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Ferns and Fears
What fears have you overcome and how? Daily Prompt The irredeemable dyslexic that I am, I read this prompt very wrong. “What ferns have you overcome and how?” It made me think of the following ferns I came across a couple of days ago, at the Garfield Park Conservatory: But since we’re on the topic…
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From Small Words
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Are Algorithms Biased? – Being Balanced on Social Media
Short answer is no, but people can be.
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It’s a Mariah Christmas: Why We Love to Meme During the Holidays
Mariah Carey’s tenacious cameos in memes across the internet speak to a widespread cultural gloom lying just beneath Christmas cheer.…
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Where Did the Literacy Go?
Rose Horowitch is back with her hot takes. She grieves for math scores, mourns for student attention span, and, closest to my heart, she portends the horrors of a post-literate society. Meanwhile, the legislative branch…
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Patagonia, Inc. challenges PRIDE
The camping equipment and clothing brand, Patagonia it taking the Drag performer “Pattie Gonia” to court. Patagonia’s complaints ring hollow. Let’s take a look at intellectual property laws and see why the brand thinks it…
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Fiction is Real
The US is at war again, and it’s starting to seem like news stories are straight out of fiction. I would argue they are.
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Advice for a Broken Emoji Heart
Apple’s overactive software updates left me with a dilemma. How do we communicate the whole gamut of love, friendship, and respect with the emojis on our phones? In this special Valentine’s Day installment of Analyze…
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ICE is the Worst of Us
Another day, another deadly ICE shootings. The nation is, once again, in disbelief over the federal government’s use of unnecessary force. Let’s take a look at how we can use empathy to help us understand…