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Tue Dec 07 17:42:16 +0000 2021

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@imillhiser This is from Latin, I think, with "trix" as the feminine equivalent of "tor." In most words we've changed "trix" to "tress" — actress, waitress, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 7, 2021 Deleted after 2 months Hibernated

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To people using sundials, "one hour" meant by definition "one twelve of the period of daylight" however long that happened to be on the day in question. So it would be absurd to deny that there were 12 hours of daylight in a day. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 7, 2021 Deleted after 2 months Hibernated

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Cash is in this weird state where it is legal tender for all debts public and private but to actually have any non-trivial amount makes you presumptively a criminal. — PolitiTweet.org

CBSDFW @CBSDFW

High praise for a K-9 officer at Dallas Love Field Airport after more than $100,000 was found in a passenger's lugg… https://t.co/LetZlgAuGK

Posted Dec. 7, 2021 Deleted after 2 months Hibernated

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