Brian Foley
@csunfoley.bsky.social
#CSUN Prof and soccer/basketball fan. Science teacher, tech teacher, teacher teacher, teacher advocate.Teaching is the solution.
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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AAPT Member, James Lincoln, gives a TEDx Talk on "The Passion of the Teacher Rings True." The video is free to watch and features experiments and a history of physics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArP7... #PhysicsEducation #PhysicsTeachers #ITeachPhysics
The Passion of the Teacher Rings True | James Lincoln | TEDxTustin
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
AAPT Member, James Lincoln, gives a TEDx Talk on "The Passion of the Teacher Rings True." The video is free to watch and features experiments and a history of physics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArP7... #PhysicsEducation #PhysicsTeachers #ITeachPhysics
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My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting
American science is under attack. Recent cuts to funding and staffing of federal agencies, layoffs of scientists, and rescission of billions of dollars in grants are unprecedented in US history and th...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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ICE detained a CSUCI prof protesting peacefully. He wasremoving a tear gas canister from under a wheelchair. The feds say he was throwing tear gas at police. You can decide if you believe the consistently violent cops using chemical weapons or the philosophy prof
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Free Jonathan Caravello!
BY HANK REICHMAN Dr. Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in mathematics and philosophy at California State University, Channel Islands, was beaten and arrested on Thursday, July 10, in an ICE raid on a …
academeblog.org
July 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ICE detained a CSUCI prof protesting peacefully. He wasremoving a tear gas canister from under a wheelchair. The feds say he was throwing tear gas at police. You can decide if you believe the consistently violent cops using chemical weapons or the philosophy prof
academeblog.org/2025/07/13/f...
academeblog.org/2025/07/13/f...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
They are saying the quiet part out loud again. We need to get ready.
June 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They are saying the quiet part out loud again. We need to get ready.
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On Sunday I traveled to the middle of the desert to capture this: The ISS against our sun. What I didn't expect: the sun producing a magnificent flare at the same time
A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply
A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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1/7 💔 We are very disappointed to announce that on April 25, NSF terminated a $1.5M PhET grant – our Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems Phase II grant for advancing PhET’s SceneryStack project. Learn how this impacts our work and how you can help: bit.ly/PhETNSF2025
May 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1/7 💔 We are very disappointed to announce that on April 25, NSF terminated a $1.5M PhET grant – our Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems Phase II grant for advancing PhET’s SceneryStack project. Learn how this impacts our work and how you can help: bit.ly/PhETNSF2025
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The Atlantic talks about the unethical University of Zurich experiment on r/changemyview:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive "people" on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
www.theatlantic.com
May 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Atlantic talks about the unethical University of Zurich experiment on r/changemyview:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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This is a WILD list of data to disappear. I was braced for climate stuff, but not, like, shoreline maps and coastal bathymetry
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
www.nesdis.noaa.gov
April 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is a WILD list of data to disappear. I was braced for climate stuff, but not, like, shoreline maps and coastal bathymetry
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🧵 Thread on NSF grant terminations 🧪
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
Exclusive: Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants
The National Science Foundation is the latest US agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE.
www.nature.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🧵 Thread on NSF grant terminations 🧪
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
This Nature article today confirms what DOGE's arrival at NSF can mean: terminating already awarded grants.
"DOGE is...considering more than 200 of them for termination, NSF staff members have told Nature"
What can we expect? And what should NSF grantees do?
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NEW: Minnesota Republicans have elected a literal flat earther to a party leadership post. This is one of many flat earth Facebook posts by Bret Bussman, now the chair of the 7th District GOP. minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/16/m...
April 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW: Minnesota Republicans have elected a literal flat earther to a party leadership post. This is one of many flat earth Facebook posts by Bret Bussman, now the chair of the 7th District GOP. minnesotareformer.com/2025/04/16/m...
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There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
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AAPT is pleased to announce that the 2025 Paul Zitzewitz Excellence in K-12 Physics Teaching Award winner is Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, Science teacher at Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA. The award will be presented at #AAPTSM25. Read more ➡ ow.ly/vSgF50VwJX2 #AAPTAwards
April 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
AAPT is pleased to announce that the 2025 Paul Zitzewitz Excellence in K-12 Physics Teaching Award winner is Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, Science teacher at Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA. The award will be presented at #AAPTSM25. Read more ➡ ow.ly/vSgF50VwJX2 #AAPTAwards
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Professors disappearing can’t be good.
March 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Professors disappearing can’t be good.
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“I think it’s adorable when people think we are going to fix education by improving teachers,” he tweeted on March 13. “Sorry, it’s AI tutors or the slow death of civilization. Those are the choices.”
“First step,” he also wrote in March, “stop teachers from teaching.”
“First step,” he also wrote in March, “stop teachers from teaching.”
Meet the educational entrepreneurs who want to teach a new generation of Elon Musks
The billionaire's admirers and ex-employees have launched online schools and an “unapologetically elitist” AI tutor.
www.motherjones.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“I think it’s adorable when people think we are going to fix education by improving teachers,” he tweeted on March 13. “Sorry, it’s AI tutors or the slow death of civilization. Those are the choices.”
“First step,” he also wrote in March, “stop teachers from teaching.”
“First step,” he also wrote in March, “stop teachers from teaching.”
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There's still time to join us tomorrow, 3/19, at 5pm PT on Zoom! We would love to have you there. #EduSky
CSTA GLA is excited to welcome Devon Marano, Ed.D & Dr. Beth Simon on 3/19 at 5pm PT. Our guests will share ways to increase opportunities for processing and practicing both language and content in CS classes.
Register & join us for our Zoom meeting at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register & join us for our Zoom meeting at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
There's still time to join us tomorrow, 3/19, at 5pm PT on Zoom! We would love to have you there. #EduSky
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Great keynote by @galesinatra.bsky.social on science denial at the Western Regional Noyce Conference. Sciencedenialbook.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Great keynote by @galesinatra.bsky.social on science denial at the Western Regional Noyce Conference. Sciencedenialbook.com
Headed out to the #NoKingsDay rally
February 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Headed out to the #NoKingsDay rally