2020-07-23 Thomas Chatterton Williams
July 23, 2020
source On July 7th, Harper’s Magazine published what it called “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” which quickly became part of the conversation
2020-07-23 It’s hard to teach ‘simple’ subjects
July 23, 2020
Inspired by Tales from documentation: Write for your clueless users As a graduate student I taught courses in intro to linguistics and beginning
2020-07-04 FEMA Flood Risk
July 4, 2020
status: DRAFT author: ge todays_date: 2020-07-04 title: FEMA Flood Risk file_name: 2020-07-04-fema-flood-risk.md — An organization called the First
2020-05-22 Sitting in the Sun
May 22, 2020
Sitting in the Sun No electronics Sure that I’ll reach a conclusion this time
2020-05-07 More words from Jim Kellogh
May 7, 2020
Eleanor walks. She walked on loop by Mystery House which is set back from street less than the normal 1941 style suburbia plan [ our modern , normal
You’re lucky if you’re not born in an English-speaking family
May 6, 2020
Because you have to learn English and will be bilingual. Unlike native English speakers
Tara Reade
May 2, 2020
Katie Halper interviews Tara Reade 4:39 1993 - sexual harrassment complaint Biden was “very handsy with a lot of people” Didn’t talk with her. It
DM from Martha Carmichael
May 2, 2020
I think it was in response to this FB post that Martha DM’d me with this: I am tired of the one-sidedness of Me too. I was, from day one. But if you
Self as Property
May 1, 2020
This month’s free book from U Chicago Press: Down and Out in the New Economy: How People Find (or Don’t Find) Work Today, by Ilana Gershon I love
2020-04-08 Siloing
April 8, 2020
2020-04-08-siloing It’s happened in at least two domains: food and communication. Food. It’s become so difficult to have people over for dinner
2020-04-06 Burke Uzzle
April 6, 2020
2020-04-06-burke-uzzle Just watched F11 and Be There on UNC-TV. It was terrific and beautiful. I recorded some notes as I watched it. Your browser
2020-04-04 Phil and Jane
April 4, 2020
2020-04-04-email-to-Jane-and-Phil George! We are in hiding too! I’ve been harboring anxiety over being at the ACC tournament and flying but today I
Why Nonvoters choose to opt out (2020-03-25)
March 25, 2020
2020-03-25-why-nonvoters-choose-to-opt-out On the Media has a fascinating interview with Eitan Hersh, associate professor of political science at
My reply to James
March 21, 2020
2020-03-21-reply-to-James-Anderson James Anderson send out an email to several of us. (2020-03-21) This does not contain James’ whole post: I have
Heather Cox Richardson on the Democratic nominating process
March 5, 2020
2020-03-05-Heather-Cox-Richardson source There is a lot of news about both the novel coronavirus and politics tonight, but I’m going to let it rest
2020-02-2 Hate the sin, not the sinner
February 23, 2020
2020-02-23-Billionaires Wikipedia says there were 621 American billionaires in 2019. I took a quick look through the list to see if they’re all as
Barry Saunders
February 23, 2020
politics
I went to Denise Allen’s exhibit this afternoon at the Carrboro Century Center, where Ms Allen gave a wonderful talk about her life and work. In the
2020-02-17 Bernie Sanders in Durham
February 17, 2020
2020-02-17-bernie-sanders Michael Galinsky posted a video of a Sanders rally in Durham. It was reposted on FB. I was very moved and impressed by
2020-02-13 Ultra Processed Foods
February 13, 2020
2020-02-13-ultra-processed-foods Just finished a very interesting article on “Ultra processed foods”
2020-02-07 Mike Bloomberg
February 7, 2020
2020-02-07-mike-bloomberg When you see what I’m writing below, you may start yelling “Ok, Boomer!” Problem is that I’m too old to be a boomer! If
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