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Michael Wilkinson
@mwmathsci.bsky.social
STEM educator and curriculum developer.
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Jazz, Science, Math, Tennis, Coffee, Cocktails
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl Monk “Palo Alto” Impulse 2020 release of 1968 live concert recording. Promoted by 17 year old Danny Scher and recorded by unnamed school janitor. This is honestly one of the best Monk performances with Charlie Rouse (tenor), Larry Gales (bass), and Ben Riley (drums)
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl Kamasi Washington “Heaven and Earth” 2018 Young Turks Recording

“The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” —KW
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Happy 25th birthday to the International Space Station!
issinrealtime.org/vs
ISS in Real Time
Explore 25 years onboard the International Space Station.
issinrealtime.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Michael Wilkinson
A new comp showcasing women in jazz is the focus of this week's Bandcamp Selects, with guest host Tina Edwards. bandcamp.com/radio?show=882
Bandcamp Radio | Bandcamp
Tune in weekly to hear new music and artist interviews.
bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Scary Terry Returns! WR scores just before halftime
YouTube video by NFL
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#NowSpinning #JazzSky “Live in Cuba” 4-disc box set from Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis 2015 Blue Engineering Records
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Some of my favorite signs from #NoKings NYC March. 1/4
October 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by Michael Wilkinson
#ProtestSongOfTheDay
It Is the DAY!
youtu.be/IhQEBAl3Gpk?...
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light (what you gon' do?)
We going to stand up for our right (yeah, yeah, yeah)
So you'd better
Get up, stand up
#NoKings Mass Protest
Get Up Stand Up (Official Fan Video 'Legend 30th') - Bob Marley
YouTube video by Bob Marley
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.
October 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Are you a high school student who wants to share your love of math with the world? Enter this worldwide contest from @momath.bsky.social
The 2026 Steven H Strogatz Prize for Math Communication.
momath.org/strogatzprize/
The Steven H. Strogatz Prize for Math Communication – National Museum of Mathematics
National Museum of Mathematics: Inspiring math exploration and discovery
momath.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Our nearest star today! Lots of active regions to observe. Setting up an observing session for my 4th graders. #Astronomy
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Planning my first observing event of the year for my students and their families… Observe The Moon Night with a Saturn bonus! #Astronomy
September 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A little classic funk this evening… Kool & The Gang 1975 De-Lite release, “Spirit of the Boogie”
K&TG’s jazz roots really come through on this one.
#jazzsky
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
International Observe the Moon night is Oct 4. Take a moment to look for our Moon this weekend. By 17:00 local time, the Moon should by well above your southeastern horizon.
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Reposted by Michael Wilkinson
Weird Ways to Observe the Moon - NASA Science buff.ly/uHr3q9z

There are more ways to observe the Moon than you might expect. Here are some unusual ideas using common household materials.

Could be useful, especially with Observe The Moon Night on Oct 4th.
#Moon #Astronomy
Weird Ways to Observe the Moon - NASA Science
International Observe the Moon Night is on October 4, 2025, this year– but you can observe the Moon whenever it's up, day or night! While binoculars and
science.nasa.gov
September 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy National Coffee Day!
September 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.” — John Coltrane #Coltrane99 #jazzsky photo by Chuck Stewart May 1965
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Happy Science Friday! Here’s what we’re covering today on the show. Listen on your local public radio station, 2-4 p.m. ET. 🤖🦇🦆🎧
September 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@awildariveravoice.bsky.social thanks for the follow, honored. Please get Monifa and Rhonda over here too!
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#Coltrane99 Monifa Brown of @wbgojazz.bsky.social payed tribute to Trane on her show 22 Sept.
Archive available for another week #jazzsky
www.wbgo.org/show/hard-bo...
Hard Bop Cafe
Host Monifa Brown welcomes the day by serving a menu of energetic classic and neo-classic jazz, from Cannonball Adderley to Miguel Zenón and everything between and beyond.“The Hard Bop Café” is a plac...
www.wbgo.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Part of WBGO's weeklong celebration #Coltrane99, this episode of The Art of the Story comes from the WBGO Archive, Ravi Coltrane and @mcbridesworld.bsky.social speak to NPR's @audiecornish.bsky.social about Coltrane's Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album.
#jazzsky

www.wbgo.org/podcast/art-...
Coltrane 99: WBGO Archive (2018) Ravi Coltrane and Christian McBride on 'Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album'
On this episode of The Art of the Story from the WBGO Archive, Ravi Coltrane and Christian McBride talk about Coltrane's Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
www.wbgo.org
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM