Out for a walk during some downtime. Paused to appreciate this beautiful city of #Pittsburgh. Similar:I didn't exactly set out to achieve this goal, but it's not hard to do the minimum to keep…EducationBlender 2.8 Released. Please leave us alone together for a few days.I’ve been using the beta for months, but…CybercultureRediscovering Infocom Games With…
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Even though I wrote about some of Eugene O’Neil’s earlier plays in my dissertation, I had never seen or even read this play before. I knew the basic subject matter but didn’t know the details. All the actors did a great job and the production values were top notch, as I expect from Quantum. Similar:The…
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A great professional experience for her. Similar:Attending Religious Perspectives on the War in Gaza. Attending Religious Perspectives on the…PersonalCandy Land Was Invented for Polio Wards It is a game absent strategy, requi…AestheticsArsenic and Old Lace. I haven't seen this show since I played the lead as a high school ju…CulturePlaying a well-dressed bad guy. PersonalCandyland is…
They still need work but we have 2 weeks before classes start, so I feel pretty good. Similar:Cheerful scene from @pictclassictheatre Jane Eyre (getting great reviews; 11 more performa…PersonalFor the record, if I should happen to be murdered by someone with a gun… For the record, if I should happen to …Current_EventsCliffhanger from ST:TNG Best…
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The barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation from other sources. #medievalyork #blender3d Similar:My Shakespeare students are off peer reviewing their term paper rough drafts. I’m official…AcademiaStage Right Arts4Homeschoolers present Hello Dolly Apr 28 & 29.My daughter will be playing Dolly Levi F…CultureParadise Blue (so glad to…
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As those familiar with the liberal arts know, in antiquity there were seven such arts. Three formed the trivium of the humanities: rhetoric, grammar, and logic. And four formed the quadrivium of the sciences: music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy. The assertion was this was the knowledge one required to participate as a citizen, as a…
If I ever share something that turns out to be disinformation, please let me know. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kremlin is turning to unwitting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the U.S. presidential race, top intelligence officials said Monday, detailing the latest efforts by America’s adversaries to shape public…
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Chatbots are designed to give conversational answers and keep people engaged. Names and links to sources for answers range from nonexistent to hidden, though some companies are starting to make them more visible. Even when AI does include a source, it adds it after the fact, said Jevin West, a professor and co-founder of the…
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