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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New short film on cosmic inflation (4 minutes). I thought it well done.🫡 @hookean.bsky.social : seems like something you’d be interested for your A levels / GSCE. #iteachphysics youtu.be/Yeo5UvrE8Mk?...

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Cosmic Inflation: Short Film

YouTube video by Witten

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A question: our Outlook email at my school now offers ai summaries of our email inbox. Since Microsoft is now reading our emails, I’m assuming they’re also storing that info somewhere. Isn’t this a major privacy (safety) issue? (second rule of Fight Club: never trust the ai overlords)

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Curious Michael Scott

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

May be minor, but I appreciate it. B&N came through for Ts...again. I'm very glad they're doing well. Death before Amazon! 💀

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Well, they have a precedent: they use Ts for free labor to proctor PSAT, some SATs, and AP exams.🫤 We’re all serfs to them.

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Monty Python: It Got Better

ALT: Monty Python: It Got Better

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Free email newsletter out of the UK for physics Ts: the Physics Staffroom Certainly UK-specific aspects, but I think a good bit relevant to all. @hookean gets a shout out in this one. (odds are I found this in one of your posts) thephysicsstaffroom.beehiiv.com/p/the-physic... #iteachphysics

thephysicsstaffroom.beehiiv.com

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

FWIW, since May’s arrived, here’s my all-time favorite teacher joke: It’s toward the end of the school year. Student: “What can I do to improve my grade.” Teacher: “It’s May.” Student: “What MAY I do to improve my grade?” 😂😂😂

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

After assessing midterms, a hypothesis. It’s been my observation that my musicians in physics generally do very well - generally better than peers. This year-as ever-I noted that about 30% of my students who answered incorrectly didn’t really read problem. Not my musicians.🤔 #iteachphysics 1/2

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A good analogy (metaphor?🤔) for learning physics: it’s not how you fall, but how you get up again. (starting my classes with this tomorrow 😉) #iteachphysics youtu.be/A6Lt3k0Rg8E?...

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The grind behind Alysa Liu’s success #shorts

YouTube video by 60 Minutes

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Not the Onion, not the NYT Pitchbot. Actual WSJ.😂😂😂

Wall Street Journal screenshot:

“Threat o California Billionaire Tax Draws Criticism from Ultrawealthy.”

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Developing next generation of readers. Bringing these to my granddaughter today (kindergarten and beginning to read). I tell my physics students that one of the best ways to do well in physics is to read for 15 consecutive minutes - no distractions - each day; it will rewire your brain.😊 Peace!

5 books: 3 National Geographic early readers (planets, elephants, foxes), Goodnight Moon, and Green Eggs and Ham.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

FWIW: when my physics vets stop by to visit after their first semester at college is pretty danged cool.😎 I’ll be smiling all weekend. (my school does a big Christmas break send off and it’s a tradition where the members of the previous year’s graduating class are invited)

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I'm hoping y'all higher ed instructors appreciate the effort I'm putting into these kiddos' lab reports. All I can say is that there's a LOT of growth going on. 😬 #iteachphysics (at Chesapeake AAPT meeting a couple years ago, my peers near demanded I do these as the their first years were so bad)

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a man in a suit and tie says " i think we 're making progress snl "

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " i think we 're making progress snl "

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#iteachphysics Ok, Team: add to the list of things to be careful with on the board (drawing rockets, baseball bats, etc.). Yesterday working an innocuous block at rest on inclined plane, I labeled friction “Ffs”.🫣 Be safe out there.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Just gotta say: holy moly! Carl Sagan’s “mote of dust in a sunbeam” through the teaser for House of Dynamite. No words.😬 youtu.be/0w6wUqWU3yU?...

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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Teaser | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My first school used PBIS. Yikes!😳 I made it three years, but I think PBIS is mostly hype, and what Modesto schools are seeing probably isn’t too surprising for any school using PBIS. youtu.be/ErJio51eypo?...

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Modesto teachers say classroom chaos has gotten out of control

YouTube video by CBS News Sacramento

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Just back from our first XC invitational meet of the year. The Team did great, but I’m here to say: Any time the coaches are also teachers at the school, it’s a GOOD thing. It’s about relationships, perspective, and balance. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.🫡

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Checked equipment for tomorrows kinematics lab #1, and unboxed a couple new buggy carts. Nicely done Arbor Scientific. Nicely done.😎 #iteachphysics

Blue physics buggy cart with Michigan license plate “Arborsci.com.”

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Hannah Fry on why the London Underground is so warm (hot!) in the summer now. Seems like good potential for thermodynamics discussion.🤔 (spoiler: has to do with clay it’s built through and all the trains / ppl that move through it daily). #iteachphysics Mind the Gap.😎 youtube.com/shorts/zlI0_...

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the tagine of transport

YouTube video by Hannah Fry

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Biggest SY accomplishment: declared pandemic over & got back to pacing/depth of 2018-19. Sure, some covid learning loss, but more convinced it’s student (& parent) resistance to getting back to where we were. Those easy As, completion credit, test corrections were a sweet deal.😉 #iteachphysics

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Almost there, Team.🫡 #iteachphysics (reposted, had a misspelling)

Bernie Sanders meme: “Once again I’m asking you to remove the batteries from your equipment for the summer.”

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

APP1 released FRQs 2025 just released. I’m cool with these.😎 #iteachphysics apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap...

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

@science.org: REALLY liking the new format.😎 Fellow science Ts: I’ve been an AAAS member for about 10 years, and have found Science to be a great tool to get at my scientific literacy skills (I also feel the first time my students read an actual scientific article shouldn’t be in college). Peace!

Cover of 1 May edition of Science Magazine; red rose on a black background.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I know there may come a time when I am no longer able to do these kinds of things, but that time has not yet arrived.😉 (from this year’s yearbook - I’m about to have a medicine ball thrown at me) Peace! #iteachphysics

Me on roller blades introducing momentum to my class.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

YouTube short capturing key points of Derek Muller’s presentation at the Perimeter Institute a few weeks ago. (Can AI replace teachers? summary: no) #iteachphysics youtube.com/shorts/HnT9S...

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💡Can AI Ever Replace Teachers? 人工智能 vs 教師 @veritasium

YouTube video by Wakeypédia 覺醒百科

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Just finished reading John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis.” Outstanding.👍👍👍 Too late to get it on my school’s summer reading list (our library already has it - science, science history, and social justice, good stuff!) but next year for sure. Peace!

Photo of cover of John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis.”

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Kindly do not ask me to help train Skynet. I’m my own John Connor, and I know where this goes.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Really not trying to cause any problems, but how can there even be “hundreds of books” about putting? You hit a little ball into a cup with a stick on level ground covered with well-maintained grass. Aren’t you overthinking it?🤔 I mean throw in some windmills or Godzilla, and I get it.

Wall Street Journal article with the title “I’ve read hundreds of books on the secret of great putting. Here’s what I’ve learned.”

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Not dancing on their grave, but I find it sort of ironic that Chegg is suing Google for ruining their business due to the effect of Google’s large language models.🙃 Students figured out pretty quick that they no longer have to pay to look up answers.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This photo from CNN today on a story on the Reagan Airport crash struck me. Two firefighters rendering honors to two of the Soldiers killed in the crash. The don’t know the persons’ race or sex / gender. They only know they were US Soldiers. Something cadet bone spurs will never understand. 🇺🇸🫡

Two firefighters salute flag-draped bodies of two Soldiers killed in the Reagan airport crash.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Reinstituted written lab reports last year after my higher ed peers asked (demanded!) based on their experiences with first year college physics students. I was agnostic at first, as I felt we met learning objectives well with our "board meetings" (group discussions) after labs. 1/3 #iteachphysics

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Catching up on reading & just read this in Science: Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Bottom line: gender gap in physics, etc., degrees closing at more selective unis.🤔 I just checked ERIC & only abstract, but good summary here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #iteachphysics

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An institution-level analysis of gender gaps in STEM over time

Gender gaps in engineering and computer science narrow at math-selective schools and widen in others

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I can’t help but notice things have significantly quieted down on the Great New Jersey Drone excitement. 🤔 Highly recommend the great @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social discussion of the social contagion of this at: youtu.be/-NI6lxgHaN8?...

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Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones...

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Team - we’re looking at summer reading books (already) & I just completed Dava Sobel’s latest “The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science.” I’m recommending it 👍 The review in Science sums it up well: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/2 #iteachphysics

Book cover showing Marie Curie’s face as if lit by radium.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Data point: first time since the pandemic that I feel my students really mastered N3L. Willing to accept there was some covid learning loss, but think bigger problem was many students got used to lower expectations & resisted getting back in the fight. Unit assessment Thursday.🫡 #iteachphysics

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

#iteachphysics & STEP UP Teammates: in case you haven’t heard yet, the Perimeter Institute announced today that Dr. Marcela Carena will become their new executive director. 👏👏👏 Peace! perimeterinstitute.ca/news/perimet...

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Perimeter Institute welcomes new Executive Director, Dr. Marcela Carena | PI News

Renowned particle physicist Dr. Marcela Carena will steer Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics into its second quarter-century.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

I was an active duty US Army officer for 25 years. Never missed an election, but had to vote by mail. Voted early this year. 👍 I still get choked up voting in person. It’s such a fundamental part of our democracy & I’ll never take it for granted. Peace!

Me after voting with my thumb up and my “I voted” sticker on.

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

@anndaraabrams.bsky.social How great to see you over here 👍👍👍 I just passed your book to my department leader to read as we look at why we do what we do with AP classes (truly, AP precalc was the proverbial last straw). Peace!

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Everything’s fine. #iteachphysics Post by physics Professor Paul Cottle, of Florida State U, on tragic shortfall of future Ts vs requirement in FL (I think many states would show similar results). bridgetotomorrow.wordpress.com/2024/02/09/f... This chart:😕

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VJ Nannini @fisicahulk.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Attended AAPT Chesapeake Section AAPT fall meeting, UMD-College Park yesterday. Best part: discussion w/college instructors on how we can better prepare our students. My view: connecting HS -> college instruction should be formalized as a priority for AAPT local sections.👍 Peace! #iteachphysics

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