Wes Fryer, Ph.D.

06/10/2026

Please join us Wednesday night for Episode 375 at 9pm ET / 8pm CT / 7pm MT / 6pm PT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAEWwXWNz7c

Jason is back from recent travels so this promises to be an EPIC show! :-)

06/09/2026

I released a new update to my “Federated Reader Bot” AI vibe coded project:
https://github.com/wfryer/federated-reader-bot

This is the background engine which fetches my Gmail newsletter subscription links + meta info + post graphics and shares them to “News with Wes” every 4 hours:
https://news.wesfryer.com

06/09/2026

[PODCAST] 🎙️ "Bernie Goes Down the X-Risk Rabbithole (with Dr. Nathalie Maréchal), 2026.05.04" — https://podcasts.wesfryer.com/episode/NF1gWDSdeOM0NA2nifhy

06/08/2026

Calling All media literacy educators!

Register & plan to attend the fifth annual “Civics of Technology conference” online August 6th and 7th, 2026, from 11-3 Eastern Time. Keynote speakers are Dr. Meredith Broussard and Ms. Natasha Singer!
https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/announcing-the-2026-civics-of-tech-conference

06/08/2026

Timothy Snyder reminded us in his April 30th webinar and podcast "Not to Obey in Advance." Check out this video clip / short from his presentation.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ipgiFrXSTM

This and 12 additional reels from his talk are available in this YouTube playlist. Please watch and share!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd0SyycCig3yMr24Br4eh-q427b98eWbp

If you haven't already watched all of Dr Snyder's presentation, you can watch the full podcast episode on either YouTube or the Indivisible Charlotte Substack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NstAjO-wvOs

https://indivisibleclt.substack.com/p/timothy-snyder-on-building-freedom

Historian Timothy Snyder explains the core lesson from his book On ...

06/07/2026

This is a fantastic screencast explainer by Lucy Gray about using NotebookLM as well as the software program and app Paprika 3 for meal planning. I love this for many reasons, including as an example of 🙂

https://substack.com//note/c-272259730?r=d4phj&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

06/07/2026

My new article for : “Media Literacy as Ministry: Unmasking White Supremacy in the Church”

https://open.substack.com/pub/healourculture/p/media-literacy-as-ministry?r=3clokj&utm_medium=ios

06/06/2026

This is a great free, virtual professional development series this summer with Alice Keeler. I registered!

https://orioneducation.org/education/professional-development/workshops/orion-summer-series-with-alice-keeler

06/06/2026

I’m listening to [PODCAST] “If You Must Fight a Trade War, Fight to Win” with Chad P Bown
https://substack.com//note/p-200773905?r=4unjx&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

06/06/2026

My new summer book read: “How to Fight Fascism: A Handbook for the New American Resistance” by Alexis Walsh

https://www.amazon.ie/How-Fight-Fascism-Handbook-Resistance/dp/B0FFTRDGHN?dplnkId=63465caf-8494-41c2-9e5c-e5f83c9ad483&nodl=1

(for some reason, I am having trouble finding a link to this book on the US Amazon site and elsewhere, other than this Amazon India link)