and the new allegations.
BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED
Stylish Clothes? There's A Box For That
bombfell.com
Follow instructions: 1) Tell Bombfell what you want; 2) Personal stylist sends you awesome clothes; 3) Unbox said clothes; 4) Put on said clothes; 5) Receive compliments on said clothes.
WHAT WE'RE READING IN POLITICS THIS WEEK
Obama Begins His Senior Slide Into All-Night Parties And Debauchery
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Also: US foreign policy with China gets weird and everyone gets fried in Iowa.
OR DO THEY JUST BUG OUT
Do Bugs Scream?
hopesandfears.com
Do bugs actually scream? To find out, we asked some entomologists.
NEW JEANS COMES FROM UNIQLO
How New Genes Arise From Scratch
quantamagazine.org
Emerging data suggests the seemingly impossible — that mysterious new genes arise from "junk" DNA.
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THE LIFE A-VLADIC
Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, sits on board a bathyscaphe as it plunges into the Black sea along the coast of Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. President Vladimir Putin plunged into the Black Sea to see the wreckage of a sunk ancient merchant ship which was found in the end of May.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, sits on board a bathyscaphe as it plunges into the Black sea along the coast of Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. President Vladimir Putin plunged into the Black Sea to see the wreckage of a sunk ancient merchant ship which was found in the end of May. Credit: Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
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