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Empowering you to bravely & creatively share your voice with kindness. I also love to cook. "Culture healer, not culture warrior."

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Wes Fryer @wesfryer.com · Aug 8
(1/2) [VIDEO] Vibe Coding My News Feed: Reclaiming Attention from Tech Oligarchs
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Also on YouTube:
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#AI #ethics #vibecoding #vibecode #ReclaimNews #edtech #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #resist #ResistAndHeal
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Please join us for Episode 383 this evening (on Wednesday, Sept 16th) at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 7pm CT / 6pm PT as we discuss the past week's technology news through and educational lens! (Spoiler alert... We'll talk about AI!)
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#edtechSR
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September 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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You can't emulate Christ without loving those whom you want to disdain, hate, despise, or vilify.

You can't love someone without having empathy for them.

You can't fully empathize with someone without having the heart of Christ and seeing them as He does.
September 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Had a ton of fun speaking with @realjaredhuffman.bsky.social at the Commonwealth Club:
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The Fight to Save Secular Democracy from Theocratic Right-Wing Evangelical Christianity Christian Nationalism Theocracy.
Humanist Democrat Jared Huffman and Bradley Onishi Commonwealth Club Discussion.
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Congressman Jared Huffman: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism
YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
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September 15, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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(1/3) “The fringe has become the fabric.” If you’d like to better understand the ongoing culture war in which we’re all suffering, Brad Onishi is the author we need to read and listen to.

He shared the first chapter of his new book, “American Caesar: How Theocrats & Tech Lords Are Turning America
September 14, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Celebrating cruelty is not ok. Cruelty should not be celebrated or taught with games.

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#dw4jc #ConCW

via Chanda Howald on Threads:
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and Scott McLeod on FB:
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September 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Check out my new article for “Heal our Culture:”

The Great Dismal Swamp: Maroons in the Land Between
Week 11 Resources for Project 1526

healourculture.substack.com/p/the-great-...

#HealOurCulture #AI #AIslop #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy
The image is a dark, swamp-themed slide titled "The Land Between" with white text set against silhouetted trees and water. It features a subtitle about unearthing the Great Dismal Swamp as a sanctuary of resistance, survival, and community. The slide notes it was prepared for a September 13th Spiritual Formation Discussion titled "Maroons in the Land Between." Additionally, a paragraph explains how a 2,000-square-mile wetland straddling Virginia and North Carolina served as a refuge for self-emancipated Black Maroons.
September 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Reposted by Wes Fryer
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"Canvas Lite gives you real, no-cost access to the Canvas platform, without waiting on IT setup or district approval. Build a course, invite students, and start teaching on the same platform schools, colleges, and universities around the world rely on every day."

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Say Hello to Canvas Lite
Free Canvas access is here for independent educators. Canvas Lite by Instructure lets you build a course, invite students, and start teaching right away.
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September 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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How Ontario professors are upending the way they grade students
Five university professors explain the new ways they’re using to gauge students’ understanding, and where AI fits in.
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September 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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Check out Episode 382 of the EdTech Situation Room Podcast: Order of the Collective, streamed live on September 9, 2026!

On Substack with all show notes:
edtechsr.substack.com/p/edtechsr-e...

On YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6N5...

#edtech #AI #education #MediaLit #agenticAI #edtechSR
A split-screen video thumbnail features two men speaking directly to the camera with outdoor landscape virtual backgrounds. On the left, Wes Fryer wears a blue "Air Force Academy" cap and a black graphic tee against a backdrop of rolling green mountains under a cloudy sky. On the right, Jason Neiffer smiles with his hands gesturing toward his chest, wearing glasses, a grey beard, and a black polo shirt in front of a sunlit tree and roadside setting. Blue and white name banners run along the bottom of each frame, identifying Wes Fryer from Charlotte, NC (wesfryer.com) and Jason Neiffer from Missoula, Montana (AICentrist.com).
September 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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I created a multimedia ebook last night in preparing for our homework assignment and quiz in Koine Greek this week.

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#create2learn #dw4jc
September 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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[PODCAST] 🎙️ "Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)"

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#podcommons #HealOurCulture #BigOil #ClimateChange #energy
Thumbnail of pod Commons podcast episode [PODCAST] "Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)"
September 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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My latest article for Heal Our Culture:

“Reject Reagan Anti-Trust Poison: We need ‘good people’ in government service”

healourculture.substack.com/p/reject-rea...

#HealOurCulture #trust #distrust #Reagan #JohnWayne #politics #polarization
An editorial cartoon features a retro-style wooden snake oil stand with a large red banner at the top reading "REJECT REAGAN ANTI-TRUST POISON." A smiling cowboy in a brown hat leans against the counter next to a giant bottle labeled "GOVERNMENT IS THE ENEMY" featuring a portrait of Ronald Reagan, alongside smaller bottles marked "RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM," "SMALL GOVERNMENT," and "DEREGULATION." Below the counter, a group of confused and skeptical citizens look up at the stand, while a small sapling grows from a cracked, barren ground nearby. The hashtag "#healourculture" is printed in the bottom left corner.
September 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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(1/2) One of the initial assignments in my middle school Broadcast Media class this semester was watching several different video segments from CBS Sunday Morning, and their playlist of “Feel Good and Inspiring Stories.”
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September 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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[PODCAST] Intelligent Machines 🎙️ "IM 887: September 39th - Siri's Next Move: Inside Apple's Ambitious AI Overhaul"

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#podcommons #edtechSR
September 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Watching [VIDEO] Why the Hugging Face Attack Was Worse Than We Thought by #HardFork

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtmU...

