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Laurence Cocco

@lmcocco

Dad, husband, photographer, camper; Digital Learning Consultant; infinite learning evangelist; posts my own

 Hopewell, NJ
Joined July 2011
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Today, we're partnering with NJ @VFWHQ and @BrookdaleEsport for a special day that brings veterans together through gaming! Veterans can game together while connecting with on-site organizations offering mental health resources, VA benefits assistance, and other valuable support services. Gaming brings us together. Community makes us stronger. #nj #newjersey #esport #esportsedu #Veterans #VeteransDay #gaming
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Image from Garden State Esports (@GSEsportsorg)
Image from Garden State Esports (@GSEsportsorg)
Image from Garden State Esports (@GSEsportsorg)
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134 teams. 16 brackets. One road to Georgian Court. The GSE Fall 2026 Playoff Reveal is live now! Chris and Mike reveal every seed, make their picks to win, and settle a few arguments live on stream. Is your school in? Find out! We're live now! πŸ“Ί twitch.tv/gardenstateesports #esportsedu
GardenStateEsports - Twitch

GardenStateEsports - Twitch

A nonprofit founded by educators, we are the governing body of scholastic esports for NJ schools. Join more than 400 schools and 12,000+ students. Connect, Compete, and Learn with GSE. β€” GardenStat...

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πŸ† The GSE Fall State Championships are Saturday, Nov 21 at @Georgiancourt University. NJ's best high school and middle school teams play for state titles (and the belt). Students run the whole broadcast. Doors 8 AM. Tickets $10. givebutter.com/gse-fall-cham… #esports #esportsedu #nj
2026 GSE Fall Championships

2026 GSE Fall Championships

Come watch the best in NJ scholastic esports compete!

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The Second Big Bang Is Here nytimes.com/video/opinion/10… via @NYTOpinion
Video: Opinion | The Second Big Bang Is Here

Video: Opinion | The Second Big Bang Is Here

According to the columnist Thomas L. Friedman, humanity has just set off a second Big Bang β€” and we are not ready for it. He explains why the rise of A.I. and other β€œgodlike” powers will require us...

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Special Report: Giant β€˜heat storms’ are scorching the Earth. This is the story of the biggest one...

Special Report: Giant β€˜heat storms’ are scorching the Earth. This is the story of the biggest one...

Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. A Reuters data-driven examination of global temperatures reveals the emergence of what we call β€˜heat storms.’ They now swarm the planet, upending...

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The VFW-NJ Gaming Association invites veterans & friends to join us at the Veterans of NJ Esports Gaming Event! #veteransofnj #VFWNJ #veteransgaming #VeteranCommunity #esports
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Online ads weaponised to deliver β€˜zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

Online ads weaponised to deliver β€˜zero-click’ spyware, researchers say

Discover-Tech’s Controlium software lets clients mass-profile internet users then covertly hack targets, say researchers at University of Toronto

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It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
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This Is the Future Scientists Warned About nytimes.com/2026/10/12/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | This Is the Future Scientists Warned About

Opinion | This Is the Future Scientists Warned About

This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible wildfire events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.

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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/an… via @NYTimes
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.

Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them.

In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models β€” and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

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The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts nytimes.com/2026/09/28/upsho… via @NYTimes
30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts

30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

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N.J. senator invites retirees, career switchers to take a shot at Capitol Hill

N.J. senator invites retirees, career switchers to take a shot at Capitol Hill

The program is intended to provide a unique opportunity for a participant to gain firsthand experience in a fast-paced, policy-focused congressional office.

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Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them | Restaurants | The Guardian theguardian.com/food/2026/se…
Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them

Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them

Would you hand in your phone at the door in exchange for a free bottle of wine? One restaurateur has tried that – and there are now many other gambits that are encouraging us to connect

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6 simple, science-backed ways to fix your broken attention span - BBC Science Focus Magazine apple.news/ATO-OGPM_TIyKjKoE…
6 simple, science-backed ways to fix your broken attention span

6 simple, science-backed ways to fix your broken attention span

Primed for constant interruptions, your brain is now distracting itself, says science. It’s time to break the cycle and retrain your focus September 15, 2026 May I have your attention, please? I’ll...

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School Leaders Mobilize as FCC Weighs Future of E-Rate govtech.com/education/k-12/s…
School Leaders Mobilize as FCC Weighs Future of E-Rate

School Leaders Mobilize as FCC Weighs Future of E-Rate

The FCC is examining whether E-rate should continue operating in its current form, and whether it should be narrowed or reoriented. Education officials urged schools to submit comments to the...

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Scientists Say LLMs Appear to Be Acting as a Cognitive Virus Among Humans futurism.com/future-society/…
Scientists Say LLMs Appear to Be Acting as a Cognitive Virus Among Humans

Scientists Say LLMs Appear to Be Acting as a Cognitive Virus Among Humans

AI's wide proliferation shares some striking similarities with the ways viruses spread, as an international team of researchers argue.

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Congress Didn’t Just Defund Public Media, It Defunded the Emergency Alert hollywoodreporter.com/busine… via @thr
Congress Didn’t Just Defund Public Media, It Defunded the Emergency Alert

Congress Didn’t Just Defund Public Media, It Defunded the Emergency Alert

The stations going dark this year aren’t NPR tote-bag liberalism. In much of rural America they’re the last local signal β€” and part of the system that tells you a tornado is coming.

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The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling futurism.com/artificial-inte…
The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling

The Transcripts of OpenAI Models Plotting Together to Commit an Actual Crime Is Pretty Chilling

OpenAI published a report concluding its "extensive investigation" into the Hugging Face hack β€” and the details are surprisingly harrowing.

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I Study Successful People. They Have One Habit in Common. nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | I Study Successful People. They Have One Habit in Common.

Opinion | I Study Successful People. They Have One Habit in Common.

Being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

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