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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 4h

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Peter Keep @mathprofpeter.bsky.social · 16h

Me, coming in to work this morning: "I'd do anything to not have to grade today."

Me, discovering Canvas is down: "Wow, this is bullshit, now I can't grade today like I planned!"

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 1d

Particularly proud of how I navigated the finals matchup against Mega Absol box, after the same opponent had crushed me in a league challenge yesterday.

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have the playmat to show off (store didn't receive them yet), but I got my first League Cup win of the season, and fourth ever! Played my same Ceruledge list from Milwaukee, which is the same as the one @skylon.bsky.social published on Metafy except I added a Jamming Tower. #PokemonTCG

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 1d

Wisconsin Cheese Mart if you're looking for things to take home. The one they have that's just "Wisconsin 5 year cheddar" with no other identifying information is really good, and shockingly cheap for how good it is.

Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 1d

Heck yeah! We got introduced to La Masa by friends, and now it's a regular stop when we're in Milwaukee.

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 2d

Worth noting: it does the "choose your look" (as opposed to "are you a boy or a girl") thing at character creation, but the "look" you choose still determines how other characters gender you. Once you're past the tutorial, you have free choice of clothes and hair regardless of look/gender.

Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoying it so far, and I'm barely out of the tutorial. But I had the exact opposite opinion on those two games, so take that with a grain of salt.

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Jay Rigdon @jayrigdon.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate the detail of having the speech bubble go right up to his lips like older cartoons used to do.

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 5d

I have often tried to type \item and ended up with \itme, and... yeah. It me.

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 7d

My favorite part (from the full video) might be the brief moment when both announcers agree that two players have been put out, but can't agree on *which* two.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 7d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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taterdash 🦇 @taterdash.bsky.social · 9d

Today is a great day to play with fire (Ceruledge ex) #playpokemon

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short exact sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 12d

from now on I'm just going to truncate the taylor series for sin at the first term. sin(x) = 0 for all x. this approximation

- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 13d

I'm a little behind on October drawing, so I combined two prompts from different lists, and ended up with something about to go terribly wrong at @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social.

Pencil sketch of mice brewing beer in the style of Off Color Brewing label art. There is scaffolding set up so they can reach various parts of the fermentation vessel. One at the top is about to drop an onion into the beer, and another is running up the stairs to stop them.

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 13d

The carnage is incessant.
How do we protect our city from cars?
#carsruincities

Northeast Forest Park pedestrian bridge closed after being hit by car

The pedestrian bridge in northeast Forest Park is closed after being hit by a car

www.firstalert4.com

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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 17d

Reckless driving is killing us. St. Louis deserves more than paint and photo ops. 1/9

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 17d

Then it was a weekly pullout program in grades 3-4, a totally separate homeroom in grades 5-6, and after that kinda gradually phased out and got replaced with honors/AP classes or similar in each subject.

The grade 5-6 program was particularly fantastic, I thought.

Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · 17d

I was in it as a kid; our program was specific to the district, and I assume each district set up their own thing. The usual way to get in was some kind of standardized test ("IQ" or otherwise, not sure what it nominally measured) that all kids took in second grade.

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taterdash 🦇 @taterdash.bsky.social · 20d

I came as fast as I could!
#art #cats

Pencil and highlighter drawing of a green cat applying an ice pack to and holding the hand of an orange cat who just ate shit on a banana peel

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 28d

Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · Sep 19

Looks built for Vitality Forest, but I feel like decks like PultNoir might like it too, just gives you tons of board development.

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leaf📕⚡️ @crestofmiracles.bsky.social · Sep 18

guys i miss lost box

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Silas Johnson @profsilas.bsky.social · Sep 14

Saw the new cycle track under construction along Tower Grove Ave. yesterday, and *wow* does it look nice. Can't wait to ride over there once it's done.
#stl #biking

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Sep 14

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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