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Steve-o Stonebraker
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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
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
Steve-o’s Desmos creations – stuff from steve stonebraker
www.camphortree.net
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ehehenohe.bsky.social
The Frog's Window. 2025/11/12.
(East Japanese Tree Frog)
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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the-physics-well.net
Still processing my images of last night's aurora. This 98x time- lapse captures the major outburst in NorCal between 8:30 and 9:00. Sony Alpha 7 III, FE 14 mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 1250, 4s exposures. I have used these settings for bright aurora but never had the sensor saturate before! #astrophotography
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
After a good #ITeachPhysics conversation a few weeks ago about "radial" and "centripetal" I have a new question... I'm doing orbits for the next few days.

When you are dealing with elliptical orbits (NOT circular) what names do you use for the following directions...
#AstroEdu
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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adamfrank4.bsky.social
Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb.

"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"

sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft.  He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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hellocloudy.bsky.social
a lil group shot of my cat loaf worry stones!! at this size are they even loafs? maybe they're cat cookies 🥹🤲
a bunch of small worry stones shaped like cats of various colors a hand holding a worry stone shaped like a cat loaf a hand holding seven worry stones shaped like cats of different colors
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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effies.bsky.social
Jupiter says trans rights
apod.shinyakato.dev Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 1d
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colours of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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ladyemily.nebula.tv
Screenshot from Zeta Gundam in which Quattro Bagina says, “Isn't there any way to send all politicians to outer space?”
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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adzebill.bsky.social
The Wiki Science photo competition is running until mid-December! Be in to win cash prizes by donating your science photos for use in Wikipedia. Categories include people in science, microscopy, wildlife and nature, and astronomy. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in Australia and New Zealand - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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howtoreadthisch.art
4. Other good charts, like this look at where and when certain behaviors are acceptable.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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obviousplant.bsky.social
Dungeness & Dragons
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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glastomichelle.bsky.social
Rainbow through the archway. This morning on Glastonbury Tor.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. In a devastating decision for trans kids in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the 6th Circuit has ruled students can bully trans kids by repeatedly misgendering them.

Trans kids also are not allowed to return the favor to their bullies.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
6th Circuit Rules Cis Students May Bully Trans Students By Repeatedly Misgendering Them
The Circuit also seemed to suggest that trans students could not misgender their bullies in return.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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sixotf.bsky.social
NEW COLLECTOR INTERVIEW! Many of you will know David Willis (@damnyouwillis.bsky.social) by reputation, but now the legendary comic creator & Transformers fan is taking us behind the scenes of his collection! With Dinobots, Hot Shots, Ratchets & Sunstorms aplenty --> tfsource.com/blog/2025/11...
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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funfactscience.com
spending Friday night waiting for a thunderstorm to pass so that I can start my telescope observations
mocking spongebob meme with the text "radio telescopes can observe in any weather"
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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sos-aapt.bsky.social
A new logo provided by @aapthq.bsky.social
We just had out Fall 2025 Meeting at Wittenberg University. Find out more sosaapt.weebly.com/fall-2025---...
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Finding out that stars in the night sky go through different stages changes your understanding of the universe. Look at the life cycle of a star with our paper model! Find out more here: buff.ly/bnDW4qk

#EduSky #iteachphysics #space #stars #supernova #scienceteacher
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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phyicistbrianm.bsky.social
Cool fact. Pasco wireless force probes and carts only work with the hooks they came with. A longer threaded hook interferes w/the flex of the strain gauge and prevents them from being calibrated. The one on the right is correct #ITeachPhysics
A photo of two threaded hooks. One has a longer threaded length
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
#ITeachPhysics I'm trying a variation on a circular motion lab @joemilliano.bsky.social has written about before, using a force sensor while spinning things around on strings. The "good" part of this test from 10-20 s still shows a big variation in force. Do other people get similar results?
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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neorsd.org
today, we will treat sewage.

we will manage the foul remnants of our past, the health of our present, the hope of our future.

days end, but the mission endures.

because there will be sewage to treat tomorrow. but this day is today.

and today, we will treat sewage.
puffy white and gray clouds in a blue sky above a treatment plant tank in the foreground and Cleveland skyline in the background.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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divbyzero.bsky.social
My son sent this to me: How to play the Severnce theme song in Desmos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdzH...
The Severance Theme... but it's Desmos
YouTube video by Marc Evanstein / music․py
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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ehehenohe.bsky.social
"I Was Waiting For The Sun Here"
At Sovereign Land Of Frogs, An East Japanese Tree Frog. 2025/10/31.
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
In the 90s when I was in college I read "The Winner-Take-All Society" by Frank & Cook (1995) for an econ class. It had this passage about the "Lake Wobegon effect" which has always stuck with me:

"60% thought they were in the top 10%, and 25% thought they were in the top 1 percent."
Photo of a page from "The Winner-Take-All Society" by Frank & Cook. It has yellow and pink highlighting. The text reads: Studies have found that most people think they are more intelligent and better drivers than the average person. Workers asked to rate their productivity on a percentile scale relative to their coworkers responded with an average self-assessment of being in the 77th percentile, and more than 90 percent felt they were more productive than the median worker. More than 70 percent of one million high school seniors reported in a survey that they had above-average leadership ability; only 2 percent saw themselves as below average. When asked about their ability to get along with others, virtually all of those same students said they were above average; 60 percent thought they were in the top 10 percent, and 25 percent thought there were in the top 1 percent. Another survey revealed that 94 percent of university professors thought they were better at their jobs than their average colleague.
November 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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chadhill.bsky.social
A true horror story for Halloween:

“Our ai turned your article into a shareable comic”

Ffs.
A notification from academia.edu on my phone that reads “our ai turned your paper into a shareable comic”.
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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banditelli.org
I couldn't capture a ton of sanderling footage this evening, but I got enough I hope it brings a smile to your face for 3-8 seconds ❤️😊 🪶
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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jeremydehartwx.bsky.social
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM