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"html": "<blockquote>\n <h2><a href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/06/spotify-barack-michelle-obama-podcast-higher-ground/?guccounter=1\">\u201cExclusive podcasts\u201d</a></h2>\n\n <p>Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, will create exclusive podcasts for the streaming platform [Spotify]. Both Obamas will appear on some of the shows.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I find it utterly despicable that companies such as Spotify have taken it upon themselves to <em>redefine</em> the meaning of the word <strong>podcast</strong>. There is no such thing as an \u201cexclusive podcast\u201d because podcasts, by their very technical nature, are not exclusive and are part of the very fabric of the <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/openweb\">#openweb</a>.</p>\n\n<p>A podcast is simply an RSS feed which is downloadable from a website. The RSS feed contains items with various metadata and links to MP3 files. In theory an RSS feed could be behind some kind of HTTP auth paywall or be served via an obfuscated URL\u2014but at the end of the day, that RSS feed <em>can</em> and <em>should</em> be playable by any podcast client.</p>\n\n<p>A \u201cpodcast\u201d that can only be played by a single client <strong>is not a podcast</strong>. That\u2019s as absurd as somebody claiming they\u2019ve published an \u201cexclusive website\u201d that\u2019s only accessible via a single app. If the website can\u2019t be viewed via any standard web browser on the internet, it\u2019s not a website. If a podcast can\u2019t be listened to via any standard podcast player on the internet, it\u2019s not a podcast.</p>\n\n<p>Spotify, and anybody else out there trying to pull a fast one like this, <strong>you do not get to redefine the terms or the technology of podcasting</strong>. They belong to the open web. They belong to us. And we won\u2019t let you have it.</p>",
"text": "\u201cExclusive podcasts\u201d\n\n Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, will create exclusive podcasts for the streaming platform [Spotify]. Both Obamas will appear on some of the shows.\n\n\n\nI find it utterly despicable that companies such as Spotify have taken it upon themselves to redefine the meaning of the word podcast. There is no such thing as an \u201cexclusive podcast\u201d because podcasts, by their very technical nature, are not exclusive and are part of the very fabric of the #openweb.\n\nA podcast is simply an RSS feed which is downloadable from a website. The RSS feed contains items with various metadata and links to MP3 files. In theory an RSS feed could be behind some kind of HTTP auth paywall or be served via an obfuscated URL\u2014but at the end of the day, that RSS feed can and should be playable by any podcast client.\n\nA \u201cpodcast\u201d that can only be played by a single client is not a podcast. That\u2019s as absurd as somebody claiming they\u2019ve published an \u201cexclusive website\u201d that\u2019s only accessible via a single app. If the website can\u2019t be viewed via any standard web browser on the internet, it\u2019s not a website. If a podcast can\u2019t be listened to via any standard podcast player on the internet, it\u2019s not a podcast.\n\nSpotify, and anybody else out there trying to pull a fast one like this, you do not get to redefine the terms or the technology of podcasting. They belong to the open web. They belong to us. And we won\u2019t let you have it."
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Simly post a link to tto jsfiddle on your blog or website and post a link to that on Twitter. It will work. Totally understand why @twitter doesn't want executable code in a tweet. I mean if you are tweeting links to jsfiddle you can build your own website.
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"text": "#FoxYeah way to go @mozilla https://twitter.com/YoungbloodJoe/status/1136010305119629314?s=20 Glad to see @firefox stand up for privacy and protect user dats",
"html": "<a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/tag/FoxYeah\" class=\"p-category\">#FoxYeah</a> way to go @mozilla <a href=\"https://twitter.com/YoungbloodJoe/status/1136010305119629314?s=20\">https://twitter.com/YoungbloodJoe/status/1136010305119629314?s=20</a> Glad to see @firefox stand up for privacy and protect user dats"
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"text": "I saw the pre orders for Stadia are up!. I would order one right now as this is the only way to ensure you get a Stadia before Google cancels them."
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"text": "@btopro check out how your article parsed: https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2019/06/07/technical-weapons your OGP was skipped (which Known parses for title and the line of your script came up first. I manually changed the title from \"Single Page Apps for GitHub Pages\"",
"html": "@btopro check out how your article parsed: <a href=\"https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2019/06/07/technical-weapons\">https://quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2019/06/07/technical-weapons</a> your OGP was skipped (which Known parses for title and the line of your script came up first. I manually changed the title from \"Single Page Apps for GitHub Pages\""
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"text": "NYT times article about authors being attacked on social media and knowing how #diversityjedi get attacked maybe problem is platforms\n\n\nAnti racism in YA tough work. Feelings will be hurt. \n\n\nFacebook and Twitter profit when feelings get hurt. Rage drives engagement.",
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"html": "<p>At the June 4 meeting of the Tackling a Wicked Problem instructors group, we were asked to develop an action plan to lay out things we need to learn about and/or do between now and our next meeting on July 30. Here is my action plan.</p>\n<ol><li>I want to start the first day of the class with a discussion of \u201cwhat is learning?\u201d I have an idea for an activity to practice, fail, and improve their yoyo skills (I got the idea from the <a href=\"https://www.kaospilot.dk/\">Kaospilot workshop</a> on designing learning spaces that I went to a year and a half ago). After that exercise (which will also serve as an ice breaker to begin the development of our classroom community), we will debrief the conditions necessary for the encouragement of learning. We will talk about how those conditions can be fostered in our classroom community. I need to plan this activity.</li>\n<li>I also want to begin the class with a spirit of inquiry and a sense of curiosity. So I\u2019m thinking that I\u2019d like to give students some phrases related to our wicked problem (climate change) and ask them what they know about those phrases and how they know those things. I will allow them to use their electronic devices during this exercise. I need to plan this exercise and determine a set of phrases that make sense and will result in discussion.</li>\n<li>I think I\u2019m going to use <a href=\"https://www.jessestommel.com/how-to-ungrade/\">ungrading</a> in this class. I have read a number of articles and blog posts by people who have used this technique in their classes and want to go read those articles and blog posts again so I can figure out which flavor of ungrading I will use.</li>\n<li>I read a <a href=\"https://www.hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2019/05/23/three-ways-transform-your-lecture-course-dean-anne-balsamos\">blog post</a> about transforming a lecture class but found the ideas about syllabus design fascinating for any class. In particular, I love the idea of thinking about the syllabus as an invitation to learning and getting META on the syllabus where we explain why we\u2019re doing what we\u2019re doing. So I want to think about my own syllabus for IS1115 as a real tool for getting students to think about their learning and the role that our classroom plays in their learning and development of the Habits of Mind.</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://elisabethjohnston.plymouthcreate.net/an-urgency-of-teachers/praxis-connections-to-reflections-of-my-teaching/\">Elisabeth Johnston</a> and I are having our students meet together once a week for an hour. We\u2019re both using the same wicked problem but think some benefit will come from our students talking together across sections. Elisabeth and I need to meet (a lot!) to talk about how we\u2019re going to use that hour, especially early in the semester when students aren\u2019t working on projects yet. I think we\u2019ll use the early meetings to build a community across our sections but we need to talk about how to do that.</li>\n<li>I need to think about how I\u2019m going to get students to choose things to read about climate change and how to share what they learn from those readings with the rest of the class. I had thought about getting every student set up with a domain of their own so they could create individual web sites where they could post what they learn. But it feels daunting to get them up and running with the technology given all of the other things we want/need to do with the class. So I need to do some research about innovative ways to share and figure out what might work best in the class.</li>\n<li>I also need to think about how I\u2019m going to get students into their project groups. When I taught First Year Seminar, we did concept mapping and they identified areas about fake news (our wicked problem) that they were interested in learning more about. And then I grouped them based on their interests. It was only somewhat successful. For example, I had a group of students who were friends because they played on a sports team together. They all indicated the same area of interest although I\u2019m not sure it was an authentic expression of their interest.</li>\n<li>I am going to incorporate regular (probably weekly) self-reflection on students\u2019 practice and development of the Habits of Mind. I\u2019m thinking that I will repurpose the 7-7 forms that I used when I taught FYS but I need to carefully think about how that might happen.</li>\n</ol><p>I have a lot more than this to do to get ready to teach this class but this is a good start on an action plan. I\u2019ll add to it as I think of more stuff.</p>\n\n<p>Image credit: Yoyos taken by Cathie LeBlanc (me!) on October 4, 2018.</p>",
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"text": "What's ridiculous is you thinking a single website is \"playing god\" or that this situation in any way silences the homophobic voices.",
"html": "<p>What's ridiculous is you thinking a single website is \"playing god\" or that this situation in any way silences the homophobic voices.</p>"
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"text": "This is ridiculous. YouTube is not the Star Chamber \u2014 stop playing God & silencing those voices you disagree with. This will not end well. #LouderWithCrowder"
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