Wesley Fryer

I love to play with media, cook, teach & learn. I'm a media literacy & #create2learn advocate. @wfryer www.wesfryer.com/after

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4 things to know as cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (and stablecoins) melt down
NPR - David Gura
As the old maxim goes, sometimes the bigger they are the harder they fall. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies surged during the pandemic, turning many amateur investors into millionaires, on paper at least. Bitcoin, for example, hit an all-time of nearly $68,000 in November. Today, it's trading at …
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6 days ago
Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump
The Washington Post - By Faiz Siddiqui, Drew Harwell, Josh Dawsey
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former president Donald Trump, articulating for the first time his stance on one of the most consequential decisions before him at the social media site he is acquiring. “I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that …
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2 days ago
How to watch Sunday's rare "super flower blood moon" total lunar eclipse
CBS News - By Sophie Lewis
A spectacular full moon will grace the night sky on Sunday night. It marks not only a supermoon, but also a blood moon — thanks to a lunar …
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Prepare for arrival: Tech pioneer warns of alien invasion
VentureBeat - Louis Rosenberg, Unanimous A.I.
An alien species is headed for planet Earth and we have no reason to believe it will be friendly. Some experts predict it will get here within 30 years, while others insist it will arrive far sooner. Nobody knows what it will look like, but it will share two key traits with us humans – it will be …
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PolitiFact - Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools
politifact.com - Madison Czopek
If Your Time is short Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw was not happy that critics had nicknamed a controversial Florida law …
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5 days ago
Work Underway to Develop Statewide Portrait of a Graduate
nc.gov
With two of three regional meetings concluded, the statewide initiative known as Portrait of a Graduate is nearing completion to clearly define the …