One more sleep til #MoleDay! #moleassicpark

South Carolina Rep. RJ May (R), who accused drag queens and transgender people of harming children, pleaded guilty last Friday to distributing child sex abuse material, including images of adults abusing 7-year-olds, after initially denying it. He was honored as the 2023 Legislator of the Year.

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

I don't know about you folks, but I plan to deadname the Defense Department every chance I get.

Excited to hear that Tiffin Columbian’s Chris Monsour is the Ohio Teacher of the Year! Chris is a fellow science teacher and PAEMST awardee!

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

There are only a few weeks left to submit public comment on the USDOE’s guidance on AI in education, which proposes to saturate K-12 with AI in teaching and learning despite a lack of research into its effectiveness.

A U.S. House resolution has been introduced that would call for the immediate release of the Epstein files. It has 35 Democratic co-sponsors. Not a single Republican.

This is the same Grok that was "manipulated" into praising Hitler last week. What could possibly go wrong when integrating this AI into our national security?

All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: spr.ly/60174TpA3

The most challenging of all this year’s AP Chemistry FRQs was Q6, the Zn and AI Galvanic Cell question, which identified the most advanced students in the course, generally helping to identify which would receive AP 4s and which would receive AP 5s. 5% of students earned all 4 points on it.

The highest performance on this year’s free-response questions was on Q4, the Methanol and Formaldehyde question. 22% of students earned all 4 points on it.

...students who can answer all but one part of the question are generally receiving an AP 4; and students who can answer 1-2 parts of the question are generally receiving AP 3s. Students unable to answer any part of this question correctly are typically receiving AP 1s and 2s.

...so that the measurement value of the question is high, working well to differentiate between students who should receive 5s, 4s, and 3s. Students who can answer every part of this question are typically receiving an AP 5 for their overall work on the exam...

Free-Response Questions (FRQs) spr.ly/60164TpAM Question 7, the Glycolate question, is psychometrically pristine, the most statistically “perfect” question I’ve yet seen on this year’s exams, which means that each of the 4 points is significantly different in difficulty from every other point...

...so there are certainly exceptions to the positive trend in performance over time, but it’s good to see that in aggregate, performance is improving alongside increased opportunities.

I hear and share concerns of school administrators rushing AP Chemistry teachers by cutting labs or not providing adequate instructional time...

...overtaking AP Economics to be the subject that has provided the most additional students with access to the learning environments of their classrooms.

Another rave for the AP Chemistry community: they have pulled off this year’s significant increase in student performance while also expanding this very challenging course to 18,000 more students...

So this is a good unit for further focus as next year’s AP Chemistry students and teachers seek to extend AP Chem’s super impressive, multi-year trend of stronger content and skill mastery.

By far the most challenging unit for AP Chemistry students was Acids and Bases (Unit 8); 7% of students earned every point possible for this unit, and 6% of students, generally those who are receiving 1s, were unable to answer any question about this unit correctly.

Setting aside Atomic Structure and Properties (Unit 1), which a massive 34% of AP Chemistry students aced by answering every such question right, students demonstrated strongest mastery of Thermochemistry (Unit 6); 18% earned every point possible for that unit.

Equating data, which looks at each group’s performance on re-used MCQs, also confirms that this year’s group, on average, was stronger than prior years’ groups, demonstrating stronger chemistry content knowledge and skills, so scores increased.

Multiple-Choice Questions This year, the mean number of correct MCQs was 36.99, compared to 35.00 last year, and 33.65 in 2023. On the make-up date this year, for which I have the multiple-choice data (but not yet the free-response data), the mean number of correct MCQs was 35.82.

The 2025 AP Chemistry Exam scores: 5: 17%; 4: 29%; 3: 32%; 2: 16%; 1: 6% As a reminder, these data only include the results of the AP Chemistry exam taken on the standard testing date, Tuesday, May 6.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

Today’s must read time.com/7295195/ai-c...

I am thrilled to be included in the first-ever #ForbesAccessibility100 list that honors myself and others (many I admire so, so much) as the biggest innovators and impact-makers in Accessibility. Read more: www.forbes.com/lists/access... @forbes.com

Leading an #APSI this week and got this ? from #APChem Ts: If an answer on the FRQ is right but the unit is wrong, does the student earn the point? @mrshoranchem.bsky.social @reitzchemistry.bsky.social Need reader insight 😄 TIA

The analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also found that the version of the bill passed by the House last month would lead to nearly 11 million people going uninsured.

Wondering if @audreywatters.bsky.social has taken to writing for @theonion.com as a coping mechanism. Though I have never heard her speak (bucket list), I feel I can hear her voice saying “Fuck. An owl!”

Reed: I’m not a great mathematician but I think you were talking about a trillion dollars. I believe 1.5 billion times ten is 15 billion. McMahon: I think the cut is 1.2 billion Reed: That would be 12 billion not a trillion McMahon: Okay

Last day as HS #chemistry teacher! #NerdyShirtMonday #ITeachChem

Yes, it's long. Yes, it's complex. Yes, it's detailed. And yes, it will make you sad unto nihilistic depression. But it's also necessary to read because AI is going to fuck the planet beyond expression. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

The supervisor is overseeing the packing of the lab materials for the #APChem #APSI

Susie 1143 in 1! 5️⃣ susie.rbrignall.org.uk

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

So…about AI’s energy use… “…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

BREAKING: Federal judge issues an injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the Education Dept., and orders fired employees be reinstated.

Despite what some tech leaders say, nothing about A.I. is inevitable. Humans are making decisions about its use every day, and we need to convince the ones in charge of our schools — especially our elementary schools — that the zealous embrace of the latest tech is not the way forward.”

Despite the widespread and often employer-encouraged adoption of AI tools, a new study finds that artificial intelligence chatbots "have had no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation."

While Trump is busy in the Middle East getting himself a free $400M dollar plane, back home, you're getting higher prices because of his chaotic tariffs.

Love yourself, love the world enough to think and learn 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-slop-educ...

This Ohioan is appreciating the FREE @tcea.org membership available to all teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week! Everything is bigger in Texas, even the deals and discounts! Celebrate Teacher Week by joining today at TCEA.org. #EduSky

Thank you for your support @repjasmine.bsky.social!

Join me and the amazing Kris Newton for a #modphys E&M workshop this July! It's online, so you can join from anywhere. Great for building understanding at a level needed for AP Phys 2 or AP Phys C or anyone who teaches E&M and likes thinking and learning

Generative AI will tell people what they want to hear in the voice they want to hear it in: a rational and reasonable oracle, but in the end, one whose revelations are biased and destructive 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/sycophancy-a...

Here it is. A timetable of 100 days of corruption. Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. We cannot let this stand.