Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025My son took this from our driveway. He calls it “Orion’s kilt” 290
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Their Roman Empire seems to be the Roman Empire. 010
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 15/02/2025When the recipe says add 1 teaspoon of vanillamedia.tenor.coma man with a beard is pouring soda into a glassALT: a man with a beard is pouring soda into a glass 050
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025“Disability is a family you can join at any point in your life.” — Judith Heumann 041
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Actual footage of me in differential equations class 000
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Gemini are all pretty good at physics and calculus, ymmv. However, they are all terrible at differential equations. Can any smart people weigh in as to why? 110
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025If momentum is conserved, it’ll be a very short performance. 000
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 09/02/2025When she says, “Find the parametric equations of the line tangent to the spacecurve at t=1”media.tenor.coma close up of a young boy 's face with the words ncaa college world series winner on the bottom .ALT: a close up of a young boy 's face with the words ncaa college world series winner on the bottom . 100
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025When Plato says art can be used for the good of the State, I just think, Wow. Those were different times. 050
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I had a differential equations problem today, and the only way I found to solve it was to create an excel spreadsheet and iterate for 16,000 rows, the whole time thinking about those NASA ladies doing that by hand for the space program, but also I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO PROFESSOR 040
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025My son did this last night in our backyard. I’m kind of flabbergasted. 1120
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Sometimes the timeline is a magic eight-ball of wisdom. 010
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025The full English Brexit always seems like a good idea at the time. 000
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025What I really think about rubies.open.substack.comWild and PreciousMy lover asked me, “Do you like rubies?” 010
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025You went to Schmed school! Bless all our teachers, Hank. That’s how we feel about you. 051
Reposted by Jonathan ByrdMichael Greshko @michaelgreshko.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Government scientists & employees: I'm a freelance journalist who writes for NYT, Science, SciAm, Nature, etc. If you want to securely discuss disruptions to your work, I'm available on Signal at mgreshko.01. Use a personal device on a trusted network. 🧪 06441
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Mom, reality’s here. Something about a check.forbes.com‘Quad-demic’ Hitting US With Flu, COVID-19, RSV, Norovirus SurgingU.S. surges of COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and norovirus have collectively been dubbed a "quad-demic." Here what you can do. 010
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Wait professors have to be the enemy now too?! They’re going to have to drop some board meetings 020
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025We did Jack’s DNA and turns out he’s 100% good boy 1140
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Struggling today with applying calculus. Wouldn’t it be strange if I memorized a bunch of chess games but didn’t know how to use a bishop? Stranger still if I made As in Chess I & II! That’s how it feels. I know how to integrate but not why. Just venting. 350
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I’m in Calculus III right now and LOSING MY FRIGGIN MIND! This is wizard school! 150
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025“If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed.” — Lyndon B. Johnson 110
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Painters: I started with five pigments and recently started playing with two others: 1) Burnt umber 2) French ultramarine 3) pyrrole rubine 4) cadmium yellow 5) titanium white Then 6) ivory black 7) yellow ochre Honestly not finding the black very useful. Yellow ochre, maybe? What about you? 050
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 19/01/2025“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” — George Orwell, Animal Farm 050
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Thanks, Mike. Here’s one of mine. Full-spectrum modified Canon EOS M50. 110
Reposted by Jonathan ByrdMike Brown @plutokiller.com · 17/01/2025Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is) 11546782049
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Ooo that looks great! I’ll see if I can find an affordable copy somewhere. Thank you 000
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025This is all just my opinion, but I know a lot of smart students who are struggling, and I see educators blaming AI, social media, etc., afraid to look inward. I loved your thought-provoking piece, and I think you will figure out a good way forward. You sound like a great teacher. 010
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025So, three questions that educators are afraid to ask right now that are actually THE questions. 1) Is this material relevant to students and their fields? 2) What does homework accomplish for students and their fields? 3) How are educators and their methods out of touch with students’ needs? 120
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025“Sharpening your mind” is not an acceptable answer now. We have to acknowledge that the old gatekeeping model is part of the problem. Economic pressures are tremendous. Time stress is tremendous. No one is going to spend days on problems they feel are irrelevant if they don’t have to. 110
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I actually want to be a physicist. If it’s a requisite course for them on their way to nursing school, why are they learning the nuances of copper’s electron configuration? The answer is somewhere in that question for every teacher, student, and institution right now. 110
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I used ChatGPT a lot for Physics I because the instruction was pretty chaotic. The LLM was about as good as fellow students, which was perfect for studying. I made a 98 in the class and 105 on the in-person final.chuckpearson.wordpress.comThe ethical case for resisting AII had my moment of reality regarding generative AI in my chemistry and physics classes this past term. I’ve always had the student frustration “I can’t Google your homework problems!” as a point of… 110
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I’m still an undergrad but I’m prepping for the professor times 030
Jonathan Byrd @jonathanbyrd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025The bookshelf above my desk. The positive x-axis points upwards. 160
