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Last night in Vienna by Patti Smith - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
7.62×39 by Joe Nichols from Beautiful Heresy - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Live with Congressional candidate Brad Lander! by Jess Craven and Brad Lander from Chop Wood, Carry Water - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Not one shekel by Moral Clarity Newsletter - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
White People Have Always Had a Thing for Hanging Children by From Dr Stacey Patton - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Evening Roundup, May 20 by The Contrarian - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
BREAKING: Everything is falling apart for Trump today by Really American Media - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Trump Mocked a Fox News Reporter’s Fiancé — Hours Later It Blew Up in His Face by Being Liberal - Reality Has A Well-known Liberal Bias - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #Federa...
Live with Mai Vong for Congress! by Jess Craven and Mai Vang from Chop Wood, Carry Water - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Why Tuesday’s Georgia Primary Has MASSIVE 2028 Implications by Lauren Egan - The Bulwark - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Why Trump's Revenge Tour Will Come Back to Bite Him in the Butt by Robert Reich - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Another Day, Another Outrage by Katie Couric - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Podcast | The Don’t Poke the Bear Meme: AFD and Russian Information Projection by Disinfolklore from DecodingTrolls - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Noah Wyle and his Important Work Outside of the Hospital, and the Set by Sen. Adam Schiff - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Why I Wrote All We Say by Ben Rhodes from Notes on the Stories We Tell - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
All The Kings Cowards by The Rational League from The Rational League - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Finn Cooper liked EdTechSR Ep 344 Voices We Can’t Trust by Finn Cooper - May 20, 2026 #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
Welcome to The Connected Convening Playbook by Lucy Gray from Lucy’s Daily Dispatch - May 20, 2026#Substack #OwnYourFeed #FederatedReader
This Saturday, Rachel will have her “Ring Dance” at the Air Force Academy, which ends the 2 degree / junior year and marks the start of her “firstee” or sen...
The era of the “ten blue links” is officially over. At its Google I/O conference on Tuesday, Google unveiled an AI-powered overhaul of Search centered around a reimagined “intellig...
Many Muslim Americans are fearful following a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego that left three worshipers dead. Investigators reportedly …
Google is sprucing up its Gemini models, revamping search, and enabling AI agents in everything. There are also some spiffy new smart glasses coming …
Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been leaving …
A 24/7 AI-powered, music-forward radio station. Agents stock the music, write short hosted breaks, render those breaks with TTS, process listener …
Google Arts & Culture Lab artist in residence, Gaël Hugo, explores what generative audio can offer for learning about cultural sites captured with …
Let DJ Claude cook. Goooooooood morning, blog readers! You’re listening to the KGIZ morning zoo with your hosts, AI and The Bot. Andon Labs, an AI …
This is a written version of the keynote I delivered at kidTECH Los Angeles in May 2026, hosted by kidSAFE. You’ve probably experienced AI-induced ick …
Inside a collaboration to bring artificial intelligence into the classroom. The secret to integrity is saying no a lot, and that’s what Sal Khan did in early 2021, the first time t...
404 Media has obtained a copy of ‘Haotian AI’, a popular piece of realtime deepfake software marketed to scammers. It can turn a fraudster's face …
Two recommended books to read by Brigadier General Ty Seidule:“Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause”“A Promise Delivered...
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right. Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants ...
We’re introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence. These new laptops are built with Gemini’s helpfulness at their core, premium hardware …
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has gutted the Voting Rights Act, basing their decision on the argument that race should not be used …
It might sound like something you'd read, scoff at, and then scroll past. But it's true. Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sank...
Free real-time ham radio dashboard: HF propagation, space weather, DX spots, POTA/SOTA, contests, greyline map and operator tools. No account.
Lots of parents and teachers share the same quiet worry these days. If kids are asking ChatGPT to write their essays, summarize their reading, and …
Colin Angle put the Roomba in millions of homes by giving it a simple job: cleaning the floor. Loading audio narration... Now, the longtime iRobot CEO wants his next home robot to ...
