My #Blender3D set design for a Zoom-based production of Rossum’s Universal Robots, which I’ll be recording next week.

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Yes, I spent the last hour designing this brutalist pen holder for a virtual production of Rossum’s Universal Robots. #priorities #Blender3D

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A Richmond police official and a fire official agree that Sunday, multiple individuals interfered with a fire truck’s response to a fire. But beyond that, each source tells a rather different story.

I just watched a pretty good Star Trek episode exploring the premise that well-intentioned people can remember and sincerely believe widely different interpretations of the same events, without being intentionally deceptive.

When equally credible sources make conflicting claims, there’s probably a story there somewhere. If a source makes unverifiable claims, or won’t respond to legitimate follow-up questions, or vilifies or aggrandizes a third party, that’s a good reason to be skeptical.

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Sad that NASA is taking a back seat to a private company, but still nerding over an American launch of astronauts.

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#PPTPlaytime adaptation of The Merchant of Venice.

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Merchant of Venice Part 2 live, now! #PPTPlaytime

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