Alex Koppel
@arsduo.bsky.social
book reader, software engineer ex-Slack ex-eSpark, @awesomefoundgta.bsky.social organizer, 🏳️🌈, he/him.
Thank you! I'm excited, and still have a week of time off to power through the project 🙂
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thank you! I'm excited, and still have a week of time off to power through the project 🙂
I get that, I kept writing "Day of the Chrysalids" 😅
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I get that, I kept writing "Day of the Chrysalids" 😅
The show was recorded and I'm excited for the earlier episodes in the series to be posted.
I know next to nothing about earlier periods (including the original pansy craze, which gave us the name), and am eager to learn following the framework the show uses: celebrated, commodified, criminalized.
I know next to nothing about earlier periods (including the original pansy craze, which gave us the name), and am eager to learn following the framework the show uses: celebrated, commodified, criminalized.
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The show was recorded and I'm excited for the earlier episodes in the series to be posted.
I know next to nothing about earlier periods (including the original pansy craze, which gave us the name), and am eager to learn following the framework the show uses: celebrated, commodified, criminalized.
I know next to nothing about earlier periods (including the original pansy craze, which gave us the name), and am eager to learn following the framework the show uses: celebrated, commodified, criminalized.
Book 36: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. @meakoopa.bsky.social gifted me this classic of Canadian high school curricula & I really enjoyed it!
A fascinating urtext for the X-Men (incl flipflopping on mutant/ human relations) and sense8. It also uses the term "spider-man" 7 years before P Parker 🕷️
A fascinating urtext for the X-Men (incl flipflopping on mutant/ human relations) and sense8. It also uses the term "spider-man" 7 years before P Parker 🕷️
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Book 36: The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. @meakoopa.bsky.social gifted me this classic of Canadian high school curricula & I really enjoyed it!
A fascinating urtext for the X-Men (incl flipflopping on mutant/ human relations) and sense8. It also uses the term "spider-man" 7 years before P Parker 🕷️
A fascinating urtext for the X-Men (incl flipflopping on mutant/ human relations) and sense8. It also uses the term "spider-man" 7 years before P Parker 🕷️
Thank you! I'm hopeful I can keep going with this even after the new job starts. It's been really nice to be excited about it again!
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thank you! I'm hopeful I can keep going with this even after the new job starts. It's been really nice to be excited about it again!
Book 35: You Weren't Meant to Be Human by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social.
I keep thinking about one particular moment that, at first, reads as hopeful and upbeat, but that actually reframes the story with an additional profound horror.
Just such a great story, great characters, recommended for sure.
I keep thinking about one particular moment that, at first, reads as hopeful and upbeat, but that actually reframes the story with an additional profound horror.
Just such a great story, great characters, recommended for sure.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Book 35: You Weren't Meant to Be Human by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social.
I keep thinking about one particular moment that, at first, reads as hopeful and upbeat, but that actually reframes the story with an additional profound horror.
Just such a great story, great characters, recommended for sure.
I keep thinking about one particular moment that, at first, reads as hopeful and upbeat, but that actually reframes the story with an additional profound horror.
Just such a great story, great characters, recommended for sure.
The Harbingers quite literally has brought me back to audio dramas.
I'd forgotten the sensation of "shit, what do I do on my walks now?", a sensation I have loaded up my podcast app with downloads on order to not to experience again 😅
I'd forgotten the sensation of "shit, what do I do on my walks now?", a sensation I have loaded up my podcast app with downloads on order to not to experience again 😅
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Harbingers quite literally has brought me back to audio dramas.
I'd forgotten the sensation of "shit, what do I do on my walks now?", a sensation I have loaded up my podcast app with downloads on order to not to experience again 😅
I'd forgotten the sensation of "shit, what do I do on my walks now?", a sensation I have loaded up my podcast app with downloads on order to not to experience again 😅
On the plus side we did meet some very muscular firemen
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
On the plus side we did meet some very muscular firemen
Amazing! We have tickets for Friday and are so excited 😄
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Amazing! We have tickets for Friday and are so excited 😄
Sorry you missed it! (Hope your trip was great, though.)
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sorry you missed it! (Hope your trip was great, though.)
Reposted by Alex Koppel
When I was doing my PGCE we were heavily encouraged to use AI to help with lesson planning. I asked it to give me a list of the first 20 elements in a random order, the list included triangle, gold and air. Not touched it since.
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
When I was doing my PGCE we were heavily encouraged to use AI to help with lesson planning. I asked it to give me a list of the first 20 elements in a random order, the list included triangle, gold and air. Not touched it since.
Haha that would be great, since you don't see it immediately on walking in.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Haha that would be great, since you don't see it immediately on walking in.