Mike Deutsch
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Edu tinkerer and connector. Math & CS pedagogy. @mdeutschmtl here and elsewhere. Montréal.
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📣 Friends, it's thesis writing time for me! 🤓 I should NOT be spending my precious time & attention here! I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
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🥹 the kids are alright. particularly when we give them ways to show themselves to each other.
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Wondering if others were synced with me & my family on Stranger Things ..?
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WHEN DOVES CRY 🕊️
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Marcus Luther
7 days ago
I'm thinking of making another "bracket" to end 2025 of the biggest buzzwords in education over the past year. I have some ideas in mind, but what are your TOP THREE buzzwords, for better or worse? (let's be honest, usually worse)
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It's the dawn of 2026, and Google Docs still does not let us define a custom text style in a document. It's a garbage word processor. It's been so for years. And Google is simply not interested in making it any better. 😠
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
13 days ago
This whole process is a new finding out of what things does my mind want to do that I just didn't allow it to do before Undisciplining my mind is scary
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Human Restoration Project
19 days ago
Top New Podcast: Our conversation with
@heymrsbond.com
, Reclaiming Teaching & Learning in an Age of AI, was our most downloaded episode of the year *by far*! 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/rec...
#K12
#edchat
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“Belting out” instead of “singing,” and you got me onboard.
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Dr Abeba Birhane
22 days ago
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
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The Alliance for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Computing Educ
21 days ago
We're proud to share that Meka Egwuekwe, a valued member of our External Advisory Board, has been honored with the GMITC STEM Educator of the Year Award! 🎉
#AiiCEinnovates
Photo credit:
www.mekadifference.com
@mekaeg.bsky.social
@codecrew.bsky.social
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Peggy Blair
22 days ago
Deadline for the Toby submissions is midnight today! Are you a self-published Canadian mystery author? Check out the criteria at
tobyaward.wordpress.com
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Toby Award
Canada's newest literary prize for mystery fiction
https://tobyaward.wordpress.com
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Sunday morning writing procrastination -- er, relaxation. [Anything
@ellecordova.bsky.social
and Toni make is gold.]
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RX side effects
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
https://youtube.com/shorts/eGhAlNnDDmY?si=a7KNG90JH_LW5QqM
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🎯😠
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25 days ago
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Matt Wimpenny-Smith
26 days ago
The Big Computing Leadership Conference will be delayed until 2027 due to unforeseen circumstances with our host venue, please book on again for free, for the new date!
rundontwalk.co.uk/2025/11/04/t...
#computing
#primaryeducation
#primarycomputing
#leadership
#education
#computingleadership
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The Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026 (now 2027!)
News flash: We are very sorry to tell you that the Big Computing Leadership Conference cannot go ahead on the planned date of the 13th January 2026 due to unforeseen issues with the venue space at …
https://rundontwalk.co.uk/2025/11/04/the-big-computing-leadership-conference-2026/
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Apologies to anyone who unwittingly steps in one of my “oh, Mitch Hedberg had a funny riff about that” zones. 🙏🏼
youtube.com/shorts/38F9k...
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26 days ago
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Shelby Strong 💗💜💙
26 days ago
If you haven't listened to this episode yet, what are you waiting for? 🥰
www.blueglassesmath.org/podcast/epis...
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omg spees
27 days ago
folks who still have blogs: how do you combat having your context scraped and plagiarized? or do you just accept that that's the cost of writing in public in 2025?
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Hillary Monahan
27 days ago
H/T
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Hillary Monahan
27 days ago
Here you go:
youtu.be/COZcKrUx1Ts?...
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Killing In The Name - Portugal. The Man ft Weird Al and Jorma Taccone
YouTube video by maxmax655
https://youtu.be/COZcKrUx1Ts?si=LoMP8f-xl7Xmzzag
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social
morning coffee listening to last night's tv pod... and my brain also went to "Beautifulll Mount Airy Loddddge 🎶" I mean, *everything* 80s-WPIX is new again, isn't it? 🤣
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✨ ANOTHER fun conversation between two smart, mathy people!
@pambrett.bsky.social
hosting
@triangleman.bsky.social
on Blue Glasses Math. 🧵 of thoughts as I listen.../
www.blueglassesmath.org/podcast/epis...
#mtbos
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Podcast | Blue Glasses Math
https://www.blueglassesmath.org/podcast/episode/366aa1fd/054-or-exploring-math-stories-with-christopher-danielson-or-dec-10-2025
28 days ago
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Whoa. 😳 Heck of a good illustration of the adage: “Choose the right chart type for your data.” You can *see* ‘em head for the exits… so to speak.
#dataviz
cc:
@nickdesb.bsky.social
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28 days ago
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Erin Biba
28 days ago
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
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Sometimes the sheer dread of "Oh god, 😱 someone else had my exact research idea" yields to "Oh cool! We had the same idea but actually saw it very differently and it's interesting to compare notes." ... 🙌🍎 to Anna Bloodworth & co at UGA, totally on my
#iteachmath
#CSK8
wavelength. 👇
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Benjamin Riley
28 days ago
A brief taxonomy of educator opinions on AI: 1. K12 teacher enthusiasts -- Love it! See FB group "AI for Educators" 2. K12 teacher pragmatists -- AI sometimes, mostly rote stuff, not a big deal 3. K12 teacher skeptics -- No sir not in my classroom no thank you No idea what % for each...
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Hey
@drewperkins.bsky.social
the current Thought Stretchers episode (3 Dec 2025) is fascinating! Esp. the part where your guest talks herself into a full 180 on constructivism/inquiry. Guess it all depends how you couch it, right? ~27:20-36:00.
wegrowteachers.com/thoughtstret...
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The ThoughtStretchers Podcast: How Free Speech Builds a Better Brain With Barbara Oakley - ThoughtStretchers Education
Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Barbara Oakley, distinguished professor of engineering and co-instructor of the celebrated Learning How to Learn course, to discuss her critical opinion piece: Censorship H...
https://wegrowteachers.com/thoughtstretchers-podcast-how-free-speech-better-brain-barbara-oakley/
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First day back at writing after a happy weekend away, and I've spent it not writing, but overhauling my LaTeX behind the scenes. A necessary evil, they tell me. Worth it in the end.
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“LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build.” -
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social
at
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YES. The Segway was heralded with absolutely BREATHLESS hype and secrecy. I had forgotten. What exactly did they think this would change?
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Alexandra Gallant-Lee
about 1 month ago
I have a new 40-page comic book out that is a love letter to the brain, a visual exploration of the joys of thinking and perceiving, and also giant middle finger to AI, on sale today, too, for $6
alexandragallant.itch.io/brains
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God
about 1 month ago
What would YOU be the Patron Saint of? God and Jesus read your submissions.
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What Would You Be the Patron Saint Of?
A recording from God's live video today (December 3rd, 2025)
https://www.thegodpodcast.com/p/what-would-you-be-the-patron-saint
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Alex Romero
about 1 month ago
I made a video about a pair of mathy shoes I designed in Tile Farm Studio (that you can now purchase in our new merch store):
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UyUk...
#iTeachMath
#mathArt
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Fashionable Fractions
YouTube video by Tile Farm
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UyUkHasMGMw
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✨
@jeffpearlman.bsky.social
is WEARING AN EXPOS CAP and TALKING ABOUT THE BILLY RIPKEN 1989 FLEER "FUCK FACE" CARD.
youtu.be/hcgMH4qMVYw?...
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Billy Ripken & The F*** Face Card | The Funniest Baseball Card Of All-Time
YouTube video by Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
https://youtu.be/hcgMH4qMVYw?si=EnvVc0Snri76xH0u
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Realizing via some new followers that some of my recent threads are easy to mix up. To recap: (1) my wife’s recovering from cancer, (2) i just lost a very close friend & mentor, and (3) I’m struggling to finish my master’s thesis. Oh. #3 makes sense now. 🥺
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I lost a dear friend last week; suffered for years in his gradually-degrading shell. He was a scientist & humanist and loved using a bit of calm bluntness to cut through my sentimentality... so this was a perfect reminder to find in our old emails. by
@humanistengineer.bsky.social
😔 Rest now, Guy.
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https://medium.atheistengineer.com/a-letter-to-my-loved-ones-after-im-dead-d30dc3130ff
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Brittlestar
about 1 month ago
Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
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New, in Honest Names for LLMs:
@clpolk.com
“pablumatic verbiage extruder”
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Aeon Magazine
about 1 month ago
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive
@annaciaunica.bsky.social
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Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
https://buff.ly/UdHWIwz
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Denny Carter
about 1 month ago
When you have kids one day you just start talking like a dad. My kid slept in this morning and I greeted him with, "Glad to see you among the living!" I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
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Ralph Pantozzi
about 1 month ago
Previous research makes plain that student response opportunities are an essential component of good instruction and student learning. However, much more evidence is needed to determine what defines high quality student responses during mathematics instruction.
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I haven’t read xkcd regularly in years, then I happened to visit today because my xkcd-loving buddy just died… and today’s cartoon captures the dominant arc in my life right now. I mean… the personal ones… 🥺 They’re just sublime.
xkcd.com/3172/
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Fifteen Years
https://xkcd.com/3172/
about 1 month ago
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Dr. Stephanie
about 1 month ago
Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way.
xkcd.com/3172/
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📣 Friends, it's thesis writing time for me! 🤓 I should NOT be spending my precious time & attention here! I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
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David Buchanan
about 1 month ago
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
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New, in Honest Names for LLM Output: writing: "essay-shaped objects"
@emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects"
@retr0.id
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Reaching NEW HEIGHTS OF AVOIDANCE this morning! ✨😎
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Shana V. White (she/her)
about 1 month ago
Why is generative AI bad??? I promise there are tons of articles and books that will explain why that have been out for decades. If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
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Oh. 😳 I know what I’m doing with that last bit of buttermilk in the fridge.
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about 1 month ago
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Oh. That word, “samefood.” Never heard that but I instantly understand it and can taste a few of mine just by imagining them. Huh.
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about 2 months ago
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Kingfisher & Wombat
about 2 months ago
If you would like your own READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS bumper sticker, or T-shirt, BookMoon carries them. I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
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