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Why is the NY Times Connections the most controversial online game?
When you are on Facebook, if you see the following graphic with some kind of comment below, you know that one of your friends has succumbed to the addiction that is the NY Times game – Connections. The game is … Continue reading
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Tagged ch10 social media, connections, new york times, online games, social media
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New algorithms help animators with coiled hair for Black characters
One of the issues that has long been a problem for diversity in entertainment media is that creatives often have not been trained or had the tools to effectively portray people of color. Which is why it is so exciting … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Black hair, cultural diversity, Hair Love, Oscars
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Iconic “This is Fine” Dog echos a 14th century illuminated manuscript image
How long has the “This is Fine” meme been around? Would you believe the 14th century? You all know the Dog-in-the-Burning-Room “This Is Fine” meme, right? As reported in the LAist blog, Green drew the iconic image as part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I can, ch04 Books, ch10 social media, Illuminated manuscript, Secret 4, Seven Secrets, This is Fine
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Riding With Strangers – 40th Anniversary Team Strange Airheads Grand Tour
NOTE: For the last eleven years, I’ve competed in a large-scale motorcycle scavenger hunt sponsored annually by Team Strange Airheads. This is a Twin Cities-based organization that got its start as a bowling team that evolved into a BMW motorcycle … Continue reading
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Tagged Grand Tour, motorcycles, Team Strange, Team Strange 2024, travel
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Happy ARPANet-Goes-Online-in-1969 Day for those who celebrate!
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANet), the first wide-area packet-switching network, made its first successful computer-to-computer connection on Oct. 29, 1969. Unlike some earlier conceptions of the network, it was intended to serve the needs of academic researchers, not … Continue reading
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What Has Happened to the Washington Post?
Editor’s note: Last week, the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO William Lewis announced that the paper for the only the second time in 50 years would not be endorsing a candidate for the presidency of the United States. In a … Continue reading
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Tagged ch05journalism, ch15ethics, Jeff Bezos, Post Endorsement Controversy, Tim Carman, Washington Post
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Everyone’s Gone To The Movies – Day 2 Clips for Media Literacy
Dear Basketball – Oscar for Best Animated Short 2018 Here is a link to a short documentary on the Disney animator who did the incredible hand-drawn animation in Dear Basketball https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=151995019413886 Gone With The Wind – Staircase Scene – 1939 … Continue reading
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Hip Hop’s T-Pain Goes Unplugged on NPR’s Tiny Desk
Back in 2014, hip-hop artist T-Pain was famous for his creative use of Auto-Tune software, not to put his voice on the correct pitch but rather to produce a sound that was instantly recognizable as his own. But that wasn’t … Continue reading
National Banned Book Week Has a Lot to Observe This Year
Editor’s Note: This week is the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week. The following blog post looks at a history of book challenges in the US and how these efforts have massively escalated in the 2020s. Books are capable of … Continue reading
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What is “Pink Slime” Journalism, and Why is it Such a Problem?
Back in 2012, American consumers were grossed out by stories that found ground beef sold in plastic chubs was often supplemented with the meat byproduct euphemistically known as “finely chopped beef.” This collection of “trimmings” is sprayed with ammonia gas … Continue reading
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