Back in 2003, shortly after I moved with my wife and two young children to take my current job, I was eager to make new friends and rebuild my social network. One evening, my wife agreed to watch the kids so I could drop by the local branch of a national service organization in which…
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh Similar:The girl is intrigued by the plot twists in _The Mayor of Casterbridge_.PersonalA Classicist Goes to Work in Silicon ValleyKristina Chew writes about what her frie…AcademiaJust a #steampunk captain inspecting the æther power orbs. #Blender3D #Unity3D #design #ae…AestheticsMy 10yo Created Bookmarks to Express Her…
[A] popular type of generative AI model can provide turn-by-turn driving directions in New York City with near-perfect accuracy — without having formed an accurate internal map of the city. Despite the model’s uncanny ability to navigate effectively, when the researchers closed some streets and added detours, its performance plummeted. When they dug deeper, the researchers…
I was perhaps a bit more conversational and chipper than usual during class today. A grinning student asked what I was drinking. (It really is just iced tea.) Similar:My brother set my parents up for a Mother's Day video call.AmusingNew York Times runs just 1000 names of the nearly 100,000 Americans who have already died…
I create five color variations of each #blender3d building I #design, and each of those has closeup, high, mid, and low resolution variations. It’s tedious but enjoyable. Kinda like knitting. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #aesthetics Similar:The Rise of Curiosity JournalismKatz and his kindred might just as well …CybercultureShip in a Bottle (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode…
Journalism is not a crime. It’s not a crime if it offends the powerful. It’s not a crime if it doesn’t offend them enough to suit you. Yes, journalists make mistakes. Yes, you should take a break from doomscrolling for your mental health. But the First Amendment freedom of the press is crucial to democracy.…
I just caught myself thinking, “This doesn’t suck.” #medievalyork #mysteryplay #blender3d #design #aesthetics Similar:Poetry Stimulates the Brain's Reward-Anticipation Arousal Near Ends of StanzasI fixed the NY Mag’s clickbaity title, “…AestheticsIn praise of the sci-fi corridorCorridors in science-fiction movies. I l…AestheticsStupid Puns For the WinMy daughter just trounced me in a pun wa…AmusingSo many dials to…
As part of an ongoing bid to get his hands on Vantablack, the super dark, light-absorbing material to which Anish Kapoor controversially has the exclusive license, artist Stuart Semple has legally changed his name to… Anish Kapoor. “It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” Semple told me. “I like the idea of being able to try a name…
Predatory publications are not concerned with writing quality (or even coherence), and thus also do not care about writing tools (although we could, perhaps, include generative AI as a tool that replaces those used by human authors). The rules change pretty radically as the predatory version does away with nearly all of the rules in…
Our family has seen David Whalen in the persona of Sherlock in five or six different shows. So happy Carolyn will be on stage with him this time. Similar:When she isn't playing Hodel, she'll be dancing with a bottle.PersonalThine Own Self (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 16) Data gets amnesia at a RenFe… Rewatching…
“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he was never sour about it,” Jared confesses. “There wasn’t negativity about it. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t angry. He talks about the selling of the car like it was a duty.” This diaper money Camaro…
“While my dad has always spoken lovingly and fondly of his old Camaro he sold for my ‘diaper money’ he was never sour about it,” Jared confesses. “There wasn’t negativity about it. He wasn’t sad. He wasn’t angry. He talks about the selling of the car like it was a duty.” This diaper money Camaro…
I may have mentioned that I have a daughter who does things. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:U.S. Press Freedom TrackerIt’s frustrating and terrifying that the…CultureAn important day to remember.Never again.PersonalWhere Are the Women?Thanks for the suggestion, Nicole. The …CultureMore Adventures in Suburban AdultingAbout four years ago I bought an electri…CultureIf You Think You Hate Puns, You're WrongI wrote…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Tribunal (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 25) O'Brien Must Suffer: shore leave i… Rewatching ST:DS9 O’Brien annoys …JusticeParadise Blue (so glad to be seeing more live theater lately)PersonalWhat are 'Judeo-Christian values'? Analyzing a divisive termblock of American society. But for crit…AcademiaSold out…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Shakespeare on EclipsesPrepping for tomorrow’s first meeting of…AcademiaTo DoTo Do (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) 5: …AcademiaMore household props for a #blender3d #steampunk project. I had made the spice rack and utensi…AestheticsTwitterverse, are we grieving over coder…
I have a daughter who does things. If demon curses and buckets of stage blood are your thing, join the fun this weekend in Greensburg. (I will not be seated in the splash zone.) Similar:Students whom I haven't met yet… Students whom I haven’t met yet, I’l…AcademiaThe Inner Light (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode…
Yes, Duolingo is free and I’ve learned a lot. No, I don’t like the psychological manipulation. I’m still using it but I changed my user name. Similar:A support sloop on deck and in the landing bay. #steampunk #neovictorian #aesthetics #desi…AestheticsThe Collaborator (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 24) Winn tasks Kira with inves… Rewatching ST:DS9…
“Murdering meteorologists won’t stop hurricanes. I can’t believe I just had to type that.” — Michigan-based meteorologist Katie Nickolaou. A wide range of misinformation has been spread as Helene and then Milton gathered pace in the Gulf of Mexico, such as claims spread by Trump that Fema had run out of cash for hurricane survivors…
It’s so heartbreaking seeing the amount of disinformation being spread by elected officials and partisan agitators with lots of followers. FEMA is not out of money, it’s not confiscating damaged property, and it’s not biased for against any ethnic groups or political affiliations. Similar:Pulitzer Alert: Local TV Reporter Throws Cookies to Dramatize Destructive Walmart Flash…
My mother-in-law invited me to try out the 60- year-old tape machine that belonged to my father-in-law. When I worked in radio news in the late 1980s, we were still loading reels and splicing tape, so it all came back to me pretty quickly. Similar:Look at the adorable little tape casette. Adventure International /…