If we had a cabinet of intelligent people who cared about people and were willing to stand up to Trump he would be removed under the 25th amendment. But we don't. Trump would never hire such people. So we sit and wonder how bad things are going to get.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I know trans people and I know fascists who are making life difficult for trans people. The trans people are pretty cool and I'm glad I know them. The fascists can go fall down a deep dark hole.

Playing tricks on people and then laughing at them because they trusted you is first-class victim-blaming. No, I'm not vaguebooking. This is just me reminding you that most April Fool's jokes aren't funny.

Computer Science Teacher: Talking Artificial Intelligence With Richard Crane of MILL5 blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/talk...

Will I see you there?

I spent a few days in Minneapolis, talking to academics, queer folk, and finding cozy corners in the aftermath of the ICE invasion. Here's a quick trip report, for the curious: medium.com/bits-and-beh...

It's obvious that the administration did not do enough planning around this whole attack. They are apparently surprised that Iran is closing the strait as they had no preparation for it. They had no plans to get Americans out of the area. Did they not expect Iran to retaliate? Total incompetents.

Chocolate covered raisins count as a serving of fruit, right? Asking for a friend.

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A good way to understand something better is to go broader. To help students see that everything inside the computer is stored as a number, rather than just looking at text, images and sound, why not include other things such as programs, dates and times? www.advanced-ict.info/theory/NC/do...

That's the reason that I made an octal page, and my hexadecimal page has more than two digits - further examples to test the students' generalised knowledge of number bases. www.advanced-ict.info/interactive/...

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This should be required reading for anyone who doesn't work in an actual school but feels the need to insert themselves into the AI in Education conversation. It's also a great read for those working in schools!

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I listened to a few minutes of Biden's talk at Jesse Jackson's memorial service. I've never been much of a Biden fan to be honest. But compared to Trump, he is an amazing speaker.

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Updated coding memes for my cs classroom. This time with an Olympic theme! 🏅 #CSedu #RepresentationMatters #APCSP

Computer Science Teacher: Computer Programming or Software Development blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/comp... Drawing a distinction between computer programming and software development and what it means for K12 computer science education. #CSed #TeamCompSci

Computer Science Teacher: Computer Programming or Software Development blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/comp... Drawing a distinction between computer programming and software development and what it means for K12 computer science education. #CSed #TeamCompSci

Computer Science Teacher: Selling AI Before It’s Time blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/sell... Anthropic, the department of Defense (or War), and the question of AI being ready

Computer Science Teacher: Selling AI Before It’s Time blog.acthompson.net/2026/03/sell... Anthropic, the department of Defense (or War), and the question of AI being ready

Trump deliberately targeted/assassinated a head of state. He announced it. He's proud of it. There have been attempts before, but they were covert and unacknowledged. Can anyone cite a counter example in all of human history? Now the taboo has been broken, no head of state is safe.

Check out the latest post by @zamansky.bsky.social Why CS Still Matters cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/why-cs... #CSed #TeamCompSci

Without the dots, it looks like polygraph test results from a pathological liar.

The real TDS is whatever mental illness causes people to support Trump.

Computer Science Teacher: Who Is Driving Changes to Computer Science Education and are we moving in the right direction blog.acthompson.net/2026/02/who-... #CSed #TeamCompSci

Possible unpopular opinion Computer science, in the old analogy, is the dog and AI is the tail. The tail should not wag the dog.

Code.org President Steps Down Citing 'Upending' of CS By AI #Technology #Business #Other #ArtificialIntelligence #CSEducation #LeadershipChange https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/21/1932253/codeorg-president-steps-down-citing-upending-of-cs-by-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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At this point in the semester my CircuitPython students move from the Circuit Playground Bluefruit to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W. This lesson explains how to make the move at a similar point for anyone following along our course playlist: youtu.be/RPI10l3vCWk?...

I have been thinking a lot lately about AI Tutors and the Human Connection blog.acthompson.net/2026/02/ai-t... #EduSky #CSed #AI

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Are any of you doing anything around the Olympics? Back some years ago, the Olympics got me thinking about sorting. Specifically, how to determine which country is winning in the medal count. I wrote something up back then. blog.acthompson.net/2014/02/sort... #TeamCompSci #CSed

I have been thinking a lot lately about AI Tutors and the Human Connection blog.acthompson.net/2026/02/ai-t... #EduSky #CSed #AI

Defining Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: What I did on my sabbatical computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/d...

Check out the latest post by @zamansky.bsky.social cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/being-... Comments on teacher observations for teacher rating and improvement.

Instead of reading this, what if you hugged a loved one, helped a neighbor, or started organizing for the midterms? The writing is just an excuse to share my brother’s macabre art :) amyjko.medium.com/deconstructi...

Computer Science Teacher: Why Teach Binary in Computer Science Classes blog.acthompson.net/2018/09/why-... #csed

Computer Science Teacher: Reminiscing - When Computers Had Lights blog.acthompson.net/2026/02/remi...

Computer Science Teacher: CS Teacher Improvement Through Observation blog.acthompson.net/2026/01/cs-t... #CSed #TeamCompSci

If you are looking for a place to be alone this weekend apparently a theatre showing the Melania movie is a good option.

I believe that the secret to being a good teacher is to love the subject matter and love students. Not necessarily in that order. #EduSky

Computer Science Teacher: Are AI Code Assistants Getting Better or Worse blog.acthompson.net/2026/01/are-... Does the term "garbage in, garbage out" ring any bells? #CSed #TeamCompSci

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Computer Science Teacher: RotWords–String Manipulation Project Finding interesting project ideas. And discussion topics. blog.acthompson.net/2026/01/rotw...

Computer Science Teacher: Dice As a Design Problem blog.acthompson.net/2026/01/dice... #TeamCompSci #CSed

Yep - it needs to do something that I can't do better or in the same amount of time. So far that's just making nonsense pictures! #TeamCompSci www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...