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Steve-o Stonebraker
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Your basic child of the 80s nerd. I love #Transformers and #ITeachPhysics in Massachusetts.

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Steve-o Stonebraker @sstoneb.bsky.social · Nov 17
A collection of my "ready for primetime" #desmos #physics graphs can be found here:
www.camphortree.net/blog/desmos/

Every graph has a brief explanation, a preview image, and a permalink that will redirect to future updates. #ITeachPhysics
Steve-o’s Desmos creations – stuff from steve stonebraker
www.camphortree.net
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owendennis.com
Regardless of the content of the video, is there a name for this style of presentational speaking?

It's sort of a lilting, melodically rhyming sort of speech. Whenever a sentence ends, it doesn't actually sound like it's ending, it almost moves into a question-adjacent melody.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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mcnees.bsky.social
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Good morning, Bluesky.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kobj...
The Name Is Mamdani - Songify NYC
YouTube video by schmoyoho
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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glastomichelle.bsky.social
Sun coming through the archway tonight at sunset. Have a fabulous weekend everyone.
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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tqncboston.bsky.social
In remembrance of every known trans and gender-expansive person lost to fatal violence since 2020, we are creating a flag memorial installation in Boston Common. Each flag placed will represent a life taken too soon.✨
Sunday 11-4
To volunteer or donate to our costs: www.tqnc.org/events/z5z0p...
TRANS AWARENESS WEEK 2025 Flag Memorial Come help us place flags to memorialize our trans and nonbinary siblings that we have lost within the past years, seeking volunteers to help place flags throughout Boston Common. We are also seeking $750 in donations to purchase the flags and cover any additional expenses. Boston Common Sunday, Nov. 16th 11 AM - 4 PM More info at LinkTr.ee/helpbyamg
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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boston.com
More than 400 trans flags removed from Boston Common; advocates call for hate crime investigation trib.al/dbCqAzL
More than 400 trans flags removed from Boston Common; advocates call for hate crime investigation
“It’s discouraging that we can’t celebrate our dead, and especially this week,” an organizer who helped place the flags said. “It’s heartbreaking to see that here.”
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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adam16bit.bsky.social
Star Wars Figure of the Day: Day 3,295: Gonk (Gift Snowflake, Advent Calendar 2024) figureoftheday.blogspot.com/2025/11/star...

Disney sold out, but eBay has it for less than the original boxed set price.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
2/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
Panel 1. image of a huge nuclear plant. “Reactor Overheating” 2. A worker in a hazmat suit works at a computer. The screen reads: “Press cancel to avoid critical overload” 3 - 9. The worker continues to type at the computer. The screen changes in each panel and reads: “Enter password to confirm” “Incorrect password” “Incorrect password” “Do you want to reset your password?” “Reset link has been sent to your email” “Please choose a new password” “New password can't be the same as old password” The colour gets hotter in each panel. Starting blue in 1 and ending in red in 9. Panel 10. Wide view. The entire earth is blown up.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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gerardomarti.bsky.social
Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews

“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”

Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
The Partisanship of Clergy and Laity in Mainline Traditions This horizontal stacked bar chart displays partisan identification among clergy and laity (non-clergy members) across seven mainline Protestant denominations. Each denomination has two rows (one for clergy, one for laity) and the responses are divided into four categories: Democrat (blue), Independent (gray), Republican (red), and Other (green). The denominations included are United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian Church USA, American Baptist, Episcopal Church, United Church of Christ, and Disciples of Christ. Each bar is annotated with the percentage value for each group and party identification. For example, in the United Methodist tradition, 38% of clergy identify as Democrat, 34% as Independent, 19% as Republican, and 9% as Other; laity are 37% Democrat, 9% Independent, 52% Republican, and 1% Other. Percentages are shown inside their corresponding bar segments. The data source is listed as PRRI 2023 Clergy Survey + Cooperative Election Study, 2024, and “@ryanburge” is credited as the creator. Share of Clergy and Laity Identifying as Republican This bar chart provides a visual comparison of the share of clergy and laity identifying as Republican in the same seven mainline Protestant denominations. Each denomination is represented by two adjacent bars: the left bar is for clergy and the right bar is for laity. The percentages are indicated inside each bar, and the bars are colored in shades of red. Error bars are present atop each bar, suggesting a margin of error is included. For example, in the Presbyterian Church USA, 7% of clergy and 53% of laity identify as Republican. In the United Methodist tradition, the figures are 19% clergy and 52% laity. The denominations shown are United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Presbyterian Church USA, American Baptist, Episcopal Church, United Church of Christ, and Disciples of Christ. The data sources and credit are the same as the first graph.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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amiberger.bsky.social
Them: An English degree? You’ll never get a job
Also them, panicking, at every fucking job I’ve ever had: OMG OMG OMG CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME WRITE THIS
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
I love how records-obsessed #astronomy is! One of my students selected a double star to measure which has no published observations in the last 150 years, and her images showed nothing there. Investigating a bit, I found scans of the original discovery article AND...
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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cpsc.gov
Now is the time to prepare to not set your house on fire this Thanksgiving.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
4 panel comic Panel 1: An AI generated version of Purple Guy’s dead mother is speaking to him on his phone. She says “Look, darling. With AI we can be together forever” Panel 2: Purple Guy looking very upset. He asks “Do you love me, mum?” Panel 3: The disgusting AI fake mum replies “I do. Almost as much…” Panel 4: AI mum turns into an advert for online gambling. She yells: “…As I love getting 10 free spins when I sign up to pocket casino.com”
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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desmos.com
The most wonderful time of the year is here: Art Contest season! ✨
Head to desmos.com/art to learn more, and be sure to submit your graphs by January 15th, 2026!
#mathsky #iteachmath
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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gamehistoryorg.bsky.social
Thanks to a generous donation, we've completed our digitized collection of E3 directories from 1995–2006. Every booth, every company, every map. 2400 pages.

archive.gamehistory.org/folder/53778...
A complete collection of E3 directories and addendums.
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
Good morning from the picket line in Lancaster, PA!

Workers are STILL on ULP strike and are continuing to say DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere! #NoContractNoCoffee
A group of Starbucks workers hold signs that say "Our labor our power," "No contract no coffee," "Labor makes, capital takes," and "Red cup rebellion"
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Every ad now
[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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ehehenohe.bsky.social
The Frog's Window. 2025/11/12.
(East Japanese Tree Frog)
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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the-physics-well.net
Still processing my images of last night's aurora. This 98x time- lapse captures the major outburst in NorCal between 8:30 and 9:00. Sony Alpha 7 III, FE 14 mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 1250, 4s exposures. I have used these settings for bright aurora but never had the sensor saturate before! #astrophotography
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
sstoneb.bsky.social
After a good #ITeachPhysics conversation a few weeks ago about "radial" and "centripetal" I have a new question... I'm doing orbits for the next few days.

When you are dealing with elliptical orbits (NOT circular) what names do you use for the following directions...
#AstroEdu
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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adamfrank4.bsky.social
Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb.

"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"

sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft.  He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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hellocloudy.bsky.social
a lil group shot of my cat loaf worry stones!! at this size are they even loafs? maybe they're cat cookies 🥹🤲
a bunch of small worry stones shaped like cats of various colors a hand holding a worry stone shaped like a cat loaf a hand holding seven worry stones shaped like cats of different colors
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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effies.bsky.social
Jupiter says trans rights
apod.shinyakato.dev Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 14d
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colours of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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ladyemily.nebula.tv
Screenshot from Zeta Gundam in which Quattro Bagina says, “Isn't there any way to send all politicians to outer space?”
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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adzebill.bsky.social
The Wiki Science photo competition is running until mid-December! Be in to win cash prizes by donating your science photos for use in Wikipedia. Categories include people in science, microscopy, wildlife and nature, and astronomy. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in Australia and New Zealand - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM