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Recent content by Arachne

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    Moving Pascha?

    It will all depend on what kind of restrictions are in place. The Metropolitan will send instructions as necessary.
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    What's everyone listening to?

    Korpiklaani, Jylhä
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    What is everyone reading?

    I got into these through a course I'm doing. Not related, despite the similar titles.
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    Appeal Court rules Islamic marriages invalid in UK

    It's definitely hard to be building a family for 20 years only to be turned out of doors with nothing.
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    Visions Of 2020 From 2017

    Most of those deadly contagious diseases from a century ago are on their way to eradication thanks to vaccination. The fact that so many people in developing countries die from entirely preventable diseases only shows that we in the developed world are hoarding more than our share of resources.
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    Appeal Court rules Islamic marriages invalid in UK

    No, the civil ceremony doesn't have to come first. If it did, this situation wouldn't have happened. Different systems for different countries, especially one where there's no separation of church and state? Shocking.
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    Appeal Court rules Islamic marriages invalid in UK

    Of course.
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    Visions Of 2020 From 2017

    Guess that the fact the metaphor is inaccurate doesn't change a thing. Another QED.
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    Visions Of 2020 From 2017

    QED
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    Visions Of 2020 From 2017

    This pandemic will pass, as all others in history have passed. The plague of misinformation, however, is endemic.
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    Visions Of 2020 From 2017

    Yes, you could say that a pandemic means something is wrong. It is important not to fiddle with a mask or touch your face, especially when out and about. If you have to drive around on three separate errands, it is correct safety protocol not to take off your mask in between.
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    Appeal Court rules Islamic marriages invalid in UK

    UK law requires a marriage ceremony to be witnessed and certified by a Crown registrar in order to be legal. Church of England vicars are Crown registrars by default; anyone who marries outside the Church of England needs to either have a registrar in attendance at the ceremony, or have a...
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    Medical Scapegoating Against the Chinese

    I wonder how many of those who ran paranoid in the opposite direction have already blithely taken a 23andme test.
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    What's everyone listening to?

    Wardruna, Kvitravn More music to summon inspiration.
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    What's everyone listening to?

    Songs of Our Native Daughters I landed on it only because Rhiannon Giddens was involved, and I was not disappointed.
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