fyi Stay sane, keep washing those hands, and practice social solidarity as well as physical distancing, Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.291.2925 (cell) 979.862.4314 (fax) Engineering elections: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/engineering-principles-... Racial disparities in waiting to vote: https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-long-time-to-vote-141267 *FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine* (Johns Hopkins University Press) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Center for Science and the Imagination <imagination@asu.edu> Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:14 PM Subject: Pandemics and Games Essay Jam To: Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu> Join us Jan 4-10 to explore the tangled relationships between pandemics and games. View this email in your browser <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailchi.mp/asu/pandemics-and-games-essay-jam?e=04c5415ac7__;!!KwNVnqRv!Sovf6DxEbQ-ppqPn-Y9atrrJ5qP3EgMJmRpRq3PHsJT5gDvFTHcgCrsCnysYVbcJ91n_$> Pandemics and Games Essay Jam Presented by Critical Distance and the Center for Science and the Imagination January 4-10, 2021 [image: An illustration of a human head wearing a virtual-reality headset. On the left side of the image, a number of games-related images, like a chess set and a controller. 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