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when someone say ur joke louder than u and get all the credit

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More Evidence that Choosing a Typeface Is Important

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A friend asks: “Would it be bad form to point out the typos in my class materials?” My answer: Probably yes.

After I posted my grades for this term, I made a dumb typo in this celebratory meme, and a friend…

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Everyone Nov 1

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Something to Ponder — Let Me Fix That Meme For You

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Meme alleging Trump said “Africans Are Lazy, Good at Sex, Theft” is a hoax

I’ve seen this meme shared by several FB friends in the past few days. It’s clearly a hoax. It was…

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If you think I’m wrong that the media fairly covered the Cannon Hinnant murder, but you’re still reading, then I welcome you.

Plenty of news organizations have reported on the tragic case of a white boy who was murdered while riding his…

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Sharing memes about news you don’t see is lazy. Be part of the solution!

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Meme unfairly blames “protesters” for four crimes

A Facebook meme that claims "3 of these 4 honorable men were killed by 'protesters'" is false. I don't mean…

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Presidential Rhetoric

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Minneapolis protest cleanup: Did you share this meme without fact-checking it? (Don’t spread fake news about the news.)

A Facebook meme with 52k reactions and 37k shares includes pictures of volunteers cleaning the streets in Minneapolis, the day…

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Write instructions for busy grouches.

Updating the graphic for a writing handout on how to write instructions, which I created in 2000.

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In a literature class, the author’s words matter more than the author’s life and times, or our own feelings and values.

Updating the graphic for a resource I created in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_7XS4SS22o

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When your January term starts Dec 18. #partylikeaprof

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Woman Yelling at Cat About Academic Argument: an evidence-based defense of a non-obvious position on a complex issue.

See: Academic Argument: Evidence-based Defense of a Non-obvious Position  

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Before and after making a meme of myself as Oberon, King of the Faeries

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The Curtains Were Blue: In Which I Fix Another Meme.

Above is my response to a meme that makes some shaky assumptions about the purpose of an English classroom. Exploring…

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Journalism 101: I fixed this meme for you.

I can sympathize with the sentiment, but the top part of this meme (the white text on black background) is…

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My meme about the distracted boyfriend meme

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Because words matter, old sport.