Hey there, chaotic world in academia and beyond, could you settle down just a bit so I can mark these papers on August Wilson? Thanks!

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I ordered a box of composition books. Low-tech response to AI.

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I have for some reason reached another #duolingo milestone.

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The Anatomy of an Amazon 6-pager

In the halls of power at Amazon, busy executives have no time for PowerPoints. At the start of a meeting, everyone gets a printed 6-page memo, and spends 20-25 minutes reading it silently and marking it up. After the discussion, the printouts (typically with detailed hand-written comments) are handed back to the person who called…

For some reason, I saw a bump in traffic to a page that linked to a “make-your-own-Trump-executive order” page

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How I Learned What I Learned (featuring Wali Jamal)

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It will be harder to leave Facebook than it was to leave Twitter

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Today I didn’t save the world, but I did help a student while power-walking at the mall.

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Visiting the #scienceofpixar exhibit @kaminsciencecenter

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Quick visit to see my mother and siblings.

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The daughter missed her graduation ceremony because she was performing in Kinetic Theatre’s A Sherlock Carol.

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This was a rough term. Still have a winter term course to publish before midnight but time for a break.

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Students are trusting software like this to do their work.

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My brother drove my mother in to see Carolyn in tonight’s opening night Kinetic Theatre production of A Sherlock Carol.

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