Worked a short day today, and it shows. Tomorrow is another day!

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Okay, not my most thrilling #blender3D creation, but a fantasy steampunk ship-of-the-line should have supplies for all contingencies.

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Chipping away at the total as the final submissions pour in.

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A very shallow story that doesn’t provide any context for who is giving the high praise and why

High praise for a K-9 officer at Dallas Love Field Airport after more than $100,000 was found in a passenger's luggage. https://t.co/lJoDg5lWfh pic.twitter.com/sA1unHSCCB — CBS News Texas (@CBSNewsTexas) December 7, 2021 Some cop set up this shot hoping journos would publish feel-good stories unencumbered by context on exactly why it’s legal for cops to seize…

I didn’t exactly set out to achieve this goal, but it’s not hard to do the minimum to keep the streak going.

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Unmarked papers today. How it started, how it's going.

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So glad to be attending another live theatrical production. @quantumtheatre never disappoints.

Projections, live music, sounds, props, costumes, scene changes, casting, performances… everything spot-on and professional. A moving, deeply relevant story, with lots of flawed characters whose story arcs were rich and engaging. The mystery was well-executed, with subtle details (parallels, echoes, clever misdirection) that amplified the plot twists. Very powerful. I leapt to my feet applauding…

CNN fires Chris Cuomo

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Where is the comma in “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” supposed to go?

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I'm not showing you my email inbox, or my laundry pile, or the state of my soul. Just the ungraded papers in my stack, which I'm managing pretty well.

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Back in the groove. I should be able to keep this number headed in the right direction until the end of term.

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They’re coming in faster than I can mark them. This number will be higher tonight, so I’m posting this now. More marking tomorrow.

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Into the depths of code. Algorithmic archaeologies and cave fantasies in video games

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