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First Hong Konger in space
Li Jiaying, a 43-year-old police officer and mother of three, serves as the payload scientist in the three-member crew who made their way to China’s Tiangong space station on Sunday night. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7p87r56mgo Congratulations to her! But is it really important that she is a “mother of three”? I never see anything about male astronauts being […]
Sir Pat, Claude, and the Bard
“Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;But then begins a journey in my head,To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired…” I dearly wish I had though of this. Then again, I don’t know Patrick Stewart… https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/patrick-stewart-ai-schooled-shakespeare-rcna344945
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The barriers go down…with the past…
The smiling bear stickers that adorned the walls of the barricade are long gone, sacrificial victims to an eager child’s exploring hands. But my kids loved these things. Continue reading
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