Also, I had a close relative test positive for COVID yesterday, and she had to go to three pharmacies to get Paxlovid because the first two had run out.
And when she cancelled her physical therapy appointment, she was the third person that morning to cancel because of COVID.
It's definitely picking up out there again, so be careful, my friends. 3/x
What should I ask a couple who recently bought their hometown newspaper?
Tomorrow I'm interviewing my frequent contributor, Samantha Enslen, and her husband, who bought their hometown newspaper. I want to hear all about it! But I also want to ask your questions. What do YOU want to know about it.
One of the things I love most about making courses for LinkedIn Learning is that there are so many ways for people to get the courses free!
Besides me doing these free promotions, you can also get them free through many university and county libraries, AND they have a 30-day free trial period. Plus, many big companies give their employees access.
I work hard on my courses and get great feedback from learners. I want as many people as possible to watch them!
If you appreciate that VOA journalist @w7voa consistently posts high-quality news here, show your thanks by buying his new book, "Behind the White House Curtain."
My friend Richie Frieman has written an amazing book — "The Optimistics" — about a group of men supporting each other and embracing optimism through their progression of young-onset dementia.
Surprisingly uplifting, as Richie says, "This is not just a story about optimism, it's a diary of love, hope, family, devotion, and understanding why time is important."
Does your inner "grammando" ever get the best of you? It happens to us all. 🤣
Hear more of Anne Curzan's delightful stories in this week's Grammar Girl podcast. We also talked about why Benjamin Franklin hated the word "colonize" and how having a laser focus on language led to Anne accidentally (and hilariously) asking her students an inappropriate question.
Earlier today, I learned an acquaintance's husband died suddenly last night. I hadn't met him, but he was very likely younger than I am.
And just now I learned that the beloved literary agent Janet Reid, who went by Query Shark (and who also didn't seem that old) has also died. What a sad day.
We just got the death certificate for a close relative who recently died. We were told very different things about what was going on and didn't know what to believe, so we wanted to know the cause of death. Here's what it says:
Failure to thrive.
WTF? Yes, he failed to live. Could it be any less informative?
If you're looking for something to listen to this weekend while you garden, cook, or exercise, this week's Grammar Girl podcast looks at the debate about where language started.
Researchers get a bit spicy over a new technology one of them calls the equivalent of radiocarbon dating for language.
A team at the University of Chicago just released a tool called Nightshade that makes invisible changes to digital images. The selling point is that these changes “poison” AI models that try to use the images as training data.
Off the top of my head, podcast transcripts are good because they:
— Are Important for accessibility. — Are required for your podcast to be used in a classroom. — Can help you get more exposure if people find them through search. — Can make your content easier to share. (If you have a friend you know won't listen to a podcast, you can still send the info.) — Provide an entry point for people who aren't ready to commit to listening.
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