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👓 Discovery of Galileo's long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition | Nature
Exclusive: Document shows that the astronomer toned down the claims that triggered science history’s most infamous battle — then lied about his …
👓 Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist
Michael Atiyah, a famed UK mathematician, claims that he has a "simple proof" of the Riemann hypothesis, a key unsolved question about the nature …
Mathematics👓 Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture
Two mathematicians have found what they say is a hole at the heart of a proof that has convulsed the mathematics community for nearly six years.<p>This …
Mathematics👓 The Last Goodbye | Path: Simple, Personal Social Networking
It is with deep regret that we announce that we will stop providing our beloved service, Path.<p>We started Path in 2010 as a small team of passionate …
Networking🔖 [1809.05923] What is Applied Category Theory? by Tai-Danae Bradley
This is a collection of introductory, expository notes on applied category theory, inspired by the 2018 Applied Category Theory Workshop, and in …
arXivAn Indieweb Podcast: Episode 9 30 Days of Indieweb
Running time: 0h 58m 33s | Download (18.9MB) | Subscribe by RSS | Huffduff<p>Summary: David is about to head off abroad for a month. We talk about …
👓 "The Audrey Test": Or, What Should Every Techie Know About Education? | Hack Education
I want us to set the bar really high when it comes to education technology -- both in its development and its implementation. I don't think it's too …
👓 Make Your Daughter Practice Math. She'll Thank You Later.
The way we teach math in America hurts all students, but it may be hurting girls the most.<p>The way we teach math in America hurts all students, but it …
Our Daily Bread — A short 30 day podcast history of wheat and bread in very short episodes
Drop what you’re doing and immediately go out to subscribe to <i>Our Daily Bread: A history of wheat and bread in very short episodes</i>!<p>Subscribe: Android …
👓 abc News | Peter Woit
The last couple months I’ve heard reports from several people claiming that arithmetic geometers Peter Scholze and Jakob Stix had identified a …
👓 The Information on School Websites Is Not as Safe as You Think
Some tracking scripts may be harmless. But others are designed to recognize I.P. addresses and embed cookies that collect information prized by …
👓 The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley | Kara Swisher for New York Times
They have weaponized social media, and we are all paying the price.<p>I’m definitely just biding my time until their export feature improves. Then I’m …
IndieWeb technology for online pedagogy
Very slick! Greg McVerry, a professor, can post all of the readings, assignments, etc. for his EDU522 online course on his own website, and I can …
👓 Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason | Wired
The philosophy of Hannah Arendt points to the banal evil beneath Facebook's many mistakes.<p>We definitely need some humanity and morality in our …
Microcast: The IndieWeb and Academic Research and Publishing
Running time: 0h 12m 59s | Download (13.9 MB) | Subscribe by RSS<p>Overview Workflow<p>Posting<p>Researcher posts research work to their own website (as …
Reply to Brad Enslen about The Future of Blog Snoop
I’m hitting a fork in the road with this site and the experiment of using a blog as a directory of blogs. The problem here is me: I’m running out of …
🔖 Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present | Dr. Mike Miller at UCLA Extension
Mathematics has evolved over the centuries not only by building on the work of past generations, but also through unforeseen discoveries or …
An IndieWeb Magazine on Flipboard
This morning I set up an IndieWeb Magazine on Flipboard. While it is “yet another silo”, it’s one that I can easily and automatically syndicate …
An Introduction to the IndieWeb
Why IndieWeb?<p>Whether you’re starting a blog, building your personal brand, posting a resume, promoting a hobby, writing a personal journal, creating …
Chris Aldrich
Latin Pedagogy and the Digital Humanities<p>On Choosing Your Own Textbooks: General advice for choosing the right textbook for your educational …
👓 Pictures of Death: Postmortem Photography | The Atlantic
When photography was new, it was often used to preserve corpses via their images. An Object Lesson<p>Fascinating to read about some of the cultural …
👓 Scholarly publishing is broken. Here's how to fix it | Aeon
The world of scholarly communication is broken. Giant, corporate publishers with racketeering business practices and profit margins that exceed …
🔖 Proceedings for ALIFE 2018: The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life
This volume presents the proceedings of ALIFE 2018, the 2018 Conference on Artificial Life, held July 23rd-27th. It took place in Tokyo, Japan …
An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 8 Interflux
Running time: 1h 23m 35s | Download (26.2 MB) | Subscribe by RSS<p>Summary: David Shanske and I recap the recent IndieWeb Summit 2018 in Portland Oregon …
Webmentions: Enabling Better Communication on the Internet
Over 1 million Webmentions can’t be wrong. Join the next revolution in web communication. Add the Webmentions standard to your website to solve the …
Setting up WordPress for IndieWeb use
I spent some time this morning doing a dry run through setting up a suite of IndieWeb plugins on a fresh WordPress installation. Going off of a scant …
On the topic of RSS audio feeds for The Gillmor Gang
I’ll start off with the fact that I’m a big fan of <i>The Gillmore Gang</i> and recommend it to anyone who is interested in the very bleeding edge of the …
A pencast overview (with audio and recorded visual diagrams) of IndieWeb technologies
I’ve seen a bunch of new folks coming into the IndieWeb community recently who are a bit overwhelmed with the somewhat steep learning curve of both …
Reads, Listens, Watches, and Editable Webmention Types and Avatars in the IndieWeb WordPress Suite
I’ve been meaning to write regular updates to highlight some of the useful changes in the functionality of the IndieWeb suite of WordPress plugins, …