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Marvin P. Warble Jr.

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Founder of @iGradePlus @EdTechNews @Oorian Follow me for interesting posts about #EdTech #Education #Science #Technology #Scifi and sometimes #Cats. 🧑‍🎓⚛️💻🚀👽🐱 Free Online Gradebook => https://igradeplus.com #edusky

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Feb 5

If you're a #teacher looking for a free, comprehensive, easy-to-use, online #gradebook, please checkout @igradeplus.bsky.social.
#edusky #teachers #teachertips #teachertools #education
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An affordable school management system for schools and districts and a free, easy-to-use, highly customizable,online gradebook for individual teachers.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 20d

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 28d

Does Space-Time Really Exist? #Science #Physics #TheoreticalPhysics #SpaceTime #PhysicsQuestions

Does Space-Time Really Exist?

Is time something that flows — or just an illusion? Exploring space-time as either a fixed “block universe” or a dynamic fabric reveals deeper mysteries about existence, change, and the very nature...

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Pure Science @purescience.news · 28d

Scientists are now seriously asking if humans were seeded by aliens. Here's why #Science #Space #Astrobiology #Aliens #HumanOrigins

Scientists are now seriously asking if humans were seeded by aliens. Here's why

Where did life on Earth begin? That sounds like a relatively straightforward question. Surely on Earth began... well, on Earth, right? We know this planet had the right conditions for life to arise, and...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Sep 7

100 years ago, ‘ghost ship’ sails baffled Einstein—now they’re making a comeback purescience.news/article?id=9...

100 years ago, ‘ghost ship’ sails baffled Einstein—now they’re making a comeback

On the rough and icy waters of the North Sea in 1925, an unusual vessel plowed its way from Danzig, Poland, to Leith, Scotland, marking a first in maritime history. This maiden voyage was historic not...

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Education Technology News @edtechnews.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Educator’s Guide to Creating Perfect AI-Generated Images Using JSON #EdTech
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The Educator’s Guide to Creating Perfect AI-Generated Images Using JSON

Tired of unpredictable AI images? Discover how educators are using JSON to create perfect AI-generated images for their classrooms.

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Education Technology News @edtechnews.bsky.social · Aug 25

Should schools be the centerpiece of heat resilience action? #EdTech
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Should schools be the centerpiece of heat resilience action?

Advocates say local governments must set a model for climate-smart leadership with enforceable standards and resources to protect children.

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Education Technology News @edtechnews.bsky.social · Aug 26

Q&A: Is It Possible To Have Too Much Technology in Classrooms? #EdTech
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Q&A: Is It Possible To Have Too Much Technology in Classrooms?

Digital tools are greatly enhancing the teaching and learning experience in ways that could never have been imagined, but is there such a thing as too much tech in the K–12 classroom? Ergotron’s Brian...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Aug 27

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AI is having ‘a significant and disproportionate’ effect on young workers’ job prospects, study finds

Employment declines “are concentrated in occupations where AI is more likely to automate, rather than augment, human labor,” Stanford researchers said.

Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Aug 21

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed purescience.news/article?id=9...

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

It's no secret that much of social media has become profoundly dysfunctional. Rather than bringing us together into one utopian public square and fostering a healthy exchange of ideas, these platforms...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Aug 12

What you may have missed about GPT-5 purescience.news/article?id=9...
#AI #ChatGPT

What you may have missed about GPT-5

Before OpenAI released GPT-5 last Thursday, CEO Sam Altman said its capabilities made him feel “useless relative to the AI.” He said working on it carries a weight he imagines the developers of the at...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Aug 6

Quantum Breakthrough: Scientists Find “Backdoor” to 60-Year-Old Superconducting Mystery purescience.news/article?id=9...

Quantum Breakthrough: Scientists Find “Backdoor” to 60-Year-Old Superconducting Mystery

A Copenhagen team has unlocked a clever “backdoor” into studying rare quantum states once thought beyond reach. Scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have discovered a new ...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 31

Brawndo

Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is a very special breed of #cats, bred specifically to protect your toilet paper supply. #CatsofBluesky

Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 28

A ‘Grand Unified Theory’ of Math Just Got a Little Bit Closer purescience.news/article?id=9...
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A ‘Grand Unified Theory’ of Math Just Got a Little Bit Closer

By extending the scope of a key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward building a unifying theory of mathematics.

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 28

Cross-party friendships are shockingly rare in the United States, study suggests purescience.news/article?id=9...

Cross-party friendships are shockingly rare in the United States, study suggests

In the United States, friendships between people who hold different political views are surprisingly uncommon. But when they do exist, they may come with a trade-off: slightly lower friendship quality...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 26

Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
#cats

Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 15

Treating a Viral Infection in Cats May Solve the Mystery of Long COVID purescience.news/article?id=9...

Treating a Viral Infection in Cats May Solve the Mystery of Long COVID

Learn about the disease in cats that shows striking similarities to long COVID and the treatment that can restore feline immune dysfunction.

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 15

Groundbreaking Study Reveals Tortoises Have Feelings, Similar to Ours purescience.news/article?id=9...

Groundbreaking Study Reveals Tortoises Have Feelings, Similar to Ours

A groundbreaking study reveals that red-footed tortoises experience long-term mood states. Researchers specializing in animal behavior and cognition at the University of Lincoln have uncovered new evi...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 15

We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it? purescience.news/article?id=9...

We’ve discovered a new kind of magnetism. What can we do with it?

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 8

😐

Pure Science @purescience.news · Jul 7

Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter #Science #EarthSciences #Meteorology #EarthRotation #TimeShortening #ClimateChange

Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter

Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jul 8

Careful. Might lose your funding.

Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jun 27

Stuck on a problem? Take a nap! purescience.news/article?id=9...

Stuck on a problem? Take a nap!

Since 2004, scientific research has shown that a full night of sleep may lend itself to a burst of insight in the morning. But what about the earlier stages of sleep? And what about just a nap? A rese...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jun 23

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#programming #softwaredevelopment

RedMonk Top 20 Languages Over Time: January 2025

This iteration of the RedMonk programming Language Rankings is brought to you by Amazon Web Services. AWS manages a variety of developer communities where you can join and learn more about building mo...

Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jun 14

Science wants you to share more adorable pet photos. Here’s why purescience.news/article?id=6...

Science wants you to share more adorable pet photos. Here’s why

Pictures of adorable animals are a fast way to bring a smile to anyone’s face, and now a new study has shown that sharing them helps people bond together. When someone sends a cute cat pic to their pa...

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Marvin P. Warble Jr. @marvinwarble.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are You Eating Plastic? New Research Shows Serious Health Risks purescience.news/article?id=4...

Are You Eating Plastic? New Research Shows Serious Health Risks

An animal study finds that consuming nanoplastics is linked to changes in metabolism and liver function. A new animal study suggests that tiny plastic particles found in food and drinks may disrupt gl...

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