Many adults today have succumbed to the modern “skimming” approach to information, with fast, short form content. They have lost their ability to read deeply, to process even modest collections of facts and logic as their brains are now conditioned for “rapid, shallow processing” of information.
How LinkedIn works to decide if it shares your post or not. LinkedIn works very differently than other social media platforms.
Because it was imposed on Spanish speakers by mostly non-Spanish speaking activists.
As this blog is not read much, in 2025 I removed about 2,000 posts, leaving about 800.
The % of Americans who express “pride” in their country is still high, but has dropped a lot over the past 20 years.
What do you think of when you hear that someone is “homesteading”? The definition now includes anyone with a vegetable garden, doing their own canning or baking bread. Hmmmm…
I am having difficulty mastering the plethora of personal pronouns.
Every language has terminology and idioms that may have originated long ago, in the context of derogatory comments or associated with an era when such language may have been viewed as derogatory. There is a list, online, over almost 3,000 words or phrases in the English language, that are considered offensive, or considered offensive in some contexts.
One of the long ago greats in journalism, the late Jim McKay.
Almost all social media influencers are women.