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Pie, anyone?

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A student who is writing her research paper on Taylor Swift made a passing reference to Kanye West and offered to explain herself. Her jaw dropped when I showed her this meme I created around 15 years ago.

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I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating

My classes are generally small enough that I have time to get to know each student's writing. When a student…

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AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers

AI is getting better at rote tasks, but it still takes a human to do 97% of typical freelance tasks…

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Goodbye, Google Search. I’ve switched to search.brave.com …for now.

I can't stand Pinterest. I hate when Google sends me there, because Pinterest isn't a source, it's just a way…

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‘History has treated her badly’: Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare’s wife and son

Anyone seen "Hamnet"? I was not too impressed by "Shakespeare in Love," which perpetuated the biographical fallacy -- that the…

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Connecting the Dots…

Madeline Cash reflects on her boomer mother's use of ellipses. When I texted to thank her, she responded, ‘Enjoy .…

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Celebration of Writing Fall 2025. Students present their research for their upcoming term paper.

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An important day to remember.

Never again.

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I had already created the little utility craft on the lower left, but this weekend I expanded the fleet and made an appropriately period control yoke. #blender3dart #steampunk #cgi #neovictorian