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Attracting Traffic Through Social Media from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

(My lecture presentation for my 2014 social media course)

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Workflow Workshop: Part 3 (video 4) from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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Workflow Workshop: Part 2 (video 3) from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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Workflow Workshop: Part 1 (video 2) from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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WorkshopWorkflow-Intro from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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lecture7trimmed from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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photo-opener-fin from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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Understanding Web Programming from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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wet from Mary Zimnik on Vimeo.

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Does anyone feel the same way I do today? That with John McCain's passing, he remains with us not only because we mourn the loss of this genuine hero and statesman, but, because in the midst of this present Constitutional storm, he's the clearest example of what we aspire our best leaders to be. 

McCain frustrated many of us over the years (elevating Sarah Palin and her followers, for instance), but there was never a doubt that he, through achievements and fumbles, was the true and honorable patriot that is quintessentially 'American' — what your character reveals when you don't win, who you are when life hits you with its hardest blows. 

I think today it's emerging through his death, clarifying like coming out of a fog, that we want this back. We want optimistic people like he was to lead us. It's not lost, even though it's felt that way since the evening of Nov. 8, 2016. We yearn again for hope and courage, and we can easily forgive the imperfect as long as the bounce back is toward valor not fear and greed. Because America at its best has always been about decency, moxie, heroism, nerve and boldness, and it can be again. 

That McCain wanted George W. Bush and Barack Obama — the two presidents who defeated him for the job — to be the two giving his eulogy speaks volumes about who John McCain was and what kind of lasting example he hoped to leave for us.

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#BananaRepublican - #Trump

#autocrat #authoritarian #resist #JohnBrennan

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What 679 political science professors think about Trump’s actions, “normal” to “abnormal”; semi-important to very important.

I didn’t answer this survey, but I’ve answered others from this group, called Bright Line Watch.

Political science wonkery … 

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Treason is abnormal Unfriending Allies is abnormal Forcibly Drugging Migrant Children is abnormal Internment Camps are abnormal Baby Jails are abnormal Dismantling America is abnormal Dismantling Democracy is abnormal

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Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify ban Infowars' Alex Jones

Crackdown on US conspiracy theorist for promoting violence and hate speech

Alex Jones, Free Speech and Imaginary Fires in Theaters 

When the major tech companies nearly all banned #InfoWars' #AlexJones, my first thought was that this is a mistake. Our Constitution protects #FreeSpeech, no matter whether or not you agree with or like that speech. However, the Supreme Court's critical decision on free speech in 1919 correctly bans 'dangerous' speech: "The idea of falsely shouting "fire" in a crowded theater arose from the Supreme Court's 1919 decision in the case Schenck v. United States. The Court ruled unanimously that the First Amendment, though it protects freedom of expression, does not protect dangerous speech." 

What these companies decided about Jones was just and important, given the absurd propaganda from Trump's close friends like Jones. 

[ref: http://civil-liberties.yoexpert.com/civil-liberties-general/is-it-legal-to-shout-%22fire%22-in-a-crowded-theater-19421.html] 

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“Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues to truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is the freedom of the press. It is, therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.” — Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 1804

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Opinion | How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women

As the United States celebrates the centennial of the 19th Amendment, it’s vital to remember that some of its heroes were less than heroic.

Electing Stacey Abrams — a Step Toward a Remedy

We lament as we ask ourselves often in these past couple years: How did we get here? (as in, Trump.) We humans are brilliant at burying the deep ruptures between us (society, parties, families, etc.) So, when faced with something so obviously broken, we can no longer turn away from what has become our terrible, ugly, shameful secrets. As we examine the persistency of our white supremacy reality, we must root-out all its tentacles if we truly are to evolve. We have to face harsh truths about what we've thought of as even the best of ourselves — like this, the Suffrage Movement. Black women are proving to be the lone voting bloc saving our collective asses — in a time when the answer to 'how can we fix this?' is a lot about informed and thoughtful voter participation. In return, we have much reckoning to do about fairness, decency, honor and dignity. I think we should all tire of excusing that this was the best they could do given their time period. Well enough, but we never remedied this in all this time since, which is always the consequence of such ethical and moral neglect.

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Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, claims that then-candidate Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton, sources with knowledge tell CNN. Cohen is willing to make that assertion to special counsel Robert Mueller, the sources said.

Collusion? No, #Treason ... of the high crimes and misdemeanors variety. #TrumpTower #TrumpTowerMeeting #Impeach #Impeachment 

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So, the Trump tape ... either the other 11 will be nothing at all interesting, or Cohen will leak them out like a kidnapper sends out more and more important body parts to motivate the target to better respond (in this case, pardon him). Anyway ...

Something I am curious about ... does this not sound to anyone else like a bad script from "The Sopranos" — a scene with Tony and one of his fixers in his car in a dark parking lot?

Here's the relevant bit:

Cohen: And, I've spoken to [Trump Organization CFO] Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with...

Trump: So, what do we got to pay for this? One-fifty?

Cohen: ...Funding...Yes. Um, and it's all the stuff.

Trump: Yeah, I was thinking about that.

Cohen: All the stuff. Because—here, you never know where that company—you never know what he's—

Trump: Maybe he gets hit by a truck.

... wait! WHAT? First, this sounds to me like discussion over hiring the guy who threatens these women into silence, no? Second, that "Maybe he gets hit by a truck" bit sounds like it's then about taking that guy out!

Or, am I just missing "The Sopranos" with all this intrigue?