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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thinking of my Obituary halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/thin... Asking myself what my obituary to say isn't just some exercise to orient and make my life better, as suggested in this article.

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Thinking of My Obituary

I'm getting old enough now that thinking about what I want my obituary to say is not some vague hypothetical but instead is something visibl...

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I have a number of projects on the go and it would be nice to get a sense of what people feel is valuable. I want to hear from everybody (it would make me feel really good, in fact, to get a lot of replies). My survey tool is completely anonymous. Take the survey here. survey.mooc.ca/s/f77996c2a0

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Work 2026

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As an experiment, I spent a part of the morning chatting with ChatGPT about why the speed of light is a constant. Quite illuminating and I learned a lot. I put the article in my Substack, separate from anything else I write, and clearly labeled. Enjoy. stephendownes.substack.com/p/the-speed-...

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The Speed of Light

Why is it a constant? Why can’t we change it?

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

p.s. been so sick today *sigh,*

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I don't know who the author is -- it shows up as "I Fucking Love Australia" -- but NYT or Washpost Opinion could sub this person in for half their current stable of worn-out op-ed writers and their traffic would skyrocket. You really ought to read this, and you'll learn some terrific Aussie phrases

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Better no deal than a bad deal. We are not a U.S. colony.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My latest: The Present and Future Landscape of AI in Scholarly Publishing. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 27(3), 31–50. doi.org/10.19173/irr...

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The Present and Future Landscape of AI in Scholarly Publishing | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Slides and video from my workshop Personal Learning in the Age of AI are now available. www.downes.ca/presentation... demonstration of convergent fediverse discussion software; interactive practice using the software among participants to conduct an learning event

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Personal Learning in the Age of AI

Commentary on Personal Learning in the Age of AI by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

CList currently supports: - read from feeds, Mastodon, Bluesky, search - decentralized DID (& following by DID) - fully decentralized chat, annotations, collections, collaborative authoring - multiple editor types - publish to Blogger, WordPress, social networks - save locally & much more .../2

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

<div id="post"><div id="post-title"></div><div id="post-content">We *have* created artificial intelligence and given it rights. But the AI isn't a computer program, it is a corporation. therealnews.com/citizens-united-del… id="post-references"></div></div>

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Long weekend bikepacking video www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sdI... I took advantage of the really nice weather from Saturday to Tuesday that I went on a bikepacking loop north to the Ottawa River and south to Avonmore, staying at a couple of Hipcamp sites along the way.

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Long Weekend Bikepacking

YouTube video by Stephen Downes

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

My proposal , 'Personal Learning in the Age of AI' has been accepted by OTESSA. Online conference (June 8-9) otessa.org/news/final-c... I will be summarizing work to date on CList and outlining my community-based approach to learning while everyone else is making tutoring chatbots.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

After three days of the #OLDaily funding campaign, I'm at 7% of my subscriptions target.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

With my retirement now just a few days away I have added the subscription links to my page so you can support continued publication of OLDaily. www.downes.ca

Home page screen show with the new subscription links displayed

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I've posted my LinkedIn Newsletter publisher script on GitHub. github.com/Downes/linke... It's tailored pretty specifically to my own newsletter but your AI could use it as a starting point for your own LinkedIn newsletter. Runs in a Docker container on my cloud VPS.

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GitHub - Downes/linkedin_publisher

Contribute to Downes/linkedin_publisher development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I have added two new repositories to github containing updated code from my CList project. KVStore github.com/Downes/kvstore is a very secure key-value store for account information; ProxyP github.com/Downes/proxyp is a proxy allowing web servers to access APIs where resource sharing is required.

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GitHub - Downes/kvstore: Securely store key-value information

Securely store key-value information. Contribute to Downes/kvstore development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I am interviewed on the history, present and future of MOOCs by Saffron Mccullough for the MOOC Institute. Topics range from the origin of connectivism, neural networks and what they need to work, and the impact of AI on the future of learning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wemf...

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MOOC Institute Interview

YouTube video by Stephen Downes

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I am interviewed by Geoff Cain for Episode #61 of Simon Says: Educate! Unpacking the Ethics of AI in Education. open.spotify.com/episode/0s5x... See also this summary and useful slide presentation from Ronald Lethcoe. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #edtech

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Episode #61: Unpacking the Ethics of AI in Education w/Stephen Downes

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

My video 'Federated Open Learning Resources' as recorded by the Open Education Conference last fall is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Qb...

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Federated Open Learning Resources

YouTube video by Open Education Conference

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

No newsletter today due to the migration. Existing links should be serving fine though.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

All my Iceland photos fro last summer are finally posted: South Iceland: www.flickr.com/photos/steph... East Iceland: www.flickr.com/photos/steph... North Iceland: www.flickr.com/photos/steph... West Iceland: www.flickr.com/photos/steph...

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2025 07 20 - South Iceland

Bikepacking from Keflavik to Vik and then a bus trip to Hofn

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Parts of my website are not working at the moment as I migrate it to the new VPS

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The rest of my photos from today, in full size: www. flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/albums/72177720331547013/ #photography

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Listening to Music When the System Stops Listening, George Stroumboulopoulos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujs9... You'll want to listen to Billy Bragg just after. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUA...

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The song that rang the alarm bells

YouTube video by The Strombo Show / House of Strombo

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I have written an RSS reader that runs locally on your Windows / Mac / Linux desktop, coded with help from ChatGPT 5.2 (it took a *lot* of guidance to get what I wanted). It's PRE-ALPHA (please read the readme)

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

There has been a *deluge* of new resources in the learning and technology space over the last few days. The @oldaily.bsky.social account will be busy - you might want to unfollow it for a bit. I'll be spacing all the new stuff over the next week or so of email, RSS, LinkedIn and web editions.

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

A remarkable hour-and-a-half video from one of my go-to channels, Not Just Bikes. The video is a detailed take-down of 'vehicular cycling' as advocated by John Forester. According to Forester, cyclists should act like cars, and that bike infrastructure is dangerous. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...

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This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

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Stephen Downes @downes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Now if I could only remember what I promised to present.... ;)

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