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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 18/06/2026

Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy > neal.fun/wiki-spy/

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 21/04/2026

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Comic: Types of Board Game. [Each panel has a person, a person with a ponytail, a person with shoulder-length hair, and a person with a white hat seated around a table with different board game and pieces on top. (1) Boring: PERSON 3: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we all get tired and go home. (2) Abstract: PERSON 1: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a... (3) Hyperspecific Theme: PERSON 2: It’s October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations... (4) Overcomplicated: PERSON 4: It’s a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshhire*, but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and... (5) Cooperative: PERSON 3: We’re working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we’ll silently organize my junk drawer. (6) Branded: PERSON 1: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku. (7) Party: PERSON 2: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the... (8) Social Deduction: PERSON 3: Remember, per our *find the secret murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player has committed a real-life murder does *not* count.

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Matt Townsley @mctownsley.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

K-12 grading practices: Competence > Competition.

A visual of a chess board depicting competition among students.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I made some charts to illustrate how the various Winter Olympic Sports, Locations, and Athletes have been mentioned on Jeopardy! over the years. Let me know if you notice any interesting patterns or something I missed!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I just made a reddit post about two Kickstarter campaigns that compiled a bunch of historical board games into one box. Let me know what you think! www.reddit.com/r/boardgames...

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I made graphs about all the tennis players mentioned on Jeopardy!, comparing how often they were asked about during and after their careers, as well as Singles vs. Doubles success. #tennis #jeopardy #dataviz

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I can't believe those athletes wasted all that time lifting weights. There isn't a single barbell on the field during a game!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I'm trying to make graphs of every topic on Jeopardy, and this time I did a couple for golf. This is the list of golfers who were mentioned more than once and one a Major. Data is from PGA and J-Archive and I made the graphics in Affinity. #golf #dataviz #jeopardy

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

As proud as I was to add my name to the list of Utah PAEMST winners, I was disappointed to realize I will be the last. Thanks to Talia Milgrom-Elcott for including my thoughts here. And thanks to my wife for reminding me I'm too old to say I made Forbes "under 30." www.forbes.com/sites/taliam...

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Science Teachers Rare As “Unicorns”—So Why Cut Their Premier Award?

40-year program honoring America's best STEM teachers paused. 4,000+ past winners wonder: Why eliminate $10K award that costs 1¢ per citizen & addresses teacher shortage?

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I’ve been trying to study every Boxing clue that has shown up on Jeopardy! Based on my research, I decided to make three charts of what I found interesting. The data is from J-Archive, BoxRec, and IMDb. I used DataWrapper and Affinity Designer to make the graphics.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Man, it's bittersweet that in my last year of teaching I finally have almost every student pass the AP Physics 1 test. That new curriculum helped, but I also finally had a good system of test prep.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

What if a college was recruiting a girl who ran a 4:30 mile, but downgraded her scholarship because she ran a 6:30 in 9th grade? That's exactly what they do with GPA, weighing your abilities from 3 years ago the same as your accomplishments today. #edusky #gradingreform

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I made a graphic of my favorite Physics Youtubers. I feel like the Golden Age of Science YouTube was from about 2011-21, when most of these creators grew and hit their peak. When I first started teaching, most videos were around 5 minutes, which was perfect. 1/x

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I have realized that my ideal classroom set up is having a jumbotron I can stand under so that students can all be in a circle, while still seeing me, the slides, and each other.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Hey #EduSky, no one prepared me for how much time testing takes (and wastes). The obvious answer to this is more assessing outside of tests, but at some point, you need summative, individual assessments of learning. The dilemma: say a test takes the average student 30 min. Some will finish in 10,

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This would make a great T shirt to sell at Halloween.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

New entry to the list of "do not attempt to draw in front of teenagers": single slit diffraction graph. #iteachphysics

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Another interesting Spanish Physics translation. Instead of the word Voltage, they say "Tensión." That's a neat analogy to a physical force. #iteachphysics

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Jim Gaffigan during the #Grammys "I don't know how to say this, but during the break, Trevor Noah was traded to the Dallas Mavericks." I think every NBA fan laughed out loud at that.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I tried to listen to every Grammy nominee this year. I made it through half! Here are my favorites in each category. These are my opinions, not predictions, but I really hope that Beyoncé and Billie Eilish win more awards than Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I've been thinking about this scripture a lot recently.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The Utah House just passed a bill that bans public unions from bargaining for their members. We now have to meet individually with our leaders. So, when it comes time to negotiate pay increases, I hope superintendents clear their schedules to meet with 500 teachers. www.kuer.org/politics-gov...

