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When someone says that people who are UK citizen aren't british because they are black or brown, yes this is xenophoby. This is not an opinion, and it is actually a lie because…
by prmoustache · Sep 27, 2026
+1 on this question, without any snark intended. What's a good, not too expensive beginner's microscope that's capable of this kind of citizen research (and other fun stuff)?
by Cockbrand · Sep 27, 2026
If you have a decent microscope and want to work on some citizen science that's directly related to the research in this article: https://www.vanettenlab.org/paul…
by staplung · Sep 27, 2026
Would be an intriguing calculus thinking they can hurt Western publishers enough to offset the enrichment of generations of thinkers and scientists. I usually chalk up both book…
by Barbing · Sep 27, 2026
I can't find study now from CIS but when I dug into it, it lumped citizen children of undocumented immigrants into "undocumented immigrant", and other studies classify them as n…
by stackskipton · Sep 27, 2026
The current situation reminds me of feudalism, specifically those monarch-vassal dynamics. There is a complete disregard for the state and the needs of the masses, who are treat…
by ihagen · Sep 27, 2026
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Citizenship is a membership in the political community of and allegiance to a sovereign state. Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term citizenship to refer to nationality; these two notions are conceptually different dimensions of collective membership. Read more on Wikipedia