Open Society

This audio is a rant directed to Black people as a result of me trying to test out migrating to Mastodon. More background to this drama after the audio. I'd suggest reading that first. There's also a transcript after in order to entice you. And if you want to read

What is Solarpunk? Why does it matter? In this series we discuss Solarpunk as a movement within art, literature, and activism. We explore its themes and talk about what separates it from its genre peers. Each episode explores a writing prompt set in a Solarpunk aesthetic with examples and inspirations from our world today. Based upon story prompts created by Paweł Ngei⁩. Episode transcripts available here

Richard M. Fierro, who served for 15 years in the military, was at the nightclub in Colorado Springs with his family when the gunman opened fire. “I just knew I had to take him down,” he said.

Tumblr will add support for ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol that today is powering social networking software like Twitter alternative Mastodon, the Instagram-like Pixelfed, video streaming service PeerTube, and others.

Greater availability of funded research labor drives the higher productivity of faculty at elite institutions.

The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.

Oh, that is perfect. Here’s a link to to the “Not Dead Yet” Official Homepage And quoting the header on that page: Not Dead Yet: The Resistance is a national, grassroots disability rights group that...

This is largely based off of the original flag, but I decided to do my own interpretation. I did not make dyspunktional, this is just my proposal for a flag. -- The circled-A symbol represents punk,...

The New Fascism Syllabus is a crowd-sourced collection of scholarly writings on the history of fascist, populist, and authoritarian movements and governments.

In reviewing Indigenous approaches to open, distance, and digital education, the authors found that Indigenous people have been keen to adopt and adapt technologies for their own uses and purposes but are less successful in controlling and creating technologies that...

The strategic integration of online and in-person learning modalities (referred to as blended learning) is becoming increasingly popular in primary, secondary, post-secondary, and corporate contexts. Some have even called blended learning (BL) the “new...

Welcome Back to Found, the TechCrunch podcast where we get the stories behind the startups. It’s rare we get to speak to someone who has been working at their company for 19 years so this conversation with Matt Mullenweg of Automattic and WordPress feels a little special. His journey to becoming a founder was grounded […]

EduTootersForm Timestamp,Your Name,What do you teach or do in education space? (e.g. 6th grade science teacher, higher-ed professor of philosophy, non-profit education association),Where you coming from? Twitter address (@mguhlin),What is your Mastodon account address (@mguhlin@mstdn.social)?,Ho...

This open access handbook offers a one-stop-shop for researchers in the field of open, distance and digital education.

(Click to read the whole comic)

Forthcoming in the January, 2023 issue of Locus Magazine.

Like-minded educators can build friendly, hopeful spaces for young people to channel their energy toward creative rebellion against unjust systems, rather than falling prey to grifters and hate manufacturers. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.

The Hewlett Foundation launched the Madison Initiative to tackle the problem of democratic dysfunction, with a strategy focused on the practice of politics — looking for levers to reduce or mitigate the tribalism that prevents our elected officials from working together effectively. Yet finding ways to address societal problems is not solely a matter of ...

This cohort study examines sex differences in psychiatric diagnoses and hospitalizations in autistic compared with nonautistic young adults.

As international charities pulled out or faced funding issues after the Taliban takeover, Aseel, an online business that sells local crafts, wondered: Could it help ease the rising wave of hunger?

When creating inclusive content, it’s important to consider the way we write about disability and neurodiversity. The language people use when talking about disability and neurodiversity can be patronizing or dismissive of people’s lived experiences. Using certain words may also unintentionally minimize or ignore the realities of disability and neurodiversity. It’s more inclusive if we […]

As a science fiction writer, Butler forged a new path and envisioned bold possibilities. On the eve of a major revival of her work, this is the story of how she came to see a future that is now our present.

Articles and blogs/websites: (Note: This doc has more ADHD-specific links) https://sparkleclass.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/autistic-a5-booklet-digital.pdf https://www.autisticqualia.com/autism-questionnaires/ Women “camouflaging” autistic traits suffer severe mental health challenges, BYU s...

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!