{"id":127621,"date":"2025-12-04T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=127621"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:48:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:48:41","slug":"thursday-night-civics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2025\/12\/04\/thursday-night-civics\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night &#8211; civics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today was pretty cool. I gave another talk on The colony (seems to be resurfacing in my life after 16 years !).. THis was to my friend Michaels 7th grade Civics class in Ontario. Michael has been using The Colony as a chapter in his classes for more than 1 years. Most years I meet with the class to talk about ethe h experience and answer their questions. It was soooooo fun. I love seeing the colony experiment through the eyes of the students.. especially in light of current world affairs . Due to tougher privacy laws, i wasn&#8217;t able\u00a0 to see the students, but I could see Michael.. and I could see soem of the VERY cool projects and pictures the students made as part of their unit<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"127622\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/F2826D73-8A8F-4159-9A08-961746D1CF10_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/F2826D73-8A8F-4159-9A08-961746D1CF10_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/F2826D73-8A8F-4159-9A08-961746D1CF10_1_105_c.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/F2826D73-8A8F-4159-9A08-961746D1CF10_1_105_c.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/F2826D73-8A8F-4159-9A08-961746D1CF10_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/F2826D73-8A8F-4159-9A08-961746D1CF10_1_105_c.jpeg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Its getting to be winter at home. it was 9 degrees F when I got home. Diane and I took advantage of the snow and took a night time ski..\u00a0<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1C9A7F32-1742-4877-8BA6-9C499F744F54_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1C9A7F32-1742-4877-8BA6-9C499F744F54_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1C9A7F32-1742-4877-8BA6-9C499F744F54_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1024 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"768\" data-id=\"127623\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=127623\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1C9A7F32-1742-4877-8BA6-9C499F744F54_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1C9A7F32-1742-4877-8BA6-9C499F744F54_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DFAC0865-92A1-4247-B281-7A601A2DA1A3_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DFAC0865-92A1-4247-B281-7A601A2DA1A3_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DFAC0865-92A1-4247-B281-7A601A2DA1A3_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1024 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"768\" data-id=\"127625\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=127625\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DFAC0865-92A1-4247-B281-7A601A2DA1A3_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DFAC0865-92A1-4247-B281-7A601A2DA1A3_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/58CE3337-7821-4666-8AAF-3706D6A1BCE6_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/58CE3337-7821-4666-8AAF-3706D6A1BCE6_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/58CE3337-7821-4666-8AAF-3706D6A1BCE6_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1024 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"768\" data-id=\"127627\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=127627\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/58CE3337-7821-4666-8AAF-3706D6A1BCE6_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/58CE3337-7821-4666-8AAF-3706D6A1BCE6_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>after the ski, I spent soem time re-wiring a minion inflatabelfor my freinds holly and ed.. I love that folks think of me for geeky repair jobs like this<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25F314E9-4375-4261-9F83-CD5DE688B10D_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25F314E9-4375-4261-9F83-CD5DE688B10D_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"127628\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=127628\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25F314E9-4375-4261-9F83-CD5DE688B10D_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/25F314E9-4375-4261-9F83-CD5DE688B10D_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>thats it for today.. more tomorrow.<br \/><br \/>nite all, nite sam<br \/>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was pretty cool. I gave another talk on The colony (seems to be resurfacing in my life after 16 years !).. THis was to my friend Michaels 7th grade Civics class in Ontario. Michael has been using The Colony as a chapter in his classes for more than 1 years. Most years I meet &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2025\/12\/04\/thursday-night-civics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thursday night &#8211; civics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127629,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127621\/revisions\/127629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}