CoachPayne
@coachpayne.bsky.social
Retired old guy but still teaching schools around NC that don't have physics (remotely), Comp Phys online, Game Design, Head XC Coach, Asst Track Coach, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Half Marathon completed despite a complete lack of training Teaching physics and coaching cross country were priorities. Being 74 might have had an impact as well.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Half Marathon completed despite a complete lack of training Teaching physics and coaching cross country were priorities. Being 74 might have had an impact as well.
Nice evening on the deck, fire pit, planked salman, rice, and sauteed vegetables. Calm reflective evening.
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nice evening on the deck, fire pit, planked salman, rice, and sauteed vegetables. Calm reflective evening.
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!
From our neighborhood walks - one of the reasons we love where we live...
September 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From our neighborhood walks - one of the reasons we love where we live...
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Via #TheVirginianPilot (with thanks to @nasawatch.bsky.social ) ‘Unacceptable’: Lawmakers shocked to hear about reported #NASAWallops visitor center closure www.pilotonline.com/2025/08/11/w...
‘Unacceptable’: Lawmakers shocked to hear about reported NASA Wallops visitor center closure
Rep. Jen Kiggans, who represents Virginia’s 2nd District, said in a statement the proposed closure came as a shock. The Republican lawmaker said she was committed to supporting NASA Wallops s…
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August 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Via #TheVirginianPilot (with thanks to @nasawatch.bsky.social ) ‘Unacceptable’: Lawmakers shocked to hear about reported #NASAWallops visitor center closure www.pilotonline.com/2025/08/11/w...
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A “catastrophic failure called sunset”🤔 Astronomers would like a word.
Burgum: "When the sun goes down, you have a catastrophic failure called sunset and there's no solar energy produced, and yet we're subsidizing these things that are intermittent, unreliable, and expensive. We've gotta get back to base load."
July 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A “catastrophic failure called sunset”🤔 Astronomers would like a word.
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Call your reps. 5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
Oppose H.R. 1: the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - PASSED SENATE - SENT BACK TO HOUSE (UPDATED 7/1) ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates July 1, 2025: The Senate has passed H.R. 1 by a vote of 50-51, with J.D. Vance providing the tie-break YES vote. Republican Senators Paul …
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July 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Call your reps. 5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged the crash site of ispace's Mission 2 "RESILIENCE", which made a hard landing on the Moon on 5 June 2025.
It's the dark smudge in the very centre of this image, surrounded by a lighter halo, the result of disturbing the uppermost lunar regolith.
It's the dark smudge in the very centre of this image, surrounded by a lighter halo, the result of disturbing the uppermost lunar regolith.
June 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged the crash site of ispace's Mission 2 "RESILIENCE", which made a hard landing on the Moon on 5 June 2025.
It's the dark smudge in the very centre of this image, surrounded by a lighter halo, the result of disturbing the uppermost lunar regolith.
It's the dark smudge in the very centre of this image, surrounded by a lighter halo, the result of disturbing the uppermost lunar regolith.
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Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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Our goal is to have 1000 SUFS Teach Ins across the US, by 9/30.
*GASP* 😮
We know, it's a big goal.
If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.
*GASP* 😮
We know, it's a big goal.
If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.
May 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our goal is to have 1000 SUFS Teach Ins across the US, by 9/30.
*GASP* 😮
We know, it's a big goal.
If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.
*GASP* 😮
We know, it's a big goal.
If you've received tax dollars for your science, you have a responsibility to inform *your* community what is at stake: public health, the economy, innovation, and America's global leadership.
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Fact-check: True
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fact-check: True
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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
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May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
My students will meet @philplait.bsky.social tomorrow via his A Brief History of the Universe: Crash Course Astronomy #44 Any suggestions for more videos? We're in our final day prior to exams tomorrow, with one day following the exam... This is an Honors Physics course...
May 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My students will meet @philplait.bsky.social tomorrow via his A Brief History of the Universe: Crash Course Astronomy #44 Any suggestions for more videos? We're in our final day prior to exams tomorrow, with one day following the exam... This is an Honors Physics course...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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✨ How does race shape what we know about the universe?
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
✨ How does race shape what we know about the universe?
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join Jada Cheek, M.S. for a powerful talk on science, identity, and the stars!
⭐️ #BlackInAstro Speaker Series
🗓️ 30 May | ⏰ 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS
We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
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We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
1/n
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April 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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One reason I love where I live - these flowers are bursting forth beside the walkway to our home...
April 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
One reason I love where I live - these flowers are bursting forth beside the walkway to our home...
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Got my total internal refraction light guiding demo set up. Demonstrating how light can be guided by a falling stream of water. Repurposed an old cat water dish pump to recycle water so I don’t have to constantly refill.
April 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Got my total internal refraction light guiding demo set up. Demonstrating how light can be guided by a falling stream of water. Repurposed an old cat water dish pump to recycle water so I don’t have to constantly refill.
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Happy Eater everyone!
April 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy Eater everyone!
My hero, my wife Cecilia - a day at Hanging Rock State Park in NC a bit over a week after her first immunotherapy infusion. We got in five miles there after a couple of miles on the trails here in Durham. Wonderful Spring weather today!
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My hero, my wife Cecilia - a day at Hanging Rock State Park in NC a bit over a week after her first immunotherapy infusion. We got in five miles there after a couple of miles on the trails here in Durham. Wonderful Spring weather today!
As usual, this will go on the Honors Physics class website for discussion. Always interesting material for these students! Thank you, as always, Dr. Mack!
Looks like the evidence for this weird chemical abundance in an exoplanet atmosphere has gotten stronger with new JWST data: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Is it really a sign of life? That’s still not clear; lots of analysis left to do. But it’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out! 🧪 🔭
Is it really a sign of life? That’s still not clear; lots of analysis left to do. But it’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out! 🧪 🔭
April 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
As usual, this will go on the Honors Physics class website for discussion. Always interesting material for these students! Thank you, as always, Dr. Mack!