Happy World Music Day!

The 2028 campaign for US President began today. To be clear: this is the man who orchestrated the California government's removal of the Green Party's candidate from this month's primary ballot. I had to write in Butch Ware. And I always vote third party. www.youtube.com/watc...

"We are complying with the government’s legal directive and are removing access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users." www.anthropic.com/news/fable-m...

Another TACO Tuesday!

Congratulations Maha! Hat Tip made with The Fabulous Remixer Machine remixer.visualthinke... #EquityUnbound #MYFest26? #WildDS106

"“In 2022, the IMU swiftly relocated the congress out of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, aligning with a community boycott petition that gathered roughly 400 signatures,” they said." www.timeshighereducation.com/news/thousan...

Trump will be cosplaying Solomon today. apnews.com/article/trum... and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event

On Saturday you should go to a No Kings protest, but if your protest doesn't conflict with it I invite you to join me for a free workshop I am giving at Canada's Let's Talk Science event on using LLMs for exploring science claims letstalkscience.ca/events/natio...

Imagine going to basic training at 42, wowing your bunkmates with the fact that you remember 9/11

Beautiful

Surveillance Capitalism

MAGA Miriam Adelson's Goal Achieved (best comment and image seen today)

Hey Google! Thanks for the surprise spring cleaning! My entire Gemini chat history just vanished from the sidebar. It's "just a handshake error," my ass. Real reliable product there, Sundar. #Gemini #GoogleFail #AIAmnesia #ChatHistoryGone #ThanksGoogle #GoogleIsEvil

This is the kind of news cycle when on day two or three you can pitch the 17th century history story.

After September 2026, it Won't be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering with Google. This will involve: Paying a fee to Google Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions Providing government identification #GoogleIsEvil keepandroidopen.org/

Happy 25th anniversary Wikipedia! #OER #Open en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Tomorrow is Wikipedia's 25th anniversary. Here is an openly available view of a paywalled article supplied by the author, a longtrime Wikipedian. www.nature.com/artic...

"Well, when the president does it … that means that it is not illegal." President Richard M. Nixon in interview with David Frost 1977. www.congress.gov/116...

Happy Hogmanay!

Good News! The Trump administration didn't do for Solstice what they did for Hanukkah!

Feliz Solsticix! Sunrise by Jean Beaufort CC0

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...

“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.