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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Car Brain should probably be recognized as an official mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association.

Headline: Famed San Francisco bar owner jailed after alleged baseball bat assault over parking spot

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Big news for me, #iteachmath friends. After 25 years in the classroom, I've started a job as a math coach for Innovamat, a pretty new curriculum in the US market. 😯 1 week in & I've already had the pleasure of visiting 5 classrooms at 2 schools, & interacting with ~40 additional Ts in PD sessions.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's nice to see the American League beating the Dodgers.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Shopping at Best Buy should be an automatic deal-breaker for being elected President. "As someone who lives near a Best Buy, I'm at Best Buy often," Newsom told reporters during a news conference. Gavin Newsom Proposes a California Digital Software Tax - share.google/SvZsvFYrhgoZ...

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Gavin Newsom proposes a California digital software tax

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said it's unfair how some people avoid paying the state sales tax when buying software.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This is a great example of "blame inversion" (coined by @ashtonindc.bsky.social) where danger very clearly caused by cars is blamed on anything else: parents letting their kids play outside, kids riding bikes, etc.

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Citizen Math @citizenmath.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

There was Mathalicious v1.0 and Citizen Math v2.0. Today we launched Version Free Point Ooh. 🩵 www.citizenmath.com If you loved our real-world lessons but got tired of administrative funding whims determining your access, welcome back. I think you'll like it here. #EduSky #MathSky #RealWorldMath

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Welcome to Citizen Math

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The Democrats and Republicans are playing a game of basketball, except the Democrats only get to put 4 players on the court, they only get 1 point for field goals, and in the off-season the refs go on luxury vacations with--and paidfor by--the Republicans. (Is this talking like normal people?)

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I'm confused why chat gpt can't just replicate Canvas in a few hours, including making sure everyone's stuff is still there. Just ask it to do this for us and not make any mistakes, right? (I'm not confused)

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How are my teacher friends who use Canvas doing?

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is the first time in quite some time that I have no idea who I'm going to vote for in an election that is a month away, and this CA governor debate isn't helping me so far. 🤷‍♂️

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Is this what Obama means by telling Dems to talk more like normal people? Leave erudite talk of academic concepts like kindness, empathy, and fairness to the dusty halls of elite college seminar rooms?

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Teachers, imagine a (very hypothetical) tool that gives students and teachers quick, accurate, equitable, and high quality feedback to a wide-range of question and answer types. As much as grading sucks, do you think we would we lose something by not going through the slow, human grading process?

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is the tool people are using for Big Business Decisions.

Screenshot of AI result with contradiction: "The United States covers about 9.8 million square kilometers, making it slightly larger than the entire continent of Europe, which is roughly 10.2 million square kilometers"

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Hey @sfgiants.com and Larry Bae. Big fan here, but not a big fan of my team being partially owned by a bunch of fascists. This really feels like a pretty low bar in terms of expectations.

An image of a news article preview from the San Francisco Chronicle. The text reads: "A private equity firm led by Joshua Kushner, brother of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, is expected to be approved for a purchase of an undisclosed share of San Francisco Giants ownership."

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Is there anything I can do as a Giants fan to throw sand in the gears of this?

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

$600 is 6000% of $10 $600 is 5900% more than $10 $600 is a 5900% increase from $10 $600 is a 5900% markup on a $10 item $10 is ~1.7% of $600 $10 is ~98.3% less than $600 $10 is a ~98.3% decrease from $600 $10 is a ~98.3% markdown on a $600 item The percent difference between $10 and $600 is ~193.4%

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

More evidence of the downfall of math teaching in private schools. 😂

NY Times headline: RFK Jr. Defends Trump's Mathematical Impossible Drug Discount Claims

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I wonder if there's some universe where a Broken Calculator puzzle posed by a math teacher inspired the EML function.

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benjamin dickman @benjamindickman.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

the first newsletter i've... ever subscribed to??? on purpose, at least! #iTeachMath #MathSky

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Is Arsenal going to blow it this season?

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Imagine a grocery store with no prices on anything. You can stand in a separate line to get an estimate of how much your food for the week will cost, and you are told that it will greatly depend on your membership level. Instead of paying on your way out, you get a bill in the mail a month later.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

California or California-curious math teachers: Don't forget to submit conference proposals for CMC-South! ♾️

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Sadly, this didn't seem to hurt Hertz's bottom line. It probably helps them that every single car rental agency is a complete mess.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

iF yOu jUsT FoLlOw tHe lAw yOu hAvE NoThInG To wOrRy aBoUt

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The below image is fake. This is frustrating bc we have to be skeptical of everything, to think hard about moon phases & corresponding "Earth phases", to look closely & recognize half of Africa is missing. So when we do see an amazing image of space (there are lots!), we can't just enjoy it.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This story is terrifying & heartbreaking. tl;dr A man w/ cancer ignores his doctors' pleas for treatment bc of his own "research" using AI. His son, an expert who writes a newsletter on the proper use of AI, is unable to convince him to trust his doctors, ultimately costing the father his life.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Saw the play The Monsters at Berkeley Rep last night, which has been aptly described as "hits hard and hugs harder." Ngozi Anyanwu (also the playwright) & Sullivan Jones were incredible in physically and mentally demanding roles, and I left wanting to just go home and cuddle with my 7-year old boy.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Ugh. So many candidates for CA governor, and yet I appear to be running out of people I'd consider voting for.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I'd love some data to do some testing on a project I'm working on. Reach out if you have questions.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Calling all teachers! 🍎 I’m looking for PDFs of scanned, graded student work (HW, tests, projects, rubrics, etc) across all subjects and grades. Class sets are ideal. DM me if you can help or need my email! Re privacy: I won't share student names, & this doesn't need to be current or recent work. ♾️

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Pretty sure I remember in the not so distant past Republicans calling for resignations over dropping the F bomb, and that wasn't even in the context of dropping real bombs and openly threatening war crimes.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Heads up that today is April 2nd, a day where you should have a helathy skepticism of anything you see or read online.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

NASA is honestly one of the greatest things humans have ever created, the stuff of math and dreams

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today's Supreme Court ruling conflating medical (mal)practice as free speech is one of the worst decisions of my lifetime, a lifetime that includes Bush v Gore.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Setting aside my rant about teeth & eyes apparently not being part of our bodies: just got a dental bill for a routine cleaning for the kids, and they charged for a tooth extraction when the 10yo's very loose tooth fell out while the hygienist was flossing. Health care in this country is bananas.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

While as a Giants fan I'm not allowed to officially like anything Dodgers related, I unofficially think the closer Edwin Diaz's walk out song being a live trumpet is pretty awesome.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I would be happy to be wrong about this, but the pics I'm seeing of the No Kings march in SF are super underwhelming, especially compared to pics from other cities (including much smaller and much redder cities). What the heck is going on?

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Guess the Giants are going to give up 1134 runs this season, and Aaron Judge is going to strike out 648 times.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This is a thread for lovers of elections; French politics; & French geography. Tomorrow are France's runoffs for MAYOR elections; every city choosing its mayor. It's a window into multiparty politics, shifting coalitions, & hard math, & suspense. I'll go thru the 10 biggest cities, 1 by 1.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Probably couldn't build a high speed train from SF to Lake Tahoe for $77bn, so I'd squander it on an unfinished train from SF to Lake Tahoe.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This is awesome! I had dreams of doing a similar project when I was teaching Calculus, but wasn't ever to get the rest of my team or the Physics team on board. ☹️

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

It's 86 degrees at the moment. In March. In San Francisco.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Student: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481 117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381 Teacher: Impressive! And what is π? Student: Area of a circle? Happy Pi Day observed.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Fair or not, this just made my voting decision for June much easier (sorry, not you). I have this wild idea that my kids, who live in one of the wealthiest cities in one of the wealthiest states in one of the wealthiest countries, should have fully funded public schools—and this ain't the way.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Job hunting can be so brutal.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Very random question: My understanding is that Congress has the authority to move the capitol of the US from DC to, I don't know, North Dakota. My question is what would happen if the state of North Dakota says no thank you?

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