Alfred Thompson
@alfredtwo.bsky.social
Retired computer guy - Software developer and computer science teacher Still advocating for computer science education for all #CSed
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💻 Get ready for Computer Science Education Week! (8–14 Dec)
Teachers - start planning now with FREE Hamilton resources: Introduce pupils to brilliant minds and big ideas that shaped our world!
👉 Mathematicians Topic for KS1: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/topics/key-s...
#CSEdWeek #HamiltonBrookes
Teachers - start planning now with FREE Hamilton resources: Introduce pupils to brilliant minds and big ideas that shaped our world!
👉 Mathematicians Topic for KS1: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/topics/key-s...
#CSEdWeek #HamiltonBrookes
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
💻 Get ready for Computer Science Education Week! (8–14 Dec)
Teachers - start planning now with FREE Hamilton resources: Introduce pupils to brilliant minds and big ideas that shaped our world!
👉 Mathematicians Topic for KS1: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/topics/key-s...
#CSEdWeek #HamiltonBrookes
Teachers - start planning now with FREE Hamilton resources: Introduce pupils to brilliant minds and big ideas that shaped our world!
👉 Mathematicians Topic for KS1: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/topics/key-s...
#CSEdWeek #HamiltonBrookes
Computer Science Teacher: Teaching Reading Code–More Important Than Ever I have been reading some old blog posts. I think they are relevant today. Perhaps more so. blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/teac... #CSed
Teaching Reading Code–More Important Than Ever
A blog about computer science education. Projects, resources, and ideas for teaching, learning, and using computer science. By a teacher for teachers.
blog.acthompson.net
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Computer Science Teacher: Teaching Reading Code–More Important Than Ever I have been reading some old blog posts. I think they are relevant today. Perhaps more so. blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/teac... #CSed
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One of the most important things I’ve learned about building teams is that a star player with a bad attitude can sink the entire team.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of the most important things I’ve learned about building teams is that a star player with a bad attitude can sink the entire team.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
It’s extremely rare that the brilliance of a “brilliant jerk” overcomes the damage that comes from them being a jerk.
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Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
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Who wants to tell them?
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Who wants to tell them?
Who should I be following for good computer science education content? #CSed #TeamCompSci
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Who should I be following for good computer science education content? #CSed #TeamCompSci
I want someone who voted for Trump to make the case that this is a good thing. Tell me why this is something Jesus would do.
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I want someone who voted for Trump to make the case that this is a good thing. Tell me why this is something Jesus would do.
Is Museum Store Sunday a thing? Probably should be. What is your favorite Museum Store?
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Is Museum Store Sunday a thing? Probably should be. What is your favorite Museum Store?
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A turtle for the belly😋
A turtle for the mind🤯.
@microblocks.bsky.social
@cocubefun.bsky.social
#computer #Coding #STEAM #Robot #kids #education #hardware #microblocks #logo #scratch
A turtle for the mind🤯.
@microblocks.bsky.social
@cocubefun.bsky.social
#computer #Coding #STEAM #Robot #kids #education #hardware #microblocks #logo #scratch
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A turtle for the belly😋
A turtle for the mind🤯.
@microblocks.bsky.social
@cocubefun.bsky.social
#computer #Coding #STEAM #Robot #kids #education #hardware #microblocks #logo #scratch
A turtle for the mind🤯.
@microblocks.bsky.social
@cocubefun.bsky.social
#computer #Coding #STEAM #Robot #kids #education #hardware #microblocks #logo #scratch
Computer Science Teacher: Monty Hall Problem and the Problem of Artificial Intelligence blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/mont... #CSed
Monty Hall Problem and the Problem of Artificial Intelligence
A blog about computer science education. Projects, resources, and ideas for teaching, learning, and using computer science. By a teacher for teachers.
blog.acthompson.net
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Computer Science Teacher: Monty Hall Problem and the Problem of Artificial Intelligence blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/mont... #CSed
I stand with Mark Kelly
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I stand with Mark Kelly
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Elon wanted to expose foreign actors, so X shipped location tags.
The result? "Native American Soul" is in Bangladesh and pro-American MAGA patriots were actually Nigerian & Indian. They rolled it back instantly. It is wildly amusing that nobody validated the dataset before hitting the ship button
The result? "Native American Soul" is in Bangladesh and pro-American MAGA patriots were actually Nigerian & Indian. They rolled it back instantly. It is wildly amusing that nobody validated the dataset before hitting the ship button
Insane New Twitter Update
YouTube video by Dolan Darkest
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Elon wanted to expose foreign actors, so X shipped location tags.
The result? "Native American Soul" is in Bangladesh and pro-American MAGA patriots were actually Nigerian & Indian. They rolled it back instantly. It is wildly amusing that nobody validated the dataset before hitting the ship button
The result? "Native American Soul" is in Bangladesh and pro-American MAGA patriots were actually Nigerian & Indian. They rolled it back instantly. It is wildly amusing that nobody validated the dataset before hitting the ship button
Help us out. How old should a child be before they watch the Christmas classic Die Hard movie.
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Help us out. How old should a child be before they watch the Christmas classic Die Hard movie.
You know she would be interesting in debates.
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You know she would be interesting in debates.
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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🚨 An eight-member U.S. team has won the 2025 Gordon Bell Prize for “Real-Time Bayesian Inference at Extreme Scale: A Digital Twin for Tsunami Early Warning Applied to the Cascadia Subduction Zone.”
Congrats to all the innovators pushing HPC forward!
buff.ly/YBRsfnY
Congrats to all the innovators pushing HPC forward!
buff.ly/YBRsfnY
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨 An eight-member U.S. team has won the 2025 Gordon Bell Prize for “Real-Time Bayesian Inference at Extreme Scale: A Digital Twin for Tsunami Early Warning Applied to the Cascadia Subduction Zone.”
Congrats to all the innovators pushing HPC forward!
buff.ly/YBRsfnY
Congrats to all the innovators pushing HPC forward!
buff.ly/YBRsfnY
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#CSEdWeek is just around the corner! Get ready for the second week of December and join us tomorrow for an engaging overview of upcoming activities and ways teachers can get involved. #CSPowersAI
Register with your CSTA account at https://ow.ly/6nBu50XptKy
Register with your CSTA account at https://ow.ly/6nBu50XptKy
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#CSEdWeek is just around the corner! Get ready for the second week of December and join us tomorrow for an engaging overview of upcoming activities and ways teachers can get involved. #CSPowersAI
Register with your CSTA account at https://ow.ly/6nBu50XptKy
Register with your CSTA account at https://ow.ly/6nBu50XptKy
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Get a first look at this year’s @csteachersorg.bsky.social #CSEdWeek with an engaging overview of upcoming activities and ways you can get involved. Mark your calendars for November 18 and hear CS success stories about students and teachers alike!
Register: buff.ly/ylczdha
Register: buff.ly/ylczdha
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Get a first look at this year’s @csteachersorg.bsky.social #CSEdWeek with an engaging overview of upcoming activities and ways you can get involved. Mark your calendars for November 18 and hear CS success stories about students and teachers alike!
Register: buff.ly/ylczdha
Register: buff.ly/ylczdha
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✨ Check out these incredible new projects from the #OctoStudio community. What are you working on?
📺 youtube.com/shorts/58eVo...
#CreativeCoding #CSEd #MobileApps #STEM #CodingForKids #LearnToCode #Innovation #DigitalCreativity
📺 youtube.com/shorts/58eVo...
#CreativeCoding #CSEd #MobileApps #STEM #CodingForKids #LearnToCode #Innovation #DigitalCreativity
Jump animations, time travel, custom characters, and more | Community Compilation 17 #shorts #games
YouTube video by OctoStudio
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
✨ Check out these incredible new projects from the #OctoStudio community. What are you working on?
📺 youtube.com/shorts/58eVo...
#CreativeCoding #CSEd #MobileApps #STEM #CodingForKids #LearnToCode #Innovation #DigitalCreativity
📺 youtube.com/shorts/58eVo...
#CreativeCoding #CSEd #MobileApps #STEM #CodingForKids #LearnToCode #Innovation #DigitalCreativity
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I attended at talk by Ray Kurzweil last week. Not many answers but some very interesting questions raised about intelligence, education, and AI:
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/kurzwe...
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/kurzwe...
Ray Kurzweil, AI, Intelligence, and Education - C’est la Z
Over a month since my last post. Wow.
Anyway, last week was full of Artificial Intelligence events. On Wednesday, I attended a talk by Ray Kurzweil, hosted by Trinity High School - a posh private scho...
cestlaz.zamansky.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I attended at talk by Ray Kurzweil last week. Not many answers but some very interesting questions raised about intelligence, education, and AI:
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/kurzwe...
cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/kurzwe...
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so they just banged out that Epstein vote in a day. They CAN vote on stuff when they want to. HOW ABOUT HEALTHCARE and things that help people
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
so they just banged out that Epstein vote in a day. They CAN vote on stuff when they want to. HOW ABOUT HEALTHCARE and things that help people
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New Pilot Release. Run or download the latest pilot release from here microblocks.fun/download
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New Pilot Release. Run or download the latest pilot release from here microblocks.fun/download
Computer Science Teacher: CS Education Researchers On Regrets blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/cs-e... Riffing off a post by Pat Yongpradit. I am incapable of not adding my own thoughts. #CSed
CS Education Researchers On Regrets
A blog about computer science education. Projects, resources, and ideas for teaching, learning, and using computer science. By a teacher for teachers.
blog.acthompson.net
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Computer Science Teacher: CS Education Researchers On Regrets blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/cs-e... Riffing off a post by Pat Yongpradit. I am incapable of not adding my own thoughts. #CSed
CloudFlare - making the internet less reliable
Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers. Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available. Follow our updates here: www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8g...
Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
Cloudflare's Status Page - Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues.
www.cloudflarestatus.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
CloudFlare - making the internet less reliable
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If you’re interested in 1960s relay computer circuits, take a look at this Minivac 601 Simulator I just released!
~2 years of work on and off. Simulating electricity wasn’t as easy as I originally thought :)
Cheers!
minivac.greg.technology
~2 years of work on and off. Simulating electricity wasn’t as easy as I originally thought :)
Cheers!
minivac.greg.technology
Minivac 601 Simulator
A 1961 relay computer running in your browser
minivac.greg.technology
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM