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High School Physics Teacher. Desmos Fellow. He/him. #iTeachPhysics #EduSky

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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · Nov 25
🍎 New folks to #ITeachPhysics: you may find these interactives and other resources useful!

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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.

www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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warrenjwells.bsky.social
A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true:

There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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mglerner.bsky.social
Hey #Physics / #ITeachPhysics / #Biophysics / #Math friends: a math colleague has a student who took complex analysis last semester and who wants to practice using the residue theorem to compute *real things* instead of random toy problems. Do you have good examples? Surprisingly, I don't ...
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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paulisci.bsky.social
A Brief History of Children Today Are Growing Up Too Fast

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February 10, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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The robot apocalypse hasn't happened yet, but still I can't escape the feeling that something has gone horribly wrong... Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

More of my work for Trouw: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#ArtificialIntelligence #creativity #work #GenerativeAI
Cartoon showing a street in the rain. A man on a bike is delivering food, while another courier is delivering packages from Amazon. Two other workers are collecting garbage. Inside one of the houses on the street, we see robots labeled 'AI' sitting dry and warm, engaged in making a paining, playing the violin and writing.
February 2, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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numb.comfortab.ly
Bad Bunny like
a cartoon character pointing at a map of the united states
Alt: Yakko naming countries of the world
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February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Dwayne “Dirac” Johnson

📍National Institute of Physics (UP Diliman)

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Framed black and white picture of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a turtleneck, jeans and a fanny pack, but with Paul Dirac’s face. In the top left, it reads: “Do you smell what Dirac is cooking?” in cursive. In the bottom right it reads: Dwayne “Dirac” Johnson 1933 two-time Nobel Rumble champion
February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Leader, friend and teacher to us all, @saravanderwerf.bsky.social could use a hand if you've got it. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM
afreeparticle.com
Daughter taught me about her porcupine generator. #iTeachPhysics
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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coreyspowell.bsky.social
News from the edge of the visible universe:

JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.

(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭

science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
The galaxy designated MoM-z14 is currently the farthest galaxy ever detected, spotted by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and confirmed spectroscopically with its NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument. Through Webb, we are seeing this galaxy as it appeared in the distant past, only 280 million years after the universe began in the big bang. Its light has traveled through space for more than 13 billion years to reach us. Like some other galaxies Webb has discovered in the early universe, MoM-z14 is brighter, more compact, and more chemically enriched than astronomers expected to find in this early era. While it may pass out of record books quickly as the farthest galaxy, MoM-z14 will still play a role in helping astronomers and theorists reach new understanding of the earliest chapters in the universe’s story.
February 6, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
To: Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com] From: Sent: Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM Subject: Re: florida visit? good typing! oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: i am tied up until aug On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM, wrote: You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months. I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job. think What are you doing next week?
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
You don’t understand. Cryptocurrency is the future. All it will take is everyone agreeing to this and if that doesn’t happen? Okay hold on
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins President Trump now says it was Attorney General Pam Bondi who insisted DNI Tulsi Gabbard attend the FBI raid in Georgia. Last night, he told NBC he didn't know why she was there. And Gabbard said in a letter to Congress that "the president specifically directed my observance of the execution of the Fulton County search warrant."
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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mbkplus.bsky.social
the op-ed is awful, but I also can't get over the headline — it's bafflingly poor in terms of grammar / clarity.
marcelias.bsky.social Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d
The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.

Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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jonbois.bsky.social
it's unbelievable to me that someone could actually be a trillionaire. i think most of us have trouble internalizing how much money that truly is. let me put it in simple terms for you: a trillion dollars is three million dollars
February 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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thomasfuchs.at
If you're not familiar with software development, seeing "lines of code produced" as a metric of quality is like paying a cook by the amount of salt they use.
alexhanna.bsky.social Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 8d
Meta now forcing all employees to use AI tools and tying it to employee performance, according to @theinformation.com.

HR said "this is not an activity tracker—it’s an impact-evidence starter"

That's a fun way to rebrand workplace surveillance.
Businesses such as Microsoft are increasingly nudging their employees to utilize AI to get more done. Others are forcing the issue. One of the biggest firms to take the more aggressive path is Meta Platforms, which at the end of December had 78,865 employees. At a companywide meeting last month, Meta leaders briefed employees on a new performance review and bonus system closely tied to their AI usage, according to a recording of the meeting. For instance, the company’s AI-powered performance tracker, Checkpoint, looks at how many lines of code are generated by software engineers using AI tools, along with over 200 other data points. They include the number of errors or bugs associated with engineers’ code; the amount of code an engineer wrote themselves without AI. Checkpoint is supposed to reduce the time it takes to prepare performance reviews, according to the meeting recording. It uses data from tools employees already use, such as Google Workspace to provide a summary of an employee’s work. “To be clear, this is not an activity tracker—it’s an impact-evidence starter,” said one HR leader during the meeting. Managers then evaluate employees’ impact based on these checkpoint summaries and assign a rating. To help employees accomplish such goals, Meta has expanded their access to AI models made by other firms, such as Google’s Gemini 3 Pro and OpenAI’s GPT-5, alongside Meta’s own Llama models. Employees use such models for coding and other tasks.
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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andrewqmr.bsky.social
Post by Internet Hippo that says: Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
I’m trying not to be impulsive in my commentary so I’m just posting this story without offering any of the comments that I could readily make about it

But 2014 is after 2007
Harvard Professor Lisa Randall Maintained Years of Contact with Epstein, Flew on Jet | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professor Lisa J. Randall ’84 maintained years of contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein — exchanging emails and phone calls and flying on his private jet in 2014 — according t...
www.thecrimson.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.

Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.

With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.

Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
One more reason my soul shrivels up every time I hear someone say "I just used chatgpt to ____"
An imagine explaining that OpenAI is Trump's largest donor
January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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mcnees.bsky.social
What is the point of these LaTeX editors with a chatbot built in. To help search for references? If you aren't familiar with a reference, you shouldn't be citing it (if it even exists). And if you haven't thought carefully about how it relates to what you're doing, IT IS NOT REALLY A CITATION. 🧪
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM