Best TOSAs Podcasts (2025)

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Nemoj da se praviš kum Toša 1:30:31

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Ep 261 Bill Atkinson Dies From Cancer at 74 MJ Tsai link list on Bill. Here’s Bill Atkinson (and rest of team) answering questions right after the Macintosh was debuted at the Boston Computer Society in 1984 starting at 28:25 - he demos MacPaint and more. May his memory be a blessing! Vintage Mac enthusiasts Steve Cannon: kvImageConvert_DitherAtkin…

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35. Governance and Self-Governance [TOSA] 19:41

14d ago19:41

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I kept trying to get my thoughts down to 3 minutes in order to deliver them at public comment on June 9th 2025, but I, um, overshot it a little.

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Gde je ovde apostrofčić? 1:24:59

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Ep 260 Mark Gurman: Apple will announce its biggest ever software rebrand at WWDC GitHub - microsoft/WSL: Windows Subsystem for Linux The i’s are the Windows of the soul — Six Colors Google Translate Now Available as Default Translation App on iPhone and iPad — MacRumors Apple Turnover — John Siracusa Want Apple to add a feature? Pass a law — Six C…

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Ahora mismo 52:38

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Ep 259 Orion browser TIDAL više nije deo SBB ponude Apple to appeal €500M digital fine over EU’s silence in compliance talks This Does Not Compute — How my ultimate SimCity 2000 setup helped get Apple sued Apple Announces New iOS 19 and macOS 16 Accessibility Features Ahead of WWDC tvOS 18.5 Adds Synchronized Dolby Atmos Playback for AirPlay and Bl…

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Propali matematičar 1:18:12

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Ep 258 Prva Anker prodavnica u Evropi - baš kod nas Fstoppers: Macbook Pro Vs $6,000 Gigantic Windows Laptop Alex Ziskind: Same Price M4 MacBooks | One Fatal Limitation Apple Explained: Apple Lied About Siri Steve Troughton-Smith: The European Commission finds Apple’s Core Technology Fee is against the law The Verge: A judge just blew up Apple’s co…

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34. Facilities, Enrollment, Stability [TOSA] 43:42

2M ago43:42

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LINKS! Secondary School Ad Hoc Committee (including application) Secondary School Configuration summary

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Vristos Hoskrese 1:06:38

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Ep 257 Audio splitter za headphone/mic hack na Macovima Alek prebacio MAX i SkyShowtime pretplate na Yettel 20 plan MAX: https://help.max.com/rs/Answer/Detail/000002557#connect SkyShowtime: https://www.skyshowtime.com/rs/help/article/existing-member-activation-of-skyshowtime-through-a-partner-provider Davorin Dinić: Mašinci protiv Mašinerije font i…

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33. April School Referenda Recap! 48:26

2M ago48:26

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A couple of colleagues from School Perceptions join me to talk about what we saw with the 89 school referendum questions on the ballot April 1st! Here's the blog post breaking down referendum results, including graphs and everything. Here's the info on Tosa's Secondary Ad Hoc Committee. And here's a link to the School Perceptions podcast, for any s…

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Tamo su mi dani duži 56:44

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Ep 256 MacSerbia: Srećnih nam dvadeset godina. Celebrating 50 years of Microsoft | Bill Gates @treblewoe on X: When challenged why on earth in 2025, Apple is shipping an M3 Ultra when the M4 has been out for ten months, they spun, "not every chip generation will have an Ultra config." While technically true due to Tim's greed, it is conscious decep…

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32. Board Accountability, School Quality Measures, and Perverse Incentives, with Vladimir Kogan 43:12

3M ago43:12

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In this episode: Meet Vlad Kogan Learn about quality measures that isolate school effects from out-of-school effects. Understand some of the factors that impede school board accountability. Hear a bit about Vlad's forthcoming book

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Ako ne znaš šta je, onda ti ne treba 56:28

3M ago56:28

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Ep 255 V nesreči na Veliki planini umrl solastnik strani The Pirate Bay | 24ur.com Marques Brownlee: Send this to a friend trying to understand why M3 Ultra > M4 Max ChatGPT on macOS can now directly edit code | TechCrunch Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino | Daring Fireball Apple innovation and execution — Benedict Evans Whither Swift A…

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31. The April 1 School Referendum [TOSA] 33:34

3M ago33:34

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Sara Lerand comes on the show to talk about the local referendum question on our ballots in April, which would change the way local school board elections run -- undoing a decision that Tosa originally made in 1994. LINKS: The text of the referendum question Wauwatosa News-Times pre-election coverage from 1994 Wauwatosa News-Times post-election cov…

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Ne gubite vreme na nešto što vam se ne sviđa 1:47:08

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Ep 254 Jaanus Kase: I turned on Advanced Data Protection for my iCloud account Ninja Repair: How to Reset Battery Health to 100% and Remove Notification after IOS18.3 (BMS Swap method) Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB RAM Upgrade to 4TB Skype Is Finally Shutting Down on May 5 — MacRumors Microsoft is shutting down Skype — The Verge Apple Announces $500B US Inv…

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29. Kaitlin Lemke candidate interview [TOSA] 27:42

4M ago27:42

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My interview questions Kaitlin's website Her campaign Facebook page Her campaign phone number

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30. Heidi Bach candidate interview [TOSA] 19:38

4M ago19:38

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My interview questions Heidi's website Her campaign facebook page Her campaign instagram

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28. What We Mean By Public Education [STATEWIDE] 21:21

4M ago21:21

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For Public Schools Week, here, I got a little worked up.

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Samo dva, nastavnice 1:21:22

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Ep 253 applepaydude: NLB komercijalna banka Beograd konačno uvela Apple Pay Basic Apple Guy: RIP Home Button Introducing iPhone 16e iPhone 16e iPhone 16 pro vs 15 pro vs 16e KingSener: How to replace the battery in your iPhone 11 Apple Pulls Encrypted iCloud Security Feature in UK Amid Government Backdoor Demands — MacRumors Apple’s Advanced Data P…

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26. Sarah Burzynski candidate interview [TOSA] 22:48

4M ago22:48

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My interview questions Sarah's campaign website Sarah's email address Sarah’s Facebook page

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27. Shannon Malnory-Silbernagel candidate interview [TOSA] 23:52

4M ago23:52

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My interview questions Shannon’s campaign email Shannon’s campaign website Shannon’s Facebook page

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24. Chris Merker candidate interview [TOSA] 28:00

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My interview questions Chris's links: Hiswebsite HisFacebook page Hiscampaign email address Findings fromhis survey of the community

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25. Jason Wautier candidate interview [TOSA] 46:02

4M ago46:02

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My interview questions Jason's links: Hiswebsite Hisfacebook page Hisemail address Hiscampaign phone number

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Da rešimo prvo neke druge stvari 1:19:30

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Ep 252 Daniel Jalkut: This may surprise you as much as it surprised us to make the decision: today's episode of Core Intuition [...] is the final episode. Reset HomePod or HomePod mini - Apple Support Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor DeepSeek LLM model Aaron Ng: Here’s Deepseek r1 1.5B thinking through a problem — it’…

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22. Chris Bauer candidate interview [TOSA] 21:35

5M ago21:35

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My interview questions Chris's links: His bio His facebook page His website His email address

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23. Troy Woodard candidate interview [TOSA] 19:26

5M ago19:26

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My interview questions Troy's links: His campaign phone number His email address His facebook page His website

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21. A Citizen's Guide to Your District's Finances [STATEWIDE] 33:30

5M ago33:30

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How are voters supposed to know whether a school district has been spending tax dollars responsibly? How are community members supposed to evaluate a district's claim that it needs a referendum? This episode gives you some public resources to start with -- what's driving cost increases and where are they occurring? How have revenue sources changed …

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Bolji procenat šuta 1:31:46

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Ep 251 Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber Lukasz Olejnik: Cyberattack on the Slovak cadastral system (ÚGKK). Critical property data is inaccessible; some may be recoverable from paper records, but some could be irreversibly lost. No proper backups available. Hackers demand a 7-figure ransom in USD. Do You Use It? Backup Strategies Span the Gamut…

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20. Why Shiny Reforms Often Fail 32:03

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In this episode, I'm basically giving an academic paper on how our default approach to improving schools gets something wrong about how we inherit values and practices from the past and how we project them into the future. Is it nerdy? Extremely. Enjoy!