Google might have its own Pixel ecosystem to continue building out, but it’s also working on knocking down barriers between platforms. Building on top of a relatively-successful pu...
"There is a very low probability of a good future if someone doesn't slow Demis down." I've been keeping an eye on the various documents released as …
In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, gave the state and the nation a demonstration of the …
Want to understand why politicians in Tennessee just acted to disenfranchise thousands of our fellow Americans and citizens, many who “happen to be African-American?”Th...
I’ve been watching, reading, and thinking about the fractures in American democracy for several years now — through the lens of a citizen, an educator, a media literacy...
I’ve been watching, reading, and thinking about the fractures in American democracy for several years now — through the lens of a citizen, an educator, a media literacy teacher, an...
Welcome to episode 373 (”Digitizing Local History”) of the EdTech Situation Room from May 6, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Wesl...
When U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) descended on Charlotte in November 2025, they expected an easy target. What they found instead was a city ready to fight back. The fed...
We’re wrapping up our Coding Mars / Minecraft Mars unit in my middle school computer programming class. It’s one of my favorite units. Students have been programming &#...
We’re wrapping up our Coding Mars / Minecraft Mars unit in my middle school computer programming class. It’s one of my favorite units. Students have been programming &#...
Please join me TODAY on Monday, May 4th, 2026 at noon Eastern Time for the free webinar, “Memes, Warfare, and Propaganda” for the Media Education Lab.SubscribeHere is t...
In preparing this weekend for today’s adult Sunday school class lesson and discussion, I read more in “Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter” by Ke...
Today is a “teacher work day” at our school, and we’re allowed to work from wherever we want, so I’m working from home.I started my day by watching 2 TEDx t...
Indivisible Charlotte hosts a webinar discussion with historian Timothy Snyder about his book On Freedom, contrasting “negative freedom” (freedom as removing barriers o...
Indivisible Charlotte’s In the Know Live, hosted by Freda Zeh and Wes Fryer, features a recorded panel with community leaders Rachel Salo (Indivisible Charlotte), Hector Vaca...
This evening I was able to watch and listen to the second half of a wonderful panel on “Preaching and Leadership” hosted by Union Presbyterian Seminary. The panel featu...
Have you noticed “media literacy” just gets more important the further we travel together into this “Age of Artificial Intelligence?!” It’s been a min...
Creamy, tangy, and just a little fiery — the hot honey does triple duty with heat, sweetness, and apple cider vinegar tang. The curry adds a warmth that keeps people guessing. ...
We are continuing our adult Sunday school class study of “Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter” by Kelly Brown Douglas.SubscribeIndeed, the soul of the ...
Thanks to some help from my AI cooking partner “Claude,” we landed on a recipe that brings together fire-roasted tomato sauce made right in the blender, refried beans l...
I’m writing this from downtown Nashville, where I just wrapped up Day 1 of the Lead4Change Teacher Summit at the beautiful Hotel Noelle and VentureX Co-working space. It̵...
Saturday I had an opportunity to audit an initial class of a course at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, “Religions of the Enslaved” taught by Dr. Alphonso F. Saville, IV. ...
Hi everyone, this is Wes Fryer in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s April 14th, 2026, and I want to talk about a free webinar with Timothy Snyder on April 30th — coming u...
This evening my Air Force Academy roommate and buddy, Brad Ball, let me know that an Academy graduate and CS-05 Wolfpack 4 degree we both knew, Brian Burns, passed away in November...
This week I virtually attended an excellent “Lunch & Learn webinar” hosted by the Center for North Carolina Politics and Public Service at Catawba College, titled &...
This week I virtually attended an excellent “Lunch & Learn webinar” hosted by the Center for North Carolina Politics and Public Service at Catawba College, titled &...
In The Know Live with Timothy Snyder is sponsored by Indivisible CLT in partnership with the Indivisible North Carolina statewide chapters. REGISTER FREE on Mobilize!Subscribe nowO...
Welcome to episode 372 (”AI’s Psychological Dangers”) of the EdTech Situation Room from April 8, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week...
Today was one of my favorite lessons in my middle school media literacy class: We started our “Froot Loop Conspiracies” unit about the Moon Landing Hoax, Lateral Readin...
Today was one of my favorite lessons in my middle school media literacy class: We started our “Froot Loop Conspiracies” unit about the Moon Landing Hoax, Lateral Readin...
I reject genocide and war crimes, which are the exact actions the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has openly professed he wants to do and will do. This is morally rep...
This was our second year to attend the Saturday evening Easter weekend Catholic Mass at Holy Cross Abbey, which is right on the Shenandoah River outside Round Hill and Purcellville...
Generally, NFL teams don’t fire their head coach in the middle of the Super Bowl. It can be pretty stupid to fire your top military leader in the middle of an active war. Unl...
Thank you, Henry Guimond, Dave Courchene II, and Jeremy Hansen for this poignant reminder about the values of our ancestors, which are still so important today: Respect (the buffal...
Reminders from the Artemis mission patch of Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen Thank you, Henry Guimond, Dave Courchene II, and Jeremy Hansen for this poignant reminder about the...
Here are the 3 videos I’m sharing with my middle school students today in class and discussing, in advance of the scheduled NASA launch of the Artemis 2 mission this evening ...
Our president is not mentally well and has not been for a long time.It is simultaneously jarring, sad, tragic, and potentially devastating (both physically and psychologically) for...
Video transcript:Good morning everyone. Today is Monday, March the 30th, 2026. This is Wes Fryer in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is about 7:20 in the morning before school, and I ...
Political analysts have been in overdrive assessing the war, its risks and effects. There are so many disparate issues, collecting them in a high-level review may provide a better ...
Speaking at the No Kings 3 Rally and Protest in Charlotte after traveling from Houston, Ibram X. Kendi describes encountering ICE agents at the airport and reflects on how many Ame...
What a treat to hear Dr. Ibram X. Kendi speak in uptown Charlotte twice today, once at the No Kings 3 rally and protest before the march, and again at the Carolina Theatre for a s...
Video available on Substack, Facebook and YouTube. (Duration: 28 minutes) On March 27, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wes Fryer shares a Heal Our Culture video update focuse...
On March 27, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wes Fryer shares a Heal Our Culture video update focused on staying resilient through hope, joy, and community, including family gat...
Welcome to episode 371 (“Router Bans, AI Agents”) of the EdTech Situation Room from March 25, 2026, where technology news met educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason...
In our troubled times, when our U.S. chief executive revels in cruelty and the suffering of others, especially those ethnically different from him, it is wonderful to see that voic...
Observations by Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah, CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday:There is no substitute for exports through the Strait of Hormuz, he said. Measures such a...
There’s a very familiar face in the front row of this photo from today’s Charlotte Observer, taken at the October 18, 2025 No Kings 2 protest:More ‘No Kings’...
Judge Blocks Pentagon Press Policy as Unconstitutional (Verity, 21 Mar 2026)Fact:U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, found that "undisput...
Yesterday I had a wonderful opportunity to visit with one of my favorite high school teachers, Mrs. Bogart — and it was a wonderful visit. She recommended both of the books p...
While millions of my fellow citizens in the United States choose to be enthralled and transfixed by “March Madness” on the basketball courts of our colleges and univers...
Good news and good stories can be healing. I got a laugh out of this one today, after having a discussion with my father‘s morning coffee group about the intelligence of bird...
Video available on Substack and YouTube. On March 13, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wes Fryer shares a second video-style update for the Heal Our Culture Project, urging vi...
On March 13, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wes Fryer shares a second video-style update for the Heal Our Culture Project, urging viewers to be “culture healers” an...
Amen to this.“The American people should demand a policy that puts human life and the rule of law above the president’s thirst for war. Iran’s future must be deci...
