'Revisiting our educational history might encourage us to question some of the prevailing orthodoxies of our time...Perhaps we should ask why there are no comparable radical voices in Scottish education today.'
Hard hitting stuff. in reply @athole lists some possible radicals Sceptical Scot looks like a good addition to my rss reader.
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Read: The Blank Walk By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding 📚 ★★★★☆ A surprise. Noir-ish from the POV of a well off mother. Raced through it.
Retrieve public RSS feeds from SoundCloud and iTunes urls
I had linked to another tool that did this that has now disappeared.
DIY alternative Get RSS feed from iTunes podcast links – Super User
More testing of the script, pretty painless process. Once the html opens in BBEdit I preview and add alt text. Probably should improve script to respect existing alt text.
I wonder too about the copyright implications. I see this as a way to point interesting photos and their real homes. Would anyone object to this on copyright/respect grounds. Also wonder about the about of space it takes on micro.blog timeline, is it too much. I am thumbnailing at 120px square for that reason.
Cloudimage.io seems to be working out ok.
Read: The Priory by Dorothy Whipple ★★★★☆ I can’t imagine that this novel would get through a writers workshop or past a publisher today. Several story arcs weave, some slip away. Lovey clear writing, some nice nature and a rather comfortable happy ending. 📚
Nice opertunity to counter poor reporting of Wikipedia accuracy.
Beautiful dawn this morning.
Craig and Robby wax philosophical about automation, and then turn to everything bucket apps.
I enjoyed this show. I am a sucker for a back and forward around apps and automation.
but the task was not easy. Those waveforms on the film aren’t actual sound. They’re just shadows depicting the sound captured on film.
Fascinating listen about recreating the sound of the last minute of World War 1 and the first minute of peace.
