social media = capillary through which power flows between users & recreates social hierarchies...but w/reciprocity. @alicetiara at #TtW13

yo, yo. RT ‏@oobp
A gender-neutral third-person pronoun has arisen spontaneously as part of kids' slang in Baltimore  http://ow.ly/iEG4k 

1913 called... RT @clarajeffery
OMFG. CA appeals court says raping a sleeping/drunk woman not rape if she's unmarried  http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/01/_julio_morales_rape_district_court_ruling_cerritos_los_angeles_california_sleeping_mistaken_for_boyfriend_case.php … …

@alisonseaman @downes @courosa a nice counterpoint to the MOOC as Manifest Destiny mythology that seems to be brewing:  http://www.xedbook.com/?p=61 

here's some looking it up: RT @antderosa
"Let Detroit go bankrupt" - New York Times op-ed by Mitt Romney  http://nyti.ms/gypujc 

Pinterest: digital identity, Stepford Wives edition. being a "curator" w/out being a creator? is just being a consumer. http://t.co/MrkCfq5l

one day left to vote for @audreywatters & @veletsianos "Foundations of EdTech" #MOOC  http://bit.ly/ZyvJJz  support thoughtful, needed work.

quick piece on Aaron Swartz & the new push against digital independence. or chaos, if you're the law.  http://gawker.com/5975889/  @courosa #etmooc

let the kids fall asleep on either side of me in the big bed tonight. stayed for an hour just listening to them breathe.

we live in strange times. MT @steveisaacs
Westboro Baptist threaten to picket Sandy Hook funerals, Anonymous attacks.  http://bit.ly/VIPTue 

@caissie i don't want to ask what part of Our Lord the Christmas chocolates represent.

@studentactivism @banditelli you can build community & participation in MOOCs, w/no job loss. you just can't frame 'em as ed replacements.

"It's the openness, fullstop." @holden on pushing forward with MOOCs, not just pushing back. important.  http://hapgood.us/2013/05/21/reply-to-cole-pushing-back-vs-pushing-forward/ …

participate or perish: these jobs are goin' boys, & they ain't coming back. networks against enclosure of public ed.  http://theory.cribchronicles.com/2013/05/12/participate-or-perish/ …

March. it wants attention. RT @beckshorter @bonstewart In like a lion, out like a HORRIBLE YELLING TODDLER.

do you have kids (or, erm, grownups) who like Minecraft? a lot? Oscar wants to talk to them:  http://o.cormier.me/2013/02/06/learning-about-minecraft-with-oscar-video-1/ … @phdinparenting @juliryan

my kids still think 'gay' is descriptive. may show them this tomorrow BEFORE they hear the pejorative:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0&feature=youtube_gdata_player … via @finslippy

@schmutzie @suebob the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind usually results in tuning out empathy to non-happy endings. lessens civility.

oof. RT @herbadmother
Mamas, don't let your children be bullies. Please. Please. http://t.co/ekUceeKd

cold is one of the biggest risks now for Turkish earthquake victims: lots of kids in tents w/out snowsuits, mitts, hats. @techsoc to donate.