It's believed we've lost the true name for bear in Germanic languages - "bear" roughly means "brown one," a euphemism used instead of the true name because it was believed that saying their true name would summon the bear.

The earliest known named cat is from a damaged relief in an Egyptian tomb from ~1500 BCE. The cat's name was "Nedjem" or "Nojem," which means "Sweetie." 😻

Tell me you've never flown economy without telling me you've never flown economy.

Judge Ellis says all these errors, no matter how minor, add up. "[A]t some point, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything that [DHS] represent[s]." E.g., a top officer testified protestors had shields with nails in them; there were no nails and mostly it was carboard.

We’ve been nominated as a finalist in the 2025 Apple App Store Awards! 🎉 We’re being recognised in the Cultural Impact category for our work in building an inclusive book community. The winners will be announced in the coming weeks.

Stayed up too late but satisfyingly finished a new graph analysis handout as a follow up to our Circular Motion Lab. I think it'll be good practice for Ss in determining the meaning of the slope & using slope to make measurements experimentally. #iTeachPhysics docs.google.com/document/d/1...

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? To be fair, I'm not sure 16 yr old me was aware GZA existed, or had even heard of any of the Wu-Tang Clan. (Look, it was very very rural)

What happens when you interview 700 teenagers about how they actually navigate their online and offline worlds? You learn so, so much about the reality of their lived experiences. This report is riveting from start to finish, and whether you live in England or not. demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...

And to celebrate the beautiful auroae- a tasty beverage in a brand new glass.

Definitely the brightest aurora I've ever seen!

The White House cuts the Dept of Ed and then does the most teacher-makes-big-sign-for-their-room thing ever? Hope they used Rasterbator for this "no, you aren't allowed to use the large format printer" effort. Tho I'm def not allowed to use the gold printer ink at my school...

#iTeachPhysics is so valuable often in a illustrated in this here comic. So often I'll have done a lab for YEARS and one of you will post, "Hey, you know that tricky bit, I changed this one thing and it's way better!" And it IS way better! I *love love love* these small tweaks! xkcd.com/3163

Dear Physicists and Physics fans, I would like to encourage you to celebrate #WomenInPhysics Day this Friday, November 7th. Why November 7th? Because it is the birthday of two of the most impactful women physicists of the 1900's: Marie Curie and Lise Meitner. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 👩‍🔬

This year's edition of Rings of Fire! Students are given initial height and velocity of the launched marble. Each group has to calculate the height of their ring at their assigned horizontal distance. #EduSky #iTeachPhysics

Would've rather the Blue Jays pulled it out, but this Series was very very fun!

what is lost: opportunities to connect through play, express themselves spontaneously, and learn to self-regulate. by insisting children behave in developmentally inappropriate ways, we impede the things that help them develop.

Same study: the value educators ascribed to skills, such as “sitting still” and “not being disruptive,” rose by 16% and 10%, respectively, post NCLB. 😥

sometimes, a data point speaks volumes: "after NCLB, there was 14% drop in child-selected activities in kindergarten, but a 15% and 10% increase in math worksheets and textbook use, respectively" source: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #EduSky

Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ

Big Director Krennic energy.

Very thorough reporting here.

Look, Freddie is a Very Good Player, but Shohei hit two doubles and two HRs, and was intentionally walked FOUR TIMES because the Jays (correctly) wanted no part of his bat. Oh, and he's the starting pitcher tonight...

Now do it for *sunset* times... (Sunsets before 5pm hurt my brain more than late sunrises)

Bookmarked this awhile ago - finally got around to reading all the way through - a very thorough case against the adoption of AI in academia.

Because I'm unknowledgable on these things - are the smaller "bespoke" service providers besides AWS, Google, and Microsoft that could be used?

Several online services are down for our school causing disruptions to our plans and processes. Not for nothing, we didn't have these issues in 2002. 🤪

Dude's going to have a weird Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year. 😂

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

Feels wrong to say a ball hitting 6 inches under the top of the wall is "grounded," but since this situation happens once every 150 years or so we can deal.

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

Kerry Carpenter? Kerry Carpenter!!!!!

Watching Tigers-Mariners using an Antenna over the air like it's 1984.

Unsolicited lick pic.

Bad bunny has the potential to do the funniest troll ever by performing "proud to be an American".

😬😬😬 www.cdc.gov/outbreaks/in...

Yes, bring back manliness like the 1790s - wigs - tights - frills - powder - filler - rouge - hips out - legs crossed

100% there are issues with using SAT & ACT testing as a major admissions benchmark. Using a different, still standardized, test who only exists to be ideologically conservative isn't moving anything in the right direction.

Wahooooo!!! An absolute all-timer from Skubal - the Tigers make it waaaaayyyy too exciting, but escape with the win. Yowza.

Supremely nervous!

I'm glad the Tigers clinched a postseason berth, but jumping around on the mound after blowing a huge division lead and barely sneaking in the wildcard over the last couple weeks doesn't feel very appropriate.

If you see this, post a bridge. Multonomah Falls on the Columbia River in Northern Oregon. My daughter and her friend are waving from the bridge.

Hmmmm...MLB has public pitch velocity data that you could use to do a bit of conservation of momentum video analysis 🤔🤔🤔🎢

What do you mean "mathematically impossible??" I just took my subscription and $15,000 was suddenly deposited into my bank account!

There are worse problems to worry about right now, but this title story's use of an apostrophe is sending me right now.

Remember like 3 weeks ago when the Tigers were going to walk into the postseason bye in boring fashion.

"Escalator temporarily stairs! Sorry for the convenience!"

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

What a privilege it is to witness students feel joy in the classroom 🥹 #iTeachPhysics #EduSky

me telling my grandkids what it was like to have vaccines