First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:Snow White: The Musical Opens Fridayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIRCoHoN…AestheticsOh , potatoes and molasses. If you want some, you can ask us. PersonalMy Anti-Linkbait Pledge: Cynical Overhyping vs. Simply Being OnlineWhen I find something interesting that a…CultureChess tournament in Monroeville. Two losses, two wins.The boy’s personal best in terms of win-…CultureIf you like bloody, singing,…
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 Boat (Graphic Novel)My mother had a cousin who served in Vie…AestheticsPeer Review Paranoia: The system is built on trust between scholars. AI is undermining tha…From an essay that includes a reflection…AcademiaNature walks 2012 and 2018.AestheticsImportant University of Virginia Messages Regarding Sexual AssaultUniversity of…
[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:First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the …First steps towards reconstructing a 30-…AestheticsWhich of my colleagues wants attention?AcademiaMy buddy JTK helps me…
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:At the Stage Right Gala.PersonalEnterprise-D Blueprints As a newlywed, when my in-laws were …BooksAnother 10 sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d…
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:Yellow Journalism Did Not Cause the Spanish-American War (Role of Sensationalized Headlin… When a correspondent sent to Cuba to c…AestheticsJust in case you can’t find the tweet that Trump, who got trolled for making a rookie erro…This is how the President of…
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:Behold this stack of August Wilson library booksYay, libraries. I’m delighted that my co…AcademiaHospice/Honeymoon “Hospice.” Once the word is uttered a…Culture"I think the Exposition Officer's bridge station…
“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:The girl got picked for an audience participation bit as the muse of comedy in Xanadu. Gre…Culture14 Machines That Were Brilliant in 1985I used something very similar to this sh…CultureBlade Runner | Typeset In The FutureThis is nerd heaven — a deep…
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:Topical Satire Is Not "Fake News."While I’ve been preparing to teach a cla…AmusingThe spoils.PersonalShipwreck Diary of a Content MarketerDay 1 Today was my first full shipwre…AmusingWho choked up while reading aloud Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” during a lesson on creative nonf…Who choked up…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Imaginary Friend (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 22) Glowy Alien Befriends Mopp…Rewatching ST:TNG If there’s one thin…PopCultSMS Generator SMS Generator.AmusingLove outdoor theater. Love #Chekhov ! Love #cherryorchard Support the arts in your city.…
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:Once On This Island (next weekend)PersonalViolations (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 12) Telepathic Memory Assaults Beset…Rewatching ST:TNG A small group…
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:Very interesting adaptation of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. #pptlaytime @thepublicpghCulturePlaying with depth of field (blurring details that are closer than and farther from the fo…AestheticsRespect the Text: Teaching Textual…
“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:Male Supporting Characters in Recent Disney Princess Films Dominate the DialogueThe silly…