Weird History offers a good debunking of this persistent myth.

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My mother has taught me so much. I'm delighted I get to sit in her living room and teach her how to text.

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The AI revolution is powered by these contractors making $15 an hour

Students who cheat with ChatGPT can look forward to these $15/hr jobs training the AI that they relied upon to get them their degrees. The students who actually did the work themselves should be much be better prepared to demonstrate how their work differs from the mediocre stream of bot-produced content. Savreux is part of…

Spring 2023 Grades: Submitted! (I only had 3 last-minute submissions to mark today.)

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Headlines matter. Were they migrants, people who happened to be at a migrant center, pedestrians, or manslaughter victims?

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RIP Metaverse, we hardly knew ye

I am curious enough about cockatoos that I might click a link to read an article about people who own a cockatoos. I feel the same about British royalty, or “van life,” or VR. Other than remembering a cool exhibit that stacked up various NASA and other historical rockets so you could see the scale,…

Star Trek TOS Main Theme but it never gets to the Main Theme

Arrgh! This is sooo stressful! (Some great visual gags as the intro drags on.) No, it is not worth it to watch the whole thing. But that’s the point. Similar:The Icarus Factor (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 14)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…PersonalHigh Schooler's Fake Story of Stock Riches Fools New York Editors”If your mother…

I've got a lot to learn, but my #blender3D #neovictorian #steampunk cruiser, and this nifty winged support craft, look great in the Unity Gaming Engine. I aim to get that "United States of Britannia" flag flapping in the ether currents soon. #design #blender3dart #aesthetics #unity3d

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Today’s unexpected but welcome moments of grace

She waived a fee. He accepted a slightly expired coupon. Someone bent a rule in my favor. (I may or may not have deserved it.) I bent rules for five different people. (They may or may not have deserved it.) That 1/4 inch post that was too big popped off and under it was a…

They grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clicked a hyperlink that they created

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Requiem for the Newsroom

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AP Style tips on “neurodiversity”

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National Mall site approved for memorial to fallen journalists

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The Struggle to Save Ballet From Itself

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Family Business (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 23) Quark feuds with his mother (Andrea Martin); Jake introduces his father to a freighter captain

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Two classes will turn in final revisions at midnight Sunday, and final multimedia projects are in the middle of the week, but my most time-sensitive, intellectually demanding marking – giving detailed feedback on rough drafts – is over for the semester.

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Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots, then develop friendships, Northeastern University researchers say

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Here’s to the grim-based photojournalist who saved my bacon ~35 years ago

Here’s to you, grim-faced photojournalist who waited just long enough to make sure 20-year-old me learned an important lesson, before saving me from the consequences of my own poor planning. Every day on the job, I’m trying to pay it forward. In 1989, I was an intern in a crowd of media professionals covering…

Look how the box leads your eye down to the car, then the two signs lead your eye up to the ba-boom setup, then your eye drops to the CRASH. Beautiful.

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Looking forward to what looks like an exciting evening of dance.

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