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Link: Journalism Has the Receipts. It Won’t Use Them., by Yoni Greenbaum in Backstory & StrategyArts organizations learned long ago to prove their economic value with hard numbers: attendance, tourism revenue, multiplier effects. News,...
When I talk to my cats, I do this in a special voice (don't judge me; I know many people do this!) but even after all these years, my "I'm talking to a cat" voice does not elicit any response from them. It's as if they are unable to hear...
Traps & Treachery has received more use in my D&D games than any book outside of the core rules. Originally Published March 14th, 2002 If a publisher walked up to me and said, “Justin, I want to produce a D20 sourcebook. What should I do...
Andy King writes: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 My wife called to me. A constable was at the door. He handed me a subpoena to appear for a deposition in the case of Francesca Gino v. President and Fellows...
I was recently summoned to a meeting in Stockholm, a city I had somehow managed to avoid despite living in Copenhagen for years. My Swedish experience, up to this point, consisted entirely of trips to Malmö — the closest Swedish city to...
(Kimberly (she/her) took the express train down the fountain pen/stationery rabbit hole and doesn't want to be rescued. She can be found on Instagram @allthehobbies because there really are many, many hobbies!.)After spending too much...
Session 322 part 2 was played on 3/14/26Morgana, wizard 10 (Rob)Borumar, Triton Thief 11 (Josh)Blotto, Goblin Fighter 8 (Lanse)Nick, Fighter 8 (Me)Koltic, Cleric 9 (Cindy)Aroon, Fighter 8 (NPC)Jameth, Fighter 8 (NPC)Lor’Koth, Dwarf 8...
Today, we celebrate Independence Day with...the American Flag. O-oh, say can you SEEEE? BYYY the bakery light?How so soundly they failed... to give our flag any meaning: Those brown stripes and blob "stars" ARE a scurr-i-lous sight! And...
I’d also love to know what you think of the broader idea. A WordPress Playground that doesn’t just show people a site, but actively teaches them how to use it. Turn Any WordPress Playground Into a Guided Education Experience |...
I want to congratulate Gianni Petrella, for his PhD defense today at the University of Luxembourg, and the wonderful thesis Windows, walls and invariants of quiver moduli that he has written. The thesis will be available online at some...
a dream narrative poem Dindga McCannon, Pat is Pregnant, 1977. Courtesy of Fridman Gallery you still linger…hard to forget you,but I want to.hard to move on,but I had to.you are the dry rotof towels, a smell thatremains regardless of...
[By the mid-1970s, the clock was ticking on Cazzie Russell’s NBA career. The former top overall pick in the 1966 NBA draft, Russell had bounced from New York to Golden State and onward to Los Angeles. It was a 10-year run that hadn’t...
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I've just posted a new piece at Tolkien Oddments substack. Here is the beginning. You can read the entire piece freely at this link.More on MadlenerLast summer, I published a piece in The Journal of Tolkien Research on “Josef Madlener’s...
Knowledge and skills are the power. One can be self-reliant and seize a brighter future with the right capacity, even without status and wealth. Yet, its foundation — education — is extremely fragile and a prime example of today's global...