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In my college Sociology class, my professor ran us through a couple situations, then ran them back for us. Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening. Which apparently leads into two “classic” complaints between M/F partners.

Men tended to think that women were “always changing their minds”, because the men interpreted the women’s nods and interjections as agreement instead of “I’m listening to you”.

And women tended to think that men “weren’t listening to them” because men never provided this feedback.

Hey, here’s a TIL: that’s a specific part of a newspaper article, generally called a drophead or a deck. The drophead appears between the headline and the byline, is often in a font partway between that used in the headline and that used in the article, and typically provides one of three types of additional information:

A) important additional context, usually some combination of who, what, where, when, or why;

B) explain why it matters;

C) or sets the tone.

As a specific part of a newspaper column, it has it’s own set of linguistic and stylistic rules. One of those rules is that (as with headlines) it may drop “unnecessary” words. In this case, the drophead has been transformed from Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, [who is] known for [his] lavish lifestyle, [is] also accused of theft and being [an] illegal immigrant after [a] man [was] allegedly shot in back to it’s current form.

My one quibble with this particular drop head is the use of “being illegal immigrant” instead of the “illegal immigration” that I personally would have found ‘smoother’ to read. However, there may be language differences that explain their decision [it was written by the South African correspondent of a British paper, and I’m from the States]; alternatively, there may be some legal distinction between being accused of “being [an] illegal immigrant” vs being accused of “illegal immigration”. I don’t know what the reason for that specific wording is and I’m not invested in this article enough to go research it.

But anyway, tl;dr: that’s a drophead, which is a specific part of a newspaper article with it’s own linguistic and stylistic rules.

My understanding was this was supposed to be a streaming film but the stars protested it should be in theaters, so it eventually got a theatrical release. Fitting it into existing commitments by the theaters may have contributed to it not lasting long in theaters.

Hey, if you’re too busy to play with us, we’ll make our own entertainment!

They’re on display in the bottom drawer of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying “Beware of the Leopard”.

How to find “undisclosed” videos in the Epstein files.

Oh - and, looking slightly away from them, yawn widely with your eyes closed, then lick your lips a few times.

I just offer the back of my hand, below the height of her head, a couple feet away, then hold still. To the cat, it’s a very non-threatening position, and they can decide whether to engage or not. (I usually get to pet the kitty!)

I use my phone to video under the couch / bed / bureau, so that I know where to look and how far back it is.

Her ear is purple because the light is coming from the right. The top of her ear is in shadow - but it’s also being lit from underneath, through the thin skin of her ears. And her ears are pink because of her skin color, her fur color, and the blood running through. Blue/twilight shading from being in the shade, mixed with being underlit with pink, is purple.

First off, it’s been a decade or two since I saw the movie. That said, there’s a bunch of questionable content there, but I would argue that noticing and pointing out the glasses indentations isn’t one of them. People do notice and put emphasis on different things.

For example, in this old reddit thread, a man is a dead ringer for a robbery suspect, down to the clothes he was wearing. But one person on the jury was a professional seamstress, and pointed out that the sewn-in pleats on the shirt the man was wearing vs the pleats on the suspect’s shirt were completely different. No one - not the prosecutor, the defendant’s lawyers, not the judge, not the defendant himself - noticed the seams or thought they were significant. But that seamstress did.

In both cases, this wasn’t something they sought out to bring in from the outside, it was knowledge that they already had that they applied to the case. And I would argue that that’s part of the responsibility of a jury. If I was on a jury listening to an audio recording that included … I dunno, a plane engine or a train engine, and there was a plane mechanic or a train enthusiast on the jury, I would hope they’d point out whether the recording with the engine did or didn’t match the suspect’s. Because I certainly couldn’t tell engine sounds apart, but someone who’s around them all day could, and that’s certainly relevant information.

I’m so glad he’s feeling better!

Local community scrip?

But … but why would you open the window in -5°c?

You monster!!

No idea if it’s true or not but there was a rumor back in the day, that “natural flavors” was code for just a tiny bit of catnip essence.

In 2024, creative industries minister Chris Bryant admitted that Brexit had made touring in Europe “simply not economically viable” for many artists.

It’s an interesting look into older architecture, but I feel many architects today have higher priorities than making sure the house faces South and has thick walls - like getting the houses oriented along whatever street they put in and not having the house cost the same as a medieval castle. I think what’s most disappointing is that, in the end, the only “changes” the author even considers making are moving a desk and maybe planting a tree.

I appreciate the article, I’m just disappointed in the author.

Part 4.