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Utah House passes bill to block public sector unions from collective bargaining

Lawmakers said they’ve received hundreds of messages from people opposed to the bill, but it still passed the House on a 42-to-32 vote.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I enjoy letting my students request songs for our class Spotify playlist. Last week one of my boys thought it'd be funny to choose a march from Nazi germany. I hate that we have celebrities teaching our kids that they can do and say hateful things as long as they wink and say they were kidding.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Are any of my friends here fans of #Jeopardy? It's been an exciting month of tournaments! Who do you think will win the Tournament of Champions?

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

You've heard of tangent and arctangent but have you heard of #math

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I don't care that your app has a new name. I don't care that its logo is now worse. I don't care that it is being revolutionized by AI. I don't care that someone new is getting rich off my data. I just want it to do the thing I downloaded it to do. Thank you.

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Marianna Ruggerio @msruggerio.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Excited to share that I have been awarded the 2023 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching! This was a long and rigorous process that was also immensely gratifying! Thank you to @secaurphysics.bsky.social for nominating and all the support!

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

They finally announced the PAEMST winners from the last 3 years! It's incredible to know that my name will always be on the list with some of the best Science teachers from Utah, including my mentor Duane Merrell. Best of luck to anyone who is applying this month! www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...

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President Biden Honors More Than 300 Americans with Nation’s Highest Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers and Mentors | OSTP | The White House

Today, President Biden announced 336 teachers and mentors from around the nation as recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) and the Presidenti...

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I finally built @joemilliano.bsky.social's swingy thingies, and we got solid data for centripetal acceleration! Well worth the time and money to make. #edusky #iteachphysics

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Merry Christmas to #iteachphysics and #edusky! I have been active on twitter for my whole teaching career, and it was a great way to connect with other teachers. I can’t count the ways they have helped me, so I want all of my followers here know who they are and how grateful I am for them! 🧵

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

When teachers complain about not having enough planning time, most are not complaining about having to plan. They are complaining about not having time because they have too many classes, students, bosses, parents, duties, meetings, and paperwork. This solves the wrong problem.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

It's a small detail, but I learned from my Spanish-speaking students that in math they say "divided among" instead of "divided by" and that might be a clearer way of explaining what division is. #EduSky

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Dunbar's number says that we can't maintain more than 150 relationships, yet many secondary teachers have more students than that in one year. Any ideas besides limiting class size (<25)? There's looping (same teacher for 2 years), or one teacher covering math & sci or English & history. #EduSky

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Quizzed my students on "Oldies" using the All Out playlists from Spotify. Here's how they did from Best to worst: 80s 60s 70s 90s 50s

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#Edusky already seems better than edutwitter in that it's not dominated by people obsessed with arguing that direct instruction is better than inquiry. Those guys sure loved bragging about how smart they were.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

People are often surprised when they hear there are thousands of new board games a year. This diagram is a great overview of the different categories, and within each there are 100s of variations. Check out the full video explanation here: youtu.be/fH4MaSJ8gXU?...

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I was talking to my students about the history of pop punk, and one of them thought "Fall For You" was by blink-182. Not sure whether to be insulted or impressed.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Happy for all the new #iteachphysics followers! But I do want to have a potentially sad discussion. Should we consider the PAEMST program likely over with this new administration?

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Any other teachers noticing that boys are suddenly wearing T shirts with graphics from the 90s? Their heroes are now Dennis Rodman, Mike Tyson, and Biggie Smalls.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

I mostly post about Physics, but you should know I love board games! I live in a small townhome, so here's how I squeeze my collection three different places.

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Wesley Morgan @boreddatageek.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

We happen to be talking about Kinetic Energy this week, and I took the chance to remind my students why the mass and the velocity squared are both relevant to their life. Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for pedestrians. Please drive safe! #iteachphysics

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