Mark Corbett Wilson
@mcorbettwilson.bsky.social
A lifelong learner, retired high-tech glassblower, and critical digital humanist, I'm learning and teaching digital technologies.
I glean meaning from experiences and tell stories.
I glean meaning from experiences and tell stories.
Remember, remember the 5th of November...
youtu.be/2u7XhoSuMV8
youtu.be/2u7XhoSuMV8
Remember Remember (TTM Ep. 16)
YouTube video by Matthew James Geiger
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Remember, remember the 5th of November...
youtu.be/2u7XhoSuMV8
youtu.be/2u7XhoSuMV8
My parents heard the siren call of the silver screen and moved to HOLLYWOODLAND after World War II. Red and Lil were introduced by an older couple, Andy and Ev. They owned the house where mom lived and only rented to women. Dad traded handyman work for music lessons.
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My parents heard the siren call of the silver screen and moved to HOLLYWOODLAND after World War II. Red and Lil were introduced by an older couple, Andy and Ev. They owned the house where mom lived and only rented to women. Dad traded handyman work for music lessons.
Los Angeles, the US city with the longest and shortest names. The full name reveals layers of history, language, and migration. LA is a crossroads; where cultures meet and sometimes clash. LA can be a liminal space, a place to reinvent one’s self.
#WildDS106 #ReclaimOpen25
#WildDS106 #ReclaimOpen25
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Los Angeles, the US city with the longest and shortest names. The full name reveals layers of history, language, and migration. LA is a crossroads; where cultures meet and sometimes clash. LA can be a liminal space, a place to reinvent one’s self.
#WildDS106 #ReclaimOpen25
#WildDS106 #ReclaimOpen25
Every learning journey has origin stories, detours, and transformations. Mine began in Hollywood and my first trip was with my mom on a Greyhound bus to visit her parents in Silver City, New Mexico. I remixed this image to create a memory six month old me never had.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Every learning journey has origin stories, detours, and transformations. Mine began in Hollywood and my first trip was with my mom on a Greyhound bus to visit her parents in Silver City, New Mexico. I remixed this image to create a memory six month old me never had.
Tawny Frogmouth. What's in a name? A band, a brand, a pornstar? It's Australia's Bird of the Year!
www.theguardian.com/...
Image from Wikipedia.
www.theguardian.com/...
Image from Wikipedia.
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Tawny Frogmouth. What's in a name? A band, a brand, a pornstar? It's Australia's Bird of the Year!
www.theguardian.com/...
Image from Wikipedia.
www.theguardian.com/...
Image from Wikipedia.
**TECH HELP NEEDED:** Shure X2u + SM27 suddenly stopped working after Win 11 Pro updates on Dell 8960.
System detects it as "Unrecognized Device" but X2u won't appear in sound settings or work at all.
Anyone else had X2u compatibility issues after Win 11 updates? Solutions?
System detects it as "Unrecognized Device" but X2u won't appear in sound settings or work at all.
Anyone else had X2u compatibility issues after Win 11 updates? Solutions?
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
**TECH HELP NEEDED:** Shure X2u + SM27 suddenly stopped working after Win 11 Pro updates on Dell 8960.
System detects it as "Unrecognized Device" but X2u won't appear in sound settings or work at all.
Anyone else had X2u compatibility issues after Win 11 updates? Solutions?
System detects it as "Unrecognized Device" but X2u won't appear in sound settings or work at all.
Anyone else had X2u compatibility issues after Win 11 updates? Solutions?
No team that swept their Division Series and then played a team that won game 7 of their Division Series has ever won a World Series.
And the Toronto Bluejays have never lost a World Series!
We've got them right where we want them!
#gododgers #worldseries #mlb #dodgerblue
And the Toronto Bluejays have never lost a World Series!
We've got them right where we want them!
#gododgers #worldseries #mlb #dodgerblue
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No team that swept their Division Series and then played a team that won game 7 of their Division Series has ever won a World Series.
And the Toronto Bluejays have never lost a World Series!
We've got them right where we want them!
#gododgers #worldseries #mlb #dodgerblue
And the Toronto Bluejays have never lost a World Series!
We've got them right where we want them!
#gododgers #worldseries #mlb #dodgerblue
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ScienceDirect #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/78328 This paper (14 page PDF) argues convincingly that there is no consensus on the evaluation of educational technology and proposes "the Multiple EdTech Impact Index (MEII) and an impact benchmarking formula for EdTech tools" in response.
October 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ScienceDirect #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/78328 This paper (14 page PDF) argues convincingly that there is no consensus on the evaluation of educational technology and proposes "the Multiple EdTech Impact Index (MEII) and an impact benchmarking formula for EdTech tools" in response.
Reposted by Mark Corbett Wilson
... and FediForum is getting started.
We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.
We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.
FediForum
FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward
fediforum.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
... and FediForum is getting started.
