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Chris Carman

@chriscarman.bsky.social
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I teach science to kids :: I make free science practice quizzes at ChemQuiz.net and PhysQuiz.net :: husband/father/son :: rock & roll & plants 🌱 :: the climate crisis can be solved

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026
Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I used to be really excited about technology. I don't think it's me that's changed.
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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you weren't aware, Coyote Versus Acme is (loosely) based on a New Yorker humor essay of the same name. It's well worth the read.
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Coyote V. Acme
From 1990: “Much as he has come to mistrust Defendant’s products, Mr. Coyote has no other domestic source of supply to which to turn.”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you have a pet that sometimes snags your clothes, or if you're clumsy like me, I've found Dritz Snag Nab It to be very useful. It's a needle with rough grooves on the tail end. Push the needle through the cloth and it'll pull the snag to the fabric's underside, where it will be hidden.
A green plaid flannel shirt with two snags on the face side of the fabric. There's a Snag Nab It needle next to the snag. The same flannel shirt, but the snags have disappeared. A photo of the underside of the cloth. The snag is now on the underside.
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ChemQuiz.net LLC @chemquiz.net · 01/09/2026
September 2026 ChemQuiz.net newsletter: new Question Types feature, webinar on Tuesday Sep. 15, bug fixes, and more! #chemed #iteachchem mailchi.mp/chemquiz.net...
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ChemQuiz.net September 2026 newsletter 🏫: new Question Types feature, webinar Tue. Sep. 15, and more!
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
When I did tech support “power user” was an insult that we used to refer to people who thought they knew what they were doing and regularly made everything much much worse until we locked down their access
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Sarah Florini @florini.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s wild to me that 6 years ago people were absolutely apoplectic about schools using Zoom. They INSISTED that schools needed to be open, despite the health risks, because it was so important for kids to be in traditional classes. Now they are promoting this.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Another excellent piece from the always on point @drjudystone.bsky.social. As she mentions in here, 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccines have been approved and should be ready to roll out within two weeks or so.
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Covid-19 Cases Surge—Here’s What’s Different This Summer That Will Help
As Covid again increases, these will help you weather or prevent infection: vaccines, masks, Paxlovid, metformin, azelastine, some antihistamines, and Ensitrelvir.
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Aulet 🍂 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026
"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026
The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time. This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable. The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Basketball Jones❤️🖤🤍🏀 @shawnjohn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Enes Kanter obviously doesn't belong in the NBA and his stats exist to prove it. He should be banned from all WNBA and NBA games and/or events going forward. We should also never speak his name again after this incident. He doesn't deserve the attention. He is a nobody.
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Dr. Fim @fim.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ansel Adams on assignment for IBM - one of my favourite shots. Not the usual landscape but the skill of a woman weaving magnetic core memory. The beat up nails captures total “woman in STEM” vibes.
A woman with extremely short painted nails weaving magnetic core memory. A series of rows and columns of wires in a grid.
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The Rooster @rooster.info · 23/08/2026
Like, I live in Ohio where an energy conglomerate orchestrated the largest bribery scheme in state history (that we know about) and the CEO and Vice President of Bribes have yet to be convicted of anything eight years after the fact. Just something to consider.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank. 
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KD Drummond @kddrummondnfl.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026
Reminder: You can support your local Black farmers (which include buying beef quarters or halves) blackfarmersindex.com Find your state, find Black farmers registered there - In case, you know.. you don't want to buy low-budget mystery meat imported from Stitchistan.
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Black Farmers Index
Black Farmers Index drives resources and exposure to agriculturalists with an online directory, workshops, events, data gathering/reporting and media features
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Rev. Pop🦋 @cullavagga.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Read the words of the good doctor, and take those words to heart. There are very few people as beautiful or precious as @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
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FLO @flo3234.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
German hackers have created an open-source program that allows Bose SoundTouch speakers and soundbars to regain their old functions. Bose removed all cloud support earlier this year. SoundTouch Reborn can be installed over-the-air, say the creators. st-reborn.de
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SoundTouch Reborn (STR): Bose SoundTouch without the cloud
Bose ended the SoundTouch cloud service. STR (SoundTouch Reborn) revives Bose SoundTouch 10, 20, 30, 300, Portable, Wave, SA-4, SA-5 and CineMate. A one-person hobby project under MIT, made because ha...
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day! This is Hazel, our soot sprite who also moonlights as a shoe gremlin
A long-haired black cat lying in a bent pose so that her rear paws are in front of her face
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My mantra every morning before I go into school to face teenagers and teach them science
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NPR @npr.org · 14/08/2026
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines. n.pr/45oln5k
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Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hey remember how you were told to just expect Covid infections as the new normal and most of the healthy people would probably recover? Welcome to the lettuce version of that.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Someday we’ll find it The Kaiju Connection Godzilla, and Mothra And me.
Kaiju Rodan.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🎶🎶 Why are there so many Songs about Mothra? And why she has friends in a clam She’s Queen of monsters That live on an island Shoots webs from her Diaphragm So some will say and Some call them titans I know they’re wrong Can’t you see? 1/
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
OK wait: The "pipeline rerouted because of grave of fictional character" story was never true? It's a silly season spin-up reposted by the BBC, Guardian etc.? The pipeline never went near the "grave" and was never rerouted? Rusty Foster with the links: www.todayintabs.com/p/dobby-s-gr...
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Dobby's Grave Not At Risk From The Greenlink Interconnector Project, Also Not Real
Harry Potter Adults are still the worst but not because of what they're currently being blamed for.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...
Axios: AI has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.

Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books — a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane — makes it easy to lose the thread. AI can help you pick it back up without starting over.
📖 I really got into using AI while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:

"I'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ohio sees second week of ‘significant’ increases in cyclosporiasis cases ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/06/o...
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Ohio sees second week of 'significant' increases in cyclosporiasis cases • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio has seen its second straight week of “significant increases” in cases of cyclosporiasis, the parasite that has been connected to leafy greens, and to severe diarrhea throughout the U.S,…
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is soooo cooool Chemistry in Pictures: Crystal wolf cen.acs.org/materials/ph...
A bright-orange crystal is shaped like the head of a wolf.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body, like Epstein-Barr virus. This reactivation is linked to especially intense bouts of COVID-19 and to the development of long COVID. Published today in @nature.com:
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COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You will be surprised to learn that I do not believe there is a “moral imperative“ to teach educators about AI.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 04/08/2026
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 04/08/2026
our own graphic designer @nicoleharvel.bsky.social reviewed the new @wnba.com Cleveland Sirens logo because why wouldn’t she
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8 Matts in a Duffel Bag @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers.
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Saving these directions in case I need to build them for my classroom in the fall
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I would honestly pay double for a dumb tv with 4 HDMI ports and stereo RCA audio out jacks, I don’t even need bluetooth
A post by @comicprintinguk.bsky.social reads “But I don’t WANT to sign in to my tv. I just want to watch tv.”
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Kevin A. Risner @mrdecember.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So many people live in a parallel universe. My wife just saw a dude running outside on this 300 AQI evening. And driving back from my poetry reading, I saw numerous cars with all the windows DOWN. Cleveland, what is wrong with y'all?!?
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 17/07/2026
Taylor Farms said its iceberg lettuce is being removed from the U.S. market amid a cyclosporiasis outbreak. Here’s why www.latimes.com/california/story/20… 
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California-based Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from U.S. amid cyclosporiasis outbreak
Taylor Farms, headquartered in Salinas, is being investigated as a potential source of the diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreaks in the United States.
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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."
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Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) @csteachersorg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It's here! Nearly ten years since the last Standards, and after a three year writing process, the 2026 CSTA PK–12 Standards have been published! Check out the Standards, including implementation examples, interdisciplinary connections, and additional resources: csteachers.org/pk12standards
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Chris Carman @chriscarman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Princess Donut? The Queen Anne Chonk?
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