Reports from the friontlines of #EduSky

JFK In 1961, after learning Patrice Lamumba was assassinated by the US. The negatives of the family photographer were stored beneath WTC Tower 5 and destroyed on 9-11-2001. www.theguardian.com/...

Remember, remember the 5th of November... youtu.be/2u7XhoSuMV8

My parents heard the siren call of the silver screen and moved to HOLLYWOODLAND after World War II. Red and Lil were introduced by an older couple, Andy and Ev. They owned the house where mom lived and only rented to women. Dad traded handyman work for music lessons.

Los Angeles, the US city with the longest and shortest names. The full name reveals layers of history, language, and migration. LA is a crossroads; where cultures meet and sometimes clash. LA can be a liminal space, a place to reinvent one’s self. #WildDS106 #ReclaimOpen25

Every learning journey has origin stories, detours, and transformations. Mine began in Hollywood and my first trip was with my mom on a Greyhound bus to visit her parents in Silver City, New Mexico. I remixed this image to create a memory six month old me never had.

Pages Duex!

Tawny Frogmouth. What's in a name? A band, a brand, a pornstar? It's Australia's Bird of the Year! www.theguardian.com/... Image from Wikipedia.

**TECH HELP NEEDED:** Shure X2u + SM27 suddenly stopped working after Win 11 Pro updates on Dell 8960. System detects it as "Unrecognized Device" but X2u won't appear in sound settings or work at all. Anyone else had X2u compatibility issues after Win 11 updates? Solutions?

No team that swept their Division Series and then played a team that won game 7 of their Division Series has ever won a World Series. And the Toronto Bluejays have never lost a World Series! We've got them right where we want them! #gododgers #worldseries #mlb #dodgerblue

ScienceDirect #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/78328 This paper (14 page PDF) argues convincingly that there is no consensus on the evaluation of educational technology and proposes "the Multiple EdTech Impact Index (MEII) and an impact benchmarking formula for EdTech tools" in response.

... and FediForum is getting started. We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.

Anuj's session starts half past this hour.

Israeli culture & sports minister Miki Zohar vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards after its top prize was given to “The Sea,” an Arabic-language drama about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank who risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv variety.com/2025/film/gl...

The more things change...

Ian Linkletter is doing the hard work for education. You should follow him. #EduSky

I saw a Facebook post from a page called "Dodgers Faithful" on September 15, 2025, that claimed Mookie Betts posted this quote on his Instagram. The quote did not appear on Betts’ Instagram, nor did the follow-up post. It's fake and appears to be fabricated for engagement or misinformation.

Former UC President, Homeland Security Secretary, and Governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano would be proud.

"disgraceful.” UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Men are never going to be able to find it.

“The difference between an encampment and a vigil is that an encampment is where homeless people live,” Melaku-Bello said. “As you can see, I don’t have a bed. I have signs and it is covered by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression.”

More bullshit!

Or bullshit!

After senators were blocked from Gaza, CAIR says Congress can’t look away.

Automated Bullshit!

Very excited that "Analytical Marxism and Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century: Revisiting G.A Cohen" edited by myself and @benburgis.bsky.social now has a website and release date of Jan 11th, 2026! link.springer.com/book/9783032...

The story that inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.

Just saying, thoughtless, if not mindless, might be an excellent coping strategy right now 👌 #Buddha #buddhist

UPDATE: @SenatorHagerty and the Republicans just voted to let Trump take the Qatari jet with him when he leaves office. Insane corruption. There is no bottom.

Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends!

Starts Monday! #podcasting #digitalstorytelling

Starts Wednesday! #digitalstorytelling #storymapping

StoryCenter’s Founder Joe Lambert combines two of his favorite projects. With today’s smart phones we carry a mobile film studio in our pockets, and storymapping (GIS) projects are a critical new literacy for teachers, learners, and citizens. Come join us!

Michelle & Bojan have years of experience in digital storytelling and podcast production. Their online workshop can help you find a clear distinctive voice to develop your podcast, within a storytelling framework, and share it with the world. Come join us!

Michelle & Bojan have years of experience in digital storytelling and podcast production. Their online workshop can help you find a clear distinctive voice to develop your podcast, within a storytelling framework, and share it with the world. Come join me!

StoryCenter’s Founder Joe Lambert combines two of his favorite projects. With today’s smart phones we carry a mobile film studio in our pockets, and storymapping (GIS) projects are a critical new literacy for teachers, learners, and citizens. Come joim me!

StoryCenter’s Founder Joe Lambert combines two of his favorite projects. With today’s smart phones we carry a mobile film studio in our pockets, and storymapping (GIS) projects are a critical new literacy for teachers, learners, and citizens. Come join me!

Michelle & Bojan have years of experience in digital storytelling and podcast production. Their online workshop can help you find a clear distinctive voice to develop your podcast, within a storytelling framework, and share it with the world. Come join me!

Heron at Lido Café, Hyde Park, London

The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies. In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.

This is tonight's winner. Thanks for playing, everyone

"Bombed if you do, bombed if you don't." Trae Crowder (Liberal Redneck) on YouTube. "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing." President Donald Trump on the White House South Lawn.

Michelle & Bojan have years of experience in digital storytelling and podcast production. Their online workshop can help you find a clear distinctive voice to develop your podcast, within a storytelling framework, and share it with the world. Register today to ensure your spot!

StoryCenter’s Founder Joe Lambert combines two of his favorite projects. With today’s smart phones we carry a mobile film studio in our pockets, and storymapping (GIS) projects are a critical new literacy for teachers, learners, and citizens. Register today to ensure your spot!

StoryCenter’s Founder Joe Lambert combines two of his favorite projects. With today’s smart phones we carry a mobile film studio in our pockets, and storymapping (GIS) projects are a critical new literacy for teachers, learners, and citizens. Register today to ensure your spot!

StoryCenter’s Founder Joe Lambert combines two of his favorite projects. With today’s smart phones we carry a mobile film studio in our pockets, and storymapping (GIS) projects are a critical new literacy for teachers, learners, and citizens. Register today to ensure your spot!

Michelle & Bojan have years of experience in digital storytelling and podcast production. Their online workshop can help you find a clear distinctive voice to develop your podcast, within a storytelling framework, and share it with the world. Register today to ensure your spot!

NotebookLM is adding a new way to share your own notebooks publicly. https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/notebooklm-public-notebooks/ #AI #NotebookLM

KAINE: “You didn’t call any of the families. They learned about it from the press.” @sentimkaine calls out @petehegseth for not having the courtesy to call the families of the 🇺🇸 soldiers whose names he’s stripping from military bases to put the names of Confederate generals back.