Power of Words Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:17:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Power of Words Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 From the Founder: Losing Iowa https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-losing-iowa/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:17:19 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=7928 I’m from Iowa originally, and being a smallish, quiet state, there was never much to brag about — no professional sports teams, no especially big cities, no astounding geological spectacles…

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]]> From the Founder: Putting Aside Words as Weapons https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-putting-aside-words-as-weapons/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:02:50 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=7893 This has been an incredibly hard few weeks for people who care about people, who work for peace, who strive to promote tolerance and understanding…and for people who care about…

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]]> A Couple of Neologisms for Today https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-deepfakes-and-a-couple-of-neologisms-for-today/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:57:37 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6704 On November 29, 2022, Planet Word interviewed Dr. Hany Farid from Berkeley about his work to identify deepfake online videos and photography. This is especially important as we enter the…

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]]> From the Founder: Words and Actions https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-words-and-actions/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:08:46 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6128 Planet Word was intended to be place where people would have fun with language, a joyful place where people would come together to use their words, that shined a spotlight…

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]]> From the Founder: A Year of Words https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-a-year-of-words/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:43:13 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=4243 Planet Word opened officially on October 22, 2020, in the middle of the pandemic. People asked me why we’d open at such a risky time health-wise and financially, but I…

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]]> From the Founder: Information, Misinformation, Disinformation https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-information-misinformation-disinformation/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:02:53 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=3944 At Planet Word we’ve recently put the final touches on a new “beacon,” the digital stations where visitors can dive deeper into subjects covered in the museum’s galleries. We’ve got…

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