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If MTG won’t vote to raise the debt ceiling: Let it Burn!

If a war between ideologies is enviable, this is a good time to start. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the prominent right-wing representative, has indicated her willingness to shut down the government if her conditions aren’t met. While she wields significant negative influence within her party, few colleagues publicly contest her stance…

Marjorie Taylor Greene

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If MTG won’t vote to raise the debt ceiling: Let it Burn!
If MTG won’t vote to raise the debt ceiling: Let it Burn!
Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Blood and blasphemy — Frederick Douglass and the legacy of slavery

Let’s read this book (again) before it is banned like it already is in Oklahoma. I revisited Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, Narrative of the Life of An American Slave. This book is banned in some states such as Oklahoma and joins the list of other books such as I know Why…

Frederick Douglass

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Blood and blasphemy — Frederick Douglass and the legacy of slavery
Blood and blasphemy — Frederick Douglass and the legacy of slavery
Frederick Douglass

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Affirmative Action Curtailed: Fallout from the Students for Fair Admissions Case

Just as projected, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision that resonates through the hallowed halls of Ivy League institutions and beyond, shaking the bedrock of affirmative action in higher education. …

Affirmative Action

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Affirmative Action Curtailed: Fallout from the Students for Fair Admissions Case
Affirmative Action Curtailed: Fallout from the Students for Fair Admissions Case
Affirmative Action

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Sep 12

The Nature Surrounding My Home

dandilions, sunflowers, and prickly lettuce weeds are welcomed here I was born in the Bronx; Concrete, buildings, cars, people, noise, phelm in the streets, and other things people genially attribute to city living. I have been a homeowner for most of my adult life. I lived in Colorado for thirty…

Lawn Care

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The Nature Surrounding My Home
The Nature Surrounding My Home
Lawn Care

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Aug 21

Saturn: A Trending App with Familiar Cybersecurity Concerns

But What Else is New? Saturn: A Trending App with Familiar Cybersecurity Concerns In recent news, the app Saturn has drawn significant attention. Designed as a tool for high school students, Saturn offers a unique calendar feature allowing students to snap a photo of their high school schedule to automatically…

Saturn Calendar App

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Saturn: A Trending App with Familiar Cybersecurity Concerns
Saturn: A Trending App with Familiar Cybersecurity Concerns
Saturn Calendar App

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Aug 15

Why is a Vermeer painting like a great book written by ChatGPT?

there’s nothing wrong with using technology in the creative process ‘The lens can’t draw a line, only the hand can do that, the artist’s hand and eye … This whole insight about optical aids doesn’t diminish anything; it merely suggests a different story.’ David Hockney I recently attended a conference…

Vermeer

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Why is a Vermeer painting like a great book written by ChatGPT?
Why is a Vermeer painting like a great book written by ChatGPT?
Vermeer

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Jul 6

Cybersecurity Should Be Placed Under the Humanities, Not Technology

It’s the Difference Between Technology Training and Technology Education I am not the first person who thinks that technolgy education should be firmly placed under the topic of humanities. In 1969, Paul Goodman stated that technology was a branch of moral philosophy, not science. He went on to state; “…technology…

Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity Should Be Placed Under the Humanities, Not Technology
Cybersecurity Should Be Placed Under the Humanities, Not Technology
Cybersecurity

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Jul 2

“Woke”: A Convenient Catchall for White Angst

Again, the far-right has co-opted another phrase and changed its meaning to” Black culture.” The term “woke” has recently found its way into the American political lexicon, becoming the epicenter of several heated debates and controversies. These ongoing discussions around the term have blurred its true essence and origin, transforming…

Woke Virus

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“Woke”: A Convenient Catchall for White Angst
“Woke”: A Convenient Catchall for White Angst
Woke Virus

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Jun 30

Getting Rid of Affirmation Action is Not the End of the World

Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionist “what shall we do with the negro?” I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! You’re doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us…

Affirmative Action

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Getting Rid of Affirmation Action is Not the End of the World
Getting Rid of Affirmation Action is Not the End of the World
Affirmative Action

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Jun 13

AI/Education/Technology: A Faustian Bargain

“…like all technologies of the past, they are Faustian bargains, giving and taking away, sometimes in equal measures, sometimes more in one than the other.” Neil Postman, “The End of Education” 1995 Reasonable people can agree that the combustion engine has done both good and evil to humanity. The same…

ChatGPT

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AI/Education/Technology: A Faustian Bargain
AI/Education/Technology: A Faustian Bargain
ChatGPT

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Thomas Holt Russell

Thomas Holt Russell

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Humanist, educator, writer, photographer, and modern-day Luddite. http://thomasholtrussell.zenfolio.com/ My writing is a living organism.

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