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If you read hanza, it's obvious; but for the rest of us it doesn't much sound like "Beijing" (北京) and "Tokyo" (東京) contain the same word! 京 in Middle Chinese was /kjaeng/, which became /t͡ɕiŋ/ in Mandarin and /kʲoː/ in Japanese.

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My daughter's Y3 teacher is the absolute GOAT. She single-handedly crocheted a mini-me of each kid in her class as an end of year gift. Approx. 8hrs per doll. Even the hairstyles and clothes are spot on. What a legend.

Can we get 500 retweets on this? This is why #TrumpMeltdown is trending.

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Just stopping by your timeline in case you didn’t know that the Chief Science Advisors for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States - are all women 🔥

I am DETERMINED that Musk, the bots & the provocateurs will not take this platform from us. Inspired by the counter riots in the UK where positivity dwarfed hate, I think we should flood Twitter. So here’s my starter… I’m on a road trip to discover Joan of Arc. Day 1 Rouen x

Great news! ourANU Council has resolved that the University’s Long Term Investment Pool will not invest in controversial weapons manufacturers and civilian small arms manufacturers. So proud of our students and their encampment for enacting real change!!!🇵🇸👊

Air purifiers in Finnish daycare reduced children's illnesses by 18% in a carefully controlled study. This implies huge potential for better public health and cost savings from sick leaves, with a simple intervention against airborne infections. yle.fi/a/74-20089670

📣Job klaxon📣 We’re hiring Shakespeare’s Globe for a fixed-term Lecturer & Research Fellow and we’d love to have you join us. shakespearesglobe.com/jobs-and-oppor…

Together, these coal mines will generate more than 1.3 billion tonnes of lifetime emissions which will undermine Australia reaching net zero by 2050. It is grossly irresponsible to be approving coal mines when global scientists and the International Energy Agency have repeated

Just a reminder that we gave historic wealth and power to a bunch of replacement-level oligarchs who are now attacking democracy, art, history, and society itself while having outsized, increasingly pathetic midlife crises.

Australia can’t walk down both sides of the street on coal and climate action. Australia’s latest approvals allowing coal mining to continue for decades is inconsistent with its climate commitments as well as irresponsible. Climate Group Australia Institute Climate Council

An Australian university has tripled its tally of proposed job cuts just two days after asking staff to preserve jobs by forgoing a pay rise, writes John Ross John Ross bit.ly/3UdB1ez

Passing storm. #Northumberland #photography #landscapephotography

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

Everything That's Wrong with Liberal Centrism in Under 3 mins As told by the late great David Graeber