Andy Freed

I was fortunate enough to see Diego Cara on his 400th start while wearing the sweatshirt my wife bought during the 2013 western conference playoffs against RSL. This time they won. It’s odd how often we see (and defeat) RSL post season.

New York Times: Scott Perry Says Democrats ‘Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s attacks. The remarks by the Republican House member from Pennsylvania align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.

The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.

Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.

Friday Night Flies - Coho Salmon Tube Fly YouTube video by Brad Knowles (Pemberton Fish Finder)

This fly tying video is one of the most Canadian things I’ve ever seen. www.youtube.com/live/vBo4AHd...

An incredible career and unbelievable humility. Players like him and Chara don't have flashy stats, but their mark is indelible.

The golden plains of the Snake River plateau are mostly shaded by chaotic clouds and a blue sky. In the distance, there is a herd of bison grazing, and beyond that, the Grand Tetons rise sharply out of the plateau.

The kids might be on to something with the 0.5 zoom thing. Really captures the immenseness of the sky and clouds above the Snake River and Grand Tetons.

A backpacker walks down a trail surrounded by brush and trees turning yellow, gold, and brown with striking granite spires rising in the distance.

During the week-long celebration of my parent's 50th anniversary, we did an overnight backpacking trip into Death Canyon in the Tetons. It was stunning, challenging, and my sister and dad made fun of my "heavy" gear, most of which I acquired while I was in high school.

The obviousness of rolling out the Nazi playbook is astonishing for the lack of recognition it is receiving.

Friends and family. What would your reaction be if someone sent an occupying force to your peaceful community? Because it’s coming for you next.

Brown grass plateau leads to the Blue Teton range rising jaggedly into the expanse of clouds.

Not a great shot, but I was hoping to capture the intensity of the plateau, mountains, and sky.

Setting fire to the Reichstag.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

My first boss told me during my assessment that goals are not projects. I was confused, but came to understand goals should be the development I need to make the projects successful. He wasn't the best at bedside manner, but he lived what he spoke. It's something I've tried to model since.

It's a nice day ... for a ... Red (card) Wedding.

Mergers in EdTech can do weird things. Sometimes to do a major effort to select something only to have another company buy the tool you pick (See Angel). And occasionally, you pick one vendor who merges with the other finalist and you end up with the best of both products. (See Ivy.ai and Ocelot)

Hispanic-Serving Institutions May Lose Federal Funds After Justice Dept. Refuses to Defend Grant Program The department has indicated that it agrees with a lawsuit calling the program’s eligibility standard “unconstitutional.” More than 600 colleges could be affected.

So the DOJ won't defend the HSI program because a lawsuit that seems to conflate quotas with student census info. Sure, they're both numeric, but they're quite different. www.chronicle.com/article/hisp...

Did you notice the Diego Chara bobblehead has a yellow card in his back pocket? Details! #rctid

Gov. Kotek issues executive order banning cellphones during school hours Every Oregon school district will have to adopt a policy prohibiting student cellphone use by Oct. 31. The policies must be in full effect by 2026.

One thing I missed while camping off grid in July was Governor Kotek's executive order banning cell phones in k-12. As someone who works in educational technology, I support this. I can't imagine learning in the environment my kids have had to navigate. www.opb.org/article/2025...

Wait, that's the Grand Tetons.

Even the Truth folks knew they couldn't trust Grok.

Several shirts hanging up in a closet in a hotel room. The navy blue shirt has sleeves that are 4 inches shorter than all the other polo T-shirts.

I brought one of our new online learning polo shirts to a conference, but ended up not wearing it. Can you see the sleeve length difference in the navy blue shirt? Turns out it’s a women’s shirt.

Two empty and disfigured cans of beer outside the Savannah airport. One is Party Time from Wayfinder and the other is Just Beach from Baerlic Brewing. Both are gems in Portland.

Don’t travel with lagers without bagging them. They will explode and make all your conference clothes smell like beer.

We miss you as well.

So far, it looks pretty great.

I also am looking for the backchannel. I think the adoption of bluesky is so low you have to use #D2LFusion and not expect much. ;)

Createspace is what I've been waiting for. Can't wait to try it out. #D2LFusion

A smoke detector painted to match the walls that also has aggressive vents and features that make it look like an alien ship.

If this smoke detector isn’t spying on me, I don’t know what else was in the designers’ minds.

I haven’t had as much time to prepare for #d2lfusion this year so I’m trying to figure out sessions for tomorrow and am overwhelmed by the amazing options.

YouTube video by Slomosa Slomosa - Live at Verftet Bergen Norway

I was lucky enough to see Slomosa in Seattle in March. The show was amazing. They just released a video of their performance in Bergen, Norway and it's also stellar.

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...