Apostolos K.
@koutropoulos.bsky.social
Education Troublemaker, Instructional Designer, EdTechie, Video gamer, Linguist, Geek and Trekkie. I am a perpetual student. views my own. 19477448.
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Since the demo included children/families, I brought my own lil chicken nugget and babywore!
Baby fell asleep almost exactly simultaneous to when the demo began, and stayed comfy cozy warm in my jacket and a thick fleece jumpsuit, with very effective headphones dulling all the ruckus.
Baby fell asleep almost exactly simultaneous to when the demo began, and stayed comfy cozy warm in my jacket and a thick fleece jumpsuit, with very effective headphones dulling all the ruckus.
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Since the demo included children/families, I brought my own lil chicken nugget and babywore!
Baby fell asleep almost exactly simultaneous to when the demo began, and stayed comfy cozy warm in my jacket and a thick fleece jumpsuit, with very effective headphones dulling all the ruckus.
Baby fell asleep almost exactly simultaneous to when the demo began, and stayed comfy cozy warm in my jacket and a thick fleece jumpsuit, with very effective headphones dulling all the ruckus.
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This sucks
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This sucks
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Everything is an opportunity to do a Reichstag fire to these people
Suspensions are ricocheting around the legal immigration system in the last 48 hours. The broader picture so far has built out Trump's travel ban (the impact of which has been drowned out by other news).
Tl;dr: Miller and his team are working to block entire nationalities from getting legal status.
Tl;dr: Miller and his team are working to block entire nationalities from getting legal status.
The Trump administration has announced it is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C. Here's what we know.
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Everything is an opportunity to do a Reichstag fire to these people
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Dave Maass
@maassive.bsky.social
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Dave Maass
@maassive.bsky.social
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Dave Maass
@maassive.bsky.social
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Dave Maass
@maassive.bsky.social
Here are the law enforcement agencies who searched Flock Safety's ALPR database related to this year's No Kings protests.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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LucasArts had so many internal tools, but to make levels their FPS games "Dark Forces" and "Outlaws" they just used the good old AutoCAD. Here are shots of "Outlaws" maps being worked on in AutoCAD R13 for Windows:
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
LucasArts had so many internal tools, but to make levels their FPS games "Dark Forces" and "Outlaws" they just used the good old AutoCAD. Here are shots of "Outlaws" maps being worked on in AutoCAD R13 for Windows:
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Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
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Quebec expands secularism law and limits public prayer
Quebec moves to expand secularism law, limit public prayer
A new bill introduced in the Canadian province expands on a 2019 religious symbols law with new measures including a ban on face coverings in daycares.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Quebec expands secularism law and limits public prayer
The Cherry era of keyboards might be at an end as the company pulls the plug on German manufacturing after a $23 million loss | PC Gamer
Cherry keyboards could soon be a thing of the past after a $23 million loss
At least Cherry keyboards as we know them now, anyway.
share.google
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Cherry era of keyboards might be at an end as the company pulls the plug on German manufacturing after a $23 million loss | PC Gamer
How Big Tech is quietly colonizing education
How Big Tech is quietly colonizing education
Commentary on How Big Tech is quietly colonizing education by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
www.downes.ca
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How Big Tech is quietly colonizing education
Massasoit's strategic diplomacy kept peace with the Pilgrims for decades; Facing threats from local rivals and deadly epidemics, the Native American leader used his alliance with the English to protect his people.
How Massasoit, a savvy Indigenous leader, kept peace with the Pilgrims for decades
Facing threats from local rivals and deadly epidemics, the Native American leader used his alliance with the English to protect his people.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Massasoit's strategic diplomacy kept peace with the Pilgrims for decades; Facing threats from local rivals and deadly epidemics, the Native American leader used his alliance with the English to protect his people.
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Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Who's Grading You on Coursera? The Shift from Human Peers to AI
Who's Grading You on Coursera? The Shift from Human Peers to AI
Commentary on Who's Grading You on Coursera? The Shift from Human Peers to AI by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
www.downes.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Who's Grading You on Coursera? The Shift from Human Peers to AI
BBC Pre-Edits Lecture Calling Trump ‘Most Openly Corrupt President’
BBC Pre-Edits Lecture Calling Trump ‘Most Openly Corrupt President’
The BBC is now voluntarily suppressing criticism of Donald Trump before it airs—and the reason is obvious: Trump threatened to sue them into oblivion, and they blinked. Historian Rutger Bregman rev…
www.techdirt.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
BBC Pre-Edits Lecture Calling Trump ‘Most Openly Corrupt President’
Passwork 7: Self-hosted password and secrets manager for enterprise teams
Passwork 7: Self-hosted password and secrets manager for enterprise teams
Passwork 7 unifies enterprise password and secrets management in a self-hosted platform. Organizations can automate credential workflows and test the full system with a free trial and up to 50% Black Friday savings.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Passwork 7: Self-hosted password and secrets manager for enterprise teams
Pico Reportedly Releasing Vision Pro Competitor in 2026 with Self-developed Chip
Pico Reportedly Releasing Vision Pro Competitor in 2026 with Self-developed Chip
Zhenyuan Yang, Vice President of Technology at Pico parent company ByteDance, reportedly revealed plans for Pico’s next XR headset, which is said to sport a self-developed display chip and 4,000 PPI microOLED display. The News According to Chinese news outlet Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily (via Nweon), Yang was speaking at ByteDance’s annual scholarship […]
www.roadtovr.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pico Reportedly Releasing Vision Pro Competitor in 2026 with Self-developed Chip
After 11-years Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges gets to rub Bolsonaro's face in it
After 11-years Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges gets to rub Bolsonaro's face in it
This clip of a Brazilian reporter having her moment after 11 years is a feel-good masterpiece.
boingboing.net
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After 11-years Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges gets to rub Bolsonaro's face in it
Understanding Learning Strategy Use Through the Lens of Habit
Understanding Learning Strategy Use Through the Lens of Habit
Commentary on Understanding Learning Strategy Use Through the Lens of Habit by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
www.downes.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Understanding Learning Strategy Use Through the Lens of Habit
Prompt Injections Loom Large Over ChatGPT's Atlas Browser
Prompt Injections Loom Large Over ChatGPT Atlas Browser
It's the law of unintended consequences: equipping browsers with agentic AI opens the door to an exponential volume of prompt injections.
www.darkreading.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Prompt Injections Loom Large Over ChatGPT's Atlas Browser
🤔 Stop saying AI hallucinates - it doesn't. And the mischaracterization is dangerous
Stop saying AI hallucinates - it doesn't. And the mischaracterization is dangerous
The language we use to describe AI is pivotal to how humans see AI - so we'd better get it right.
www.zdnet.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🤔 Stop saying AI hallucinates - it doesn't. And the mischaracterization is dangerous
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Preserving Video Game History
ilovelibraries.org/article/pres...
ilovelibraries.org/article/pres...
Preserving Video Game History
We love videogames here at I Love Libraries—especially the first generation of home videogaming systems and their games. Unfortunately, many of these systems and their games have become difficult to f...
ilovelibraries.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Preserving Video Game History
ilovelibraries.org/article/pres...
ilovelibraries.org/article/pres...
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No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.
Why people feel entitled to correct your grammar online
Why people feel entitled to correct your grammar online
A natural history of the language police
www.deadlanguagesociety.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Why people feel entitled to correct your grammar online
I didn't want to hear about work life balance from an exec who most likely has a driver, cook, cleaner, and nanny...
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I didn't want to hear about work life balance from an exec who most likely has a driver, cook, cleaner, and nanny...