A Ken Burns Sepia-Toned Archive of Posts
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Oliver Willis: “The New York Times Is The Problem”
Why we should stop wringing our hands about The New York Times and instead, learn to love pointing out its many, many flaws. https://oliverwillis.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-is-the-problem Continue reading
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Don’t put me in a situation…
This is my illustration of the rhetorical situation, sort of. Think of it as a biblically accurate angel with less surety. All the stick figures are the same person, just at different moments. That’s the cardboard tube of genre in the middle. It has form but easily bendable. Yes. Ok. This was also posted on Continue reading
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Scientific American: One of the Biggest Problems in Biology Has Finally Been Solved
Really interesting read on the connection between game theory and AI-assisted biology. “Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis explains how its AlphaFold AI program predicted the 3-D structure of every known protein” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-of-the-biggest-problems-in-biology-has-finally-been-solved/ Continue reading
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In case of a “weird pipe mishap”…
My latest work order: “The pipes in Office 003 are making the strangest noise. It’s not consistent, but if I can capture it on my phone, I will. Normally there’s a gurgle here and a hiss there, but this sounds like something out of this world. I would like to not be the victim of Continue reading
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My Unofficial Teaching Philosophy
There was a video get-together for the launch of a fiction anthology that I have a story in. It was a little awkward for me since I didn’t know anyone, but someone asked me about teaching freshman composition and here’s my 3.5 minute response (Starts at 53:34 if the video link doesn’t work properly): This Continue reading
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Welcome
My name is Heather Flyte and I am a writer and PhD student in English. Currently I am a teaching fellow at Lehigh University and I’m currently (finally) reading for my comprehensive exams. I’m pulling back from posting my thoughts, images, etc. on various social media sites and hope to make this the home to Continue reading
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