What a great time everyone had at the “Cabbies.”

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Anybody seen a post tagged this way? If so, I’d welcome a screenshot. On Friday, Facebook debuted its new flagging system for fake news in America, tagging hoax stories as “disputed” for some users. First announced amid criticism of the company for its role in spreading misinformation during the 2016 election, the new feature uses…

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“The Nightmare of Prince Prezelsky”

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Ideology shapes our view of reality, which affects what persuades us.

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Down with Fake Politics! Down with Fake Government! Long Live the Free Press!

You can’t get much more American than Thomas Jefferson. He did not love every newspaper reporter on the planet; however, he wrote that, if forced to choose between government without newspapers or a newspaper without government, he would not hesitate to choose a newspaper without government (under certain very sensible conditions). The people are the…

Pippin! Last show today at 2pm.

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Carolyn made it to the next round of the 2017 PPT Shakespeare Monologue contest. Finals are Monday night.

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