We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.
We will keep registration open throughout the event today and tomorrow. If you just decide to join us online now, feel free, chances are you will have fun and meet many interesting people moving the open social web forward.
Anuj's session starts half past this hour.
October 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Anuj's session starts half past this hour.
Israeli culture & sports minister Miki Zohar vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards after its top prize was given to “The Sea,” an Arabic-language drama about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank who risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Israeli Film Academy Awards Face Government Defunding After Anti-War Movie ‘The Sea’ Wins Top Prize
The Israeli culture minister has vowed to defund the Ophir Awards which gave the top prize to 'The Sea,' a drama about a Palestinian boy.
variety.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Israeli culture & sports minister Miki Zohar vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards after its top prize was given to “The Sea,” an Arabic-language drama about a Palestinian boy from the West Bank who risks his life to go to the beach in Tel Aviv
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
variety.com/2025/film/gl...
The more things change...
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The more things change...
Ian Linkletter is doing the hard work for education. You should follow him. #EduSky
Google backtracked after I tipped the Washington Post to how they were pushing AI functionality during exams. wapo.st/47OPRzL
Column | Teachers got mad about a cheat button in Chrome. Now Google’s pausing it.
Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.
wapo.st
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ian Linkletter is doing the hard work for education. You should follow him. #EduSky
I saw a Facebook post from a page called "Dodgers Faithful" on September 15, 2025, that claimed Mookie Betts posted this quote on his Instagram. The quote did not appear on Betts’ Instagram, nor did the follow-up post. It's fake and appears to be fabricated for engagement or misinformation.
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I saw a Facebook post from a page called "Dodgers Faithful" on September 15, 2025, that claimed Mookie Betts posted this quote on his Instagram. The quote did not appear on Betts’ Instagram, nor did the follow-up post. It's fake and appears to be fabricated for engagement or misinformation.
Former UC President, Homeland Security Secretary, and Governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano would be proud.
"disgraceful.”
UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Former UC President, Homeland Security Secretary, and Governor of Arizona, Janet Napolitano would be proud.
"disgraceful.”
UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"disgraceful.”
UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley officials confirmed on Friday that 160 people, including faculty, students and staff, had received letters warning of the disclosures and said the decision... was made by the University of California’s systemwide general counsel."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Men are never going to be able to find it.
The new statue of the Madonna at Santa Teresa di Gallura is an "abstract of Mary's form" 👀
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Men are never going to be able to find it.
“The difference between an encampment and a vigil is that an encampment is where homeless people live,” Melaku-Bello said. “As you can see, I don’t have a bed. I have signs and it is covered by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression.”
I cannot believe that all the Trump rhetoric about free speech was as hollow as a dollar store fake chocolate easter bunny
and I'm shocked that all those opportunistic engagement grift substack influencers would lie to me like this
and I'm shocked that all those opportunistic engagement grift substack influencers would lie to me like this
A decades-long peace vigil outside the White House is dismantled after Trump's order
Officials removed a peace vigil that stood outside the White House for more than four decades after Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“The difference between an encampment and a vigil is that an encampment is where homeless people live,” Melaku-Bello said. “As you can see, I don’t have a bed. I have signs and it is covered by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression.”
More bullshit!
the biggest and most powerful wireless phone company on the planet had to pull their AI headline automation systems offline because the system routinely just made shit up!
Apple Has To Pull Its “AI” News Synopses Because They Were Routinely Full Of Shit
While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corner…
www.techdirt.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
More bullshit!
Or bullshit!
This NYT story on Nvidia opposing AI regulations informs me that the debate over AI is between people who want to "unlock trillions of dollars in economic value" and "doomers"
no room for people just generally worried about environmental impact, fuzzy numbers or broad product misrepresentation
no room for people just generally worried about environmental impact, fuzzy numbers or broad product misrepresentation
September 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Or bullshit!
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After senators were blocked from Gaza, CAIR says Congress can’t look away.
CAIR Presses Congress to Confront Gaza Catastrophe After Senators Blocked From Entry
After senators were blocked from Gaza, CAIR says Congress can’t look away.
buff.ly
August 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
After senators were blocked from Gaza, CAIR says Congress can’t look away.
Automated Bullshit!
“AI has brought the cost of disinformation down to nothing. It has automated bullshit.”
Just what we needed: fully automated climate change denial.
August 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Automated Bullshit!
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Very excited that "Analytical Marxism and Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century: Revisiting G.A Cohen" edited by myself and @benburgis.bsky.social now has a website and release date of Jan 11th, 2026!
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
August 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Very excited that "Analytical Marxism and Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century: Revisiting G.A Cohen" edited by myself and @benburgis.bsky.social now has a website and release date of Jan 11th, 2026!
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
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The story that inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.
“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson
Fiction, from 1948: “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
www.newyorker.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The story that inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.