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Steve-o Stonebraker
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Your basic child of the 80s nerd. I love #Transformers and #ITeachPhysics in Massachusetts.

Posts prior to July 2023 were imported from Twitter using BlueArk's service.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · Nov 17
A collection of my "ready for primetime" #desmos #physics graphs can be found here:
www.camphortree.net/blog/desmos/

Every graph has a brief explanation, a preview image, and a permalink that will redirect to future updates. #ITeachPhysics
Steve-o’s Desmos creations – stuff from steve stonebraker
www.camphortree.net
sstoneb.bsky.social
I love how records-obsessed #astronomy is! One of my students selected a double star to measure which has no published observations in the last 150 years, and her images showed nothing there. Investigating a bit, I found scans of the original discovery article AND...
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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cpsc.gov
Now is the time to prepare to not set your house on fire this Thanksgiving.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
4 panel comic Panel 1: An AI generated version of Purple Guy’s dead mother is speaking to him on his phone. She says “Look, darling. With AI we can be together forever” Panel 2: Purple Guy looking very upset. He asks “Do you love me, mum?” Panel 3: The disgusting AI fake mum replies “I do. Almost as much…” Panel 4: AI mum turns into an advert for online gambling. She yells: “…As I love getting 10 free spins when I sign up to pocket casino.com”
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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desmos.com
The most wonderful time of the year is here: Art Contest season! ✨
Head to desmos.com/art to learn more, and be sure to submit your graphs by January 15th, 2026!
#mathsky #iteachmath
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
Thanks to a generous donation, we've completed our digitized collection of E3 directories from 1995–2006. Every booth, every company, every map. 2400 pages.

archive.gamehistory.org/folder/53778...
A complete collection of E3 directories and addendums.
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
Good morning from the picket line in Lancaster, PA!

Workers are STILL on ULP strike and are continuing to say DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere! #NoContractNoCoffee
A group of Starbucks workers hold signs that say "Our labor our power," "No contract no coffee," "Labor makes, capital takes," and "Red cup rebellion"
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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ehehenohe.bsky.social
The Frog's Window. 2025/11/12.
(East Japanese Tree Frog)
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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the-physics-well.net
Still processing my images of last night's aurora. This 98x time- lapse captures the major outburst in NorCal between 8:30 and 9:00. Sony Alpha 7 III, FE 14 mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 1250, 4s exposures. I have used these settings for bright aurora but never had the sensor saturate before! #astrophotography
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
After a good #ITeachPhysics conversation a few weeks ago about "radial" and "centripetal" I have a new question... I'm doing orbits for the next few days.

When you are dealing with elliptical orbits (NOT circular) what names do you use for the following directions...
#AstroEdu
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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adamfrank4.bsky.social
Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb.

"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"

sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft.  He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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hellocloudy.bsky.social
a lil group shot of my cat loaf worry stones!! at this size are they even loafs? maybe they're cat cookies 🥹🤲
a bunch of small worry stones shaped like cats of various colors a hand holding a worry stone shaped like a cat loaf a hand holding seven worry stones shaped like cats of different colors
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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effies.bsky.social
Jupiter says trans rights
apod.shinyakato.dev Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 6d
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colours of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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ladyemily.nebula.tv
Screenshot from Zeta Gundam in which Quattro Bagina says, “Isn't there any way to send all politicians to outer space?”
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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adzebill.bsky.social
The Wiki Science photo competition is running until mid-December! Be in to win cash prizes by donating your science photos for use in Wikipedia. Categories include people in science, microscopy, wildlife and nature, and astronomy. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in Australia and New Zealand - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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howtoreadthisch.art
4. Other good charts, like this look at where and when certain behaviors are acceptable.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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obviousplant.bsky.social
Dungeness & Dragons
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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glastomichelle.bsky.social
Rainbow through the archway. This morning on Glastonbury Tor.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. In a devastating decision for trans kids in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the 6th Circuit has ruled students can bully trans kids by repeatedly misgendering them.

Trans kids also are not allowed to return the favor to their bullies.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
6th Circuit Rules Cis Students May Bully Trans Students By Repeatedly Misgendering Them
The Circuit also seemed to suggest that trans students could not misgender their bullies in return.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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sixotf.bsky.social
NEW COLLECTOR INTERVIEW! Many of you will know David Willis (@damnyouwillis.bsky.social) by reputation, but now the legendary comic creator & Transformers fan is taking us behind the scenes of his collection! With Dinobots, Hot Shots, Ratchets & Sunstorms aplenty --> tfsource.com/blog/2025/11...
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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funfactscience.com
spending Friday night waiting for a thunderstorm to pass so that I can start my telescope observations
mocking spongebob meme with the text "radio telescopes can observe in any weather"
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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sos-aapt.bsky.social
A new logo provided by @aapthq.bsky.social
We just had out Fall 2025 Meeting at Wittenberg University. Find out more sosaapt.weebly.com/fall-2025---...
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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origamiorganelles.bsky.social
Finding out that stars in the night sky go through different stages changes your understanding of the universe. Look at the life cycle of a star with our paper model! Find out more here: buff.ly/bnDW4qk

#EduSky #iteachphysics #space #stars #supernova #scienceteacher
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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phyicistbrianm.bsky.social
Cool fact. Pasco wireless force probes and carts only work with the hooks they came with. A longer threaded hook interferes w/the flex of the strain gauge and prevents them from being calibrated. The one on the right is correct #ITeachPhysics
A photo of two threaded hooks. One has a longer threaded length
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
#ITeachPhysics I'm trying a variation on a circular motion lab @joemilliano.bsky.social has written about before, using a force sensor while spinning things around on strings. The "good" part of this test from 10-20 s still shows a big variation in force. Do other people get similar results?
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM