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Jon Becker

@jonbecker.bsky.social

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Education professor. School Law. Ed tech. Politics of Ed. Pickleball doer. 🌩️👀 yb5VxCSdeMo3

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · Nov 10

Pinning this to my profile:

I am a professor of educational leadership. I teach courses in School Law and the Politics of Education. My research and writing are mostly around educational technology in K-12 and higher education.

I am also a big sports fan. Go Duke. Go Yankees. Go Mystics.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 40m

He should be imprisoned for using AOL at all.

CNN @cnn.com · 42m

EXCLUSIVE: Part of the Justice Department’s investigation of John Bolton centers around diary entry-like notes he was making to himself in an AOL email account when he was President Trump’s national security adviser, and whether they contained classified information, sources tell CNN.

DOJ investigation of John Bolton focuses on diary-like notes in his AOL email account | CNN Politics

Part of the Justice Department’s investigation of John Bolton centers around notes he was making to himself in an AOL email account — at times writing summaries of his activities like diary entries — ...

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 48m

I feel like if I idenfied as a member of the same political party as those dudes in the chats Politico documented, I might do some self-reflection.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 54m

Wait, D'Angelo is from #RVA?

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 1h

👀

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 1h

oh, heck yeah!

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 1h

for sure, though I was thinking of living kings

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 1h

and a Duke fan?

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 2h

I am starting to take this personally

Notifications that 6 accounts have blocked me today

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 2h

Ah, Regina, yes. I'm torn on Gayle, though.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 2h

Didn't Mark Sanchez get into a fight over cooking oil?

George Pearkes @peark.es · 3h

"We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil" is an all-timer. Thank you Mr President, we appreciate your insights.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 2h

I was studying abroad at Tel Aviv University when the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993, so I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little hesitant to become hopeful about peace in the Middle East.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 2h

I'll allow Taco, but Cotton makes me think of Tom, and I'd rather not.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 3h

I was sticking to living Kings, but, yeah

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 3h

oh

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 4h

"One of the most striking irregularities in Earle-Sears’ filings dates back to June 2021, when she reported receiving a $12,000 'gift' from Black Americans to Reelect the President — a pro-Trump organization for which she served as national chair."

Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor • Virginia Mercury

A closer look at Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears' public filings reveals a pattern of omissions and inconsistencies in her financial disclosures — including a $12,000 “gi...

virginiamercury.com

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 4h

I am of the opinion that we'd all be better off without Burger King

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 4h

Try this archive.is/w2rNF

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 4h

"Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues..." OK, Sam.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 5h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 4h

I will allow it

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, but he thanked you for your attention to the matter.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 5h

Oh, yes, we should celebrate these kings always

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Google AI is announcing that Trump is currently the former president.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 6h

Also, #FuckCancer

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 6h

Switching to a D'Angelo playlist on Spotify now...

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 6h

Also

a bunch of bees on a honeycomb with the words the queen pure awesomeness above them

ALT: a bunch of bees on a honeycomb with the words the queen pure awesomeness above them

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 7h

oh Lorde