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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🚨 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!
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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
This is what actual leadership looks like.
I just issued an executive order to develop a veteran food pantry network to provide food support for veterans, service members, and their families.
Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.
Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is what actual leadership looks like.
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There is so much to process here.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There is so much to process here.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
That said, FYI to Ph.D. students and postdocs in the U.S.
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Fascinating inconsistencies exist in AI guardrails. ChatGPT won't identify a celebrity in a pic, citing policy on identifying real people. Gemini does.
But Gemini won't help rewrite a paragraph critical of Trump, claiming it aims to be politically neutral, while ChatGPT has no such constraint.
But Gemini won't help rewrite a paragraph critical of Trump, claiming it aims to be politically neutral, while ChatGPT has no such constraint.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fascinating inconsistencies exist in AI guardrails. ChatGPT won't identify a celebrity in a pic, citing policy on identifying real people. Gemini does.
But Gemini won't help rewrite a paragraph critical of Trump, claiming it aims to be politically neutral, while ChatGPT has no such constraint.
But Gemini won't help rewrite a paragraph critical of Trump, claiming it aims to be politically neutral, while ChatGPT has no such constraint.
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📣 Shaping the Future of CS: K-12 Policy & Advocacy
📅 Nov 18 | 🕔 5 pm ET
🔗 duke.is/K12Policy
Join AiiCE Steering Committee member Shaina Glass + AiiCE affiliates Sofía DeJesús, Rudy Escobar, & David Lockett for a powerful conversation on #CSEd policy. #AiiCEinnovates #CSTA @csteachersorg.bsky.social
📅 Nov 18 | 🕔 5 pm ET
🔗 duke.is/K12Policy
Join AiiCE Steering Committee member Shaina Glass + AiiCE affiliates Sofía DeJesús, Rudy Escobar, & David Lockett for a powerful conversation on #CSEd policy. #AiiCEinnovates #CSTA @csteachersorg.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📣 Shaping the Future of CS: K-12 Policy & Advocacy
📅 Nov 18 | 🕔 5 pm ET
🔗 duke.is/K12Policy
Join AiiCE Steering Committee member Shaina Glass + AiiCE affiliates Sofía DeJesús, Rudy Escobar, & David Lockett for a powerful conversation on #CSEd policy. #AiiCEinnovates #CSTA @csteachersorg.bsky.social
📅 Nov 18 | 🕔 5 pm ET
🔗 duke.is/K12Policy
Join AiiCE Steering Committee member Shaina Glass + AiiCE affiliates Sofía DeJesús, Rudy Escobar, & David Lockett for a powerful conversation on #CSEd policy. #AiiCEinnovates #CSTA @csteachersorg.bsky.social
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🏨 Looking to Share a Room for SIGCSE TS 2026?
Join SIGCSE TS 2026 Roommate Finder Google Group!
🔗 Learn more on the Hotel Information page: sigcse2026.sigcse.org/attending/Ho...
📬 Join the Roommate Finder Group here: groups.google.com/g/sigcse-ts-...
#SIGCSETS2026 #CSeducation #ConferenceTravel
Join SIGCSE TS 2026 Roommate Finder Google Group!
🔗 Learn more on the Hotel Information page: sigcse2026.sigcse.org/attending/Ho...
📬 Join the Roommate Finder Group here: groups.google.com/g/sigcse-ts-...
#SIGCSETS2026 #CSeducation #ConferenceTravel
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🏨 Looking to Share a Room for SIGCSE TS 2026?
Join SIGCSE TS 2026 Roommate Finder Google Group!
🔗 Learn more on the Hotel Information page: sigcse2026.sigcse.org/attending/Ho...
📬 Join the Roommate Finder Group here: groups.google.com/g/sigcse-ts-...
#SIGCSETS2026 #CSeducation #ConferenceTravel
Join SIGCSE TS 2026 Roommate Finder Google Group!
🔗 Learn more on the Hotel Information page: sigcse2026.sigcse.org/attending/Ho...
📬 Join the Roommate Finder Group here: groups.google.com/g/sigcse-ts-...
#SIGCSETS2026 #CSeducation #ConferenceTravel
Computer Science Teacher: Flag on the Play - AI Let Me Down blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/flag... #CSed
Flag on the Play AI Let Me Down
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 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Computer Science Teacher: Flag on the Play - AI Let Me Down blog.acthompson.net/2025/11/flag... #CSed
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My CAS Space Invaders Workshop for teachers 👾 is on CASTV now! We used the @microbit.org classroom tool to simulate supporting learners and had some fun too 😀 Find it on YT here 👇 youtu.be/qwpndf-T4ns?... #TeamCompSci
Engaging all Learners with Game Development on the microbit Physical Computing event
YouTube video by CAS TV
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October 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My CAS Space Invaders Workshop for teachers 👾 is on CASTV now! We used the @microbit.org classroom tool to simulate supporting learners and had some fun too 😀 Find it on YT here 👇 youtu.be/qwpndf-T4ns?... #TeamCompSci
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A horror themed game on the microbit! In sheep abduction, you are the farmer collecting sheep before the alien ship beams them up! Find example code and free learner worksheets in the YT description here 👉 youtube.com/shorts/R6hVo...
micro:bit Sheep Abduction!
YouTube video by Mr Lovell Computer Science
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October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A horror themed game on the microbit! In sheep abduction, you are the farmer collecting sheep before the alien ship beams them up! Find example code and free learner worksheets in the YT description here 👉 youtube.com/shorts/R6hVo...
Interesting little project #CSed
Make Space Invaders on the micro:bit 👾 Go to the YT link for a student worksheet and example code 👉 youtube.com/shorts/4J…
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Interesting little project #CSed
Computer Science Teacher: Unexpected Help With Coding Projects blog.acthompson.net/2025/10/unex... #CSed AI keeps sticking itself into my projects. What does it mean for teaching programming and software engineering education.
Unexpected Help With Coding Projects
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
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Computer Science Teacher: Unexpected Help With Coding Projects blog.acthompson.net/2025/10/unex... #CSed AI keeps sticking itself into my projects. What does it mean for teaching programming and software engineering education.
A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a... by @scalzi.com
A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject
What? You didn’t know that Grokipedia exists? Well, it does, and it’s Elon Musk’s attempt to run Wikipedia out of town on a rail: An “AI”-generated compendium of infor…
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October 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a... by @scalzi.com
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Here's a link to today's CircuitPython exam: docs.google.com/presentation... Students had to complete 8 builds in 2.5 hrs. Themes: "Magic-8 Ball Yoda", "Diwali Musical Chairs", An anti-cat distance-activated Turkey, & "Yip Yip Yip" martians from Sesame Street.
Physical Computing Exam - Fall 2025
Physical Computing Exam Fall '25 with Prof. John Gallaugher Each slide is a different question. Advance the slide and the video should play, demonstrating the final product. 8 builds in CircuitPython ...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here's a link to today's CircuitPython exam: docs.google.com/presentation... Students had to complete 8 builds in 2.5 hrs. Themes: "Magic-8 Ball Yoda", "Diwali Musical Chairs", An anti-cat distance-activated Turkey, & "Yip Yip Yip" martians from Sesame Street.
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This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.