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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Visiting the #scienceofpixar exhibit @kaminsciencecenter

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Quick visit to see my mother and siblings.

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Things Past #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 8) Odo confronts his reputation as a hero of the resistance

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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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A former student working in SEO shared this. I miss Google classic.

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It’s something to do.

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