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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

just start saying this plainly to more people i'm serious.

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MathMatize Memes @mathmatize.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

When the slide is continuous but not differentiable #MathSky

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Dr Dan Jones @hookean.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Newton's Laws of Motion ;) #ITeachPhysics

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W. Brian Lane (he/him), PhD @wbrianlane.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Parenthood and teaching are really both about insisting on social norms to prevent absolute chaos aren't they

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I see a lot of discussion about the halt on federal spending. Don't forget to read the primary document for yourself. Don't be swept up in political outrage without first assessing if the outrage is warranted. Root your fury in the facts. Here's the link to the OMB memo.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

There is simply no plausible argument that the president has the constitutional authority to refuse to spend appropriated funds because he doesn’t like how the money is being spent. The legality of policy impoundments is just not a close question.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

It's only ever a series of ticks. Pitch is all in your head. (Audio on. Sorry for shaky cam.)

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

💛WIN A BOLLARD💛 The most popular competition in the history of social media is back. It's the prize you've all been waiting for. Repost and follow to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous Monoscape Bridgeford Smooth Grey Concrete Bollard worth £252.42. #WorldBollardAssociation

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Clive Hill @clivehill.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Did you know that Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock move "Speed" had no director? If it had direction, it would've been called Velocity... #ScienceJoke #DadJoke

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a bald man with a beard is saying i 'll get my coat .

ALT: a bald man with a beard is saying i 'll get my coat .

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

@brianbunton.bsky.social Minute Cryptic - 26 January 2025 "Crack second pitted olive" (5) ⚪️🟡🟡🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 over par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

minutecryptic.com

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I got warm fuzzies just imagining hearing these phrases.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My son(7yo) got Gravitrax for Christmas. We have been having a blast inventing our own tracks. He wanted a 3-way race which used the flip-flop and the X. It's nothing special but it's fun watching him build spatial reasoning and a joy to run the marbles down the tracks. 10/10 gift.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This isn't usually what people call me but in the most profound sense, they're not wrong.

Email sent to me and begins with the literal text "Hello First Name"

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/01/2025

Nation’s Huggers Announce Plans For You To Get Over Here theonion.com/nation-...

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Doing laundry in the winter brings the fun game of "Still Damp? or Just Cold?" I know, if I just got my clothes when the dryer finished then I wouldn't have this problem but who among us is on top of it enough to do that?

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is an astounding statistic.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

To mark MLK Day I like to read his most famous speech in its entirety. Watching it is great but reading the transcript lets me sit with the words and ideas. It's challenging and aspiring. Seriously, give it a read, the whole thing.

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Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety

Americans across the U.S. are celebrating King's legacy this weekend. One way to reflect on his life and message is by revisiting his celebrated 1963 speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Has there ever been a generation that didn't believe they lived in a pivotal time in history? This too shall pass.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It's official: here's the first look at the Switch 2, along with what appears to be a new Mario Kart game. Nintendo says more will be revealed at a Nintendo Direct on April 2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpc...

youtube.com

An update from Nintendo

YouTube video by Nintendo of America

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I remember expressing this worry to my husband when preparing for one of my first lectures and he said something like "you're a professor now, you should be able to talk about anything for any amount of time" and now I think of that as the true definition of "professing"

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I can't agree with this more. The blog is a brief yet solid read.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It's a bitter pill to accept that even most of our physics majors passed their math courses without actually learning the math.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Chuck does a good job laying out what I see to be the effects of genAI on the learning process. Short circuiting the essential part, the hard part, *feels good* to the student in the moment but robs them of the chance to actually learn and grow.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 10/01/2025

Feel like this graph accurately describes my experience grading exams, and I need to make sure my students know. #MTBoS #iTeachMath #EduSky

A graph of "likelihood of being 100% correct" vs "length of student response" which is in an upsidedown parabola shape

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This is the most beautiful place on earth. West coast, best coast.

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

You've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for #math #ITeachMath #EduSky

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Dr Dan Jones @hookean.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

If just a fraction of my followers watched this playlist whilst logged into youtube this holiday, my channel would get monetised, allowing me to pay for the upkeep on the PhysicsEd website. Are you able to help me? Pls repost to help out. Thank you. Dan www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

My son successfully gave me his stomach bug. It was probably when he sneezed into my face while I was talking. Thanks, buddy!

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Helen Reynolds @helenrey.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

New to teaching physics? Not new but looking for a new way to do it? GIFT - Good Ideas For Teaching physics (toys, tricks, labs etc.) GLASS - Games (online) Labs And Simulations Spreadsheet (with 2nd sheet of video clips) The complete set (for now)! bit.ly/3mErTj0

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Rhett Allain @rhettallain.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

It would be like using golf carts in a class to help students be better runners. Sure, you can go faster with a golf cart - but getting from point A to B is not the point

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction As vaccine skeptics grow in influence, this graphic is a striking reminder of how vaccines changed America. Edward Tufte combined underlying graphics from the WSJ to make this. More details: graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.

Tweeted by Edward Tufte here https://x.com/EdwardTufte/status/576839659378069505

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I tried to get GPT to generate a version of this diagram. What follows are my attempts.

A puck moves in a circle on a table top. There is a string attached to the puck on one end. The other end passes through a hole in the table and attaches to a weight.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A group of students were studying outside my office and one of them asked me about the hardest class I took as an undergrad. I told them Solid State and they started asking me what it was about. What followed was 10 minutes of asking and answering questions about...

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Only you can stop misplaced moral panic about insignificant things.

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Jim @jimc5.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

There's an asymmetry to trolling. The troll needs normies to bother. Normies neither need nor want trolls. I don't want to drag them, I just want to starve them of the attention they crave. Rule number one of the internet is "don't feed the trolls".

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I've never looked this contented while grading.

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Dressing in layers is great for unpredictable weather but if you wear socks for cold weather and it is warmer than expected, you're in for a bad time. You can't layer your socks...can you?

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Scott Carr @twotheta.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Calling an audible for class today. Wish me luck!

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Jacopo Bertolotti @jacopobertolotti.com · 01/12/2024

Counterpoint: Physicists are Warlocks, that made a pact with the Universe in exchange for power. Therefore, contrary to Mathematicians, we are actually bound to what is real 😉

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