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Evening Roundup, February 11 by The Contrarian - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Democrats Must Offer Americans More by Reed Galen :: The Home Front - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
If Pam Bondi was a Waitress by April Ajoy - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
How an 82-Year Great-Grandmother Became a Masterclass Dem Shitposter by Lauren Egan - The Bulwark - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
BREAKING: Republicans Revolt on Trump Tariffs as Pam Bondi’s Hearing Implodes Over Epstein by Really American Media - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Israel Fears Iran Will Make a Sucker of Trump by Dan Perry from Ask Questions Later - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Hands Off Our Vote by Michael Podhorzer - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Sleazy Glitz Delirium by Heidi Siegmund Cuda from Bette Dangerous - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
A Rapid Retreat: Inside the Collapse of Global Climate Ambition by Being Liberal - Reality Has A Well-known Liberal Bias - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Our world is in shambles and I'm launching a book by Kevin Nye from Who is My Neighbor? - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
The Future We’re Fighting For by Adam Kinzinger from Adam Kinzinger's Substack - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Wednesday, 8:30pm ET by Joyce Vance from Civil Discourse - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Live Interview with The Conscious Lee on Trump's Texas Concentration Camps by Qasim Rashid, Esq. - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
USAG Bondi Crossed A Line You Can’t Uncross by Xplisset from Xplisset Voice of America - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
The Story Behind Our Man in Mexico by Jefferson Morley from JFK Facts - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
The Craft of Writing on Substack: How to Write a Substack Devoted Readers Will Pay For by Sarah Fay - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Women or Children? by Nina Burleigh from American Freakshow - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Pam Bondi Testifies Before Congress And Embarrasses Herself by No More Going High with Johnny Palmadessa - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
At Labor Department Prayer Service, MAGA Preacher Says Employees are Working for God and Trump by A Public Witness - February 11, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
You can request data removals right from search results. As Google’s 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its …
The Results About You tool is getting an upgrade. Do you feel popular? There are people on the Internet who want to know all about you! Unfortunately, …
Mary Fields Hickman County, Tennessee, US December 5, 1914 (aged 81–82) Great Falls, Montana, US Freighter, cook, domestic worker, star route mail carrier …
BEIJING, Feb 11 (Reuters) - China's military has grown stronger in the past year in its fight against corruption, President Xi Jinping told the Chinese armed forces on Wednesday, m...
A few AI-generated resources In addition to my education-related consulting work and event production, I work part-time at my local library. My role …
CAVEAT - With Valentine’s Day approaching, a time when many people are more open to connection and less guarded emotionally, the relevance of this …
Leadership at the U.S. Air Force Academy is getting an overhaul as both Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind and Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. …
The State Department is removing all posts on its public accounts on the social media platform X made before President Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, 2025. The posts will be ...
At Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) business behind the Claude co-working bot, staff are increasingly uneasy about the power of their own creation. In response to an int...
At $183 billion AI firm Anthropic, the stakes have always been high. Now with the stock market in a nosedive, however, some of the company’s …
My spouse and I are big Lord of the Rings as well as Harry Potter fans. We love the books and we love the movies. Over Christmas break I started re-reading the Harry Potter book se...
My spouse and I are big Lord of the Rings as well as Harry Potter fans. We love the books and we love the movies. Over Christmas break I started re-reading the Harry Potter book se...
Concerns are rising in Estonia over recent alterations to Wikipedia pages that some believe may be part of a Russian influence operation. The issue …
Ghost ⧉ is a very popular free open source platform for creating websites, blogs and newsletters. It includes a paid subscription option, and is …
In our news wrap Thursday, Trump rejected an offer from Russia to temporarily extend caps on strategic nuclear weapons, Ukraine and Russia wrapped a …
The Washington Post fired 300 journalists or 30% of its staff this past week. Then the CEO since 2024, Will Lewis (the architect of these mass layoffs) abruptly resigned.News journ...
His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said. Will Lew...
Are you making these 5 Bug Out Bag Mistakes That Will Get You Killed? When shtf, your survival gear is your lifeline, but packing the wrong items can be fatal. In this video, we br...
The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased? In Philadelphia, a few steps fr...
By Dr. Sally Latham, Education Lead at Wikimedia UK | I came to the role of Education Lead at Wikimedia UK after 20 years of teaching A level …
“Agency, Authenticity, and Digital Literacy,” the Minnesota Writing & English Conference’s 2026 theme, speaks directly to our work with Composition, …
Indriany Mendoza Camacho says she was there on the night of Jan. 14 when an ICE agent shot her partner in the leg in north Minneapolis. In an …
Do you know and follow ?Until recently I did not, but I do now and I recommend you follow her as well.Subscribe nowJoyce is the author of “Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual...
Watch and listen to this recording of Indivisible Charlotte's 'In the Know Live' webinar from February 3, 2026 over Zoom, featuring Joyce Vance, former U.S. Attorney and esteemed l...
Welcome to episode 368 (“The OpenClaw Warning”) of the EdTech Situation Room from February 4, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jas...
Outstanding news headline update from Kathryn in Raleigh-Durham, and their Indivisible resistance group. This is an example of a substacker I am so glad I follow.Her comments about...
Amen to this call for action during Black History Month:“The lesson is clear and non-negotiable: we must never confuse what is legal with what is just. Because progress has n...
Another podcast that may become required listening for my “Conspiracies and Culture Wars” mini-course. 4Chan culture is now mainstream.[PODCAST] Online Culture Is the W...
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Recently, In the Know Live conducted an interview with Bob Phillips and Tyler Daye of Common Cause North Carolina. (Part 1 and Part 2) Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots or...
In this PART 2 episode of Indivisible Charlotte’s ‘In the Know Live’ podcast, members of our Research Team continue the conversation on voter suppression with Bob...
Join Indivisible Charlotte for an in-depth discussion on voter suppression with Bob Phillips and Tyler Daye of Common Cause, North Carolina. Learn about current attacks on voting r...
The national and international events of the past several weeks have been positively dizzying and even disorienting. As I write this on January 27, 2026, we (as a nation) are recov...
The national and international events of the past several weeks have been positively dizzying and even disorienting. As I write this on January 27, 2026, we (as a nation) are recov...
It is both shocking and depressing to see how some right wing propaganda media sources (masquerading as news sources, like Fox) portray the murder of our fellow citizens like Alex ...
It’s easy to feel helpless when looking at the the weakening of liberal democracy in our country. But in the latest episode of the Indivisible Charlotte podcast, guest Chris ...
I want to start this post by acknowledging that “the playbook of resistance” has been written by many of our indigenous brothers and sisters, and brothers and sisters w...
We now have government death squads in the United States. Will members of Congress please start demonstrating courage, and immediately impeach and convict our sitting President?! U...
Welcome to episode 367 (“Vibe Coding With Claude”) of the EdTech Situation Room from January 21, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. ...
My comment today on one of my former middle school teacher’s Facebook pages, to a post that suggested DJT is pursuing a wise path in attempting to seize Greenland:Mrs. [NAME]...
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In The Know: LIVE with Joyce Vance (on IndivisibleCLT.org)Please join us for an inspiring discussion with Joyce Vance, author of Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping Dem...
This “explainer video” from Heather Cox Richardson yesterday is outstanding, I finished watching it this evening. Highly recommended.https://youtu.be/DY6XiPY9WTEShe hig...
As a former Fulbright scholar who studied Latin American security policy in Mexico I have some important thoughts and “big feelings” about these topics.We are witnessin...
On a cold winter evening, there’s nothing quite like the warm, spiced aroma of baking apples and cinnamon wafting through your home. An apple crisp is just the thing to not o...
My comment today on a Facebook post by one of our friends and former neighbors in Oklahoma City:I do not know anyone who is progressive today and wants to “dispense with law ...
On Sunday, January 11, 2026, thousands of Charlotte residents and neighbors gathered in First Ward Park uptown for the “ICE Out for Good” protest rally and march, spons...
This is a video I recorded this morning before school as a Facebook Live video. I edited it a little in Descript (making two minor corrections) and added subtitles. It’s also...
Please join us and share this widely.Register via MobilizeWednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnes...
Welcome to episode 366 (“10 Year Anniversary”) of the EdTech Situation Room from January 7, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason...
It’s 2026 and media literacy is more important than ever. Here a few links to some recent blog posts, podcasts and videos I’ve shared and found online worth your time a...
This is an audio recording by Rachel Fryer recorded in September 2012, when she was 9 years old. This is the earliest recording I know of when Rachel mentions the possibility of at...
Welcome to episode 365 (“Nano Banana Pro Era”) of the EdTech Situation Room from December 29, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jas...
My New Year’s Day morning meditation podcast supplement today was: “Best Of: How Spending Time In Nature Helps Our Health” by #NPR1A. This podcast episode from NPR’s Studio 1A f...
This is a narrated video version of a presentation I shared on December 26, 2025, at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan, Kansas. In addition to my slides, additiona...
In this episode of Indivisible Charlotte's “In the Know Live,” founding director Carolyn Eberly and research coordinator Marshal Auron welcome Chris Armitage from The E...
Sometimes my social media feeds in Flipboard on my iPad bring serendipitous links to my attention, and that was the case early yesterday morning with this video from South Iceland ...
In this episode of the Confronting Whiteness podcast, Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell speaks with Rev. Dr. Dick Hester, a retired professor and therapist with a rich history of activism and o...
A teacher friend in Oklahoma sent me the following video clip today. Her question to me was, “How did the student code this in Scratch?” Apparently the student did NOT ...
A teacher friend in Oklahoma sent me the following video clip, which I converted to an animated GIF via Adobe. Her question to me was, “How did the student code this in Scrat...
For many years (at least six for me) we’ve heard warnings about “deep fake” videos and the ways artificial intelligence / AI platforms will accelerate the dissemi...
For many years (at least six for me) we’ve heard warnings about “deep fake” videos and the ways artificial intelligence / AI platforms will accelerate the dissemi...
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I shared the insights below originally as a comment in Facebook to a question posed by a friend about the reasons why the current US administration has attempted to rename the US D...
Welcome to episode 364 (“The Rise of Gemini AI”) of the EdTech Situation Room from December 3, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Ja...
CLAIM: On 20 November 2025, 30,000 students in Charlotte, North Carolina, staged a walkout from school to protest Trump’s ICE immigration raids in the city. FACT CHEC...
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By Galen SmithSeveral health care issues pose significant challenges for the U.S. in general and North Carolina in particular. These challenges relate to Affordable Care Act premiu...
MONEY TALKS.We’re hitting them where it hurts this weekend. We’re calling for a weekend supporting local businesses over corporations.🚫AMAZON🚫🚫T...
I grew up in the 1980s and loved reading “Choose Your Own Adventure” (CYOA) stories. From time to time, as an advocate of “Playing with Media” and “Sh...
This holiday season, we’re invited to shift our habits, rethink our spending, and put our values into action. For five days— from November 28 through December 2— ...
Tomorrow we’re going with our church to Charleston, South Carolina, to visit the International African American Museum. Shelly and I have lived here in Charlotte for 3.5 year...
This evening I successfully burned two DVDs for the 40th Anniversary of the Mint Hill Historical Society, which is coming up on Saturday. For several years now I’ve been volu...
I recorded this video this morning before school in our car on Facebook Live. Here’s the (slightly) edited transcript of my video. I’ll include referenced articles and ...
As a kick-off to the No Kings 2 protest, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum was our featured guest on the October 17th edition of “In the Know Live” and our n...
I shared the following on Facebook (on my private profile) this evening as a response to a friend who asked why I am in opposition to the actions of federal ICE and Customs - Borde...
Information about tomorrow’s Pop-up Protest at Home Depot (including the sign-up link) is available on this Mobilize.us webpage.Subscribe nowFrom the post:Indivisible CLT, Ca...
Over the weekend I successfully completed my eighth vibe-coded project, and I’m really excited about it! It’s called the “AI Cultural Canon,” and it’s basically a Fireb...
Toolkit for Supporting Immigrant NeighborsResisting ICE - CPB ActionsThanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.In 2022, the city of Charlotte ...
Many of you are urgently seeking information and looking for ways to help now that it has been verified that CBP agents are arriving in Charlotte in the next few days. We want you ...
Welcome to episode 363 (“AI Upgrades, Privacy Tradeoffs”) of the EdTech Situation Room from November 12, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This we...
In this episode of the Confronting Whiteness podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell converses with Gail Perry, a Cleveland, Ohio native and daughter of the first black mayor in Ohio. Gail share...
(See part 1 of this series from our September 2025 newsletter.)By Galen Smith and Carrie PhillipsThe “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) was signed into law in July 2025 an...
Reverend Dot Killian shared a sermon today at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, titled “Children of the Resurrection.” She preached on Luke 20:...
Please consider joining me for the 9 week course, “Confronting Whiteness,” starting in January 2026. My spouse and I participated in this transformative course 2 years ...
In this episode of Confronting Whiteness, Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell interviews Rev. Dr. Mel Williams, a seasoned pastor with over 40 years of service. The conversation explores Williams...
In this episode of Confronting Whiteness, Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell interviews Rev. Dr. Mel Williams, a seasoned pastor with over 40 years of service. The conversation explores Williams...
Back in September I wrote about my “DIY Federated Reader” experiment: a Gmail-to-Mastodon bot that turns my newsletter inbox into a public, federated news stream I’m able to ...
For a long time, I’ve wanted a simple way for my students – in this case, my adult Sunday School class participants—to share comments directly on a webpage I’ve made wi...
Join Wes Fryer in Charlotte, North Carolina, as he explains his motivations for protesting at the No Kings 2 Rally on October 18th. As a graduate of the Air Force Academy and a for...
Welcome to episode 362 (“Browsers Gone Agentic”) of the EdTech Situation Room from Wednesday, October 29, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This w...
Music plays an important part of non-violent, civic protest movements, and our October 18, 2025 “No Kings 2 CLT” event was a case in point.Check out the 24 tracks from ...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) was signed into law in July 2025 and extends many of the features established in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Most Americans a...
In the third episode of the Confronting Whiteness podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell engages in a compelling conversation with Kim Bohannon, a dedicated educator and community leader. Kim, ...
I bring tidings of GREAT joy: After many hours of work this weekend, all 361 episodes of “The EdTech Situation Room” podcast are now available on Substack… AND ar...
Welcome to episode 361 (“AI Workflows for Educators”) of the EdTech Situation Room from October 22, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, D...
Welcome to episode 360 (“Agentic AI Arrives”) of the EdTech Situation Room from October 8, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason ...
Welcome to episode 359 (“Phishing Meets Copilot”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 24, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr....
Welcome to episode 358 (“Gemini AI Everywhere”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 3, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Ja...
Welcome to episode 357 (“AI Tinkering Playbook”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 27, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jas...
Welcome to episode 356 (“Beyond AI Hype”) of the EdTech Situation Room from August 20, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neif...
Welcome to episode 355 (“Protocols Over Platforms”) of the EdTech Situation Room from July 9, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jas...
Welcome to episode 354 (“Beyond the Town Square”) of the EdTech Situation Room from June 25, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jaso...
Welcome to episode 353 (“Chatbots and Safeguards”) of the EdTech Situation Room from June 11, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jas...
Welcome to episode 352 (“AI Slop Tsunami”) of the EdTech Situation Room from May 22, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffe...
Welcome to episode 351 (“AI Sycophancy and Chatbots for Kids”) of the EdTech Situation Room from May 14, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This we...
Welcome to episode 350 (“AI as Thought Partner”) of the EdTech Situation Room from April 16, 2025, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jaso...
In the second episode of the Confronting Whiteness podcast, Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell engages in a profound conversation with Tracy Onze, who leads the middle school division at Trinity...
In this third episode of Indivisible Charlotte’s ‘In the Know Live’ program and first podcast episode,, founding director Carolyn Eberly introduces a profound dis...
I”m almost finished listening to Tim Alberta‘s FANTASTIC book, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism,” publis...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRS055nLVkEIn the inaugural episode of the Confronting Whiteness podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell sits down with Wes Fryer, a media literacy and computer s...
In the inaugural episode of the Confronting Whiteness podcast, Rev. Ben Boswell sits down with Wes Fryer, a media literacy and computer science teacher from Charlotte, North Caroli...
I recently created and published a series of shorts for YouTube (videos less than 60 seconds long, all formatted with a portrait (9 x 16) rather than landscape aspect ratio from th...
In his latest video, progressive influencer Robert Reich highlights the importance of both NON-violent protest as well as video documentation of the non-Constitutional and illegal ...
Today I facilitated the webinar “Vibe Coding with AI” for the MediaEd Club of the Media Education Lab. I mainly shared stories of two of my recent vibe coding projects,...
To heal our culture, we need to reclaim our news feeds and collaborate to reinvent social media. The loss of many local newspapers, combined with the tendency for our “Big Te...
I (Wes Fryer) created this 3.5 minute story on with Google Gemini’s experimental “Storybook” mode, using the following prompt:Tell an adventure story of the golde...
To heal our culture, we need to reclaim our news feeds and collaborate to reinvent social media. The loss of many local newspapers, combined with the tendency for our “Big Te...
Back in January of 2025 I used ChatGPT to “vibe code” a project I named “Packet Defender.” This project was and is my attempt to use HTML and JavaScript to ...
For the past couple years as a middle school STEM and media literacy teacher, I’ve LOVED using AI / artificial intelligence tools to create instructional materials for my stu...
We have not only entered “The Age of AI,” we have entered the Age of “AI Bots” and “AI Personas.” There is not (yet) an English WikiPedia articl...
This is an excellent article explaining the cultural pickle we are in today with regard to information, social media, politics and our national culture in the USA. It is not hopefu...
This evening I watched YouTube independent journalist Johnny Harris’ outstanding video, “Why the Mormon Church is So Rich,” and it has prompted me to reflect on a...
We live in a fractured and polluted information environment. The sheer volume of content, combined with algorithms designed for engagement over enlightenment, can be overwhelming. ...
This is a tragic story on multiple fronts, both for the victim and the accused perpetrator. Homelessness and the terrible state of our mental health system in the United States can...
Subscribe nowIn a clip that is going viral on TikTok, Confronting Whiteness graduate, Dr. Katherine Godby, speaks truth to power to county commissioners about the violence of vote...
Members of our church in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, Caldwell Presbyterian, have been working for many years to address the affordable housing crisis in a novel and courageou...
This is a very damning (and long) article about the MISSING potential profitability of AI startups that are trying to build products on top of generative AI platforms. A bit of cou...
This morning for my morning meditation, I watched Rev. Ben Boswell‘s sermon at Collective Liberation Church in Charlotte on August 3, 2025, “The Liberating Reality of a...
Happy August 2025 everyone! This 2025-26 academic year I’m going to try and share a monthly “media literacy roundup” like this one. In this edition I’ll sha...
Check out our Episode 349 from April 9, 2025! (Although this episode published instantly to YouTube, we are late getting this posted on edtechSR.com and our Substack…) Here a...
For this year’s 4th of July cookout, I wanted to go beyond your average backyard burger. Don’t get me wrong — I love a simple cheeseburger hot off the grill, but for this hol...
At the start of every Caldwell Presbyterian Church worship service, our leaders share a “land acknowledgment,” remembering and acknowledging the native people and First...
This evening, I had the opportunity to attend a powerful Zoom session hosted by Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell, pastor of Collective Liberation Church here in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ...
This evening, I had the opportunity to attend a powerful Zoom session hosted by Rev. Dr. Ben Boswell, pastor of Collective Liberation Church here in Charlotte, North Carolina. The ...
It turns out reading is important, especially when you are the most powerful chief executive and government official on earth. Turning a national security briefing (the “Pres...
Multiple Christian denominations have notable and lamentable histories of “getting it wrong, BIG TIME” when it comes to interpreting and applying the Scriptures of the Holy Bible. ...
Multiple Christian denominations have notable and lamentable histories of “getting it wrong, BIG TIME” when it comes to interpreting and applying the Scriptures of the ...
Today’s lunch was an experiment, basically using some of our leftover and available ingredients as we wrap up our time in the mountains at an Airbnb. This was tasty, but would’ve b...
My mother, Angie Fryer, kept meticulous records of every letter I sent home as a cadet at the US Air Force Academy from 30 June 1988 to 27 May 1992. She also kept numerous other re...
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I have started to read “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War” by Jeff Sharlet.The book opens with a touching and detailed portrait of Harry Belafonte, who I will ...
I have started to read “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War” by Jeff Sharlet: The book opens with a touching and detailed portrait of Harry Belafonte, who I will ad...
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"Healing the Broken Narrative" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley FryerIn this political moment of triumph as well as “barn burning” for the political far right in the United States...
In this political moment of triumph as well as “barn burning” for the political far right in the United States, I am wondering how those of us with more progressive, liberal hearts...
"Trust and Democracy" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley FryerGreat keynote presentation by Jennifer Nadel of “Compassion in Politics” in the UK in today’s “Compassionat...
Great keynote presentation by Jennifer Nadel of “Compassion in Politics” in the UK in today’s “Compassionate Action Conference.” We have a REAL crisis today worldwide, so many peop...
My mom, Angie Fryer, was not only a fantastic gourmet cook, but also very concerned about the ways processed foods and the food industry had transformed and continued to transform ...
We need to “love our neighbors” and find ways to demonstrate both individually and collectively our commitment to “The Golden Rule.” While Jesus Christ famo...
We need to “love our neighbors” and find ways to demonstrate both individually and collectively our commitment to “The Golden Rule.” While Jesus Christ famo...
Wow, the Substack article, “The Colors Of Her Coat” by Scott Alexander taught me several new things:About the medieval origins of lapis lazuli, ultramarine and the colo...
To “heal our culture,” we need to understand our culture.A few weeks ago, I bought a paper copy of “Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and the Fu...
To “heal our culture,” we need to understand our culture. A few weeks ago, I bought a paper copy of “Lessons from North Carolina: Race, Religion, Tribe, and th...
For the past 10+ years I’ve met with my “spiritual director,” Curt Gruel, every month to discuss how God is working in my life. Curt became a spiritual director t...
Welcome to my (Wes Fryer’s) “Dangerous Dispatch” [VIDEO] for March 4, 2025.In this episode I highlight:Yellowstone Bear HumorSing Sing (2023)NATO and ProtestsPart...
I’ve added the 2023 movie “Sing Sing” to my movie watchlist. Here’s the trailer: (2.5 min) Synopsis: “Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he...
Walter Rhein observes and contends, "Truth is a healing spell.""Truth is a Healing Spell v2" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley FryerWalter is correct. Our very words can be powerful. Like the ...
My "Dangerous Dispatch" video for February 17, 2025. (17 min)5 Topics:1- Benefits of a "news fast"2- Heather Cox Richardson3- Anne Applebaum article4- Foreign Affairs article5- Blu...
Reflections on the ways in which we each have “multidimensional personalities,” and my experience using the generative AI platform “Notebook LM” this past w...
It’s Inauguration Day in the United States, and 2025 promises to be filled with more polarized news and challenging headlines for citizens everywhere to parse and understand,...
This morning I led our adult ACE Sunday School class at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, as our study of the Book of Acts moved into the 12th Chapter. My lesson plan was to read and d...
This is a comment and reflection I shared on the blog of one of Dean Shareski‘s graduate student’s academic course reflection blog, Allysia Doratti:Mirror, Mirror, On M...
It’s almost 2025, and I suspect we are in for a “wild ride” both politically and socially in the months ahead. The outcome of the November 2024 elections in the U...
This evening after dinner dad, Rachel and I recorded an audio interview discussing our memories of basic training and our first two years (respectively) at the US Air Force Academy...
I hope this newsletter finds you rested and well, as we continue celebrating the Thanksgiving holidays here in the United States. Our news and social media feeds are often filled w...
This past Sunday, Shelly and I both taught Sunday School lessons at our church in Charlotte, North Carolina: Caldwell Presbyterian Church. I taught the adult lesson for our “...
James Baldwin’s timeless ideas on race, identity, and healing are more relevant today than ever. In this third episode of the "Heal Our Culture" podcast, I (Wes Fryer) discus...
Yesterday I hopped on a Zoom call with Wayne LeFors and Tom Fryer, both 1963 graduates of the US Air Force Academy. Wayne and dad talked, laughed, and told stories together for an ...
In January 2006, Sarah (then age 5) created a quilt with Shelly about hedgehogs for the science fair at Murfee Elementary School in Lubbock, Texas. Sarah was in Shay Troutman’...
This is a 15.5 minute video Shelly’s dad, Carl Ward, created about their family with a lot of archival photos. I found this today as I’ve been doing some updates to thi...
Happy summer! (For subscribers in the Northern Hemisphere of our amazing planet. Happy winter if you’re down under!) I hope this highly intermittent newsletter update finds y...
In this heartfelt second episode of the “Heal Our Culture” podcast, Wes Fryer delves into the critical need to heal our culture amidst today’s polarized climate. ...
Frequently in the Gospels of the Bible, we hear Jesus call himself, “The Son of Man.” The December 2018 video from The Bible Project, “Why Jesus Called Himself th...
Spring Break for us in North Carolina is drawing to a close, and warmer weather is teasing us. Shelly and I spent some wonderful days in Manhattan, Kansas, where I grew up and grad...
Greetings from cool and wet Charlotte, North Carolina. Can you believe it is March already?! It is almost Spring Break for us, and the week after our Spring Break our Air Force Aca...
Hey it’s February already and if you’re spending lots of time reading the news, it may seem like the world is on fire. Certainly parts of it are, but thankfully, we can...
Shelly and I participated in a wonderful "racial healing retreat" this past Saturday at our church in Charlotte. We recorded some reflections about the experience, our takeaways, a...
Reflections and takeaways by Wesley and Shelly Fryer from the Racial Healing Retreat hosted by Caldwell Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, January 27, 2...
Welcome to another intermittent edition of my email newsletter! We’re a month into 2024 and I hope you are healthy, well in every way you can be, and living your best life: D...
These are my notes from today’s Sunday School lesson and worship service at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 21, 2024. “Praying The Hours” is...
These are some of my notes and “takeaways” from a sermon shared today on January 7, 2024, by Rev. Dorothy J. Killian at Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North...
Through the YouVersion Bible app for iPhone, Shelly (my wife) has discovered the “Eyewitness Bible Series” of videos. This morning, on her recommendation, I watched the...
Our adult Sunday School class (ACE) at Caldwell Presbyterian Church is reading and studying the book, “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness” by Kevin Nye. T...
This should be obvious to all people in all modern cultures, but sadly it is not and some groups are working to “turn back the clock. Women are full human beings and should be a...
In early June 2022, I had the privilege to journey with our daughters to the Grandfather Mountain State Park for the first time. We embarked on a three-day, two-night backpacking a...
Yesterday I tested my home backup electric generator for the first time and created a 16.5 minute video about the experience. In this article, I’ll share some of the highligh...
Today Rachel, Shelly and I attended worship at Cavalry Episcopal Church in Front Royal, Virginia. Today is Pentecost, and after the wonderful service the congregation hosted a cele...
This is another ChatGPT 4 “theological and historical coaching” example today, in my continuing quest to better understand the historic roots and contemporary flavors of American C...
It’s January 2, 2023, and large numbers of residents of Asheville, North Carolina have been without water at their homes since Christmas Eve, a little over a week ago. As a C...
A 2X video of my flight this evening from Manhattan, Kansas to Dallas – Fort Worth, featuring the MHK takeoff sequence and the DFW landing sequence just after sunset. T...
I’m wearing the warmest boots I currently own, a pair of Thinsulate hunting boots I bought a few years ago at Academy Sports in Edmond, Oklahoma, in advance of a winter ̶...
Today I facilitated an adult Sunday School class discussion about “Resistance Narratives,” which is the fourth chapter of Susan J. Dunlap’s 2021 book, “Shel...
I created today’s Bible Verse InfoPic using Midjourney, a Generative AI platform,which is an example of artificial intelligence art. “Bible Verse InfoPic (Generativ...
If you happen to be a long-time (or even “one time”) member of First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma, then the videos I’m going to link here may bring you...
This morning Shelly and I planned and recorded a 97 second video, “Lessons from Prison Ministry.” This focuses on our experiences several years ago with a wonderful Okl...
“The day after.” (Thanksgiving) "The Day After (Thanksgiving)" (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer Rain in our forecast all day long. It is lovely as it fall...
Are you in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area and interested in giving to others in our community who are in need this Thanksgiving season? Consider making a food donation to R...
I’ve decided I’m a “Communitarian Prepper,” and I’ve started a new website to share related resources. This aspirational journey started this past sum...
I love using the Paprika App (www.paprikaapp.com) for saving and using recipes! It’s available for iOS, MacOS, Android and Windows. For years my mom used the MacOS recipe pro...
I love to cook and eat steak! My favorite steak is ribeye, Shelly’s favorite is filet mignon, thanks to some good friends who introduced her to that delicacy shortly after...
It’s our Spring Break, and today I explored a couple local backyard barbecue stores in Oklahoma City and Moore. Here’s a summary of what I found for locally sourced bri...
One of the hazards of using 3rd party websites for recording and sharing media files is they sometimes go offline. Some people (like @tonyvincent) have referred to this as the R...
I enjoy cooking and eating quiche, and as I’ve tried a few different recipes I’m feeling comfortable making modifications and “remixes” based on things I have on hand and ingredien...
Rachel, who is now a 9th grader, created this poster over the weekend for a geneology project assigned in her French 2 class at Casady. “The Family of Twilight” (CC BY...
