As I watch Indiana in Rose Bowl a commercial showing academic excellence reminded me of great work done this fall by #IVMOOC team. View at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take...

This @kumu.io visualization shows participation in 1994-2015 #Tutor #Mentor conferences held in #Chicago. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take... Many of the youth programs on my lists can be found if you enlarge portions of the map, or focus on a single event. Can you find yours?

bubbl.us/6957219 Interactive mindmap about thinking.

I posted this overview of mindmapping and concept mapping a few years ago www.patreon.com/posts/concep...

Happy New Year. Now I can go to bed at a decent hour. May all your hopes and dreams come true in 2026.

AOC confirmed this is accurate This is why I keep screaming about the midterms Winning the House and the Senate allows us to clean OUR house of all of these criminals

#2026 LET'S GO!!! #HappyNewYear

Hey everyone -- absolutely go and enjoy your NYE and NYD...but once that's over, remember that Jack Smith's testimony should be front page news everywhere (and the fact that it isn't is a serious indictment).

I think this might be something we can all agree on. Have a wonderful NYE everyone!

youtube.com/watch?v=aTTx... THIS IS A FIVE-ALARM FIRE. Please share with everyone. Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio have already handed over all of their citizens private information from their election boards. The DOJ is suing the remaining states & DC for theirs.

This @kumu.io visualization shows participation in 1994-2015 #Tutor #Mentor conferences held in #Chicago. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take... Many of the youth programs on my lists can be found if you enlarge portions of the map, or focus on a single event. Can you find yours?

This is an act of war and illegal under both US and international law, let’s just be clear about that:

If you're planning on voting by mail in upcoming USA elections, get your ballot to the Post Office at least two weeks prior to the election. Don't let your vote be lost.

Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️ www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...

While most people focus on the connections between youth & volunteer tutors/mentors I focus on the systems that make such connections possible in big cities like #Chicago.

The 1990s photo in the upper right shows teens & staff at the #tutor #mentor program I was leading. At the right is one of those teens at our 2010 year end dinner. We're still connected via Facebook. It was an intentional effort that made this program available for so many years.

If you visit my blog you'll find that during late December/early January I write posts reflecting on what I've been trying to do over the past 30-50 years. Check out what I posted today on Substack.com. What the heck am I trying to do? open.substack.com/pub/danielba...

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

In this post I shared another visualization created using Kumu.io and invited students/universities to build similar maps showing the information in the #Tutor #Mentor library. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/mapp... #datavis #dataviz #conceptmap

Who is using concept maps to share strategies for helping these kids? See mine at www.tutormentorexchange.net/conceptmaps Share your collections.

I hope my new followers will take a look at my #tutor #mentor blog articles. New one today at Http://tutormentor.blogspot.com

I was enjoying the #NFL football game on FOX until the ICE commercial came on.

I added 700+ followers in the past three weeks after gaining only about 1k since I came here. I wonder if I will see this in increased visits to my blogs. One is tutormentor.blogspot.com

If I don’t get at least 100 responses, I won’t go the trouble of creating a civil rights pack! How sad that would be! I was hoping for 1,000!

What a waste of tax-payer dollars.

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

I've shared my lists of #Chicago #tutor #mentor programs since 1994. Who in your city has a similar map/list? I use this to draw attention & resources to every program. tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/06/help...

I'm having fun digging into this visualization of attendees of 1994-2014 Tutor/Mentor Conferences that I hosted in #Chicago. I show a few at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take... #datavis #dataviz Thanks to IVMOOC students at Indiana University for creating this.

🕯 THE CAROL OF THE DEAD CITY: Which is painful to listen to... This year, "The Carol" sounds like this... 🕯 Dedicated to all the destroyed Ukrainian cities and the souls that remain there. Eternal memory... 😢 #News #UkraineNews

My dream for Every Child of Every Age in America & Around the World. Not Just today but Always! Food security, Housing security, globally enviable public education, civil rights, health care, unconditional love and a 2026 that is not worse than 2025. youtu.be/NDzM74uqlQo?... go.bsky.app/cVVXfy

Happy Holidays! As schools and organizations take a break for the season, we hope our staff, partners, scholars, and the communities we serve take time to rest and recharge. We appreciate you. ❤️

This interactive Kumu visualization shows orgs that attended one or more Tutor/Mentor Leadership & Networking Conferences between 1994 and 2015. Can you find your org? tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take... I've tried to connect w them & help them connect w each other since 1990s. Are any here?

When you put big business in charge of lifting people up, they fail because they only care for profits. Public servants, small business and all levels of government care about their communities. Who do we trust to do right by Canada? #cdnpoli @liberalca.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/v/1814...

This interactive Kumu visualization shows orgs that attended one or more Tutor/Mentor Leadership & Networking Conferences between 1994 and 2015. Can you find your org? tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take... I've tried to connect w them & help them connect w each other since 1990s. Are any here?

Heading into 2026 I hope to connect w people who share these interests: #tutor #mentor #tutormentor #youthdevelopment #workforcedevelopment #nonschoolhours #birthtowork #volunteer #complexproblems #socialcapital, #maps, #systemsthinking #leadership #clmooc #networkanalysis #conceptmaps

Curiosity can be a bridge between respect and relationship, How can we make this actionable and present with our youth?#OpenDoorsTraining, #OpenHeartsOpenDoors, #youthvoice #youth #youthdevelopment

These declines are MASSIVE. And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING. “Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?” THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it. Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.

Stephen Rodrick of Rolling Stone tells us about the life—and murder—of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @RollingStone

This is a view showing participants in a single #Tutor/#Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference. It's an example of how you can zoom deeper into the KUMU map. I show more at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take...

clmooc.com/wp-content/u... In case you need a beautiful 2026 calendar. Good wishes for 2026! #clmooc

This is a view showing participants in a single #Tutor/#Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference. It's an example of how you can zoom deeper into the KUMU map. I show more at tutormentor.blogspot.com/2025/12/take...

Well, this post did not age well. #Bears won in a magical 4th quarter comeback then overtime TD. Clinched a playoff spot yesterday.

#clmooc #SilentSunday

Two dropped passes! WTF. Costly.

#Packers back-up QB ruining #Bears season. Ugh. Good for him. Bad for #Chicago.

America’s children need to dream and daydream and not live in a MAGA nightmare. They need food/housing security, globally enviable public schools, unconditionally loving adults, civil rights, VACCINES & Health Care! youtu.be/aLT_xoYE3QQ?... go.bsky.app/GsRoLnk

I am connected on LinkedIn to the Indiana University students who created this visualization. Follow me and read their own explanations of this #dataviz.