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Kevin Joel Berland
@starfish1.bsky.social
Professor emeritus of English and Comp Lit (Penn State), Indexer, reader, writer, ADHD, drawsalot, guitar, mandolin. Disability history, history of versions of Socrates, physiognomy, poetry, Dr. Johnson, Book indexing. ALSOwords, words, words 🇨🇦✡☮📚
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As my friend Devon Spier says , Shanah Tova, fellow bears!

Black bears consuming Rosh Hashanah sweet apples in the forest. The honey is nearby.
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It’s a “crewed” space mission, not “manned.” Someone can be “chair” rather than “chairwoman” or “chairman.” Avoid gendered descriptions like "hysterical." (10/n)

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Also, "spawn" historically indicates any offspring, not limited to fish and amphibians. It simply indicates giving rise to consequent developments: "Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres–gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023

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Not exactly. The word seminal comes from the Latin word for seed. In Old and early modern English "seed" is a synonym for semen, and by semantic narrowing the two words were conflated. But other senses exist. Saying an idea is seminal is just saying it's a seed producing future developments.

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Here's an idea. Many people enjoy saving the environment by stomping invasive spotted lantern flies. Why not gather them up and put them on a bus to States where people shoot each other a lot? Channel destructive urges for Good.

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This Campaign in a nutshell

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I meant without meds! Not without news! With ADHD I don't always notice the unwanted interventions of Autocorrect.

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I am inclined to think that people with ADHD, including me, tend to think the meds aren't doing much, or at least nothing dramatic. But in the last year or so there have been times without the news, weeks and weeks, and how I felt shadowed forth what the mess di for me.

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Doctors need to remember COMORBIDITY. ADHD and PTSD and anxiety fuel each other.

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I had a professor bully me so badly over refusing my ADHD accommodations (because I'd "waited 2 weeks so you clearly don't need them" and "you'll just have to make your brain work differently, that's your accommodation") that I literally got a new mental illness from it. "Too far" my ass.

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Kevin Joel Berland
@starfish1.bsky.social
Professor emeritus of English and Comp Lit (Penn State), Indexer, reader, writer, ADHD, drawsalot, guitar, mandolin. Disability history, history of versions of Socrates, physiognomy, poetry, Dr. Johnson, Book indexing. ALSOwords, words, words 🇨🇦✡☮📚
190 followers354 following191 posts