New article for Media Literacy with Wes:

“Open Web Tools: Phanpy and Open Vibe”

https://open.substack.com/pub/wfryer/p/open-web-tools-phanpy-and-open-vibe

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #Fediverse #Mastodon #ReclaimNews #edtech #edtechSR

Check out my new blog post, “Slideshow via FFmpeg”
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2026/05/25/slideshow-via-ffmpeg/

#AI #Claude #slideshow #media #create2learn #edtech #GeekDad #MediaLit

RE: https://mastodon.nz/@davemosk/116629035581881623

#HealOurCulture #ResistAndHeal #ReclaimNews #MediaLit #ConCW

Check out my new article:

Memes, Warfare & Propaganda: An Anatomy of the Memetic Bypass
https://wfryer.substack.com/p/memes-warfare-and-propaganda

(motivated in part by this morning's excellent CBS Sunday Morning segment, "Inside Iran's online propaganda war")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbzDfd_YHP4

#likewar #concw #medialit #medialiteracy #propaganda #iran #iranwar #meme #memes #lego

“Bested by a Machine” by Lawrence Lessig

https://open.substack.com/pub/lessig/p/bested-by-a-machine?r=d4phj&utm_medium=ios

#AI #MediaLiteracy #MediaLit

Move Fast and Break Kings, with Cory Doctorow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aULx-29nf-s

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy

This is a BIG deal:

“The resulting experience will no longer look much like how people envision Google Search, which has long been defined by ranked links to websites that have the information you need.”

Google Search as you know it is over (TechCrunch, 19 May 2026)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

via Tim Chambers on Mastodon:
https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/116603167080411593

#edtechSR #edtech #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy

Podcommons 1.0 is almost ready for public release! I’m planning on sharing details on Wednesday during the EdTech Situation Room podcast! So much learning… tonight I learned that Claude has 5 hour usage limits. Makes projects like this only practical when work is spread out over many days…
https://podcasts.wesfryer.com/about

There is NO WAY I would be able to independently create and deploy a web application this complex without AI coding help. It really blows my mind…

#AI #edtechSR #MediaLit

‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World (404media, 7 May 2026)

https://www.404media.co/hello-boss-inside-the-chinese-realtime-deepfake-software-powering-scams-around-the-world/

#edtechSR #AI #DeepFake #video #malware #MediaLit

RE: https://triangletoot.party/@wesfryer/116581018603014779

This podcast has an outstanding deep dive analysis of the ongoing lawsuit between Elon Musk and OpenAI / Sam Altman. Highly recommended. (Spoiler: Altman is NOT a good guy.) #MediaLit