First they came… #kristallnacht @nccheshu Similar:Carolyn appears as homeschooled teenager "Carolyn." Free holiday show Tuesday at 7. PersonalThe Problems of Real-Time Feedback in Teaching WritingSometimes my students get nervous becaus…AcademiaMy son (black) has captured better pieces, but my brother (white) has a better position. C… PersonalMy Minecraft-obsessed tween made this blocky foam pig at art camp. Next…
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 Case Against High-School Sports”I’ve been in hundreds of classrooms,” s…CultureMerry Christmas 2018PersonalCan you tell the difference between factual and opinion statements?I got a perfect score. How did you do on…CultureMyths about "Learning Styles Persist in SocietyI first heard the formalized theories ab…AcademiaForgive and…
[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:The Big Boy GraveyardOn road trips in my youth, watching the …AmusingPress X to Teach Ready to mash up gaming and teaching a…AcademiaSo this is Pi DayMy…
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:I Made Cheerful Maze Game in ScratchWell, it’s cheerful unless you touch som…AestheticsAll About Soap — Why Washing Your Hands Fights the…
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:Data-Related Deaths, 1960-2019 (Excluding Fatalities Caused by Misreadings, Typographical … DesignLighten Up (an illustrator explores the racial politics of skin color in comics)Lighten Up — The Nib — Medium.AestheticsAnother very rough day. Students are cheerful and patient, obviously happy to be here.Another…
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:York Plays 2025: Five cameras, adding up to ~100 hours of footage.Five cameras, adding up to ~100 hours of…AcademiaLet there be light The Irish have a weakness…
“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:Yesterday it was 298 so this is actually a good number.PersonalUpdating a villain's lair in #Blender3D. Still a work in progress.AestheticsNOT a scene from The Miracle Worker.PersonalI made some progress.PersonalPhysics simulation demo: crate made up of mostly loose boards. #Blender3d #design #practic……
If you like bloody, singing, punning demons you will love this show. Similar:A Note of Recognition for: Filmation's ''Star Trek'' AnimatorsEven if the animation of Star Trek was l…AestheticsSymbiosis (TNG Rewatch, Season 1 Episode 22)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureI rather like my instructional page on writing effective dialogue. I created this new grap…HumanitiesCaptain’s Holiday…
I am not in the splash zone but still definitely out of my comfort zone. Support the arts in your community. Similar:Emergence (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 23) Enterprise-D subsystems exhibit e… Rewatching ST:TNG When I first re…PopCultMy students were awesome. So many thoughtful final projects. So much growth. A stressful, …PersonalValentines for Journalists…
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:The girl will be dancing as the Gold Fairy in Laurel Ballet's Sleeping Beauty tonight… PersonalMake America Meme Again! Create your own…
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:What would holidays be without Dickens' beloved 'Christmas Carol?'It takes some visits from three scary sp…DramaThe Booming Japanese Rent-a-Friend BusinessWe had a case recently where a dying man…BusinessThe First…
“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:Shrek: The Musical (Nov 22-24; Stage Right! Greensburg)Come see me as the…