In a Murphian twist of fate, it turns out the student was not *exactly* the culprit. The photograph which he had linked to belonged to a (financial) site, which was hacked into. I contacted them to clarify the matter and indeed, they had no idea some smutty pics were on their server. It remains unclear [...]

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2 months ago I posted a video on my teaching blog, with accompanying comprehension and opinion questions as an assignment. It’s a video about binlan girls, which I thought would generate the kind of discussion I only dream of from my 8th graders. It was a moderate success.
A few days ago I recieved an email [...]

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I have been a rottentomatoes user for a few years. I routinely scan their top movies list to, um, decide which movies to legally rent at blockbusters. The latest one is Deliver Us From Evil, a documentary about a very disturbed priest, a few of his many, many victims, and the uber-sick Church that [...]

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