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Education Troublemaker, Instructional Designer, EdTechie, Video gamer, Linguist, Geek and Trekkie. I am a perpetual student. views my own. 19477448.

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Grammarly will keep using authors’ identities without permission unless they opt out expertoptout@superhuman.com.

Grammarly will keep using authors’ identities without permission unless they opt out

10.03.2026 23:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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PEER: a technique for brainstorming interviewees and story sources Commentary on PEER: a technique for brainstorming interviewees and story sources by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more

PEER: a technique for brainstorming interviewees and story sources

10.03.2026 22:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Russia-linked hackers target Signal, WhatsApp of officials globally Russia-linked hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government and military officials worldwide, warns Dutch intelligence.

Russia-linked hackers target Signal, WhatsApp of officials globally

10.03.2026 21:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I remember running this on my System 7 Mac...and later on I think the Newton had an instance I could run. Wonder if I can run it on modern Win11... nekothecat.neocities...

10.03.2026 20:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

10.03.2026 19:33 👍 1634 🔁 889 💬 67 📌 41
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'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents : Three agents is about all we can handle

'AI brain fry' affects employees managing too many agents

10.03.2026 19:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is higher education broken? Not exactly. Commentary on Is higher education broken? Not exactly. by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more

Is higher education broken? Not exactly.

10.03.2026 19:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We need facts, not “opinions.” We’re talking about a war crime.

10.03.2026 18:56 👍 636 🔁 110 💬 31 📌 0

Free and virtual and open to all! Thursday, March 26th, 5pm EDT. ☀️

10.03.2026 19:26 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It was a lie, not an opinion. A blatant and obvious lie. Something he knew was a lie. And not just another one of the hundreds of lies he tells every day - a lie about the killing of at least 175 people, mostly girls who were attending school. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

10.03.2026 18:57 👍 1876 🔁 575 💬 159 📌 17

Μου θυμήζει Φρουτοπία ετούτος...

10.03.2026 19:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Amiga game controllers last so long compared to modern controllers Some Amiga game controllers seem to last almost forever, especially when compared to many modern controllers that may develop problems after only a few years. Anyone who has used classic gaming…

Why Amiga game controllers last so long compared to modern controllers

10.03.2026 18:31 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Attended Eastern Sociological Society this weekend and was shocked to see a @soc-forum.bsky.social panel dedicated to using AI in publishing and pedagogy.

One panelist: "if you refuse to use AI, drop my course now".

The panelists failed to engage critically with how the tools work in any way

10.03.2026 14:30 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 4
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Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web opinion: Feeds are alive, well and can help deshittify things

Vulture rediscovers RSS to dull the pain of the modern web

10.03.2026 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Explore AI Literacy - A Visual Navigator for AI Literacy Frameworks Commentary on Explore AI Literacy - A Visual Navigator for AI Literacy Frameworks by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more

Explore AI Literacy - A Visual Navigator for AI Literacy Frameworks

10.03.2026 17:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
MenuetOS 1.59.20 released – OSnews MenuetOS, the operating system written in x86-64 assembly, has released two new versions since we last talked about it roughly two months ago. In fact, I’m not actually sure it’s just two, or more,...

MenuetOS 1.59.20 released

10.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Satellite images that are AI fakes To everyone’s surprise, that people definitely did not see coming, fake satellite images are sprinkling over social media to disperse fiction. For Financial Times, Dan Clark and Chris Campbel…

Satellite images that are AI fakes

10.03.2026 15:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How AI Assistants Are Moving the Security Goalposts - Slashdot An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: AI-based assistants or "agents" -- autonomous programs that have access to the user's computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task -- are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-rai...

How AI Assistants Are Moving the Security Goalposts

10.03.2026 15:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Paramount's Takeover of Warner Bros Is Turning Into an International Crisis Going to war with Iran has suddenly brought China back into the mix on the sale.

Paramount’s Takeover of Warner Bros Is Turning Into an International Crisis

10.03.2026 14:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside 40 million users later

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside

10.03.2026 13:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Terrifying’: Family says Evanston-born U.S. citizen detained for hours after returning to O’Hare Sunny Naqvi, a U.S. citizen, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at O’Hare International Airport for nearly 30 hours with no cause, leading to a protest outside the ICE facility in…

‘Terrifying’: Family says Evanston-born U.S. citizen detained for hours after returning to O’Hare

10.03.2026 13:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I don’t know what is Apple’s endgame for the Fn/Globe key, and I’m not sure Apple knows either” – OSnews Every modifier key starts simple and humble, with a specific task and a nice matching name.

“I don’t know what is Apple’s endgame for the Fn/Globe key, and I’m not sure Apple knows either”

10.03.2026 11:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - Slashdot Electronic Arts has laid off staff across multiple Battlefield studios despite Battlefield 6 being the best-selling game in the U.S. in 2025 and the "biggest launch in franchise history." According…

EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch games.slashdot.org/story/26/03/...

10.03.2026 10:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Marathon Players Are Quickly Solving The Cryo Archive ARG Puzzle Puzzle solvers, streamers, and data miners are making progress on the Cryo Archive ARG puzzle in Marathon

Marathon Players Are Working Together To Unlock The Shooter’s Final Level

10.03.2026 00:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Colleges Face Widespread Closures. So Why Are They Still Resisting Change? Transformation is no longer optional.

Colleges Face Widespread Closures. So Why Are They Still Resisting Change?

10.03.2026 00:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stop

ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant; Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stop

09.03.2026 22:59 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Why the Sega Saturn is so difficult to emulate compared to other consoles www.generationamiga....

09.03.2026 21:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot dead by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Footage shows US citizen shot dead by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop

09.03.2026 20:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"The option to just spend less?" But, but, but, are you suggesting we ... what are you suggesting again? [harumpf!]

09.03.2026 14:34 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Six years ago today, they shut down the stock market 'cause Covid.

Saudis & Russia were feuding over oil prices

Trump was playing golf, attending fundraisers and tweeting out lies

Some things never change.

09.03.2026 12:06 👍 272 🔁 80 💬 2 📌 1