GOP take on net neutrality - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/19/how-gop-assault-social-media-flipped-net-neutrality-its-head/
Nice to see Google is addressing the confusion over what is free and what isn’t. https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/17/23107246/google-g-suite-free-no-cost-option-custom-domain
Baseball fans will appreciate this story lamenting the injuries plaguing the MN Twins - https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-place-entire-40-man-roster-on-injured-list-r12307/
This seems like a positive step to address tech inequity - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/09/biden-internet-discount/
PEW data about Twitter and Twitter users (no Mastodon mention) https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/05/05/10-facts-about-americans-and-twitter/
Pete Buttigieg is impressive. This from the Univ of Chicago (Bridges, broadband. and babies). I like the part about those who complain but offer no answers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMOLGo2ToUk
Are Republican lawmakers really concerned about leaks? They seemed willing to ignore the request that Russia locate and leak information about Clinton. They seemed willing to ignore that Trump attempted to leverage the leader of Ukraine to fabricate and leak information about Biden's son. Their concern seems kind of self-serving. Sorry for the politics. Desperate times - desperate measures.
Newsweek on the future of big tech - https://www.newsweek.com/2022/05/13/facebook-google-face-regulatory-reckoning-that-may-end-big-tech-dominance-1703179.html
It appears Republican judges claiming an originalist interpretation of the Constitution are not knowledgeable historians. Isn’t that what making an originalist argument requires?
A little reading that now seems mandatory - https://billmoyers.com/story/history-of-abortion-law-america/
It is Teacher Appreciation Day. Educators at all levels are going through a difficult few years with the dangers of COVID and political questioning of their motivations. As an educator focused on the promotion of the productive use of technology in learning, I want to acknowledge the important work of all in the profession of advancing the capabilities of others.
The data on a woman’s right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to completion varies from survey to survey. I don’t know of any survey that says this decision should be made by politicians.
This from the National Phenology Society
Retired academic still interested in educational technology and all things tech.