Powerful assessment of Donald Trump, written by Peter Wehner, a speechwriter who served Reagan and both Bushes. For context, here’s what Wehner writes about the conservative movement during the Reagan years: The conservative movement in the 1980s, although hardly flawless, was intellectually serious and politically optimistic. And Reagan himself was a man of personal decency,…
Similar:Spring 2025 Final Grades Submitted!AcademiaMerchant of Venice Part 2 live, now! #PPTPlaytimeDramaI've completed my second set of 25 #neovictorian control panels, which I'll eventually use… AestheticsPie, anyone?PersonalJames Goodwin Clonney: Mother's WatchThis painting, of two impish children ta…AestheticsMore details in the powder room of my villain's lair. #Blender3DAesthetics
Background for Trump’s remarkable pivot to a pro-mask stance. First, here’s a report from the right-leaning Forbes, last week. One possible reason for Trump’s continued public embrace of Fauci–even as he shirks his advice behind the scenes–is Fauci’s popularity: an Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday showed 55% of voters surveyed have a favorable view of Fauci…
Similar:Professor Sees Parallels Between Things, Other Things”By drawing parallels between things and…AcademiaWe're enjoying the intensity and also the (surprisingly appropriate) humor.PersonalRehearsing for Little Women Tuesday (Carolyn plays Amy)PersonalWe'll Always Have Paris (TNG Rewatch: Season 1, Episode 24)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…MediaAP Style: try to determine, and then respect, a source's preferences when it comes…
It seems that an unusually high percentage of links I posted to my website in July 2000 no longer work, but here are a few links that I could find via the Wayback Machine: The guy who invented the “pet rock” won the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest for really bad writing. Humorous courtroom transcripts Q: All…
In a shift in tone, and after weeks of focusing public events on other issues, Trump urged Americans to wear a mask. […] “We’re asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask,” Trump said in perhaps his strongest urging to date on that issue. “Whether you…
I’ve seen the original meme on my social media feed. I’ve fixed it. The purpose of the first three masks differs from the purpose of the fourth mask. The first three masks are designed to protect the wearer from breathing in harmful things in the environment. The mask Dr. Fauci wears is designed not to…
The Medium headline calls Colossal Cave Adventure “one of the first the video games,” but it’s a stretch to use “video” to describe the modality of a command line text parser game. The former Patricia Crowther was very helpful to me when I interviewed her by telephone for my DHQ article. I could have written…
It’s distressing and shocking to realize that some people are more willing to spread conspiracy theory shit than it they are to check their sources. Isn’t it the bad guys who are supposed to be spreading lies? I like reading news stories for myself, rather than spreading disinformation on social media. How hard is it…
Similar:Hollow Pursuits (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 21) Misfit Crewmember Faces…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….AmusingDelighted, amused, touched, and quite frankly weirded out (so… many… puppets…) by @t…PersonalBlank template details and a wider view of a 30cm x 30cm grid of brass and glass #neovicto…PersonalLittle Women (Thurs-Sun)PersonalMy son (black) has captured better pieces, but my…
A copy-paste meme I’ve encountered recently compares chickenpox, herpes and HIV with COVID-19, and builds up to a powerful rebuke to those who dismiss the seriousness of the current pandemic. I was particularly moved by these words: For those in our society who suggest that people being cautious are cowards, for people who refuse to…
Similar:The Horror… The Horror! How Music in Horror Games Effects Player ExperienceFrom one of my students, a blog-based pr…AcademiaToasting Shakespeare at the Bard's Birthday BashOrganized by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in t…CultureCoding Sucks: Why a Job in Programming Is Absolute HellI enjoyed the essay, but the truths it i…CultureProsecutor praises newspaper that exposed doctor's abuseIsn’t the news…
Several times in the past few days I’ve come across this claim in my social media feed. I didn’t share it or try to fact-check it; I just kept scrolling. Here’s the verdict, from USA Today: “Based on our research, this claim is FALSE. While the education secretary has advocated for schools reopening in the…
Similar:Book geyser. My latest #Blender3D practice.In a peaceful grassy setting, a geyser o…AestheticsIn December 2001 I was blogging aboutIn December 2001, I was blogging about …AmusingSummer photos of the daughter.PersonalEven in the U.S., Chinese Students May Have Tiananmen ‘Amnesia’But now that he was at college in Americ…CultureMore modeling in #blender3d. Very happy with reflections and…
Similar:I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was DeflatingMy classes are generally small enough th…AcademiaU.S. Public Wary of Biomedical Technologies to ‘Enhance’ Human AbilitiesAmericans are more worried than enthusia…CultureAirport retro video games collect spare coins in SwedenFliers arriving at Swedens two biggest a…AestheticsI'm amused by the quirky way the "Thin…
View this post on Instagram Bloopers from my monologue for @pictclassictheatre ‘s Shakespeare Webinar this Friday at 2:00! Sign up with the link in my bio! A post shared by Carolyn Jerz (@carolyn.j.maureen) on Jul 14, 2020 at 10:08am PDT Similar:“Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch…
Similar:Gawker Media Files for Chapter 11 BankruptcyThis is fallout from losing an invasion …BusinessOmaha schoolgirl dresses as a different historical figure each day Voilà, she is Billie Holiday, in a b…AestheticsSeton Hill's #CIO @PhilKomarny is moving on to @robotsNpencilsSeton Hill’s #CIO @PhilKomarny (who insp…AcademiaBefore and after making a meme of myself as Oberon, King of…
Similar:Paradise Blue (so glad to be seeing more live theater lately)Personal25% of the people have a 4th cone and see colors as they areYou see less than 20 color nuances: you …AestheticsHalf a Life (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 4, Episode 22) Lwaxana Meets CogsworthRewatching ST:TNG The teaser sets up an…CultureThou shalt not commit logical fallacies …
Similar:The Assignment #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 5) Keiko is not herself after a t…Rewatching ST:DS9 On a bustling morning…DramaThe Post-Coding Generation?I knew the command line well, and very o…CyberculturePhotos inspired by Wuthering HeightsA photographer blogged about taking phot…AestheticsStudy confirms that ending your texts with a period is terrible.Language evolves, so oldsters like me…
“That whole thing about the bad apple? I hate when people say that,” Rizer tells me. “The bad apple rots the barrel. And until we do something about the rotten barrel, it doesn’t matter how many good fucking apples you put in.” Fascinating story, that starts by focusing on Arthur Rizer, a former military police…