Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulation. I’m still using it but I changed my user name. Similar:Carolyn as Cosette in the wedding scene in Les Miz. #feelsPersonalMinneapolis protest cleanup: Did you share this meme without fact-checking it? (Don’t spre… A Facebook meme with 52k reactions…
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes. I can’t believe I just had to type that.” — Michigan-based meteorologist Katie Nickolaou. A wide range of misinformation has been spread as Helene and then Milton gathered pace in the Gulf of Mexico, such as claims spread by Trump that Fema had run out of cash for hurricane survivors…
It’s so heartbreaking seeing the amount of disinformation being spread by elected officials and partisan agitators with lots of followers. FEMA is not out of money, it’s not confiscating damaged property, and it’s not biased for against any ethnic groups or political affiliations. Similar:The Six Things That Make Stories Go Viral Will Amaze, and Maybe…
My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law. When I worked in radio news in the late 1980s, we were still loading reels and splicing tape, so it all came back to me pretty quickly. Similar:The Psychology of Getting More Done In Less TimeSummary of…
My job is often to help students understand things that they aren’t good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist of a reading…
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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:The Best Argument for Studying English? The Employment NumbersWhile health science majors and engineer…AcademiaWanted in College Graduates: Tolerance for Ambiguity”What answer do you want?” “Just tell…AcademiaDown with Fake Politics! Down with Fake Government! Long Live the Free Press!You…
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What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:Where are Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, etc. in your "American Literature" syllabus?The following comment appeared recently …AcademiaMelissa Terras Reports Her Success in Making Digital Humanities More InclusiveA pleasant little success story. “TEI” i…AcademiaWhy You…
About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartography…
Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay Similar:The Most Awesome 450 Page Presentation Everhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt9F7tKc…AestheticsMy laptop hard drive is full & my comfort-food shelf is emptyMy laptop drive is full & my comfort…CultureDear 11yo DaughterYou are growing up smart, talented, dete…PersonalHey there, chaotic world in academia and beyond, could you settle down just…
Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:Hi, I’m the St Joe’s basement doorstop. Let me start your three-day weekend by wrapping my…PersonalOmaha schoolgirl dresses as a different historical figure each day Voilà, she is Billie Holiday, in a b…AestheticsConfessions of a Former Bastard…
My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:Teacher suspended after pro-Trump yearbook photos alteredFree speech is valuable. It’s dangerous …CultureYork Corpus Christi Pageant, Toronto, June 7I’ll be in Toronto next week to observe …AcademiaIn…
I’ve had a lot of fun in this new ensemble audio storytelling series. Did I do a good job convincing my friends I really saw a time-traveling elephant? Similar:Journalists dream of puns like this.AmusingAll three shows have been sold out for over a month. Opens tomorrow.DramaJJ Abrams announces fourth rebooted Star Trek movie“We are thrilled…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Nellie Bly statue to be unveiled at Pittsburgh airport ThursdayIn 1889, Bly became famous for an-around…AwesomeA #steampunk control panel in context. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dartAestheticsBehold this stack of August Wilson library booksYay, libraries. I’m…
How exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medievalyork need? My first try will be my worst try. #mysteryplay #blender3d Similar:In praise of the sci-fi corridorCorridors in science-fiction movies. I l…AestheticsSettling in for a jukebox show (not my favorite genre but the Go-Gos are fun).PersonalYou can be…
My project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them up into groups of about 10, and only give instructions to the group leader, that will help. Not bad for my first weekend simulating crowds. #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Poetry Writing: 10 Tips for Writing PoemsIf you are writing…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:How The Ballpoint Pen Killed CursiveIn Death of a Salesman, Biff impulsively…BusinessGreebles make me happy.Before CGI, filming a science-fiction st…AestheticsWhile at Sadecky's Puppets to record the role of Heidi, Carolyn met a new friend.We spent Sunday afternoon at…