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I think the macro-families of Africa should be split until there is conclusive evidence of relations - that goes to Atlantic–Congo as well.

About the video:
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Lost a post about Karlsland wine (hybrid with muscadine grapes)

I detest beer, this is all based of what I could find on Wikipedia: Pre-19th century Karlslander cuisine used hominy for almost all grains; all wheat food was reserved for holidays. The main drink of the colony was a fermented maize drink called Maisbier; rum was mainly produced for export. Rum also...

I think that Pre-PIE was an active-stative language.

I'm not really sure what groups are even in the Plains vs Illinois post-1680. Migrations to the Plains would certainly happen, but I'm not sure how much or who and whether they displace local tribes or are assimilated.

Remember, the major western migrations due to the Beaver Wars don't happen. In fact, there is a push in the opposite direction from increasing Lakota and Dakota populations. Some migrate to the Great Plains and adapt to life there. This group splits culturally and linguistically from the others who ...

Combining DNA most of the time will give random junk the the cell can't activate. There is a danger of the new DNA's information conflicting or impairing the processes read from other DNA.

The board is my twitter.

I think most Americans don't even know about the Orange Order and related stuff, even if they are of Irish descent.

Forgot who made the post; thought it was Kath. No problem there then.

I think Sal went way too far with Nazi and Confederacy comparisons, but he has a good point. The colour orange has a history of being associated with Protestants in Europe. The colour is used today by various Protestant groups in Scotland and Ireland that range from okayish to far-right. The most fa...

Travis B. wrote:Why would you hide in your rooms and put black paper over the windows in the case of a bomb threat? I would presume you would want to evacuate the entire area in a quick but orderly fashion.

Welcome to New Jersey. This is how we think here.

When I was little it was explained to me as being in case of an intruder. Nobody used the words "shooting" or "gun". The same govt page also cites it as being in case of bomb threats. After sifting through tons of statutes of education law I don't actually know what I'm saying anymore, so I'll just ...

Our schools used to not put black paper. That's since a year or two ago. I remember we did these drills before Sandy Hook, albeit much less often. According an NJ govt website, the official name is "security drills".

Lockdown drills are for any emergency where evacuation would be inappropriate; an active shooter would definitely count as such as a situation. It is not specifically tailored to/meant for shootings though. We close the lights and windows, put black paper in front of door windows and all hide in the...

At the school I attend, we have lockdown and fire drills and that's it. I didn't realise others have had active shooter drills for years.

I think that the protests will be enough to keep the protocols from normalising it. In the meanwhile, protocols for shootings can help save lives.

Too many edgelords in my life.

Song of Lahore is an amazing documentary about the traditional musicians in Lahore.

You're the only person whom I sort of know that I also know is trans and you're a board member and you're awesome.

I won't skip the amazing Chad Gadya animation she did. It's now a tradition to play it.

Fuck Nina Paley. I have several of her songs (well, all ut two are actually other songs with animation) on my playlist. They are really good, but I can't hear them without remembering the crap she says about people like KathTheDragon. Or the fact that the ones about Passover come from a movie that e...