Jerz's Literacy Weblog @dennisjerz - Tumblr Blog

I got up early to retrace the route of the #yorkmystery pageant wagons, stopped by the Minster just in time for a service, and saw the selection of 10 York Cycle plays. Magical day. #medievalyork

#yorkmystery #medievalyork

About to see Much Ado About Nothing. #globetheatre #london #shakespeare

#globetheatre #london #shakespeare

Turned a corner and ran into this depiction of the Triumph of Isabella, which I’ve seen in countless theater history textbooks and websites.

Enjoying fish and chips while visiting my daughter in the UK. Will see her in a new musical Game Theory, then Shakespeare’s reconstructed Globe, then we head to York for a 5-hr excerpt from the Corpus Christi Pageant.

Sending a copy of the 35 revised videos (18+ hours) and all my project files to Toronto. #yorkplays2025 #kdenlive #humanities #digitalarchiving #medievalstudies

#yorkplays2025 #kdenlive #humanities #digitalarchiving #medievalstudies

“Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border.” Leo XIV

Meta (the company behind Facebook and Instagram) is removing user's ability to keep third-party companies from sending your data to Meta

We used to be able to opt out of Meta gathering information that other companies use gather about us (when we use our Facebook profile to log in to a third-party website, or through browser that routinely gather information about what we do even when we are not logged into a Meta account). Now Meta is merely giving users a cosmetic choice about how Zuck monetizes the information companies shovel…

What are the main signs of AI writing?

I used to love encountering so much quirky writing in routine homework assignments. Clever, meandering prose, often self-referential, sometimes snarky and heartbreakingly honest, bursting with raw reactions to plot twists or shocking discoveries, with occasional tangled syntax and amusing spellcheck-driven typos (among my favorites are “defiantly” for “definitely” and “heroin” for “heroine). I…

#ai

Call to Arms #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 24) As the Dominion War erupts, couples and families reassess their relationships. And Bashir does stuff, too.

Rewatching ST:DS9 Rom and Leeta can’t agree on her wedding dress. Garak is guardedly amused by Ziyal’s faith in his tailoring skills. Quark just wants Leeta back at work. In his role as Emissary, Sisko agrees to perform the marriage ceremony. A crowd assembled on the promenade reacts as the wormhole opens, admitting the latest in a punctual convoy of Dominion forces headed to Cardassia. At…

#ds9 #startrek

My discovery of the "Yahoo!" web directory around 1996 was transformative.

I remember in the mid 1990s, typing a lot of URLs, and following links that people added to lists, and people put their favorite links on their “personal home page” so they could find them easily. Seeing what people thought was worth linking to was fascinating. On someone’s page I found a link that said Yahoo! Not knowing what it was, I clicked, and found the entry page to a massive…

The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.

Flattery, attacking his opponents, crediting him: What Trump's cabinet members say in public, televised statements (they talk about Trump a lot)

The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how his administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr. Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents. Allison Schuster, a White House spokeswoman, said in an email that Mr. Trump’s cabinet used these meetings to “highlight the exhaustive list of…

View On WordPress

In the Cards #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 23) Jake's quest to cheer up his dad with an antique baseball card spirals Into intrigue

Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko is glum after his sulky senior staff spoil his dinner party. Learning that Kai Winn is coming to the station tomorrow does not help. At the bar, Quark encourages Jake and Nog to attend tomorrow’s charity auction, featuring this episode’s macguffin: a Wille Mays rookie card — just the thing Jake decides will cheer up his dad. Because humans have “decided to abandon…

#ds9 #startrek

Pouring one out for CBS News Radio

My social media feed today is full of references to last night’s Stephen Colbert’s finale, but I’m here to pour one out for CBS News Radio. In the late 1980s I interned in the newsroom of WINA-Charlottesville, and that summer I had a full-time paid position. By the end of that time slot I was delivering news live on the air. One day I showed up during a power outage, when nothing worked but a…

Day trip to the shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

By Jove! The German translation of the Narnia books is a bit less twee and proper.

Many memorable connections with fascinating and creative students. Stressful in other ways, but I’m blessed to have this job.

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

Jerz's Literacy Weblog