WTF-Beta

Anyway, yikes!!

Yep I was just coming back to pst that same link!

People are saying that Canvas came back on line because the parent company (Instructure) paid the ransom.

I haven’t seen a reliable source saying that, but it’s certainly plausible.

And more disconcerting.

We finally got Canvas back mid-afternoon yesterday. I used Canvas to calculate my final grades, but I decided to enter grades by hand out of an overabundance of caution (rather than use the automatic grade submission tool that links Canvas to our faculty grade submission portal).

And wouldn't you know, I entered one student's grade incorrectly.

I've already initiated the grade change process and it will be fine because it was my mistake (and fortunately, it's not for a student who's graduating), but of course I had to go through this whole bureaucratic rigamarole to do that...

The ripple effect of this cybersecurity incident... surely but one among many...

@wtg said:
Progress!

Glad to hear this, WTG.

So Canvas is back online for many schools — but not mine! They are saying they won’t bring it back until they finish some third-party verification that it’s safe.

I mean, that’s certainly the smart thing to do, but everything is in limbo in the meantime. Not only finals, but I’m teaching a summer session class, which starts on Tuesday and it’s all hilt in since Canvas…

That's great!

We’re still down. AFAICT many other places are as well. Hopefully it all comes back online with nothing missing…

It has been very disruptive, to say the least!!

Oh dear. That’s rather disconcerting!

And yes, I know all those words, and yes to burnt sienna.

Good grief!!

@Bernard said:

We can not have same-old, same-old. Too many feel the DNC has been too heavy handed in picking and rigging nominations.

This!

And we need to get this right, because the"leadership" we have now is unsustainable.

I'm only laughing because my reaction was the same as yours!

@wtg said:

The house and decor are....interesting.

Indeed! They have some interesting items, but perhaps just a little bit too many of them.

@Mik oooh that’s a fun article! And very true too. The closer you are to older neighborhoods, the more interesting the houses.

from the article:

Southern Louisiana is facing 3-7 metres of sea-level rise and the loss of three-quarters of its remaining coastal wetlands, which will cause the shoreline “to migrate as much as 100km (62 miles) inland”

Wow, that's terrible! And terrifying!

@Steve-Miller said:

1135-By-The-Shores-Dr-Huron-OH-44839/33771570_zpid/?

Wow, the listing photos look really great! YOU've hared photos before (if I'm remembering right?) but I didn't realize how large it was!

So you'll sell with all the furnishing etc.?

Good luck! I have no idea how the market is these days.

@Bernard said:

Garrick Ohlsson

Oh cool!!! I know his playing, just not his face!

@Bernard that was a cool video!

Dissonance is interesting isn’t it, like the teacher in the video said, it makes you ache for the resolve.

BTW who’s the teacher?

Grill.

Also, for the record, Mr. SK doesn't understand the American obsession with cooking outside.

@Daniel thank you!!

thank you @adagiom and @chas