I needed a good laugh

I joined a Used Record club on Amazon and the first shipment came yesterday with Burt's face staring at me (#burtbacharach). And, yes, Donnie & Marie.

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This x1000 in higher education...

Poet Gary Snyder, "Japhy Ryder" in #Kerouac's "Dharma Bums," was born OTD in 1930 and is still with us. One of the most amazing things he ever did is virtually unknown: Helping inspire Daniel Ellsberg (Memorial) to leak the #PentagonPapers. From Beat scholar Randy Roark.

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The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died following a battle with cancer nme.com/news/music/the…

This is noteworthy. Would like to see research that uses TOEFL sample essays from various countries, rather than from only one.

God, I love this! Thanks for the link Badger A step beyond Cindy Sherman. Why not re-imagine your whole family? Not sure why this appeals to women quite so much - something more than just escapism / the fantasy element. Life as a dressing up box... boredpanda.com/self-portraits…

Teachers: “We only accept handwritten work now because of AI” Students:

What if, in the future, educators didn’t write textbooks? What if, instead, we only wrote structured collections of highly crafted prompts for use with LLMs? Perhaps, "generative textbooks." Thoughts on #generativeAI and the future of learning materials: opencontent.org/blog/archives/…

When you work in a University Library with a used books shop, sometimes you get lucky! SF State J Paul Leonard Library

The Modfather

I got mine. In memory of #KirstyMacColl too!

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Now do Twitter.

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