helensviletooth.bsky.social
@helensviletooth.bsky.social
when in doubt, give
for nearly all of my students and the kinds of tests i give, i think i could give them unlimited time and their scores would not change at all.

if i give a test and time pressure is a significant element determining the scores, i regard that as a mistake
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"i could set up an automation that checks the weather, and then an AI suggests what clothes to wear"

ooohhhh it's snowing oh godddd what do i do? should i wear shorts and a t-shirt? please god this is too hard can somebody help?
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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André Kertész
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Omg so beautiful you guys
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
you go to the gas station, you give ID
you go to the grocery store, you give ID
you pick up your wife for the movies, you give ID
you clip your cat's tiny claws, you give ID
you call your mom, begging her to tell you that bedtime story from when you were a kid even though you're 38 now, you give ID
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Heinrich Kühn, 1914
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Harold Edgerton, Cows and Flare at Stonehenge, 1944
October 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
there's something wrong with the audio? i'm not hearing the "wheeeeee!!!" when they pop out onto the ramp
Ice cream cone manufacturing line.
September 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
this is a screenshot of what i'm reasonably sure is a genuine email from united airlines. it gives me such bad vibes that if i received it on my work address, i would report it as a phishing attempt and wait for IT to email "good job, you caught the fake phishing attempt!!"
September 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
POV: you're eating a saltine
September 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
the bathroom lighting in the new building casts an otherworldly glow, rendering my face in a nice sickly green hue
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
one of her eyes bonked something when they popped out of her head like a cartoon after she looked at the files
Attorney General Pam Bondi cancelled her appearance at the CPAC Human Trafficking Summit due to a torn cornea, per a statement read at the summit.
July 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
love to write a makefile that makes a makefile
July 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
no math, only program
subtitle: why doesn't my code work?
June 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
i let people email me calendar invites just to make themselves feel better
June 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
June 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
medium undead, neutral evil
Lankford: "This is an American city, and to be able to have an American city where we have people literally flying Mexican flags and saying 'you cannot arrest us' cannot be allowed."
June 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
sometimes cat is completely covered in dust, and i have no idea where it comes from
May 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
jesus christ
The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands. nyti.ms/4k8w2qB
May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
students love to email you that they have a question but not ask the question
May 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The rest of my “tapas” series so far, each photogravure print is 3.25”x5”
These will be framed and on display at the Photographer’s Eye Gallery in Escondido starting June 14.
#photography #printmaking #art
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
look at her. she would do it again.
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
you've all been keeping doxygen from me?
May 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ok i posted this as a joke but this has genuinely been so useful to my sleep. the first line is better as `*/1 0-5 * * * ifdown lan` which shuts off the lan every minute, even if you restart the router. that way it's a pain to undo it -- gotta restart, log in, and make the change within 60 seconds.
working on my sleep problems:

*/5 0-5 * * * ifdown lan
5 6 * * * ifup lan
May 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
April 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM