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As social media algorithms reward more extreme and memeable discourse, that type of speech begins to show up more, affecting our cultural attitudes through its very presence. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Media , Linguistics

Simplified: Social media algorithms reward extreme discourse affecting cultural attitudes.

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Our all-volunteer military is a reflection of our country, and I think Mattis was asking U.S. service members to demonstrate that there are Americans who can live and sometimes even die for one anothe... 0.800

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Military , Society

Simplified: The all-volunteer military reflects the country Mattis asked service members to demonstrate Americans can live for one another.

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Political scientists have long noted how the Overton window — the range of acceptable discourse in a society — can shift depending on which ideas appear represented in that discourse. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Linguistics

Simplified: Political scientists note Overton window shifts depending on ideas represented in discourse.

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It has gone down in military history as the “hold the line” speech. 1.000

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Military , History

Simplified: The speech is known in military history as the 'hold the line' speech.

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A tree that grows in community with other trees, its roots entwined with the roots of many others, is much less apt to fall. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Ecology , Environment

Simplified: A tree in community with other trees is less apt to fall

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Trees cool our streets and homes. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Ecology , Environment

Simplified: Trees cool streets and homes

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The same could be true of our language, in which Mr. Trump appears far more than his opponents. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Linguistics

Simplified: Mr Trump appears more than his opponents in our language.

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And now he is reportedly personally interviewing candidates for top military positions — a departure from past practice. 0.800

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Trump is reportedly personally interviewing candidates for top military positions a departure from past practice.

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In 2017, Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump’s first secretary of defense, delivered an impromptu speech to a collection of American service members in Afghanistan. 1.000

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Military , History

Simplified: Gen Jim Mattis delivered a speech to American service members in Afghanistan in 2017.

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Trees sequester carbon and slow storm water runoff. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Ecology , Environment

Simplified: Trees sequester carbon slow storm water runoff

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Each appearance is another chance for his supporters to donate or feel energized — and slowly shifts our shared reality closer to his ideas. 0.700

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Media

Simplified: Each appearance by Trump shifts shared reality closer to his ideas and energizes supporters.

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Because of Mr. Trump’s outlandish style and substance, he seems more adept at dominating our social media feeds. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Media

Simplified: Mr Trump dominates social media feeds because of his outlandish style and substance.

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Drought-stressed trees are falling prey to insect infestations that a healthy tree can defend itself against in too-dry areas. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Ecology , Environment

Simplified: Drought-stressed trees are falling prey to insect infestations in too-dry areas

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At the beginning of Trump’s second term, he fired a number of top generals (including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) for transparently ideological reasons. 0.900

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Military

Simplified: Trump fired top generals for ideological reasons at the beginning of his second term.

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The Russian military faced a rude surprise on Ukrainian battlefields in part because in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, professionalism is secondary to politics. 0.800

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Military , Political , Historical

Simplified: The Russian military was surprised in Ukraine because professionalism is secondary to politics in Putin's Russia.

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Healthy trees are simply falling over in too-wet areas, the soil too saturated to hold them up. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Ecology , Environment

Simplified: Healthy trees are falling over in too-wet areas soil too saturated

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If television as a medium was more suited to electing “attractive” candidates, it follows that social media as a medium is more suited to electing “memeable” candidates. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Media

Simplified: Social media is more suited to electing memeable candidates like television was for attractive candidates.

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John Kennedy’s election over Richard Nixon in 1960, because Mr. Nixon was less photogenic. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , History

Simplified: John Kennedy's election over Richard Nixon happened in 1960 because Nixon was less photogenic.

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And when a military is pulled into politics, it can create paths to promotion that put a premium on personal loyalty, not combat effectiveness. 0.800

👤 David French 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Military , Political

Simplified: Military involvement in politics can prioritize loyalty over combat effectiveness for promotions.

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For the fourth year in a row, Miami has been hit with a once-in-200-years extreme rainfall event that even planned mitigation investments would not be able to manage. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Piece 🏷️ Weather , Disaster

Simplified: Miami has been hit with a once-in-200-years extreme rainfall event for the fourth year in a row

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