Today Shelly and I returned to Landsford Canal State Park in South Carolina, which is about an hour drive from where we live in Charlotte, NC. I took a few photos (26) on our hike ...
Today Shelly and I returned to Landsford Canal State Park in South Carolina, which is about an hour drive from where we live in Charlotte, NC. I took a few photos (26) on our hike ...
This school year, I’m unable to use SpinTheWheel.io, a random animal selector I’d been using for one of my favorite middle school creature-design projects. Last spring ...
This school year, I’m unable to use SpinTheWheel.io, a random animal selector I’d been using for one of my favorite middle school creature-design projects. Last spring ...
Happy Friday. I can’t say it’s a Good Friday, because not only is this not Easter weekend, yet another war (this time in Iran) is raging in our world and as a citizen o...
Welcome to episode 370 (“AI Frontier Geopolitics”) of the EdTech Situation Room from March 4, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jas...
The heresy of the “un-Christian Nationalism” messages preached and professed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are LIES and an abomination before the LORD.“A c...
Several years ago, when Shelly and I were working and teaching at Casady School in Oklahoma City, Father Tim Sean Youmans shared the television series “The Chosen” with...
We are living in surreal times, and our news feeds can be both perilous and important to watch. I shared a video update this evening for in which I attempted to process some of wh...
Wes Fryer in Charlotte shares a Heal Our Culture update focused on maintaining hope through community and wise voices, including a choir concert and Black History Month sermons he ...
Wes Fryer in Charlotte shares a Heal Our Culture update focused on maintaining hope through community and wise voices, including a choir concert and Black History Month sermons he ...
This is a good reason to not relocate to Kansas or other rabidly red states today. Imagine waking up and learning your state legislature has just invalidated your drivers license a...
This is a good reason to not relocate to Kansas or other rabidly red states today. Imagine waking up and learning your state legislature has just invalidated your drivers license a...
In notable news today, the United States has launched an another illegal war, this time against the nation of Iran. As is the case with all issues of foreign policy, there’s ...
This would seem crazy in an earlier era, but today almost anything could happen with our current executive branch leadership.Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday ...
by Pat Rosa and Freda Zeh RosenRecently, In the Know Live hosted Joyce Vance, former US Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and one of our nation’s most respected v...
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In my 55 years of life on our planet and 32 years as a professional educator and teacher, I’ve shared a lot of stories and more than a few presentations. This evening, I beli...
On Saturday, February 7, 2026, Indivisible Charlotte celebrated our ninth anniversary! This event had to be rescheduled because of North Carolina winter weather, but our celebratio...
I shared this as a comment on one of my Academy classmate’s Facebook pages, who is arguing that anyone who compares the United States today to Nazi Germany is an idiot:I agre...
Here is a “Mike Caulfield AI superprompt fact check” for a recent FB post about a British citizen who was detained for six weeks in the United States by CBP / US Custom...
On behalf of our organizing team for the upcoming March 4-5, 2026 online conference, “Thrive: United for Democracy and Global Action,” I invite you to join these import...
One of the most common problems I see in student and creator videos alike is inconsistent audio. You shoot a clip facing the camera, then turn around to capture something else R...
One of the most common problems I see in student and creator videos alike is inconsistent audio. You shoot a clip facing the camera, then turn around to capture something else — an...
Wes Fryer records episode four of the Heal Our Culture podcast from Charlotte, North Carolina on February 15, 2026, framing it as a “letter to the future” for his unborn grandchild...
Wes Fryer records episode four of the Heal Our Culture podcast from Charlotte, North Carolina on February 15, 2026, framing it as a “letter to the future” for his unbor...
Podcasts are coming for books:Once the internet started, yes, you could go and research online, discover the history of the Tudors or whatever, but you’d probably spend ages....
Welcome to episode 369 (“Dogpile and Dark Arts”) of the EdTech Situation Room from February 11, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. J...
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...
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...
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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’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 ...
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. ...
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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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 “...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