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19. BONUS: What We Can and Should Expect from School Boards, with Rachel White 57:59

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School Board elections are coming up in April, and so I invited a national expert on district leadership to talk about what boards do, how they do and should work with district administrators, and how boards respond to community members, parents, and teachers. LINKS: My contact info, again

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Mihajlo Bombić 1:01:26

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Ep 250 Bootable backups have been deprecated for several years Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLite - blag DB Browser for SQLite Jeff Johnson: I just discovered that Enhanced Visual Search was enabled by default on my iPhone in Photos Settings. Brian Roemmele: 42 years ago this bakery plugged in their Commodore 64s to use as cash registe…

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Nije što ne možemo, nego ni nećemo 1:27:55

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Ep 249 Serbian police used Cellebrite to unlock, then plant spyware, on a journalist's phone | TechCrunch About Lockdown Mode - Apple Support Apple honors 2024 App Store Award winners The 2024 App Store Awards recognized 17 apps MacStories Selects 2024: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year Nostaligija - The Spectrum The Developers Who Came in From…

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Šta ću da radim, da idem da pecam? 1:26:18

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Ep 248 Apple Pay stigao u Erste Bank Srbija. Big Bang kupio BC Group FU: Mac mini na putu za Istru, Anker 240W na putu ka Mikiju 4D saga 4D SAS ima novog vlasnika Kako je počelo Prvo smo 28.11.2024. dobili email u kojem smo obavešteni da je 4D prodat, iako je većina nas to već pretpostavljala posle linka na forumu koji je pokazivao na promene u far…

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18. State Report Cards and Thoughtful Accountability 42:34

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In this episode: What data (from which years) goes into state report cards How "achievement," "growth," "target groups," "on-track-to-graduation," "chronic absenteeism," etc. are technically defined How different stakeholders can/should interpret state reports Just to keep it interesting, does WSTEM have "incubator" value? Why or why not? LINKS: Wa…

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Nema fizike, a da se ne zapali 1:14:00

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Ep 247 Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay 120k$ within 24h Belkin Recalls BoostCharge Pro Power Bank With Apple Watch Charger Due to Fire Hazard Apple’s Find My enables sharing location of lost items with third parties Apple Under Pressure to Remove Geo-Blocking Restrictions in the EU BleepingComputer: VMware has annou…

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Ima li ovaj moj plan nekih rupica? 1:15:56

8M ago1:15:56

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Ep 246 Oliver Haslam: Can indeed confirm that the Apple Watch’s sleep apnea detection works. A new home for Pixelmator - Pixelmator Blog Cops Suspect iOS 18 iPhones Are Communicating to Force Reboots, Making Unlocking Harder Apple introduces new iMac supercharged by M4 and Apple Intelligence iMac With 10-Core M4 Chip is First Mac to Support 8K Disp…

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17. So What's Next? 33:11

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In this episode: What the passage of the referenda means for us What the district is doing and can do more of in building trust What makes participation in local school gov't difficult and what we can do about it. A surprising amount of Hannah Arendt. LINKS: My contact info The district's long-range facilities plan WSD facilities referendum project…

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16. BONUS: Why Local School Accountability Matters, with Jack Schneider 45:19

8M ago45:19

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University of Massachusetts professor Jack Schneider joins us to talk about what local school governance does for us as citizens, how to do it well, and what stands in the way. LINKS to stuff we've written together: "Putting the Public Back Into Public Accountability" (Kappan) "In Praise of Ordinary Measures" (Educational Theory) Educational Accoun…

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15. BONUS: How to Change State Policy, with Heather DuBois Bourenane and Jenni Hofschulte 38:10

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Okay, if every local district is in the same bind, and taxpayers and schoolkids everywhere are being pitted against each other, then how do we get together and apply pressure on the state? I'm joined by two folks who've been organizing pressure campaigns and harnessing the kind of anger we're seeing in our community for a long time: the Wisconsin P…

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Volim da mašem po bini 57:51

8M ago57:51

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Ep 245 BatFi – maximize your Mac's battery lifespan — micropixels AppBITS: FileUtils Turbocharges the Finder - TidBITS Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 UUIDv7 in 33 languages Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence iPhone 16 Users Complain About Excessive iOS 18 Battery Drai…

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14. Back to Basics (feat. Zombie Ideas for Halloween) 45:58

8M ago45:58

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In this episode: What the referenda are asking for What the money will be used for What effects can we expect if they pass What are the plans if they fail? Why our community loses no matter which way the vote goes. And of course: What the state might do to help, and why it has to. LINKS: ADA standards (the law), since people keep asking. MDRoffers …

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13. BONUS: School Finance and Reciprocal Accountability, with Chris Saldaña 53:28

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UW-Madison's Chris Saldaña joins us to talk about Wisconsin's school finance regulations in comparison to other states' policies, and we think through some ideas we've considered before, around the way that local institutions--including citizen groups and taxpayer organizations--might hold states or local institutions accountable themselves. LINKS:…

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12. BONUS: Trust, Legitimacy, and Local School Governance, with Kathleen Knight Abowitz 58:24

8M ago58:24

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Kathleen Knight Abowitz joins us to talk about her recent research into school board members in her home state of Ohio, the squeezes that school leaders find themselves in between state pressures from above and constituent demands from below, and how easy it is to forfeit local trust and how hard it is to rebuild. LINKS: Kathleen's Publics for Publ…

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Mnogo smo matori 58:00

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Ep 244 Dragan Pleskonjić: Zastrašujuće! Ovo nije jednostavan propust, nego greška u dizajnu i implementaciji koja je mogla da dovede u opasnost milione. Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge Manton Reece: Perfect example of how Apple and Google not op…

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11. October Surprises 21:45

8M ago21:45

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In this episode: Bipartisan agreement(?!) between Tosa representatives on increasing special ed funding? Facilities referenda, 20-year bonds, and time-indexed community-building How did our $4m budget mistake happen, and what does it mean? Are upgrades to ADA standards "needs" or "wants"? LINKS: WSD School Board budget presentation (10/9) WSD 2022-…

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10. What Gets Cut If the Operating Referendum Fails? 30:11

9M ago30:11

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In this episode: I correct myself to say MUHS does indeed enroll student with disabilities I go through the district's published plans to save $14m annually in case we vote down the operating referendum I acknowledge and go through the facts that (a) total state aid to WSD has indeed kept up with inflation and (b) spending on administration rose by…

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Voćari iz Amerike 1:27:19

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Ep 243 Dušan Dželebdžić (@dusandz) o nepostojanju Srbije na listi zemalja gde je podržan Sleep Apnea detection na watch OS SnazzyQ: I made a joke about sleep apnea after the Apple Event and you guys scared me so I ordered a sleep study and well... I have mild sleep apnea. lol Koristio je kućni test, Lofta. iPhone 16 Pro Camera Review: Kenya — Trave…

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9. Teacher Compensation 37:59

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In this episode: Can we fix our budget issue by cutting administrators rather than teachers? Why are teachers suddenly having their raises wiped out by new healthcare contributions? How do we cut our expenses without affecting our teachers? Can we boost revenue by robbing casinos instead? LINKS: Wisconsin Policy Forum report on teacher pay (Nov, 20…

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8. Open Enrollment, Part Two 35:23

9M ago35:23

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In this episode: The correct tax impact of our two referenda Does Open Enrollment "solve MKE's problems?" School Choice and (State-)Constitutional Promises Resident Enrollment Projections and National Population Decline Show notes! Comprehensive revenue (select district from dropdown) (Also, if we WERE interested in a low-cost, politically-inexpens…

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Jel' smem da psujem? 1:07:21

9M ago1:07:21

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Ep 242 Ko v ljubljanski kavarni naletiš na enega najvplivnejših ljudi sveta: Applov Tim Cook v Sloveniji | Revija Reporter 24 Ur Finale’s Finale - TidBITS Moom 4: Mac Window Management, Upgraded — MacStories Apple introduces groundbreaking health features Apple Unveils New Health Features Coming to the Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2 — MacStories App…

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7. Open Enrollment, Part One 38:58

10M ago38:58

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In this episode: The recent "merger" revelation and what it means The history of school district boundaries and the things they separate How and why Open Enrollment and Chapter 220 were created What we have gained from OE over the years and what we hope to gain by drawing it down Show notes: WSD merger stuff Special school board meeting to release …

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Vistalizacija 57:53

10M ago57:53

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Ep 241 Rode NT-USB Review: your microphone is too far from your mouth Apple Maps Image Collection in Serbia Apple Podcasts can now be heard on the web without a separate app Apple Silicon supplier TSMC breaks ground on €10 billion plant in Dresden, Germany macOS Sequoia switches from weekly to montly screen recording permission nags India will asse…