This is like the best thing right now. If you don’t know about 31 minutos, it’s about time you check it out. m.youtube.com/watch?v=UEqT...
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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Eric Wenninger
@ericwenninger.bsky.social
Writer | Teacher | Traveler | Language learner | Music lover | Bike commuter | ericwenninger.com | An Uncommon Commute: ericwenninger.substack.com
This line from Anna Tivel’s song, “Holy Equation,” is a searingly acute commentary on where we are at right now: “Good luck to the lucky few and God bless the rest of us fools.” open.spotify.com/track/4MIA8S...
Holy Equation
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21 Ways People Are Using AI at Work. A high school music teacher used the prompt “make it more Gen X” for helping her write rejection letters that were direct and “thoughtful, but didn’t sound like Mr. Rogers on molly”. 😂 [nytimes.com]
21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work
Yes, it still makes plenty of mistakes, but it has become part of the job for many.
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I was introduced to James Gleick’s book Time Travel via this article from The Marginalian. I was finally able to check it out and it’s been a fascinating read so far. www.themarginalian.org/2016/09/27/j...
James Gleick on How Our Cultural Fascination with Time Travel Illuminates Memory, the Nature of Time, and the Central Mystery of Human Consciousness
“Every moment alters what came before. We reach across layers of time for the memories of our memories.”
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The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
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When things seem difficult, add a little simple syrup. Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute. #anxiety #depression #wisdom #taoism #jung #music open.substack.com/pub/ericwenn...
Simple Syrup
Including third options, if it were easy, past victories, the asshole in your head, and uncut wood
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Where first graders watch educational media, before the impact of eliminating federal funds: * PBS - 45% * Nickelodeon - 14% * YouTube - 9% (from a 2025 study by child development researchers)
PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs
PBS KIDS produces popular age-appropriate programs. It also has a website and multiple apps with games and activities.
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Silence, solitude, and the art of surrender – Pico Iyer on finding the world in a Benedictine monastery www.themarginalian.org/2025/06/12/p...
Silence, Solitude, and the Art of Surrender: Pico Iyer on Finding the World in a Benedictine Monastery
“Such a simple revolution: Yesterday I thought myself at the center of the world. Now the world seems to sit at the center of me.”
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Can’t say enough about The Pudding. These people amaze me. If you like math, funny fonts, and the creative process that is cutting an onion, you’ll love this: pudding.cool/2025/08/onio... #onions #cooking #math
Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way
There is more than one way to dice an onion…
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From Ursula K. Le Guin’s version of the Tao Te Ching: “What works reliably is to know the raw silk, hold the uncut wood. Need little, want less. Forget the rules. Be untroubled.” #wisdom #education #literature
If you’re consumed with the virtual, maybe it’s time to dissolve back into the real. #technology #art #nature #evolution ericwenninger.com/dissolve-int...
Are you becoming more like a crab? Read the latest from An Uncommon Commute to find out: #technology #education #music open.substack.com/pub/ericwenn...
We All Become Crabs
Also, discover mode, outdoor kids, what makes us human, and paper
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Will Euskara survive? “I say yes, because I’m an optimist,” Errekatxo said. “Basque has its ups and downs, it evolves forward and backward, like life itself.”
Eric Wenninger@ericwenninger.bsky.social · last yr.Wish I knew Euskara. #language www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...
Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Blind Spots #music #history #education open.substack.com/pub/ericwenn...
Blind Spots
Also, paired, teaching hard history, reconciliation, and proximity to difference
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I’m loving this song from Bruce’s Tracks II: The Lost Albums m.youtube.com/watch?v=55xR...
Bruce Springsteen - Blind Spot (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
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Check out the latest from An Uncommon Commute: Things as They Are #gardens #news #uruguay #community #fear #anxiety #summer #ocean open.substack.com/pub/ericwenn...
Things as They Are
Also, first steps, the seeds you sow, the flowers you plant, and paying it forward
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Right on @annkpowers.bsky.social
Ann Powers@annkpowers.bsky.social · last yr.I’m finding some hope right now in music, a global resource for communication, inspiration and plain old happiness. I don’t like the phrase “universal language” bc it’s inaccurate but the urge to make and enjoy music is global and we can all learn from sharing it. Support the music makers.
