Facebook paid Teen Vogue to run a fake article praising Facebook for “helping ensure the integrity of the 2020 election”

After FB crowed about this super-upbeat story, a notice appeared saying it was a paid editorial, and then the story disappeared. This looks very bad for Teen Vogue, and very bad for democracy. Read story on Boingboing. Similar:The Surprisingly Savvy Weird Al Internet Machine When he talks about his business being…AestheticsServing at midnight breakfast.PersonalStunning picture…

Feeling classy while I lose.

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Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

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Picking up books for another term

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Volunteering at our local food bank

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Emily Dickinson Fun Page #literature #amusing #dashes

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Hitting the weekend with just 6 ungraded papers. #partylikeaprof

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#Blender3D rendition of the bridge of the æthership that featured in the musical #steampunk bedtime role-playing campaign I ran for my kids 2007-2012.

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Siblings gotta sib.

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Parent: “Why don’t you use one of your stress balls?” The girl: “They don’t like me.”

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Facebook exec erroneously cites The Lord of the Rings when comparing the social network to the One Ring

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To my daughter for 2020: “You shall prevail.”

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Wooden document holders. Pretty routine, but practice is practice. #Blender3D

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My son, volunteering at the local food bank.

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Stack of wooden desk trays with metal supports. #Blender3D. Normal map, glossy map; mahogany, walnut and beech variations.

My goal in trying to do an object each day is to familiarize myself with the workflow, so that I don’t have to keep looking at a list of instructions.

My last few #blender3D experiments with wood objects went so well I thought I’d try an object with two materials. The reflective nature of metal means I had to add a “gloss” map — I should probably have stuck with a single diffuse material. Lots of trial and error.

I realized I have turn off the “glossiness” in order to make the diffuse color maps. With four different styles of wood, with two different types of metal, the normal map, and the gloss map, I had a lot of do-overs, but I managed.

Richard Halloran / Owns Home Computer.

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Brass desk lamp, with translucent green shade and glowing light bulb filament. #blender3d

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The Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)

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