?³ #wcus on Twitter: “TinyMCE was never tying to be a layout tool, like MicroSoft Word does not try to be PowerPoint. The Block-Based editor is trying to be both a typing tool and a layout tool. Today, I think it fails at providing a fluid interface to TinyMCE was never tying to be a layout tool, like MicroSoft Word does not try to be PowerPoint. The Block-Based editor is trying to be both a typing tool and a layout tool. Today, I think it fails at providing a fluid interface to make either task feel enjoyable. The “Yellow Jackets” Riots In France Are What Happens When Facebook Gets Involved With Local NewsThe same month that Nogueira set up his first group, Mark Zuckerberg announced two algorithm changes to Facebook’s News Feed that would “prioritize news that is trustworthy, informative, and local.” The updates were meant to combat sensationalism, misinformation, and political polarization by emphasizing local networks over publisher pages. One change upranks news from local publishers only. Another change made the same month prioritizes posts from friends and family, hoping to inspire back-and-forth discussion in the comments of posts. CoyoteVestAre you concerned for the safety of your small dog? It’s a dangerous world where coyotes, aggressive dogs, and even birds of prey can injure or kill your small dog […]

Indigenous pedagogies and online learning environments: a massive open online course case study h/t Stephen Downes Thirteen Ways of Looking at Blackboard – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Using an iPhone as My Webcam Might be worth the trouble . . . Introducing Discussions: Real Human Answers in Search Results | Brave Browser To serve these Discussions, the Brave Search ranking algorithm detects queries where a discussion forum might give an alternative or complementary viewpoint to the search results. This “discussion worthiness” score is based on a variety of signals, including: Freshness (or recency) of the topic The popularity of the topic on a given forum The quality of the conversation (as measured by user engagement, such as upvotes or responses) The search quality score (which measures how relevant the discussion is to a query) The Greatest Show in Baseball: The Savanah Bananas – Neatorama I keep seeing this team popup in various places. I can think of the comments about how this isn’t baseball and likely people will feel very strongly about that. It gets to the heart of what a thing might be and what it’s supposed to do. I wonder about the same thing about education and the varying paths it might take depending on how and what you believe it’s intended to do. Aric Toler on Twitter: “And […]

This Is Almost Certainly James Comey’s Twitter Account Click through to the linked photo, and you’ll find that a well-wisher has left a comment in which none other than Brien Comey is tagged. Now, our FBI Director has trained his son well. His Instagram account is locked down. Instagram itself, however, offers a little loophole that is terrible for user privacy but wonderfully helpful for our purposes today. Are you searching for stolen US University email credentials? Search on the Dark WebSecurity Affairs Virginia Tech makes the list . . . “I’ve been scraping the Dark Web since 2009. There were 2.2 million .edu [emails] there back in 2015, 2.8 million in 2016, and now almost 14 million a year later. That’s a significant spike,” explained Brian Dunn, managing partner at ID Agent. There are people who spend their time yelling at the Mars Curiosity rover on Twitter | The Outline Despite all this, not everyone believes that Curiosity is actually on Mars. There is a not-insignificant number of people who yell at the Mars Curiosity rover on Twitter, accusing it of perpetuating a hoax. Education secretary criticizes professors as telling students ‘what to think’ “The faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.” COTSBot – Robotics@QUT – Confluence […]