Jon Becker
@jonbecker.bsky.social
Education professor. School Law. Ed tech. Politics of Ed. Pickleball doer.
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Jon Becker
@jonbecker.bsky.social
· Nov 10
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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.
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.
"Alexa, drop in to the White House Oval Office..."
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Alexa, drop in to the White House Oval Office..."
JFC
Fox announced a massive new podcast on the life of Jesus starring Kristen Bell as the voice of Mary Magdalene.
Bell was blindsided by the announcement saying she recorded the audio for a separate project 15 years ago.
Bell was blindsided by the announcement saying she recorded the audio for a separate project 15 years ago.
Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New Jesus Podcast From Fox. No One Told Her
Fox's new Jesus podcast features Kristen Bell as the voice of Mary Magdalene. Bell, however, recorded the audio 15 years ago for a different project.
rollingstone.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
JFC
"Teachers and parents weigh benefits and risks of artificial intelligence in schools"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6x...
(Justin Reich is very good in this piece. I know some of you think he is an AI shill)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6x...
(Justin Reich is very good in this piece. I know some of you think he is an AI shill)
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Teachers and parents weigh benefits and risks of artificial intelligence in schools"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6x...
(Justin Reich is very good in this piece. I know some of you think he is an AI shill)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6x...
(Justin Reich is very good in this piece. I know some of you think he is an AI shill)
Am I missing something? Doesn't the video say that service members should not follow ILLEGAL orders?
Q: Trump accused Democrats of seditious behavior punishable by death. Does the president want to execute members of Congress?
LEAVITT: No
LEAVITT: No
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Am I missing something? Doesn't the video say that service members should not follow ILLEGAL orders?
New nepo baby just dropped
NEW: For weeks, a mysterious figure was embedded in the Pelicans' inner circle. The team now confirms Jordan Dumars, son of EVP Joe Dumars, is a "Basketball Operations Consultant."
My story on the opaque power structure in NOLA:
intheno.substack.com/p/pelicans-c...
My story on the opaque power structure in NOLA:
intheno.substack.com/p/pelicans-c...
The Pelicans' New Basketball Operations Consultant
As Troy Weaver runs day-to-day operations, the unexplained involvement of Joe Dumars' son adds a new layer of ambiguity to the team's chain of command
intheno.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New nepo baby just dropped
Oh, now it's "wrong" to call for the hanging of your political opponents? So soft...
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Oh, now it's "wrong" to call for the hanging of your political opponents? So soft...
And people are debating whether or not there's a Nazi problem on the right.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And people are debating whether or not there's a Nazi problem on the right.
I forget which late night host (maybe Jon Stewart?) said it, but the joke was that FDR wasn't that great because he started the podcast movement. LOL.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I forget which late night host (maybe Jon Stewart?) said it, but the joke was that FDR wasn't that great because he started the podcast movement. LOL.
Is there no more room in RFK, Jr's truck?
A dead sperm whale has washed up on Nantucket for the first time in decades. It’s too big to move — at least until officials figure out a plan.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is there no more room in RFK, Jr's truck?
Can we blame shit like this on Jailbait Livvy?
The revisions show that the “CDC cannot currently be trusted as a scientific voice,” said Demetre Daskalakis, who formerly led the agency’s center responsible for respiratory viruses and immunizations. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link it once discredited
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Can we blame shit like this on Jailbait Livvy?
TIL there is an institution of higher education called Misericordia University located in Dallas, Pennsylvania. www.misericordia.edu
Misericordia University | Liberal Arts University | Pennsylvania
Home - Misericordia University
www.misericordia.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
TIL there is an institution of higher education called Misericordia University located in Dallas, Pennsylvania. www.misericordia.edu
If you need a potato recipe, there are ~11 bazillionty in the replies, thanks to a darth bump.
I need your best recipe for a potato side dish for Thanksgiving. No mashed potatoes, though, please.
Thanks in advance.
(Daring to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social here)
Thanks in advance.
(Daring to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social here)
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you need a potato recipe, there are ~11 bazillionty in the replies, thanks to a darth bump.
I don't know who Murphy is, but his/her/their beds are extremely space saving. This is my new WFH space, and I can just lower the bed for a nap 😅
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I don't know who Murphy is, but his/her/their beds are extremely space saving. This is my new WFH space, and I can just lower the bed for a nap 😅
This will be extremely disruptive for the students at this late date, but it's probably the right decision.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This will be extremely disruptive for the students at this late date, but it's probably the right decision.
I need your best recipe for a potato side dish for Thanksgiving. No mashed potatoes, though, please.
Thanks in advance.
(Daring to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social here)
Thanks in advance.
(Daring to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social here)
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I need your best recipe for a potato side dish for Thanksgiving. No mashed potatoes, though, please.
Thanks in advance.
(Daring to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social here)
Thanks in advance.
(Daring to tag @darthbluesky.bsky.social here)
Pulling rural broadband funds to own the libs...
Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Pulling rural broadband funds to own the libs...
Have we created a new sub-genre; a fork of the Quit Lit genre that we could call Almost Quit Lit?
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Have we created a new sub-genre; a fork of the Quit Lit genre that we could call Almost Quit Lit?
If I was a software company, I would:
1. Think long and hard about whether I truly needed any AI integration; not give in to FOMO and isomorphism, and
2. Make any AI integration opt IN
1. Think long and hard about whether I truly needed any AI integration; not give in to FOMO and isomorphism, and
2. Make any AI integration opt IN
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
If I was a software company, I would:
1. Think long and hard about whether I truly needed any AI integration; not give in to FOMO and isomorphism, and
2. Make any AI integration opt IN
1. Think long and hard about whether I truly needed any AI integration; not give in to FOMO and isomorphism, and
2. Make any AI integration opt IN
VCU released our Ehrhardt files...
Alexis Ehrhardt named vice president for government relations at VCU
Ehrhardt, who will start on Dec. 8, currently serves as executive director for state government relations and special assistant to the president at the University of Virginia.
news.vcu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
VCU released our Ehrhardt files...
I grew up eating white bread, red delicious apples, drinking skim milk, and the only soda I was allowed to have was caffeine-free. Caffeine was a drug to be avoided at all costs according to my parents. I was privileged in many ways, but not by way of depth of flavor or energy.
I’m really here for any and all apple discussions. Loved when @tressiemcphd.bsky.social discussed the downfall of the honeycrisp. I guess they are just “mid” now (as the youth say).
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I grew up eating white bread, red delicious apples, drinking skim milk, and the only soda I was allowed to have was caffeine-free. Caffeine was a drug to be avoided at all costs according to my parents. I was privileged in many ways, but not by way of depth of flavor or energy.
Gold Sunny
Your GI JOE name is the color of your shirt followed by your first pet's name.
GO.
GO.
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Gold Sunny
What if there's not an AI bubble that's going to burst so much as a seriously overinflated AI balloon that needs to lose a bunch of air with a slow and loud squeak?
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What if there's not an AI bubble that's going to burst so much as a seriously overinflated AI balloon that needs to lose a bunch of air with a slow and loud squeak?
Listen, my wife takes adult ballet classes and I proudly go to the recital when she performs, but I am also not 50 years older than her.
Bill Belichick attended a cheerleading competition in Raleigh, where he supported his girlfriend Jordon, a member of a coed adult cheerleading team. #BillBelichick #CollegeFootball #football
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Listen, my wife takes adult ballet classes and I proudly go to the recital when she performs, but I am also not 50 years older than her.