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.

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My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law.

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Did you see that guy’s license plate?

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Thesis Reminders and Transitions: Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000.

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Bogus hit-and-run story about Vice President Kamala Harris created by Russian troll farm, Microsoft says

A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded “I don’t trust journalists, I do my own research” DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident…

What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.)

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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

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Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay

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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!“

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Looking forward to this! @thepublicpgh

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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder.

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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

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Stories from the Tall Tales Club – Episode 1 The Time Elephant

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That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay

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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

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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

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My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d

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Oops. I’m going to bed now. I’ll fix it tomorrow.

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First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the traditional performance stations for the York Corpus Christi pageant. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d

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