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Mike Bement
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Retired school technology director
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Mike Bement @mikebement.bsky.social · Nov 15
For the number of you searching for my book (a number <10, perhaps), you can find it here:

Amazon.com/gp/product/B0CNYNJS8V
Understanding School District Technology Leadership: Bement, Mike: 9798865971672: Amazon.com: Books
Understanding School District Technology Leadership [Bement, Mike] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Understanding School District Technology Leadership
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‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is the Only Christmas Album That Gets How Christmas Really Feels
Vince Guaraldi’s alternatively swinging and melancholy jazz soundtrack to the Peanuts special—released 60 years ago this month—is the perfect companion for an emotionally complex time of year.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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😏

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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, September 4th — The New Yorker
What I imagine strangers think about me when I read a book in public.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Some encouraging ideas, here: apple.news/AJZp8b7fgRCG...
California's wildfire moonshot: How new technology will defeat advancing flames — Los Angeles Times
How will we fight fires in the future? With smart fire trucks and smart nozzles, uniforms with intelligent fabrics, and pilot-less helicopters — and lots of AI
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August 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Three years ago I asked an AI tool to generate a photo of Abraham Lincoln throwing a Frisbee. I included it in my book. Today I asked a Grok trial for a video:

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August 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I laughed at this line from Ty Burr’s WAPO review of “Wicked” part 1:

“Theater kids of all ages will think they’ve died and gone to ‘Hamilton.’”
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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Farewell to a co-inventor of the BASIC computer programming language
Thomas Kurtz, co-inventor of BASIC computer language, dies at 96
His programming language replaced inscrutable numbers and glyphs with intuitive commands, translating the exhilarating power of computer science.
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November 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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For the number of you searching for my book (a number <10, perhaps), you can find it here:

Amazon.com/gp/product/B0CNYNJS8V
Understanding School District Technology Leadership: Bement, Mike: 9798865971672: Amazon.com: Books
Understanding School District Technology Leadership [Bement, Mike] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Understanding School District Technology Leadership
Amazon.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Welcome, friends, to a refuge from X
November 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM