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NYPD’s Lt. Cattani offers heartfelt apology for “wrong decision” that threw his reputation “in the garbage” May 31

Cops are trained to make snap decisions under highly stressful situations. Often their training saves lives. Sometimes they deeply regret…

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Post-publication review as an efficient alternative to pre-publication peer review

Andrew Gelman of "Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science" writes: Peer review is fine for what it is—it tells…

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Fox News, accused of manipulating news images, relabels them as “collages,” “regrets these errors”

Using bits and pieces of real news in order to distort the public perception of a story is unethical. Not…

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Set design for a virtual production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). Post-apocalyptic laboratory. #blender3d

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Liberal arts college professor assaults alt-right group member

Carefully choosing language that fits your slant is a powerful form of persuasion. I try to teach my students to…

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Allegiance (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 18) Picard plays ‘Escape the Room’ as his doppelgänger flirts and sings

Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. The episode feels like a gimmick approved by a cigar-chomping producer who barked at…

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Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop

Medium is not a peer-reviewed source, and the author is anonymous, which affects how credible this article is. The clickbaity…

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My #Blender3D set design for a Zoom-based production of Rossum’s Universal Robots, which I’ll be recording next week.

I've loved this 1920s play for almost 30 years, and never imagined I'd be in a production.

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Yes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of Rossum’s Universal Robots. #priorities #Blender3D

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Sins of the Father (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 17) Klever Klingon Kapers

Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. A Klingon exchange officer brings news of Worf's long-lost father, prompting the Enterprise to…