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· 10 Elul 5781 (Wednesday 18 August 2021) · 1 minute to read

Welp guess we’re starting today off with an unscheduled computer restart because unscheduled stand-by happened at some point during the night.

I hate when this happens.

Today promises to be very rainy and so very humid. I’ll be glad when August’s over and we get to the part of September when things start to cool down because I’m totally over summer at this point.

Sleep schedule absolutely hosed. I’ll get it back on track eventually I guess.

Things are also insanely busy around here and so I’m looking forward to the end of November when we start to end work things for the year because John and I have pretty much put our feet down and said we’re getting some sort of vacation this year even if that means vacationing in place.

State College

69 °F Overcast

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Amanda CAARSON

· 10 Elul 5781 (Wednesday 18 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

Opinion | How ‘Woke’ Became an Insult by John McWhorter

On the perils of the euphemism treadmill.

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Amanda CAARSON

· 10 Elul 5781 (Wednesday 18 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

These are our fellow human beings. https://t.co/CSrxmQKKus
— Iona Italia, PhD (@IonaItalia) August 18, 2021

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Amanda CAARSON

· 10 Elul 5781 (Wednesday 18 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

My childhood best friend was the son of refugees from the Holocaust. My wife’s grandparents fled impoverished southern Italy. My Flatbush and East Flatbush are reborn thanks to West Indians. Brave Afghans fleeing medievalists want to replenish our city? Welcome
— Michael Powell (@powellnyt) August 18, 2021

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Amanda CAARSON

· 10 Elul 5781 (Wednesday 18 August 2021) · 0 minutes to read

It’s weird living in a country where “treating other people like shit” is an appealing political ideology for tens of millions of people.
— Max Berger (@maxberger) August 18, 2021