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Bad Presentation Habits
I'm currently taking a class for certification renewal. One of the assignments is to create a Digital Learning A-Z guide.
"Your goal is to create a digital guide of course learning ofFederal and Maine School Law. This would be an A-Z guide that demonstrates your thorough understanding of what you have learned in this class with reading, handouts, discussion, etc."
"As you develop
https://troypatterson.me/2025/06/22/bad-presentation-habits/
Pure Michigan: It’s a fragrance now. State launches beach-themed spray
What does Pure Michigan smell like to you? The state’s tourism brand thinks FRESH, a new summer scent launching with a custom perfumery that promises to evoke ‘beachy vacation days in the Great Lakes State.’
https://www.bridgedetroit.com/pure-michigan-its-a-fragrance-now-state-launches-beach-themed-spray/
As a non-native English speaker from a not-so-popular language group, learning to read even casual science stuff was an uphill battle. First I had to learn English to a reasonable level. Then I realized that English-Romanian dictionaries hadn’t really kept up with science.
I eventually managed to get my hands on a fancy English-only dictionary (yes, a printed one, this was a while ago), but then I ran into another problem: I'd start from one definition, only to find another unfamiliar word in the explanation, then another one in that definition and so on, until I forgot where I had started. And even when I did understand a concept, I'd often be stuck with the English word and with a lot of frustration about trying to convey that in my own language.
Some of those struggles are outdated now. At least you no longer have to deal with a giant dictionary pressing into your ribs if you’re reading lying down. But the language gap in science communication still exists.
That’s why I’m launching a community project: The brain across languages.
We’re inviting students who speak more than one language to help us translate Neurofrontiers content into as many languages as possible.
If you’re interested (or know someone who might be), details here: https://neurofrontiers.blog/the-brain-across-languages/
Boosts are very much appreciated!
#neuroscience #SciComm #scienceOutreach #science #language #multilingual
A few mos. ago a series of bad decisions/planning led to losing several mos. of my editing data from earlier this yr. It sucks to loose that work & I find trying to match earlier edits w/o the previous edit data nigh impossible, but I often revisit older photos as my editing skills improve. In this case it gave me a good excuse to take another swing at this image which is the source of my avatar.
(02/28/23)
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText
30th Street Station and Cira Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
All the pixels, with none of the canceled or delayed trains, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/20784725455
Attorney General Bonta: Gutting NPR and PBS is a Dangerous Loss for Americans https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-gutting-npr-and-pbs-dangerous-loss-americans
Photos: Why it took courage for these women to pose for the camera
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/06/21/g-s1-73305/photos-neglected-tropical-disease-madagascar-photoville?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Health @health-npr
Maine court upheld the wording of a ballot question on voter ID and absentee voting restrictions, rejecting a challenge from anti-voting plaintiffs who wanted the language to downplay the suppressive aspects of the measure. #maine #democracy #election #votingrights
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/maine-voter-id-initiative-language-challenge/
“Hoopla has emailed #librarians saying it’s removing AI-generated #books from the platform people use to borrow #ebooks from public #libraries”
Here is a worthy read:
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-write-with-the-devils-hand
A new book showcases artist Edward Gorey's illustrated envelopes, but omits discussion of his sexuality and relationship with the man he was writing to. This silence misses an opportunity to explore how being gay may have influenced his personal work, a scholar explains: https://buff.ly/qezdjCX
“Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
