Zach Simmons
@zjsimmons.bsky.social
Physics, teaching, politics, craft
They're so different, not sure if a comparison adds much. With a finite amount of class time, there is most definitely not "always the option to make accomodation universal."
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
They're so different, not sure if a comparison adds much. With a finite amount of class time, there is most definitely not "always the option to make accomodation universal."
This is a great point. People do not appreciate the administrative overhead these things require.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is a great point. People do not appreciate the administrative overhead these things require.
The guy who trumpeted "FAFO" as an edgy slogan for the bad guys but has no personal responsibility himself.
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The guy who trumpeted "FAFO" as an edgy slogan for the bad guys but has no personal responsibility himself.
It's all sooo stupid. It's like saying strikey strike or some shit. Are there non-kinetic strikes? These people are world-historically stupid and also in charge of the US nuclear weapons apparatus.
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It's all sooo stupid. It's like saying strikey strike or some shit. Are there non-kinetic strikes? These people are world-historically stupid and also in charge of the US nuclear weapons apparatus.
It's fitting that the guy trying to do juvenile sloganeering with terms like "FAFO" is a total weasel who won't take responsibility for anything.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It's fitting that the guy trying to do juvenile sloganeering with terms like "FAFO" is a total weasel who won't take responsibility for anything.
So folks that get their flu shot get a discount?
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So folks that get their flu shot get a discount?
So is witkoff talking to or for Russia?
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
So is witkoff talking to or for Russia?
You know what would "honor our country"? Not being charged for the luxury of bringing a carry-on bag while traveling.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You know what would "honor our country"? Not being charged for the luxury of bringing a carry-on bag while traveling.
Most powerful turd in punch bowl.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Most powerful turd in punch bowl.
Is there anything to maga besides "yeah ok we didn't make your life better but we made theirs worse"?
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Is there anything to maga besides "yeah ok we didn't make your life better but we made theirs worse"?
"ok then, how many more kids dying of whooping cough or measles because of you would be beyond titillation?"
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"ok then, how many more kids dying of whooping cough or measles because of you would be beyond titillation?"
Projection. More and more plausible that the reason the GOP is obsessed with voter fraud is because they're more accustomed than most with committing it.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Projection. More and more plausible that the reason the GOP is obsessed with voter fraud is because they're more accustomed than most with committing it.
Another part of this situation is that this is happening in a market of schools competing for students amid a larger contraction of higher ed. Elite schools can reinstitute standardized test requirements without it hurting them, but I suspect others are hesitant to for fear it'll cost them students.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Another part of this situation is that this is happening in a market of schools competing for students amid a larger contraction of higher ed. Elite schools can reinstitute standardized test requirements without it hurting them, but I suspect others are hesitant to for fear it'll cost them students.
This is a problem most everywhere I suspect, good on UCSD for documenting it and trying to understand it
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is a problem most everywhere I suspect, good on UCSD for documenting it and trying to understand it
A perfect ACT will open a lot of doors and scholarships
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A perfect ACT will open a lot of doors and scholarships
Remarkable IMO that the author doesn't bother to mention any current events or e.g. doge. We're in the midst of corrupt administration eager to step on civil liberties and tech said.. "sign us up."
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Remarkable IMO that the author doesn't bother to mention any current events or e.g. doge. We're in the midst of corrupt administration eager to step on civil liberties and tech said.. "sign us up."
"Bondi needs to investigate" while not doing anything for like 10 years as fl ag is pretty transparently bs, like more bs than her normal bs which is saying something.
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"Bondi needs to investigate" while not doing anything for like 10 years as fl ag is pretty transparently bs, like more bs than her normal bs which is saying something.
If the prosecutor does something with the grand jury process that's not allowed, is there potential for disciplinary consequences?
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If the prosecutor does something with the grand jury process that's not allowed, is there potential for disciplinary consequences?
Somebody like her doing this shows that even the most odious maga folks know what they're doing, have agency. There's often this "look what you've made us do" stance baked into everything associated w/the GOP. It's a lie, they very much have chosen this path and could choose otherwise.
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Somebody like her doing this shows that even the most odious maga folks know what they're doing, have agency. There's often this "look what you've made us do" stance baked into everything associated w/the GOP. It's a lie, they very much have chosen this path and could choose otherwise.