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  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

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Social Security biased against single persons

Single persons cannot confer spousal benefits on others even if they make the same contributions to Social Security as a person on her fifth marriage. … Read the post Social Security biased against single persons

dangers of obsession with media

Mediomania has been a recognized problem long before cheap newspapers, radio, television, the Internet, and smartphones. … Read the post dangers of obsession with media

why SEC filings don't contain semantic, queryable data

SEC filings don’t contain semantic, queryable data because companies aren’t interested in making their financial data readily available as such data. … Read the post why SEC filings don't contain semantic, queryable data

WordPress for the bigger work

To inspire users to stitch together bigger works, the WordPress core should add support for custom ordering of posts under a category or tag. … Read the post WordPress for the bigger work

institutional ownership reduces First Folio liquidity

Institutions holding rare objects like Shakespeare’s First Folio won’t sell them for any price. Well-endowed institutions also won’t die. … Read the post institutional ownership reduces First Folio liquidity

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