@sharonnotakaren.bsky.social
Trying to learn. Always, always trying to learn.
I have never heard this 20% statistic before. Omg. It explains so much.
Politicians need to be sure to frame this in concrete $ terms and not income deciles.
In 2000, Al Gore noted that Bush's tax cuts would go to the "top 1%" but a poll after the election showed about 20% thought they were in the "top 1%" and another 20% thought they would be there within five years.
In 2000, Al Gore noted that Bush's tax cuts would go to the "top 1%" but a poll after the election showed about 20% thought they were in the "top 1%" and another 20% thought they would be there within five years.
What these changes look like in raw dollar terms, per CBO analysis of GOP budget bill:
Typical household in bottom income decile loses ~$1,600 annually.
Typical household in richest income decile gains ~$12,000 annually.
Typical household in bottom income decile loses ~$1,600 annually.
Typical household in richest income decile gains ~$12,000 annually.
June 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have never heard this 20% statistic before. Omg. It explains so much.
90% of teaching high school physics is doing everything in my power to avoid sounding like this 😂
"One boy asked me about ribbed steel — the very subject of my recent article in ASCE Civil Engineering Magazine. I must have been grinning ear to ear as he astutely asked, 'So would you say that ribbed increases your pleasure?' Heck, yeah, it does!"
I Am Thrilled That My Career Day Exhibit on Shaft Hardening at My Son’s Middle School Was So Popular
TO: Tim Cavanaugh, P.E., VP of Structural Engineering RE: Volunteering at the STEM Career Day at my son’s middle school Hi Tim, STEM Career Day a...
buff.ly
May 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
90% of teaching high school physics is doing everything in my power to avoid sounding like this 😂
If I get a gift from a student valued over $50 (it’s happened twice in 19 years) I have to report it to my admin lmao
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
If I get a gift from a student valued over $50 (it’s happened twice in 19 years) I have to report it to my admin lmao
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
Real talk does anyone know how/where to buy reliably fluoridated bottled water? I don’t want my teeth to rot bc of some asshole with a brain worm. I assume fluoride is too tricky to sell as a supplement I could add on my own.
April 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Real talk does anyone know how/where to buy reliably fluoridated bottled water? I don’t want my teeth to rot bc of some asshole with a brain worm. I assume fluoride is too tricky to sell as a supplement I could add on my own.
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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
Reverse rainbow no mistakes 🤓
March 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Reverse rainbow no mistakes 🤓
March 1st and I hear the first robins of the season this morning. It still looks like winter here but it feels good to have a sign of spring.
March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
March 1st and I hear the first robins of the season this morning. It still looks like winter here but it feels good to have a sign of spring.
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
Gonna do some crime and scream “I’m saving the country” when I’m arrested.
February 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Gonna do some crime and scream “I’m saving the country” when I’m arrested.
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I get that they’re doing this mostly as a weird flex to look tough to their base of incel losers.
But if they actually got this — ten new states full of voters who hate Trump, with 20 senators and who knows how many House members — it would absolutely end them.
But if they actually got this — ten new states full of voters who hate Trump, with 20 senators and who knows how many House members — it would absolutely end them.
This is Andrew Beck.
Beck is Vice President of the Claremont Institute, one of the intellectual braintrusts of radical Trumpism.
He's been all in on the anchuluss of Canada.
Beck is Vice President of the Claremont Institute, one of the intellectual braintrusts of radical Trumpism.
He's been all in on the anchuluss of Canada.
February 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I get that they’re doing this mostly as a weird flex to look tough to their base of incel losers.
But if they actually got this — ten new states full of voters who hate Trump, with 20 senators and who knows how many House members — it would absolutely end them.
But if they actually got this — ten new states full of voters who hate Trump, with 20 senators and who knows how many House members — it would absolutely end them.
There are now three deadnames I will insist on using: the Sears Tower, Twitter, and the Gulf of Mexico.
February 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There are now three deadnames I will insist on using: the Sears Tower, Twitter, and the Gulf of Mexico.
So with all this government waste slashing going on, my taxes for next year are gonna get slashed too, right? RIGHT??
February 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
So with all this government waste slashing going on, my taxes for next year are gonna get slashed too, right? RIGHT??
Sunset walk in Cozumel, April 2023 #BlueSkyArtShow #Refections
February 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sunset walk in Cozumel, April 2023 #BlueSkyArtShow #Refections
How I think I look when teaching/ How I actually look (all too real edition)
February 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How I think I look when teaching/ How I actually look (all too real edition)
Physics is celebrating Black History Month ❤️
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Physics is celebrating Black History Month ❤️
Almost a perfect reverse rainbow! Bad guess on which group would be yellow vs green.
February 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Almost a perfect reverse rainbow! Bad guess on which group would be yellow vs green.
@troyers.bsky.social could you repost your thread re: #LB645 that is on Twitter, here to blue sky? I quit the bird app and am having trouble reading all of your thread.
January 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@troyers.bsky.social could you repost your thread re: #LB645 that is on Twitter, here to blue sky? I quit the bird app and am having trouble reading all of your thread.
My governor is trying to trash my pension. I literally cannot afford to teach if my long term financial stability is compromised. If you can, please speak out about your opposition to this. 💔
January 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My governor is trying to trash my pension. I literally cannot afford to teach if my long term financial stability is compromised. If you can, please speak out about your opposition to this. 💔
Update. This derp with the 50 lb noggin and no legs also wants attention.
January 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Update. This derp with the 50 lb noggin and no legs also wants attention.
Look at this girl, isn’t she the sweetest? (No. She is not. She is a stone cold killer, the single most lethal animal I’ve ever met with over 50 confirmed kills—rabbits and squirrels—and she got another one this morning 🫠)
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Look at this girl, isn’t she the sweetest? (No. She is not. She is a stone cold killer, the single most lethal animal I’ve ever met with over 50 confirmed kills—rabbits and squirrels—and she got another one this morning 🫠)
Any teachers out there? Do we know if this is on student devices, or is there any chance it’s not enabled on school accounts? If it’s on our kids’ devices that just made our jobs exponentially harder 😬
I want to share my experience today with Google support, trying to get Gemini (their AI/plagiarism machine) turned off in my Google workspace account. That account is where I personally do all my work communication—I am an editor, and most of my work contracts explicitly ban any use of Generative AI
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Any teachers out there? Do we know if this is on student devices, or is there any chance it’s not enabled on school accounts? If it’s on our kids’ devices that just made our jobs exponentially harder 😬
There I was, casually reading a spy/assassin-type thriller (Liar’s Legacy by Taylor Stevens) and damn.
January 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
There I was, casually reading a spy/assassin-type thriller (Liar’s Legacy by Taylor Stevens) and damn.
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RATMVEVO
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January 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM