Steve-o Stonebraker
@sstoneb.bsky.social
Your basic child of the 80s nerd. I love #Transformers and #ITeachPhysics in Massachusetts.
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Steve-o Stonebraker
@sstoneb.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Steve-o’s Desmos creations – stuff from steve stonebraker
www.camphortree.net
A collection of my "ready for primetime" #desmos #physics graphs can be found here:
www.camphortree.net/blog/desmos/
Every graph has a brief explanation, a preview image, and a permalink that will redirect to future updates. #ITeachPhysics
www.camphortree.net/blog/desmos/
Every graph has a brief explanation, a preview image, and a permalink that will redirect to future updates. #ITeachPhysics
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Putting this out there: I was contacted by a media source who wanted to talk with US teachers & students who have encountered PragerU content in the classroom, professional development, policy conversations, etc. If that describes you or someone you know, DM me and I'll follow up! #edchat #K12
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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ANIMAL CROSSING 3.0 UPDATE DROPPED EARLYYYYY!!!! 🥹🩷
a cartoon dog is singing into a microphone with flowers flying around her
ALT: a cartoon dog is singing into a microphone with flowers flying around her
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
ANIMAL CROSSING 3.0 UPDATE DROPPED EARLYYYYY!!!! 🥹🩷
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This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
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Fresh new pots available on my website now! www.roseschmits.com international shipping available
January 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Fresh new pots available on my website now! www.roseschmits.com international shipping available
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Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Wildlife tracking tips. A wintry comic from last year.
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BIG WEEK FOR THOSE FLUENT IN THE GOOD GRAMMAR OF CIVILITY LOOKING TO DEPLOY DECORUM TO MASK AGENDAS OF CRUELTY
BIG DAY FOR THOSE FLUENT IN THE GOOD GRAMMAR OF CIVILITY LOOKING TO DEPLOY DECORUM TO MASK AGENDAS OF CRUELTY
It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
BIG WEEK FOR THOSE FLUENT IN THE GOOD GRAMMAR OF CIVILITY LOOKING TO DEPLOY DECORUM TO MASK AGENDAS OF CRUELTY
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
January 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
A student showed me the #pokemon puzzle PokeDoku earlier this week, and today's was the first one I did OK on. Could've gotten 8 but I 2nd guessed myself and gave up!
🔴 PokeDoku Summary ⚪️
By: daddledingo
Score: 7/9
Uniqueness: 281/28
✅ 🟥 ✅
✅ ✅ ✅
✅ 🟥 ✅
Play at: pokedoku.com/share/wENZLd...
🔴 PokeDoku Summary ⚪️
By: daddledingo
Score: 7/9
Uniqueness: 281/28
✅ 🟥 ✅
✅ ✅ ✅
✅ 🟥 ✅
Play at: pokedoku.com/share/wENZLd...
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
A student showed me the #pokemon puzzle PokeDoku earlier this week, and today's was the first one I did OK on. Could've gotten 8 but I 2nd guessed myself and gave up!
🔴 PokeDoku Summary ⚪️
By: daddledingo
Score: 7/9
Uniqueness: 281/28
✅ 🟥 ✅
✅ ✅ ✅
✅ 🟥 ✅
Play at: pokedoku.com/share/wENZLd...
🔴 PokeDoku Summary ⚪️
By: daddledingo
Score: 7/9
Uniqueness: 281/28
✅ 🟥 ✅
✅ ✅ ✅
✅ 🟥 ✅
Play at: pokedoku.com/share/wENZLd...
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I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
I was already following Craig Munro but this piece makes me want to follow him again. Please, someone seeing this repost, follow him for me because I cannot.
Human artists, use only once piece to convince people to follow you!
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I was already following Craig Munro but this piece makes me want to follow him again. Please, someone seeing this repost, follow him for me because I cannot.
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Are funny teachers more effective?
This is an interesting study because most studies on this are correlational, this uses randomised controlled experiments.
This is an interesting study because most studies on this are correlational, this uses randomised controlled experiments.
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Are funny teachers more effective?
This is an interesting study because most studies on this are correlational, this uses randomised controlled experiments.
This is an interesting study because most studies on this are correlational, this uses randomised controlled experiments.
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Rings appear to spin.
January 4, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Rings appear to spin.
During strong winds on xmas morning, Lick Observatory lost one of the shutter doors from the dome that houses their historic 36" Alvan Clark & Sons refractor!
News clip here:
youtu.be/rPoIrMzOubU?...
Bruce Macintosh, the UC Observatories director, has a couple threads with more info...
#astronomy
News clip here:
youtu.be/rPoIrMzOubU?...
Bruce Macintosh, the UC Observatories director, has a couple threads with more info...
#astronomy
Lick Observatory badly damaged after 114 mph winds Christmas morning
YouTube video by ABC7 News Bay Area
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
During strong winds on xmas morning, Lick Observatory lost one of the shutter doors from the dome that houses their historic 36" Alvan Clark & Sons refractor!
News clip here:
youtu.be/rPoIrMzOubU?...
Bruce Macintosh, the UC Observatories director, has a couple threads with more info...
#astronomy
News clip here:
youtu.be/rPoIrMzOubU?...
Bruce Macintosh, the UC Observatories director, has a couple threads with more info...
#astronomy
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Dear newcomers to Bsky, in the early days of this site, we collectively decided that blocking and not engaging is better than bringing some shit to your feed by quote dunking.
Quote dunking is a faux pas here.
Don't do this.
See someone who's wrong on your feed?
Block them and move on.
Quote dunking is a faux pas here.
Don't do this.
See someone who's wrong on your feed?
Block them and move on.
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Dear newcomers to Bsky, in the early days of this site, we collectively decided that blocking and not engaging is better than bringing some shit to your feed by quote dunking.
Quote dunking is a faux pas here.
Don't do this.
See someone who's wrong on your feed?
Block them and move on.
Quote dunking is a faux pas here.
Don't do this.
See someone who's wrong on your feed?
Block them and move on.
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There have been two papers on this topic:
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
December 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
There have been two papers on this topic:
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
"Pressures produced when penguins pooh—calculations on avian defaecation" in 2003 (source of figure above) & a 2020 paper "Projectile Trajectory of Penguin's Faeces and Rectal Pressure Revisited" (source of figure below).
Delightful!
What do you think this NPC in "Once Upon A Katamari" wants to force his colleagues to discuss with him by having The Prince roll them up to be his captive audience?
I'm guessing either "Has feminism failed women?" or "What are the biological foundations of IQ?", but would love to hear more ideas.
I'm guessing either "Has feminism failed women?" or "What are the biological foundations of IQ?", but would love to hear more ideas.
December 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What do you think this NPC in "Once Upon A Katamari" wants to force his colleagues to discuss with him by having The Prince roll them up to be his captive audience?
I'm guessing either "Has feminism failed women?" or "What are the biological foundations of IQ?", but would love to hear more ideas.
I'm guessing either "Has feminism failed women?" or "What are the biological foundations of IQ?", but would love to hear more ideas.
I really enjoy video essays, but I so desperately wish they had identifiable thesis statements that could help me decide if I want to dedicate the watch-time.
Articles need abstracts! It's even more important for audio and video because you can't skim them or hop around like you can with text.
Articles need abstracts! It's even more important for audio and video because you can't skim them or hop around like you can with text.
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I really enjoy video essays, but I so desperately wish they had identifiable thesis statements that could help me decide if I want to dedicate the watch-time.
Articles need abstracts! It's even more important for audio and video because you can't skim them or hop around like you can with text.
Articles need abstracts! It's even more important for audio and video because you can't skim them or hop around like you can with text.
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While trying to convince my nephew of the magic of the Lord of the Rings movies I showed him this LOTR/Mulan mashup AMV, and now I fear his love for it exceeds his love for either property youtu.be/fMiM0O1YiMo?...
Éomer's Bootcamp (I'll Make a Man Out of You)
YouTube video by EomersBootcamp
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
While trying to convince my nephew of the magic of the Lord of the Rings movies I showed him this LOTR/Mulan mashup AMV, and now I fear his love for it exceeds his love for either property youtu.be/fMiM0O1YiMo?...
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Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
December 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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A blog article taking a tour of the Nelson Shin Animation Art Museum in Gwacheon, South Korea blog.naver.com/gccity_blog/...
(HQ photos at link)
#transformers #transformersthemovie #marvel
(HQ photos at link)
#transformers #transformersthemovie #marvel
December 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A blog article taking a tour of the Nelson Shin Animation Art Museum in Gwacheon, South Korea blog.naver.com/gccity_blog/...
(HQ photos at link)
#transformers #transformersthemovie #marvel
(HQ photos at link)
#transformers #transformersthemovie #marvel
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This video of a hopper popper launch was filmed at 1200 fps. #ITeachPhysics
December 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This video of a hopper popper launch was filmed at 1200 fps. #ITeachPhysics
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in part it's a story about rich investors using money that isn't theirs to buy up an emerging communications technology developed by enthusiasts, then firing most of the staff and refusing to do maintenance, raising prices as the service degrades and using it to undermine older public infrastructure
I'm reading Going Postal right now and he explains why, in a world that includes magic, people do not use magic to do everything (or anything, for the most part)
basically, it's inherently unpredictable and you know it will cost you but you don't know how or when
basically, it's inherently unpredictable and you know it will cost you but you don't know how or when
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
in part it's a story about rich investors using money that isn't theirs to buy up an emerging communications technology developed by enthusiasts, then firing most of the staff and refusing to do maintenance, raising prices as the service degrades and using it to undermine older public infrastructure