last week, Merriam-Webster posted the following question on X: “What’s the word/grammar hill you are absolutely dying on?” The overwhelming majority of replies pointed out that “woman” means “adult human female”, and that no amount of semantic sleight-of-hand would change that. Upon realising that so many were challenging their guiding ideology, Merriam-Webster promptly blocked anyone who replied in this way, hid the replies, and then eventually deleted the post. But here it is for posterity…https://andrewdoyle.substack.com/p/the-activist-takeover-of-online-dictionaries
Woke zealots are trying to change the way we speak.Andrew Doyle
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing 25 never-before-seen views of a wide range of cosmicLee Mohon (NASA)
Charlie Woods shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods birdied both of the par 5s on the Oakland Hills North Course but otherwise struggled, making five double bogeys and four bogeys.LARRY LAGE (AP News)
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Gabriel Budasz talked about making firearms with 3D printers, the trial was told An alleged far-right extremist talked online about making firearms with 3D printers and buying materials for them fr…dokmz
Im Brüsseler EU-Parlament sind die Grünen in die ehemaligen Büros der AfD eingezogen. Die Abgeordnete Hannah Neumann fand dort einige Überbleibsel ihres Vorgängers: des Rechtsaußen Maximilian Krah.…dokmz