#AI #cybersecurity #agenticAI #agentic #AGI

4:55 description of shared message board between AI agents
Why the Hugging Face Attack Was Worse Than We Thought
YouTube video by Hard Fork
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September 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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[PODCAST] Oklahoma City: Sic Semper Tyrannis by “Long Shadow - Rise of the American Far Right”

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longshadowpodcast.com

#ConCW #HealOurCulture
This image displays a podcast page from PodCommons by Wes Fryer. The top portion lists the podcast episode titled "Oklahoma City: Sic Semper Tyrannis" under the show name "Long Shadow". It indicates a duration of 40 minutes and a release date of April 26, 2023. Below this metadata, the page features a yellow-themed cover art graphic for the "Long Shadow" series about the rise of the American far right.
September 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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It's been overdue... I released PodCommons 1.1 tonight! Notes:
github.com/wfryer/podco...

Live on:
podcasts.wesfryer.com

Join and provide feedback! :-)

#VibeCode #podcasts
September 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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My latest article for Heal Our Culture: "Roots of USA White Supremacy"

healourculture.substack.com/p/roots-of-u...

#HealOurCulture #ConCW
A bright yellow, distressed poster features a bold black woodcut-style illustration of a bald eagle locked in combat with a coiled rattlesnake. The eagle clutches the writhing serpent in its sharp talons as the snake rears back with bared fangs. In the lower right corner, large textured text reads "LONG SHADOW: RISE OF THE AMERICAN FAR RIGHT." A bottom banner displays the logos for Long Lead, Campside, and PRX, alongside text marking it as Season 02 published on April 12, 2023.
September 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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AWESOME discovery today via Claude AI and my #DesignCreateShare lesson planning project:

Adobe Podcast’s ENHANCE AUDIO tool! Browser based, free tier allows up to 30 minutes per clip / 1 hour per day processing

podcast.adobe.com/en/enhance

#edtech #MediaLit #GeekOfTheWeek #edtechSR #storychaser
A screenshot displays the Adobe Podcast Enhance web interface with the URL "podcast.adobe.com/en/enhance" overlaid across the top. The left panel shows the file upload tool with a loaded 38-second file titled "Sample.mp4." The right side features a video player previewing a woman smiling in an outdoor patio setting. Below the preview, playback controls include a toggle switch to switch between original and enhanced audio alongside speech enhancement level adjustments.
September 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Drawn Towards Mercy

Pray As You Go

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#dw4jc
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September 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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My latest reaction for #ResistAndHeal to Edward Ongweso’s s article “The Future Is Not Tech-Forward: On artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future.”

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Resist and Heal (@resistandheal): "Oh the culture war today seems more complicated than ever. Tech backlash is strong, but to what ends? Techno-fascism is an enemy. So is a boundless surveillance state, which is its handmaiden. It is exhausting to try and keep up. But we must not look away forever. The tech-oliga…"
Oh the culture war today seems more complicated than ever. Tech backlash is strong, but to what ends? Techno-fascism is an enemy. So is a boundless surveillance state, which is its handmaiden. It is exhausting to try and keep up. But we must not look away forever. The tech-oligarchs do not have our common good in their crosshairs.
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September 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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9/11 Reflections: Together Let’s Heal Our Culture

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#HealOurCulture
September 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Sunset over the Rockies from the Denver Airport.

Yes indeed, Colorado is colorful!
September 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Check out Episode 381: Munchkins vs. Meta! (from Sept 2, 2026)

On Substack:
edtechsr.substack.com/p/edtechsr-e...

On YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUO...

#EdTechSR #EdTech #AIinEducation #MetaSettlement #AIpolicy #K12 #MediaLiteracy #VibeCoding #CognitiveSurrender #AIauthorship
Welcome to episode 381 (”Munchkins vs. Meta”) of the EdTech Situation Room from September 2, 2026, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week, Dr. Jason Neiffer (aicentrist.com) and Dr. Wesley Fryer (wesfryer.com) dug into Meta’s $17 billion social media settlement and Mike Masnick’s critique that it lets Meta write the kid-safety rules for every other platform, unpacked New York City’s new ban on student AI use through eighth grade, and wrestled with the growing concept of “cognitive surrender” versus AI as a genuine writing collaborator. They also explored how AI-generated “best software” lists are gaming Perplexity, Pangram’s novel approach to detecting AI-written text, a cautionary tale about unchecked vibe-coded data, and closed with a rapid tour of new gear — Meshtastic off-grid radios, Apple’s new M5/M6 Ultra chips, Skitch’s Intel-Mac sunset, and the surprising return of Twitter. Our show was live-streamed and archived on YouTube Live via StreamYard.com and auto-archived to YouTube. We are now publishing from Substack too! Subscribe to us with your favorite podcast listening app, or directly on or https://www.youtube.com/@edtechSR. Follow our EdTechSR page on Facebook and LinkedIn for updates, and join LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can. All show notes are available at edtechSR.com/links.
September 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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They Left Everything and Followed Him
Pray As You Go
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#PrayAsYouGo #Jesus #Bible
September 3, 2026 at 9:52 AM