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The first satellite designed to track carbon dioxide emissions with the resolution of individual power plants just launched. As countries and companies promise emissions reductions, satellite technology will help keep people honest. axios.com/2023/11/13/env…

Curious about Open Educational Resources textbooks for writing and literature? I'm hosting an intro to #OER for English webinar for the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges OER Initiative on Thursday, November 30 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 Pacific time. All are welcome! asccc-oeri.org/2023/10/27/int… #OpenEd

Open Access Author Contracts and Alignment with the Open Ethos: A Global Study [11% of the OA author contracts reviewed had internal contradictions]. crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/…

Affordable Learning PA releases the Pennsylvania student course materials survey report, conducted and prepared in collaboration with Bay View Analytics and reported on in Inside Higher Ed #oer insidehighered.com/news/student-s…

With planes and politicians being the trending topic of the weekend, we decided to take a trip down memory lane to the time an Indian politician was lauded by Indonesia and the Soviet Union for his piloting exploits. Intrigued? Read on (1/21)

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In the history of journalism, there have been instances when a lone voice dared to challenge the government narrative, battling not just headlines but who went  the extra mile to save lives in distress. All it takes is spine and integrity. 2/17

This has been near the top of my "historical embroideries I would do anything to see in real life" list for about a decade and I got to see it in real life in November and it was even better than I imagined!!

I'm so hyped to share images of this piece because I kid you not when I say that this is one of the best pieces of early modern professional embroidery I have EVER seen. The embroidery is next level and it has so much personality. It's a true feast for the eyes!

I'm quite seriously worried about how many phishy phone calls I'm getting that seem to have no other purpose than to confirm some details and grab a few seconds of my voice (with which it's quite easy these days to generate a realtime #AI deepfake) … openedtech.social/@martin/112409…

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We sent all our kids to public school for the first time this year and boy, have I developed a lot of bitterness toward all the people who spent my entire life bad-mouthing public schools and the teachers who work there.

Shout out to New Jersey Department of Education, WA State OSPI, Wisconsin DPI, CA Department of Education, and OR Dept of Education for being among the first to adopt climate education standards on this #WorldEnvironmentDay.

Michelson 20MM Foundation attacking non-profit college stores is not new. They invested in for-profit vendors-lobbied CA leg. to support them, then lobbied to outsource CA college stores to Chegg & run a state aid program collecting sensitive student data. ftc.gov/business-guida…

This week on #HypothesisTuesdayTip: Christie deCarolis explains how and why Hypothesis social annotation leads to student success! Enhance understanding, engagement, and performance. Watch the clip now! #EdTech #HigherEd #SocialAnnotation

Fifty-two years ago (1972) the Equal Rights Amendment, which codified equal rights for women, was passed by the Senate but never ratified, much due to the efforts of Phyllis Schlafly, who claimed its passage would eventually lead to a Woman President and, god forbid, a Black one!

.@BENU1887 was awarded the IL open educational resources grant for $3 million, allowing faculty to convert existing textbooks into high quality Creative Commons licensed #OER and ancillary materials in general education courses. Read more: bit.ly/3SqOTkJ #HigherEd

non aesthetic things This folding eating gadget has a three-pronged fork, a spoon, a spatula, a pick, a spike, and an iron knife that has eroded away. There is a hinge to allow each item to be folded out when it was needed, or folded away for ease of transporting it. The spike might of helped in

The Independent Report of the G20 TF-CLIMA group of experts - the 1.5C Agenda - is out today! we unpack common myths, including the relentless promotion of derisking, and propose alternatives that emphasize state capacity to discipline capital g20.org/en/tracks/sher…