Register for this free webinar Friday evening / afternoon (October 17) with Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy Inc.
https://indivisibleclt.org/events/2025/10/17/in-the-know-live-a-discussion-with-anne-applebaum
Empowering you to bravely and creatively share your voice with kindness. I also love to cook. Creator of @federatedreader. Podcaster on @edtechsr.
Register for this free webinar Friday evening / afternoon (October 17) with Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy Inc.
https://indivisibleclt.org/events/2025/10/17/in-the-know-live-a-discussion-with-anne-applebaum
(4/4) 18th.
#NoKings #NoKingsDay #Indivisible #IndivisibleCLT #resist #ResistAndHeal
(3/4) involves risk, and we all must weigh those risks.
Our children & grandchildren deserve a better political culture and a better government than we have today in the USA. Human rights, Representative democracy, and religious tolerance are some of the values I'll be standing up for on October 18th. Find and get involved with your local chapter of "Indivisible."
https://indivisible.org
In Charlotte, ours is IndivisibleCLT:
https://indivisibleclt.org
See you in the streets on Saturday, October
(2/4) members of our military & military retirees have some limits and restrictions on what they can say and do in terms of peaceful, non-violent public protest: As civilians, we do not.
Citizenship in the USA confers both rights and responsibilities upon us all. Standing up for the values we believe in and making our voices heard together is important, and this is a critical time.
Participating in a protest today in mid-October 2025 is an act of courage. It is an act which
(1/4) I updated the homepage for the "Resist and Heal" project this evening, with links to several videos (including "YouTube Shorts") from my speech at the June 14th "No Kings" protest and rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
https://www.resistandheal.com/
Please plan to attend and participate in the Saturday, October 18th "No Kings" protest in your area, or closest to where you live. Find out more on:
https://www.nokings.org
Freedom is not free and democracy is not a spectator sport. Active duty
@kinghaunst Next Saturday on October 18th we are having #NoKings protests around the nation. Hopefully many will attend & the events will help awaken more citizens of the USA to protest actively our fascist leaders / government https://www.nokings.org #ResistAndHeal
ICE to Buy Tool That Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day (404 Media, 30 Sep 2025)
https://www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-tool-that-tracks-locations-of-hundreds-of-millions-of-phones-every-day/
#politics #BigTech #privacy #ICE #ResistAndHeal #resist #surveillance #edtechSR
Check out 7 YouTube shorts from my speech at #NoKings in Charlotte on June 14, 2025:
https://wfryer.me/nokings
My full 8 minute speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRPOMNR_hE
Post on my creative workflow:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/10/10/creating-youtube-shorts-with-descript-com/
Here’s the final chapter of our oral history of YouTube. We talked to CEO Neal Mohan, veteran creators, and other folks about how the company became a huge force in TV, podcasting, and TikTok-style short video—and how AI could be its biggest sea change yet. https://www.fastcompany.com/91413109/youtube-oral-history-neal-mohan-casey-neistat-steve-chen-tv-podast-shorts-ai-slop-part-5?mvgt=eR7MiYOsrZLt
Check out my new post for Resist and Heal, “Non-violence and Video Documentation”
Woo hoo! Check out the 11 minute introductory video I recorded for my computer programming students, starting our “Spooky Scratch Stories” project this week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPI0OlkAeyM
Full lesson on:
https://lessons.wesfryer.com/lessons/spooky-scratch-stories
Shout out to Tony Vincent for the inspiration for this project!
Check out the latest episode of “The Teachers Forum” podcast, by my friend and colleague, David Harris. This is one of my favorite educational podcasts!
@swflint Thanks for sharing https://orcid.org in your profile links… looks like a great #identity #validation tool and project #MediaLit #edtechSR
(4/4) follow my Facebook page “Cook with Wes”
https://www.facebook.com/CookWithWes/
Also on TikTok, if that’s how you roll:
https://www.tiktok.com/@cookwithwes
Our family recipes are on:
http://food.wesfryer.com
(3/4) claimed copyright on the background song, so this video earned a YouTube copyright demotion: So no YouTube revenue from these views for me.
Here is a shorter and slightly more recent brisket video from me:
https://youtu.be/8FgD8u9jkls?si=YJ5i8vd8TaMOmY9H
I need to re-create this brisket cooking video with my most updated techniques. I did record this “YouTube short” in the last couple months:
https://youtube.com/shorts/UYfdk5pjBMc?si=GroA7YC4XQkv5vJD
For more cooking related posts from me,
(2/4) opportunity to eat this for lunch.
It does make me appreciate being able to both cook and share my own backyard barbecue Texas style brisket. however!
Check out my YouTube smoked brisket BBQ video from a couple years ago. I think the fact I used the name “Aaron Franklin” in the title accounts for most of these views.
https://youtu.be/LPvOLgWkBnA?si=ovvahdlBYkwYvY9_
As an aside, it is crazy I used a legitimately licensed “Creative Commons” song, but somebody else (NOT the creator / owner)
(1/4) Confession time: On a 1 to 10 scale of “brisket snobbishness,” I’m now easily clocking in at a 9 or 10.
On the good side, this “Cousins BBQ” brisket sandwich (pictured) was delicious. Tender, perfectly rendered fat, moist and smoky. Yummy barbecue sauce. Texas style brisket, just the way I like it.
On the bad side, it seems a bit ridiculous that this small quantity of brisket costs almost $17 at the DFW airport.
I am not complaining, however. I’m glad to have both the means and the
I also shared about this webinar on #VibeCoding on my blog tonight:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/10/06/vibe-coding-with-ai/
Check out the video / recording of today’s #MediaEdClub webinar, “Vibe Coding with AI”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzeS2ONrCxY
Recommended resources on AI vibe coding:
https://mediaeducationlab.com/events/vibe-coding-ai
Webinar slides:
https://wfryer.me/oct6