How long has Google Docs let you pop up a window with your current word count? Why wasn’t I informed?

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Background for Trump’s remarkable pivot to a pro-mask stance; via right-leaning Forbes and The National Review

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…

The black chair is down to 18¢ per ounce? Shut up and take my money, Amazon!

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In July, 2000, I was creating handouts on the sounds of poetry, prototypes, and writing for the web

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‘Wear a mask.’ Trump predicts coronavirus will ‘get worse’ as he returns to briefings

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…

Masks serve many purposes. How sad that they’ve become politicized.

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This Woman Inspired One of the First Hit Video Games by Mapping the World’s Longest Cave

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No, this photo of people wearing coats standing in front of bare trees was not a fake news media attempt to misrepresent what’s happening in Texas and Arizona in July

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On set as Betsy and Philip Schulyer in an historical film.

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No, Dr. Anthony Fauci did not write the “How dare you you risk the lives of others so cavalierly?” essay

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…

Pict Free Summer Webinar: Shakespeare’s Heroes

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Fact check: DeVos never said ‘only’ 0.02% of children will die if schools reopen in the fall

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This is Ralph. Ralph is a concept, created by you while reading this.

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Just Doesn’t LIke Masks

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Bloopers from my monologue for @pictclassictheatre ‘s Shakespeare Webinar this Friday at 2:00!

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What the police really believe: Inside the distinctive, largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence.

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