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Well at least one piece of news will bring me joy this evening and make me feel a little better about the state of higher ed.

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Another maki-e urushi lacquerwork of butterflies by Hara Yōyūsai. Advanced maki-e techniques are employed in this piece.

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anyway good night

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hi

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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

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Here’s a little sneak peek of the underpainting for my latest piece, created for the "Dreamland Awaits" exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery! I’ve started this painting on a 12x16 inch copper panel. #oilpaintingprocess #underpainting #beautifulbizarre #art #coreyhelford #DreamlandAwaits

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Nothing exemplifies courage like a 90lb German Shepherd making me walk down the hall first because she knows the cat is hiding behind the laundry basket to jump out at the first one in line.

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One last thing I’ll say about this is that judging by people’s messages, the audio version has some stuff not in the edited online transcript, including a discussion of the false tension around empathy in journalism, and a bit about paying attention to sparrows.

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Need some good news today? Authors Against Book Bans fought one conservative school district in FL and won! lithub.com/authors-agai...

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A teacher emailed me & said "My scientist didn't reply to me. My scientists ALWAYS reply to me! What the heck!". I was like "Well. Science is kinda crumbling. Friends/colleagues are losing their jobs or at least funding, & some are being told to cease all outside communications". She hadn't heard.

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This entire thread is amusing and horrifying at the same time

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Am in bed and the cat is carefully walking up and down the length of my body, occasionally stopping to jump up and down on various spots Sir this is not going to alter my overall texture or give You get what you get Please lie down

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this is why false citations is the most accurate way to “prove” students used ChatGPT forget em dashes or using big words or whatever like, yes, AI has a particular voice and English teachers recognize it! that’s not “proof” but made up articles? that’s cheating either way & they’ll admit the AI

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Students turned in these responses to Taiwan's college entrance exam last July. The Snoopy captions say 'I don't know' and 'Math is too hard'. The one on the right is a detailed diagram of Taiwan's train system. Creativity and rebellion alive and well in Taiwan. news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/pa...

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LLMs: that’s some unseely fey shit

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HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you 🎉 That’s always going to be my precious and best Pony, Bill. 🐴❤️

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There has been so much snow recently and very cold this morning so I had no choice but to start this reindeer sketch this morning before work. I have a watercolor piece I am finishing this evening. ;-)

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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

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I didn't think a set of fossilized bones could make me tear up on a Wednesday morning, but let's talk about DNHM D2156: 24 young & 1 older Psittacosaurus, preserved ~120 MYA by a volcanic outflow of mud & water ('lahar'). The 'last defender' was a 5-6 yr pre-adult, a sort of babysitter.

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"Summer Soiree," 11x14 inches, oils on wooden panel Prints are on Gallery Gerard 🌱

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Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. The U.S.-Russia talks beg questions: why are they meeting in Saudi Arabia? Does the U.S. now ally with dictators? Kirill, a Ukrainian businessman in Saudi Arabia, believes the reason is the country’s neutrality.

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Here's how I've come to think of what's happening. 1. Trump was headed to jail, so he appealed to billionaires to ensure he wins the election, promising anything they wanted. 2. Elon saw an opportunity to run the US via a puppet who would rather be golfing. 3. Now Elon is gutting regulators...

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LLMS will FAKE CITATIONS and they also FAKE QUOTES They do this basically EVERY TIME Just plz stop using them, they are really useless and also killing the planet and democracy

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The kitten implies, nay, demands, the existence of kits one through nine. In this essay I will--- loud and sudden detonation

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People are always asking “what are some books that capture the feeling I get when I read The Lord of the Rings” so I made a list:

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Guess I better get in to get my 6 month booster post haste (Immunocompromised)

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How is it we are in a timeline where Mike Pence is the only GOP figure speaking truth to Putin’s pet POTUS?

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This is an interesting thread. Thinking about it, the Federation is pretty much the only pop culture government that is represented as GOOD. There are a few in fantasy—Valdemar, maybe LOTR elves?—but it seems to crop up more in SF, and a lot more in an alien UN where the struggle is humans joining.

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The Ancient Egyptians were fans of board games. So much so that they were often included in grave goods, to pass the time in the Afterlife. There are four well-known ones: 1. Hounds and jackals 2. Royal Game of Ur 3. Mehen, the snake game 4. Senet, the underworld game Let's learn about them!

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This was posted by the King Family. They know a lot about nonviolent resistance. Keep sharing.

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Hehehehehe guess what

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The word 'sorry' is quite similar to 'sorrow', both in terms of form and meaning. However, 'sorry' and 'sorrow' aren't etymologically related in any way. 'Sorry' derives from 'sore'. It's related to Dutch 'zeer' (pain; painful). 'Sorrow', in turn, is related to 'zorg' (worry; care). Here's more:

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Palette knife is scarier than any ghost or ghoul, but I'm committing to using it more regularly! For a group show opening March 8th at the Brassworks Gallery in Portland Oregon Brinton Lodge, 12x16 inches, oil on panel

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Kherty, the Underworld Ferryman, a piece I painted for Monolith's Mythic Battles: Isfet in 2023 This was a captivating figure to research in Egyptian mythology. Known as the god of the underworld and the earth, Kherty served a dual purpose: guarding the pharaoh's tomb above ground and guiding - 1/2

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Oh sure but when I do it it's all "EVACUATE THE SHIP" and "NO NO DON'T STOP TO GRAB ANYTHING FROM YOUR QUARTERS JUST GO" and "WHERE'S THE HEAD OF SECURITY" I see how it is @gianttourtiere.bsky.social

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🎨 Horatio Henry Couldery (1832–1893) "Cats by a fishbowl"

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With your help, Q became the first openly trans musher in Iditarod history. This year, he's ready to complete the journey. Thank you so much to everyone who's supported the team in different ways! If you're moved to contribute, we are doing some final fundraising for expenses ❤️ #uglydogs

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Goddamnit Bler you just couldn’t help yourself Except the very very last part is correct

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And it is not an exaggeration to say people die of complications resulting from this injury; the loss of mobility, infected wounds from prolonged use of inferior substitutes, stress and lost time and resources spent fighting to be made whole... it all adds up, and it all takes away.

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ICYMI, I've a novella out. I described it to my editor as Ghibli-esque NORMAL PEOPLE in India with dragons, if you enjoy reductive comps. It's a mythic realist tale about a family who may be extradimensional refugees living in Calcutta, through the lens of their child coming of age in the 90s/00s.

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The focus for Presidential races is meant to be policy, but there's also an aspect of moral & emotional leadership. They should reassure us of who we are, represent us to the world, be the voice of the nation in broadcast media. In that light, a thread of Obama with kids: (📷: Pete Souza)

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The chosen one, Cheeses of Nazareth.

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If it looks like there are two different fonts on this clay tablet from ancient Babylon, that’s because there are. In December of 603 BCE, a young scribe named Balāṭa made a faithful copy of a far more ancient inscription of Sîn-Kashid who had ruled Uruk over 1,000 years earlier.

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You know, even the first* emperor of Rome, a dictator for life who named himself Mr. Worthy Of Honor and published giant bragging essays in stone, knew better than to call himself a king in front of his citizens right after taking power. (* Yes yes, but it's the version I'd use for 6th graders.)

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The amount of energy that millions of people I'll never meet have put into keeping me safe from things I'll never think about leaves me in an awestruck state of gratitude.

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