Thinking about the new semester vs. Creating submission slots in Canvas

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Finding downtime during orientation week is not a walk in the park. Except when the downtime is, in fact, a walk in the park.

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August Wilson House officially opens in Pittsburgh’s Hill District

The August Wilson House officially opened over the weekend in a tearful and emotional ceremony, bringing over 500 residents, celebrities, officials, and local Black leaders to Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The Bedford Avenue childhood home of Hill District native August Wilson, one of the greatest playwrights in history, was unveiled as a new community arts center,…

Liz Fosslien's insightful comic on unhealthy conflict vs. healthy conflict.

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The Wedding Present

I’m approaching day 900 in my Duolingo adventure in German. (I have no practical reason for this study. It was a routine I could keep up during the COVID-19 lockdown.) Latin is seductive—the consummate logic of its syntactical cases, the mercurial dance of the ablative absolute. It retains muscle in its ruins (Cicero) and tragic…

State officials: Bushy Run staff must consult with Native groups before staging reenactments

When my kids were younger, trips to Busy Run (and other local historical sites) were often a big part of starting a new year of home-schooling. If historic Bushy Run Battlefield Park intends to host future reenactments or programs portraying Native Americans, park management first will have to consult with appropriate Native groups. That’s the…

Looking forward to another visit to Illyria. Support humans who create art in your community! #livetheater @pooryoricksplayers

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GenZ prefers searching with TikTok, Instagram over Google

Educating myself about how today’s college students search for information online. 1) TikTok shows them relevant content FASTER than Google. The algorithm knows them WELL, and they love that. — Adrienne Sheares (@AdriSheares) August 12, 2022 Similar:My Student Calls Out a Mental Health Stigma in a Biased Headline — But Here's Why We Shou…This morning…

The House of Quark (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 3) Quark accidentally kills a deadbeat Klingon

Rewatching ST:DS9 On a slow night at the bar, Quark grumbles expositionally to Rom (reminding viewers of recent story arc developments). A drunken Klingon assaults Quark, then falls on his own knife. To attract a crowd (and customers), Quark embellishes: he killed Kozak in self-defense. O’Brien comes home to find a pensive Keiko philosophizing expositionally…

More #steampunk control panels. Recessed workstations with fold-down keyboards. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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You aren’t doing it wrong… if no one knows what you are doing.

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Adding detail to a #steampunk control panel workstation. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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A #steampunk control panel in context. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

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Trust and friendship prove to be more valuable than wealth in the story of Damon and Pythias. Written by James Baldwin and read by Dennis Jerz.

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A snifter of brandy helps a supporting character deliver exposition & set up for a nice spit-take. #indiefilm

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The Search, Part 2 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 2) The Federation makes a risky deal with the Dominion; Odo learns from other Changelings

Rewatching ST:DS9 After the recap of Part 1, a female Changeling (leader? spokesperson?) says Odo was sent by his people out into the universe as their equivalent of an infant, in order to learn about the “solids.” When she takes Odo’s hand, both of their limbs mingle as orange goo, which causes Odo to appear…

Shutting the Door on the Hard-Knock Life

In sync with the resurgence of labor activism nationwide, actors, dancers, stage managers, technicians and others have been questioning the nuts and bolts of their contracts — both the documents that detail their jobs and the wider assumptions about what they owe an audience. Can the theater, they ask, find a way to uphold them…

The Search, Part 1 (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 1) Sisko takes the Defiant on a mission to contact the Founders

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More delightful #steampunk control panels. These are computationally efficient bitmap rectangles, that emulate #neovictorian brass and glass geometry through #blender3d #cgi magic. #blender3dart #design #aesthetics

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I apologize for this one. R2-D2 stars in Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical CATS.

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