Darren Massa
@darrenmassa.com
COE Assistant Superintendent, Science educator, #GoogleEI #MTV14, AI enthusiast, past #RealScientists curator, #ScienceFriday #TeachTheE panelist, proud Sacramento Kings fan, UCSB alum, retired sketch comedian.
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Darren Massa
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· Nov 15
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🌿 Week 3 of AI for Busy Parents: AI & the School Shuffle
Quick win: Have AI make a playful morning checklist so you’re not stuck saying “shoes, backpack, lunchbox!” on repeat.
Full post + prompts 👉 aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #parentinghacks #backtoschool #AI
Quick win: Have AI make a playful morning checklist so you’re not stuck saying “shoes, backpack, lunchbox!” on repeat.
Full post + prompts 👉 aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #parentinghacks #backtoschool #AI
AI for Busy Parents | Substack
Save an hour. Keep what's left of your sanity. Click to read AI for Busy Parents, a Substack publication. Launched 14 days ago.
aiforbusyparents.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🌿 Week 3 of AI for Busy Parents: AI & the School Shuffle
Quick win: Have AI make a playful morning checklist so you’re not stuck saying “shoes, backpack, lunchbox!” on repeat.
Full post + prompts 👉 aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #parentinghacks #backtoschool #AI
Quick win: Have AI make a playful morning checklist so you’re not stuck saying “shoes, backpack, lunchbox!” on repeat.
Full post + prompts 👉 aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #parentinghacks #backtoschool #AI
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🌿 Week 2 of AI for Busy Parents: AI as Your Sidekick
✨ Copy/paste into ChatGPT:
“Plan 5 easy dinners for a family of 4, 1 meatless, minimal prep. Include grocery list.”
Meals = done in a minute.
Full post: aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #busyparents #AIforParents
✨ Copy/paste into ChatGPT:
“Plan 5 easy dinners for a family of 4, 1 meatless, minimal prep. Include grocery list.”
Meals = done in a minute.
Full post: aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #busyparents #AIforParents
AI for Busy Parents | Substack
Save an hour. Keep what's left of your sanity. Click to read AI for Busy Parents, a Substack publication. Launched 8 days ago.
aiforbusyparents.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🌿 Week 2 of AI for Busy Parents: AI as Your Sidekick
✨ Copy/paste into ChatGPT:
“Plan 5 easy dinners for a family of 4, 1 meatless, minimal prep. Include grocery list.”
Meals = done in a minute.
Full post: aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #busyparents #AIforParents
✨ Copy/paste into ChatGPT:
“Plan 5 easy dinners for a family of 4, 1 meatless, minimal prep. Include grocery list.”
Meals = done in a minute.
Full post: aiforbusyparents.substack.com
#momsky #parentingtips #busyparents #AIforParents
Reposted by Darren Massa
The Rescissions Act has been approved, stripping $1.1 billion in allocated funding for public media. Now, more than ever, your ongoing support makes all the difference. Use our station search to find your local SciFri broadcast and donate. Thank you for joining us.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Rescissions Act has been approved, stripping $1.1 billion in allocated funding for public media. Now, more than ever, your ongoing support makes all the difference. Use our station search to find your local SciFri broadcast and donate. Thank you for joining us.
Call this what it is: ethnic cleansing and human trafficking.
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Call this what it is: ethnic cleansing and human trafficking.
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“The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage in one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm imaginable.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
www.nytimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage in one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm imaginable.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
Any Lord of the Rings movie. Walked out of the first one. It's the one and only time I've ever walked out of a movie.
Name a Film Everyone loves except You.
July 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Any Lord of the Rings movie. Walked out of the first one. It's the one and only time I've ever walked out of a movie.
Reposted by Darren Massa
BREAKING: The California Department of Education just received word that billions of dollars appropriated by Congress for the coming school year are being illegally impounded by the Trump Administration. Follow for continued updates.
July 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
BREAKING: The California Department of Education just received word that billions of dollars appropriated by Congress for the coming school year are being illegally impounded by the Trump Administration. Follow for continued updates.
Reposted by Darren Massa
Eliminated the Warriors AND Lakers. Legendary. Appreciate you, Wolves.
a logo for the minnesota timberwolves with a wolf
ALT: a logo for the minnesota timberwolves with a wolf
media.tenor.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Eliminated the Warriors AND Lakers. Legendary. Appreciate you, Wolves.
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Every student deserves a school library with a certified library teacher! #EduSky #TLSky #Skybrarian
@aaslpres.bsky.social @futureready.bsky.social @shannonmmiller.bsky.social @mrsbongiornoedu.bsky.social @slj.com
@aaslpres.bsky.social @futureready.bsky.social @shannonmmiller.bsky.social @mrsbongiornoedu.bsky.social @slj.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Every student deserves a school library with a certified library teacher! #EduSky #TLSky #Skybrarian
@aaslpres.bsky.social @futureready.bsky.social @shannonmmiller.bsky.social @mrsbongiornoedu.bsky.social @slj.com
@aaslpres.bsky.social @futureready.bsky.social @shannonmmiller.bsky.social @mrsbongiornoedu.bsky.social @slj.com
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Good morning. If you have an April fool’s joke planned, stop it.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good morning. If you have an April fool’s joke planned, stop it.
Works for me. And surely all of us can agree that the one thing the front office can't do is to do nothing at the deadline. Right? RIGHT?? 😬
At least from all the reports, a Fox trade is feeling inevitable. However, I personally would rather still make some trades this week to improve the team WITH Fox and then revisit his situation in the offseason. Give this group one last chance to put it together.
February 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Works for me. And surely all of us can agree that the one thing the front office can't do is to do nothing at the deadline. Right? RIGHT?? 😬
Reposted by Darren Massa
Join California Department of Education for February AI webinars, focused on equity and featuring CSTA Equity Fellows. Register 2/5: bit.ly/CAStudentsAI, 2/6: bit.ly/A2GenZAI, 2/12: bit.ly/CAInclusiveAI, 2/20: bit.ly/AI_Inequities, 2/26: bit.ly/EquityMindedAI
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Join California Department of Education for February AI webinars, focused on equity and featuring CSTA Equity Fellows. Register 2/5: bit.ly/CAStudentsAI, 2/6: bit.ly/A2GenZAI, 2/12: bit.ly/CAInclusiveAI, 2/20: bit.ly/AI_Inequities, 2/26: bit.ly/EquityMindedAI
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I'm going to flat out say it: Domantas Sabonis deserves an All-Star selection more than some of the starters at the game.
January 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm going to flat out say it: Domantas Sabonis deserves an All-Star selection more than some of the starters at the game.
Reposted by Darren Massa
EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex"
Biological reality:
Biological reality:
What an awesome night! First beam for two of us. Go Kings! #LightTheBeam
January 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
What an awesome night! First beam for two of us. Go Kings! #LightTheBeam
Interesting read. Definitely counter to the narrative we've been hearing lately.
"'Screen media plays little role in mental health concerns' and avoiding screens brings little improvement."
"'Screen media plays little role in mental health concerns' and avoiding screens brings little improvement."
Why the latest CDC teen mental health report is a politically inconvenient bombshell for crusading California pols
The report reveals that teens’ use of social media is more complicated than the simplistic campaigns to restrict access recognize.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Interesting read. Definitely counter to the narrative we've been hearing lately.
"'Screen media plays little role in mental health concerns' and avoiding screens brings little improvement."
"'Screen media plays little role in mental health concerns' and avoiding screens brings little improvement."
@morganragan.bsky.social is right. Switching that screen up top FOR AN ENTIRE GAME lost us this one. So frustrating.
December 2, 2024 at 4:32 AM
@morganragan.bsky.social is right. Switching that screen up top FOR AN ENTIRE GAME lost us this one. So frustrating.
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Happy Thanksgiving courtesy of SCIENCE :) youtu.be/gQJHuG1Byj0?...
There Might Be a Dinosaur On Your Dinner Table
YouTube video by Be Smart
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Happy Thanksgiving courtesy of SCIENCE :) youtu.be/gQJHuG1Byj0?...
Reposted by Darren Massa
I don't understand people who leave their home in the morning to go get coffee.
How do you manage to get out of bed, get dressed, and make it to the coffee shop without caffeine? 🤔😂
How do you manage to get out of bed, get dressed, and make it to the coffee shop without caffeine? 🤔😂
November 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I don't understand people who leave their home in the morning to go get coffee.
How do you manage to get out of bed, get dressed, and make it to the coffee shop without caffeine? 🤔😂
How do you manage to get out of bed, get dressed, and make it to the coffee shop without caffeine? 🤔😂
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Social Emotional Check-in as we start orbits in AP Physics 1 tomorrow: Which 3 body orbit are you?
Source: www.youtube.com/shorts/6EvaV...
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Source: www.youtube.com/shorts/6EvaV...
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November 20, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Social Emotional Check-in as we start orbits in AP Physics 1 tomorrow: Which 3 body orbit are you?
Source: www.youtube.com/shorts/6EvaV...
🎢🍎
Source: www.youtube.com/shorts/6EvaV...
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Two X accounts deactivated. Feels good!
November 21, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Two X accounts deactivated. Feels good!
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Ever pasted in text, only to have to re-format its size, color, and/or font to blend it with your existing document? No more! Using Ctrl + Shift + V allows pasted text to adopt the formatting of the new space... on its own!
(Mac: Replace “Ctrl" w/“Cmd")
#ButteCOE #EdTech #EduSky #KeyboardShortcuts
(Mac: Replace “Ctrl" w/“Cmd")
#ButteCOE #EdTech #EduSky #KeyboardShortcuts
November 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Ever pasted in text, only to have to re-format its size, color, and/or font to blend it with your existing document? No more! Using Ctrl + Shift + V allows pasted text to adopt the formatting of the new space... on its own!
(Mac: Replace “Ctrl" w/“Cmd")
#ButteCOE #EdTech #EduSky #KeyboardShortcuts
(Mac: Replace “Ctrl" w/“Cmd")
#ButteCOE #EdTech #EduSky #KeyboardShortcuts