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  1. Mar 2023
    1. Writing is rewarding. Writing is empowering. Writing is even fun. As human, we are wired to communicate. We are also wired for “play.” Under the right circumstances, writing allows us to do both of these things at the same time.
    2. In a piece like this, writing is the expression and exploration of an idea (or collection of ideas). It is only through the writing that I can fully understand what I think.
    3. one of the things I value about writing, is the act of writing itself. It is an embodied process that connects me to my own humanity, by putting me in touch with my mind, the same way a vigorous hike through the woods can put me in touch with my body.
    4. If we assume students want to learn - and I do - we should show our interest in their learning, rather than their performance.
  2. Jun 2022
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  4. Jun 2021
    1. In the lawsuit, the Reids and their attorney are said to argue that WMG has refused to terminate its copyright ownership of the band's early work, including their 1985 debut album Psychocandy. The Reids are asking WMG for at least $2.5 million in damages, and refer to Section 203 of the Copyright Act of 1976 in their lawsuit.

      I remember an interview with Jim in the late 1990s where he said the if you threw a brick into a Warner building, there'd be no risk of hitting someone who cares for music.

  5. Jan 2020
  6. Oct 2016
    1. Warner tells us that this is why the overly simplified models of communication - often represented through the triangulated terms sender, receiver, text - are nothing short of a conceptual paradox. H

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Warner) http://www.nndb.com/people/479/000117128/

      Michael Warner is an english professor at Yale. He has written many books on the idea of space and public in addition to others about politics and his own sexual identification.