npr: nprfreshair: From ‘Batman’ To ‘Birdman,’ Michael Keaton Knows Suits And Superheroes In the existential comedy Birdman, Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, a washed up, insecure actor looking for a second shot at fame and success. In a last attempt to reignite his career, Riggan directs and stars in a Broadway play. Meanwhile, he is taunted…

gjmueller: Higher Education Is Not a Mixtape That aside, it’s a fantasy that higher education is careening toward an unbundled future of consumer choice, lower prices, and efficiency. Those making such predictions are peddling flawed analogies, while the technology they rely on is flawed. They just don’t understand the economics of higher education. Higher-education consumers—students…

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emergentdigitalpractices: “I started looking into whether lead degrades in water, trying to find out why fisherman use lead weights and researching the composition of lead type, as I didn’t really know anything about the chemistry of it and wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to start looking for something that had rotted away. When…