Best TOSAs Podcasts (2025)

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41. What Should We Do with Our Secondary Schools? [TOSA] 34:22

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19d ago34:22

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The district has drawn up some options, a community committee has been poring over pros and cons for months, and we're going to get a survey to take in late October. So what should we be thinking about? What are our choices? LINKS: 1.) Ad-Hoc Committee page, with a list of proposed models to consider. 2.) In-depth description of each model 3.) What…

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42. Despite the Best Intentions, with Dr. Amanda Lewis 1:07:04

4d ago1:07:04

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Dr. Amanda Lewis is coming to Wauwatosa to give a talk based on her book, Despite the Best Intentions, whose 2nd edition just came out this year. EVENT INFO: Where: Underwood Elementary When: Monday, October 20th, 6:30 to 8:00. What: A talk, followed by a Q&A session. If you'd like to pose a question to Dr. Lewis, send it to me here.…

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Škoda i Xiaomi 1:15:44

6d ago1:15:44

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Ep 269 Quinn Nelson: Apple Care One is a nightmare. Apple Maps May Be Logging Places You Visit – How to Disable Louie Mantia — Used Live Translation (Japanese to English, via AirPods 4) at the doctor’s office today. Marco Arment: Glad to see Apple's leaders showing so much courage. Paul Kafasis: Tell me again how a lack of sideloading is making me …

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Humanoidni audio uređaj 1:23:42

18d ago1:23:42

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Ep 268 Apple nešto smatrao, izgleda još misle da ih plebs većinski blagonaklono gleda. Nope. EU Has 'No Intention' to Repeal DMA Following Apple Challenge Craig Hockenberry: Here’s my guess what happened in the lead up to WWDC25: Apple realized it was deep in the weeds with Apple Intelligence (and associated PR) and needed a tentpole feature that w…

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40. Practice Makes Perfect 52:11

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LINKS: Onward Tosa piece on our reassessments WSD 2024 referenda tax impact calculator Wauwatosa's post-reassessment 2025 tax estimator WSD Strategic Plan (feat school-engagement indicators) SP podcast interview on board-supt relationships

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Treba mi ozbiljna koncentracija da se ne ispovraćam 1:51:53

1M ago1:51:53

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Ep 267 Best 80 Mac Podcasts Citymapper: All Live Transit podržava i Beograd! Mis-issued certificates for 1.1.1.1 DNS service pose a threat to the Internet Atlassian Acquires The Browser Company for $610 Million - TidBITS The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time Court Allows…

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Beskrajno je glupo što se ja ovoga nisam setio 1:24:18

2M ago1:24:18

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Ep 266 Explore Croatia with Unlimited internet - Hrvatski Telekom AOL announces that it will discontinue Dial-Up internet services on September 30th Blood Oxygen Feature Finally Returning to Apple Watch in the US U.K. drops 'back door' demand for Apple data UK Still Demanding Global Access to iCloud User Data, Filings Suggest Parallels Desktop reva…

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39. Reviewing the New State Budget with Anne Chapman 47:58

2M ago47:58

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*Corrected an editing mistake in an earlier version* In which I’m joined by Anne Chapman, the leading expert in Wisconsin school finance, the research director of the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials, to talk about the impacts of state budget changes on school funding decisions and community conversations. In this episode, we’ve g…

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Nostalgija ima ružičaste naočare 1:14:21

2M ago1:14:21

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Ep 265 Tim Cook Has Now Been Apple's CEO for Longer Than Steve Jobs David Pogue: Apple’s first 50 Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’ - 9to5Mac Japan Law Will Require Apple to Allow Non-WebKit Browsers on iPhone Opet ih tuži ista firma oko ApplePay tehnologije. Apple increases American commitment to $600 b…

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Sirota mala kompanija 1:35:12

3M ago1:35:12

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Ep 264 Apple's Latest App Store Changes Satisfy EU, No More Fines Coming UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US — Ars Technica DHH rant against Apple Xtool is a cross-platform Xcode replacement for Apple developers Apple classifies 2013 Mac Pro & other items as vintage, makes various AirPort devices devices obsolete Mac…

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Jedan je Džoni Ajv 1:24:26

3M ago1:24:26

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Ep 263 Anker Recalls Six More Power Banks Atomic macOS Stealer malware is now more dangerous Apple acquires two firms to improve Apple Intelligence, Apple Vision Pro Apple files lawsuit accusing former employee of stealing Vision Pro trade secrets Swiss privacy tech firm Proton sues Apple in U.S. over App Store rules In major reversal, Apple explor…

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38. Taking Care of (School-Governance) Business [Statewide] 43:37

3M ago43:37

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I originally intended to fit something like this into the previous episode, but it clearly is too big. But here I'm talking about why local control of schools matters for us as citizens, what the state ought to be doing to invest in the cultivation of civic virtue, what districts can be doing to facilitate good conversations about schools, and ulti…

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37. The Proposed 2025-2027 Education Budget [Statewide] 34:25

4M ago34:25

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So, I got mad, and I had to use the bleep button a few times. Here, moving backward through time, is media coverage of the budget as it has developed: Today's update. (July 1) JFC's June 13th plan. Budget negotiations reach an impasse (June 4) JFC starts over from scratch (May 9) Evers's budget proposal (Feb 26)…

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Ovo je idealno za ovog malog od palube 1:56:54

4M ago1:56:54

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Ep 262 Bumerang A1 Slovenija iPhone 16 + AirPods 4 More than One Million Anker Power Banks Recalled Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Manufactured by Anker Innovations Colin Cornaby: Another interesting tidbit from “Apple in China” Terence Eden: I’ve locked myself out of my digital life How Kagi is building a better search for teams Riccardo Mori: In c…

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36. The 2030 Task Force Report, w/ Dr. Chris Merker 1:09:19

4M ago1:09:19

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Links! First, just put down your name and email here if you're interested in participating in the book group at all. I'll follow up with details. Here are the two books: Manny Teodoro's Profits of Distrust: Citizen-Consumers, Drinking Water, and the Crisis of Confidence in American Government, and Amanda Lewis and John Diamond's Despite the Best In…

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Nemoj da se praviš kum Toša 1:30:31

4M ago1:30:31

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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

4M 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

5M ago1:24:59

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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

5M ago52:38

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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

6M ago1:18:12

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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

6M 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

6M ago1:06:38

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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

6M 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

6M ago56:44

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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

7M 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

7M 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

7M 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

7M ago1:47:08

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

8M ago19:38

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

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

8M ago27:42

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

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

8M 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

8M ago1:21:22

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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

8M 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

8M 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

8M ago28:00

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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

8M 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

8M ago1:19:30

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

9M 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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22. Chris Bauer candidate interview [TOSA] 21:35

9M 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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21. A Citizen's Guide to Your District's Finances [STATEWIDE] 33:30

9M 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

9M ago1:31:46

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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

9M ago32:03

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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

9M ago57:59

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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

10M ago1:01:26

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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

10M ago1:27:55

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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

11M ago1:26:18

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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

11M ago42:34

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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

11M ago1:14:00

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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

11M 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

11M ago33:11

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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…