I got my annual permission letter from my cardiologist to donate blood. Went straight to the blood center.

My first-day exercise is in this month's The Physics Teacher. Among other things, it lets students know that their teacher is a human with interests outside of STEM.

We were interviewed for TV! Tell your friends! And tell them that they can still get tickets for our December shows. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

A quick reminder that seats for our December performances are now on sale. Tell your friends. Tickets at: www.thephysicsshow.com

We just put 15,000 Physics Show tickets on sale for Dec/Jan. They make great holiday gifts: www.thephysicsshow.com

This month's Physics Teacher has a piece on the Physics Show (doi.org/10.1119/5.02...)! It's great to see our model disseminated. @barnettdreyfuss.bsky.social tells her journey in the American Journal of Physics (doi.org/10.1119/5.03...). We came up in the same ecosystem, it was a joy to read.

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

We've put away our equipment and cleaned the stage. Over the past two weeks we've done physics outreach shows for 10k+ members of the public and roughly 2500 kids from Title 1 schools.

Second day of field trip shows for kids from Title 1 schools.

Today we hosted 800+ kids from Title 1 schools. Let your friends know they can support our science outreach work by buying tickets for our weekend performances. www.thephysicsshow.com

Silicon Valley folks, we will have Physics Show performances for the next two weekends. Tell your friends that they can get seats at www.thephysicsshow.com. Proceeds go towards bringing kids from Title 1 schools to our campus for fun science learning!

Rolled past a milestone. If you are able, please donate blood.

Some of the service I've been doing around physics/astro/STEMM professional societies.

🦋 STEP UP has officially joined Bluesky! In addition to continuing to post content on our existing social media accounts (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn), you can now find our content right here.

Giving blood. Please donate if you are able. #Give4Life

Very happy to see this. Fond memory of ud being sent to another room for too much talking during a new physics teachers workshop 20 years ago.

If you are eligible, please donate blood. This is a direct way you can help others. #Give4Life #EverydayBrave

"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."

College Board deleted vids for multiple classes on AP Classroom about issues dealing with American Indians, Slavery, Racism, and sexism. For APUSH the first two videos on Slavery in the British Colonies were deleted, videos on Native American societies and Euro conquest, and Reconstruction. #edusky

Back in the chair. If you are eligible, please donate. So much of our world is a dumpster fire, but this is a direct way you can help others. #Give4Life #EverydayBrave

www.linkedin.com/posts/americ... Less serious stuff. These canvases are on display in the @aapthq.bsky.social DC office. @melfromqns.bsky.social and @thephysicsshow.bsky.social helped transport them from the hotel. Photo credit to a friend @aapmhq.bsky.social . Taken after an AIP event.

We are doing a weekend of performances at the end of March. Tickets are at www.thephysicsshow.com. Same setlist as last Dec/Jan.

It's the #DayOfRemembrance. Over the past month I have thought often of my grandparents' lessons. They taught to resist, even if the odds are overwhelmingly against you. Comply when needed, but only when needed. Nurture and protect your communities. They survived, and so will we.

Back in the chair. If you are eligible, please donate. So much of our world is a dumpster fire, but this is a direct way you can help others. #Give4Life #EverydayBrave

When protestors uttered the slogan “defund the police” the national media had a massive freak out. But now that Trump wants to actually gut the FBI and (it would seem) illegally fire 1000s of people who work there, the same media sees it as a curiosity, a dull bureaucratic matter.

If there’s one truly American attitude it is fuck you, I wont do what you tell me and we must tap into it as never before

I highly recommend Julia Lee's "Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America."

This is where my family lived in World War II.

If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.

For Fred Korematsu Day, a photo of Japanese-Americans in their Internment camp. They are meeting with the White businessman they hired to oversee their farms. My grandfather (marked) helped them form a collective and write the contract. Unlike most JA, they didn't lose their farms. Organize.

This is Phyllis Fong. I very much respect that she made them physically remove her from her office, which remains hers by right, because she hasn’t been legally terminated.

Do you teach high school physics in or around Chicago, LA, or NYC? Are you looking for a community dedicated to shifting gender equity in physics? Join the STEP UP team as an Advocate for the 2025-26 school year! ow.ly/mBGL50UOKSW #HighSchoolPhysics #STEPUP

I once shared a meal with a family friend. He was a kamikaze pilot, but knew the war couldn't be won by Japan. And it would need to rebuild. He ditched his plane and later worked his way to the top of Mitsubishi, helping Japan recover. No kamikaze missions, we need to be around for the rebuilding.

I have seen my grandfather's Interment paperwork. To Question 27, "Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty, wherever ordered?" he answered Yes. And then he added "If drafted." He would comply, but you would need to make him comply. #AAPIhistory

In thermo class today I mispronounced processes as prophesies. Upon that blunder I declared that we are all doomed, and went into the heat death of the universe. So yeah, that's where I am at this morning.

On this MLK Day I recall that my mother's Japanese-American church chartered a bus from NYC to DC so their youth could go to the March on Washington. They understood solidarity and invested in their children. This is our path to the future.

Made it! #AAPTWM25

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

photos.aas.org/AAS-245-Jan-... Today awarded University of Michigan Astronomy with their Bronze Award! Thank you to @aasoffice.bsky.social for supporting this effort including giving time at the #AAS245

I wear a tutu for the conservation of angular momentum part of our show. My first reaction to this photo was "I'd look better if I smiled." I don't recall ever thinking that before when viewing other photos of me. But all it took to trigger that sexism was a change of clothing. :(

I totally missed this anniversary. Just before Christmas in 1974 my family moved to America. I've been here 50 years.

Back in the chair. If you are eligible, please donate. Karma for the first day of the term.

Silicon Valley folks, tell your people that they can still get seats to this weekend's Physics Show performances. Fun science demos aimed at school-aged kids (adult kids will like it too). Proceeds go towards science outreach to kids from underserved schools. Tickets at thephysicsshow.com

I grew up with a set of these hand-made angels. I had no idea of their history. www.linkedin.com/pulse/rememb...

Just in case Santa doesn't bring Physics Show tickets, we've still got seats at: www.thephysicsshow.com They make great stocking-stuffers.

Silicon Valley folks, we still have tickets for our Sunday shows: www.thephysicsshow.com

Silicon Valley folks, it's not too late to get tickets to our shows this weekend! Fun science demos for the family. Tell your friends. Tickets at: www.thephysicsshow.com

We've done field-trip shows for kids from Title 1 schools the past two days. We're going to rest up and then do six shows for the public this weekend. Good seats still remain for those days.

The Vet Tech program is our opening act for our field trip show this morning.