Why does everyone have a jumble of crappy coronavirus signs up everywhere?
I’m waiting for the permanent neon signs for coronavirus to start appearing.
Ryan Barrett (snarfed.org)One could write an entire book on what this chart shows us. – Max Roser
Holy crap! This graph indicates something is dramatically broken in America. And we wonder why healthcare is such a hot button issue. Obviously someone (or many someones) is making a lot of money keeping the American portion so horribly out of whack.
I’m in the neighborhood, so I naturally have to stop in for a minute to get fresh flour tortillas and some pan dulces. Their pan dulces are now pre-bagged as the result of the pandemic, so one doesn’t have the freedom of selection that they used to have.
This is a curious way to collect books. I’m curious who’s behind the effort. Maybe a place to get rid of Little Free Library back stock?
Picking up a big pile of books on birds for some memory research.
I’m so infrequently in this neighborhood and most of the others have disappeared, so I’m indulging a bit while running errands.
I'm at a crossroads. Now that the book is out (And a HUGE thanks to everyone for their support, truly, I love you all) I wonder:
— Tyler D. Parry (@ProfTDParry) November 11, 2020
Is a personal website worth it? Maintenance? Cost? Does it enhance one's public profile?
Please respond and share. I'd love a wide array of opinions
I contribute to a wiki and a community that looks at some of the why and how questions which you might appreciate.
There are also many academics and researchers who are in the space which may give you some examples. Some are talking about the space under the moniker of A Domain of One’s Own or the hashtag #DoOO. The project name is a direct reference to Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s Own (1929) in which she writes:
“A woman must have money, and a room of her own, if she is to write fiction.”
If you want to immerse yourself, we’re having a free online conference this weekend that will help you explore the idea and even begin starting down the road if you like. In fact, the conference is hosted BarCamp-style, so I heartily recommend you attend and suggest your exact question as a session for discussion and brainstorming! If you’d like there are a bunch of volunteers that can help you get something started on the second day.
Personally, I really love WordPress.org infrastructure which I recommend running on Reclaim Hosting (they focus on universities, colleges, and academics) which will get you up and running with a domain name (usually about $10/year depending on what you choose) and hosting for $30/year. They have excellent support and you’ll find some of the smartest and most ethical technologists in academia in their fora. I use my own website as a research notebook cum commonplace book.
I’ve got some time between now and the end of the year if you need some volunteer technical help, I can assist you in getting over some of the technical hurdle to get something up and running and using it if you like.
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Some new home furnishings arriving today.
Wednesday on the NewsHour, President Trump makes his first public appearance since losing reelection to Joe Biden -- and still refuses to concede. Plus: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Democratic politics, Republicans divided over Trump’s false claims, struggling essential workers in California, India’s pandemic economy, a blow for democracy in Hong Kong and a Gen Z artist bringing back the blues.
Forgot my mask somehow, so hanging out outside the walls.
A lot of our students are not from Wales, so we wanted to do something fun to promote the Welsh Language and culture to them.
A fun short series of words with a bit of useful culture thrown in.
Directed by Gareth Bryn. With Richard Harrington, Mali Harries, Alex Harries, Hannah Daniel. A minister has been killed. Mathias and Rhys investigate his life and violent death. DS Owens leads an investigation into the attack on Mathias and his home as he struggles to keep his emotions under control. Prosser faces an old rival.
Tuesday on the NewsHour, President-elect Joe Biden assures Americans that his transition team is moving forward despite President Trump’s unfounded claims of vote fraud. Plus: The Supreme Court considers the Affordable Care Act, Biden’s health care outlook, presidential transitions, more shocking revelations about the Catholic Church, the death of Saeb Erekat and moving toward American unity.