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@thestate.com Out of curiosity, why was the parent never named in your stories or the board meeting. Can any parent anonymously ask for any book to be banned? How do we really know this person even is a parent? If you want to ban a book, you should be required to stand up and explain why.

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@Gentry I’m so happy to have F1 back this weekend. Looking forward to the race. (Or I guess, races since there is a sprint race, too.)

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@Gentry Love it, especially the wheels. Really channeling whitewall tires with those white rims.

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The NY Times 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters story is wonderful. Lots of names I expected to see, but some that I didn’t know or didn’t think of. Complete with a playlist of hits for Spotify and Apple Music. Gift link if you want to check it out…

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@aaronrosspowell.com

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Defragmenting my online life: bobwertz.com

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There will be THREE players on next year’s South Carolina Women’s Basketball roster who can dunk: Watkins, Tournebize and Edwards.

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I’ve recently rediscovered my love of tea. I bought a small electric kettle for my office, ordered some outstanding Goddess Gray loose tea from Full Moon Tea Company in Asheville, and I’m using my ceramic Tea Forte Kati cup with an integrated infuser basket. A great mid-morning routine.

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Metaless: bobwertz.com

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Thanks to Cotton Bureau for featuring my new “Happy Frank” shirt design in their T-Shirt Tuesday email. (And yes, I know his full name is Frankenstein’s Monster, but he just goes by Frank these days.)

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My son was happy that his first JV lacrosse season was over and he could take a little bit of a break.

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He’s currently playing a lacrosse VR game on his Meta Quest.

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Blade Wing: bobwertz.com

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Avett Brothers at the Township Auditorium.

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Graphic design schools are teaching tech, but are they teaching taste? Kathy Pham discusses the current state of design education. Really solid essay on a topic I’ve been thinking about recently.

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I’ve been listening to the Vergecast lately and this Tuesday’s episode is outstanding. Ben McKenzie talks about crypto and his new documentary. Victoria Song discusses the pros and (very serious) cons of health tracking. A thoughtful discussion on two very complicated tech topics.

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SbB Powertrain in use: Eurobasket \"\"\"679a0a2ddf539\"65c390d66c0d3 : bobwertz.com

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This academic study in Visual Communication analyzing G.I. Joe “Knowing is half the battle” PSAs from the early 1980s is amazing. Sadly not open access, but you should read it if you are Gen X and have access through your university library.

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I’m fascinated by the minimalist approach that Slate is taking with their EV pickup. I see opportunity for customization, but others see a small truck without a built-in sound system. This article does a good job of summing up the challenges Slate faces in taking a radically different approach.

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Witnessed a drone delivery yesterday for the first time when shopping in southern Charlotte. Apparently, it’s a partnership beween Doordash and Wing, and only available in a four mile radius of the shopping center we were in. Strange to see a drone lower a package to the ground, and then fly off.

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Happy Easter from Team Wertz. Always wonderful to worship at St. Paul Aiken when we are in town.

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Go Gamecocks!!!! 🏀

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Spring is here. I looked up while grilling and noticed our backyard trees are finally all green again. 🍃🍃🍃

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Ryan got his first high school start tonight when the starting goalie injured his hand in warm ups. He got the win and a shut out.

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Bored, while sitting in a very long middle school car line. (I’m near the front.)

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The South Carolina Women’s Basketball team is so impressive. Strong win against Oklahoma today. Ta’Niya, Raven and Tessa shot the lights out, scoring 60 of the team’s 94. Looking forward to the next game against TCU or Virginia. Go Gamecocks. 🐓🏀

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More examples of Apple’s non-traditional approach to visual brand management: bobwertz.com

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The parking garage is so eerily empty when I get in early.

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I’ve been impressed by Kagi News. A nice AI-curated summary of important news stories, updated once a day. Provides links to a spectrum of sources, and the site has an RSS feed, so I can easily add it to Feedbin.

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Coffee shops should all have a rack of reading glasses for sale. I occasionally forget mine when I go to write or study, and I would completely pay an inflated price for a pair of reading glasses in the moment. I can’t be the only one. I think they’d make a nice profit.

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@tiro_j I am really interested to see how the cars develop. As a relatively new F1 fan, it’s my first regulation change… I hope more than just the Mercedes and Ferrari are competitive by the end of the season.

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@frankm I discovered earlier that if you select the text you want to quote before you click “New Post,” the Micro.Blog post includes that text as a quote.

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@manton The MacBook Neo with a $499 education price will be perfect for my daughter when she heads to college in the Fall. It’s honestly perfect for what she needs.

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@AdamChandler Beautiful. Love that color.

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@kerry.bsky.social Yep. Norah’s an art education major, so she took photography in the art school where they use darkrooms. She develops her own black and white, but sends the color film off for processing.

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@kerry.bsky.social Norah and several of her friends are shooting film and love it, but there are few decent new cameras to buy. I think there is a market there…

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@JohnPhilpin Great cover. And loved your post about the meaning today.

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We know he’s heard the song before — it’s in movies that he’s seen — but swears he wasn’t thinking about it when he named the project.

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@skoobz That game in Tampa looks like so much fun, and it’s definitely better with 40° weather.

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@devilgate No. Beyond is the last one. Now scheduled to come out in Summer 2027.

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@devilgate Sorry. I thought you watched the first of the trilogy, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.

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@devilgate FYI. Part one of three. Third movie isn’t out yet.

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@andreawest.bsky.social So many great options. I’ll have to try the Greek place next time. It looked great.

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@gdp “Yep” and “Nope” pages are genius. I need to add those to my site!

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@joshuapsteele Nice job creating something that has all three letters, yet still feels cohesive. That’s not easy.

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@gdp Will have to check that out next time I head to Lowe’s Foods in Lexington.

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@gdp Who do you get beans from in the Columbia area?

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@larand 1 point for me, too. I don’t remember doing the boombox on the shoulder thing, either.

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@manton So sorry to hear about your mom. Thinking of you and your family.

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@pratik The email I got implied that my F1TV subscription would not renew at the end of this year, and everything I paid for will be included with a regular Apple TV subscription (which I already have). So next year, I’ll have one less subscription.

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@pratik Actually, based on the email I got from F1 TV, it does look like my regular Apple TV subscription will include almost everything I watch on F1 TV included in the regular Apple TV subscription. We’ll see, though.

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@pratik Yeah. Just reread it. I’ll just pay Apple instead of F1. 🤷‍♂️

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