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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1189895085300826113",
    "content": {
        "text": "Hey #OpenEd19 #digped #ds106 #clmooc #literacies #edtechchat #edu106 #edu307 #edu407 Who else is throwing a Halloween costume on their homepage? Here is mine jgregorymcverry.com. (jgregorymcverry.com/notes/2019-10-\u2026)",
        "html": "Hey <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OpenEd19\">#OpenEd19</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23digped\">#digped</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ds106\">#ds106</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23clmooc\">#clmooc</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23literacies\">#literacies</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edtechchat\">#edtechchat</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edu106\">#edu106</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edu307\">#edu307</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23edu407\">#edu407</a> Who else is throwing a Halloween costume on their homepage? Here is mine <a href=\"https://jgregorymcverry.com\">jgregorymcverry.com</a>. (<a href=\"https://jgregorymcverry.com/notes/2019-10-31-3\">jgregorymcverry.com/notes/2019-10-\u2026</a>)"
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/slsoftworks/status/1189865740750311425",
    "quotation-of": "https://twitter.com/SomeHats/status/1189725122254589952",
    "content": {
        "text": "Yup"
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        "name": "flaki",
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            "content": {
                "text": "JET LAG RECOVERY TIP: just don\u2019t you\u2019re like this forever now"
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                "type": "card",
                "name": "alex \u2728\ud83c\udf42",
                "url": "https://twitter.com/SomeHats",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jgmac1106/status/1189850001452781568",
    "content": {
        "text": "Here is a link to all my notes and the video from our #Opened19 presentation on Opening the Syllabi in Hgher Education: jgregorymcverry.com/opened19presen\u2026\nHappy Halloween all...Hope it is frightfully delightful. (jgregorymcverry.com/notes/2019-10-\u2026)",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/slsoftworks/status/1189840470135885824",
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    "content": {
        "text": "Probably the toughest part of traveling a ton is making amends with the fact that you *will* forget/lose/break things on the way and it's OK and you shouldn't feel too bad about them and just treat replacing/rebuying them a fact of life..."
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            "content": {
                "text": "Not expensive things I spent too much money on because I always lose or forgot them somewhere:\n\n- lip balms/lipsticks\n- power plug adapters\n- tuques/beanies\n\nOn that note, on my way to FNAC to buy a adapter for France power plug..."
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                "name": "Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Harper",
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Link: Apple TV+ Review Roundup

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        "html": "<blockquote>\n  <h2><a href=\"https://www.macstories.net/roundups/apple-tv-review-roundup-apples-originals-met-with-mixed-reception/\">Apple TV+ Review Roundup</a></h2>\n\n  <p><strong>Ryan Christoffel:</strong> Apple\u2019s streaming video service, Apple TV+, launches this Friday, November 1st. Ahead of its launch, today the first reviews dropped for the service\u2019s tentpole originals: The Morning Show, See, For All Mankind, and Dickinson. Overall the critical takes are extremely mixed: though I haven\u2019t seen any reviews that are outright negative, and there are a few which are very positive, the majority of reviews seem to lie somewhere in-between those two extremes.</p>\n\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>I am having a really difficult time getting excited about Apple TV+. I think at the end of the day I just don\u2019t like the idea of Apple, the computing devices company, becoming a Hollywood-style entertainment studio. It smacks of the 90s when Microsoft was trying to be all things to all people. I\u2019m more understanding of Amazon doing TV shows\u2026Amazon has always been a company that sells media to people (starting with books).</p>\n\n<p>However, there is another new Apple service I\u2019m <em>very, very happy</em> with: <strong>Apple Arcade</strong>. I\u2019ll have to write up a whole article about it soon\u2026</p>",
        "text": "Apple TV+ Review Roundup\n\n  Ryan Christoffel: Apple\u2019s streaming video service, Apple TV+, launches this Friday, November 1st. Ahead of its launch, today the first reviews dropped for the service\u2019s tentpole originals: The Morning Show, See, For All Mankind, and Dickinson. Overall the critical takes are extremely mixed: though I haven\u2019t seen any reviews that are outright negative, and there are a few which are very positive, the majority of reviews seem to lie somewhere in-between those two extremes.\n\n\n\nI am having a really difficult time getting excited about Apple TV+. I think at the end of the day I just don\u2019t like the idea of Apple, the computing devices company, becoming a Hollywood-style entertainment studio. It smacks of the 90s when Microsoft was trying to be all things to all people. I\u2019m more understanding of Amazon doing TV shows\u2026Amazon has always been a company that sells media to people (starting with books).\n\nHowever, there is another new Apple service I\u2019m very, very happy with: Apple Arcade. I\u2019ll have to write up a whole article about it soon\u2026"
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Picture for Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 6:55 PM

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    "published": "2019-10-30T18:55:23-07:00",
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        "html": "<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/mariposta/image/upload/w_1200,c_limit,q_65/AF76BFB7-72B4-4620-BE48-DDB185EBE572_ftpkro.jpg\" /><p>I had no idea Vancouver Lake was so beautiful. A must-see destination, especially for families.<br /><a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/washingtonexplored\">#washingtonexplored</a></p>",
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Picture for Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 6:52 PM

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Picture for Friday, October 25, 2019 at 12:33 PM

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        "text": "I get SO many compliments on this working setup everywhere I go. Somebody just stopped by and took pictures of the stand for future reference (it\u2019s by Lamicall).\n\nMy office on the go \ud83d\ude0e #iPadPro"
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Picture for Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 9:34 AM

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    "published": "2019-10-24T09:34:03-07:00",
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        "text": "Incredible afternoon sky colors viewed from the eastbank. What a day. #portland #oregonexplored"
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{
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    "published": "2019-10-31T05:59:36+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/Johannes_Ernst/status/1189783964233261056",
    "content": {
        "text": "Put Sci-fi and economics people into the same event and explain how we are not all going to die \u2014 I can think of worse ways to spend money. Supported! #ClimateCrisis igg.me/p/sci-fi-econo\u2026 #indiegogo via @indiegogo",
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Johannes Ernst",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil/status/1189773988693708802",
    "content": {
        "text": "I think there is a real market opportunity for someone to create an alternative remote for the Apple TV. Simple, physical buttons. No number pad. No fiddly touch surface."
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        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
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    "content": {
        "text": "Baseball is over. \ud83c\udf89"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Jonathan LaCour",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1189758395806470144",
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        "text": "Twitter banning political ads is a good policy that\u2019s going to be hell to enforce, plus great reads from @sheeraf @nickstatt @kellymakena @mathewi & @CJR in today\u2019s newsletter: getrevue.co/profile/caseyn\u2026",
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        "name": "Zoe Schiffer",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jackyalcine/status/1189730871948918784",
    "content": {
        "text": "Tbh I'm tired of the whole closet homophobic \"pause\" phrase. Like I just reminded that niggas need to feel \"secure\" at someone else's expense"
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        "type": "card",
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        "text": "Publ: Development Blog: Publ 0.5.8, Authl 0.3.1, and IndieAuth security publ.beesbuzz.biz/blog/491-Publ-\u2026",
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "fluffy \ud83d\udd1c GeekGirlCon '19 #101",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/jaredcwhite/status/1189726978363887616",
    "content": {
        "text": "I am having a really difficult time getting excited about Apple TV+. At the end of the day I just don\u2019t like the idea of Apple becoming a Hollywood-style entertainment studio. It smacks of the 90s when Microsoft was trying to be all things to all people.\n\njaredwhite.com/links/20191030\u2026",
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    "content": {
        "text": "Welp"
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                "text": "P\u0336o\u0336l\u0336i\u0336t\u0336i\u0336c\u0336a\u0336l\u0336 \u0336a\u0336d\u0336s\u0336\nBots\nNazis\n\nDon\u2019t stop now @jack!",
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    "url": "https://twitter.com/cleverdevil/status/1189718399498121216",
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    "content": {
        "text": "Landed in Terminal 3, nearly immediately (2 mins) able to get on a shuttle (good!). Shuttle took 16 minutes to get to the lot (bad). Wait for a Lyft? Welp, this is where things go sideways. 29 minutes.\n\nTotal time from exiting the airport to getting in a car? 47 minutes.\n\nYikes."
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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2019-10-31T01:38:47+00:00",
    "url": "https://twitter.com/jackyalcine/status/1189718325615456256",
    "content": {
        "text": "Wtf - is anyone else having issues with @fastmail\nnot pushing email to IMAP clients? Like this is the third time this month that I'm randomly receiving days- to weeks-old emails",
        "html": "Wtf - is anyone else having issues with <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Fastmail\">@fastmail</a>\nnot pushing email to IMAP clients? Like this is the third time this month that I'm randomly receiving days- to weeks-old emails"
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    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "jackyalcine is concerned that mad of y'all fake",
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October Movies

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "Cathie",
        "url": "https://cathieleblanc.com/",
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    "url": "https://cathieleblanc.com/2019/10/30/5986/",
    "published": "2019-10-30T18:21:04-04:00",
    "content": {
        "html": "<h3>The Current War</h3>\n<p>My goal is always to see one movie a week. I often don\u2019t meet that goal. In October, I saw only one movie for the entire month. Unfortunately, it was <em>The Current War</em>. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, and Nicholas Hoult as Tesla and tells the story of the battle over whether alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) would power our electrical infrastructure. The answer, of course, is that AC would win. I have seen lots of movies for which I knew the result of the narrative question so this isn\u2019t what made this movie so disappointing. The movie-making itself was problematic. There were lots of skewed camera angles and shots of bizarre scene elements whose purpose was unclear. There was one extended \u201cshaky camera\u201d sequence that was nausea-inducing without a point. But the main problem with the movie was the lack of narrative arc and engagement. There were several scenes that should have evoked an emotional response (Edison\u2019s wife dies, for example) but which were unusually cold and lifeless. Very disappointing movie despite a stellar cast.</p>\n<p>At the Hooksett Cinemagic with Ann, Pat, and Al</p>",
        "text": "The Current War\nMy goal is always to see one movie a week. I often don\u2019t meet that goal. In October, I saw only one movie for the entire month. Unfortunately, it was The Current War. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, and Nicholas Hoult as Tesla and tells the story of the battle over whether alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) would power our electrical infrastructure. The answer, of course, is that AC would win. I have seen lots of movies for which I knew the result of the narrative question so this isn\u2019t what made this movie so disappointing. The movie-making itself was problematic. There were lots of skewed camera angles and shots of bizarre scene elements whose purpose was unclear. There was one extended \u201cshaky camera\u201d sequence that was nausea-inducing without a point. But the main problem with the movie was the lack of narrative arc and engagement. There were several scenes that should have evoked an emotional response (Edison\u2019s wife dies, for example) but which were unusually cold and lifeless. Very disappointing movie despite a stellar cast.\nAt the Hooksett Cinemagic with Ann, Pat, and Al"
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    "name": "October Movies",
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