Amy Wood
@alw4110.bsky.social
Science teacher in the Midwest. Loves Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Always be kind. She/her
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Amy Wood
@alw4110.bsky.social
· Nov 16
All professions require specific professional dress. Outfits should make it clear that someone is trained to be a teacher, a lawyer, or a mechanic. By not having specific uniforms, it makes professions less respectable and less safe.
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I suspect this is the most influential splash page in the English language.
September 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I suspect this is the most influential splash page in the English language.
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So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
The Less You Know About AI, the More You Are Likely to Use It
AI can seem magical to those with low AI literacy, a new study finds. That, in turn, might make them more willing to try it.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite!
The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
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I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
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I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
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One of the things that has pretty annoying is that if you have any kind of bullshit meter, if you have anything inside of yourself that doesn’t enjoy being lied to, the last couple of years of almost every area of public life have been driving you up a fucking wall
August 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One of the things that has pretty annoying is that if you have any kind of bullshit meter, if you have anything inside of yourself that doesn’t enjoy being lied to, the last couple of years of almost every area of public life have been driving you up a fucking wall
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It is so weird to me to run across people who still want “complicated morally gray” characters right now.
Give me the goshdang paladins.
Start a goody-two-shoes IV.
We need good. We need to be reminded what good looks like. We are all so angry. Where do we put that?
Give me the goshdang paladins.
Start a goody-two-shoes IV.
We need good. We need to be reminded what good looks like. We are all so angry. Where do we put that?
July 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It is so weird to me to run across people who still want “complicated morally gray” characters right now.
Give me the goshdang paladins.
Start a goody-two-shoes IV.
We need good. We need to be reminded what good looks like. We are all so angry. Where do we put that?
Give me the goshdang paladins.
Start a goody-two-shoes IV.
We need good. We need to be reminded what good looks like. We are all so angry. Where do we put that?
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I heard someone say that nostalgia was a form of grief and it stuck with me.
January 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I heard someone say that nostalgia was a form of grief and it stuck with me.
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This is a super fun read!
Holy actual shit: Slate named Roberto (the soup) one of the 25 most important recipes of the last 100 years!!!????????!!! slate.com/life/2024/11...
The 25 Most Important Recipes of the Past 100 Years
A century of American braising, baking, and imbibing in one nation-spanning list.
slate.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:19 AM
This is a super fun read!
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Oh.
Wow.
Wow.
The thing about the Kobayashi Maru
“The thing about the Kobayashi Maru,” said Jim, “is you have to remember it’s a simulation.”
medium.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Oh.
Wow.
Wow.
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hello everybody and welcome to the Fall 2024 Discourse Games, where we will compete to see who can make the best New Discourse! the rules are below. good luck.
hello everybody and welcome to the Fall 2023 Discourse Games, where we will compete to see who can make the best New Discourse! the rules are thus:
November 16, 2024 at 7:18 PM
hello everybody and welcome to the Fall 2024 Discourse Games, where we will compete to see who can make the best New Discourse! the rules are below. good luck.
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Spouse picked up the game "Squirrel with a gun," and it is exactly what it sounds like. You are a squirrel. You are doing normal squirrel things like eating what appears to be an acorn. The acorn was not an acorn, and now government agents are after you.
October 15, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Spouse picked up the game "Squirrel with a gun," and it is exactly what it sounds like. You are a squirrel. You are doing normal squirrel things like eating what appears to be an acorn. The acorn was not an acorn, and now government agents are after you.
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Anyway, here’s a Rose Petal I did for cooldown yesterday. I bow to my legendary career ancestors who made 80’s girl toys so cheesily spectacular.
October 12, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Anyway, here’s a Rose Petal I did for cooldown yesterday. I bow to my legendary career ancestors who made 80’s girl toys so cheesily spectacular.
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Meditate upon this wisdom.
Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.
Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
October 9, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Meditate upon this wisdom.
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Hey US folks! We just got a combo covid + flu A/B antigen test approved by the FDA outside of the EUA (Emergency Use Authorization), our first outside the EUA, more info in quote post's photo.
Identifies virtually 100% true negatives, and around 92% true positives.
Results in 15 minutes.
Identifies virtually 100% true negatives, and around 92% true positives.
Results in 15 minutes.
October 9, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Hey US folks! We just got a combo covid + flu A/B antigen test approved by the FDA outside of the EUA (Emergency Use Authorization), our first outside the EUA, more info in quote post's photo.
Identifies virtually 100% true negatives, and around 92% true positives.
Results in 15 minutes.
Identifies virtually 100% true negatives, and around 92% true positives.
Results in 15 minutes.
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The indirect benefits of free lunches
September 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
The indirect benefits of free lunches
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SHOCKING NEWS THAT WILL SHOCK YOU!
August 29, 2024 at 5:25 PM
SHOCKING NEWS THAT WILL SHOCK YOU!
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The Muppets are celebrating their 70th anniversary--and the first character they're spotlighting is Rowlf! That's the right choice. He's not the oldest Muppet--Kermit predates him by about 7 years--but he's one of the most important in helping build Jim Henson's name, company, and legacy. /1
August 31, 2024 at 12:08 AM
The Muppets are celebrating their 70th anniversary--and the first character they're spotlighting is Rowlf! That's the right choice. He's not the oldest Muppet--Kermit predates him by about 7 years--but he's one of the most important in helping build Jim Henson's name, company, and legacy. /1
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Women becoming more present in software engineering is not them edging into 'man's work' or anything daft like that. They were the first programmers, they were the ones who made some of the most significant advancements, and they're the one who made it an engineering discipline.
ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.
June 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Women becoming more present in software engineering is not them edging into 'man's work' or anything daft like that. They were the first programmers, they were the ones who made some of the most significant advancements, and they're the one who made it an engineering discipline.
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"Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
May 13, 2024 at 3:29 PM
"Faster than light?"
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
"Anything can be achieved," the alien's translation device said, "by balancing the four fundamental chkoi."
"You mean gravity, electromagnetism, and the nuclear forces?"
"No, the fundamental chkoi."
"What are they?"
"Spite, tiredness, hope, and 'fuck it'."
#MicroFiction
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EVERY PHILOSOPHER IN HISTORY: Don't confuse smarts with wisdom.
TECHBROS: What if being smart in a field of technology only forty years old in fact made us philosopher kings?
FINANCE BROS: I'll have what he's having.
TECHBROS: What if being smart in a field of technology only forty years old in fact made us philosopher kings?
FINANCE BROS: I'll have what he's having.
May 12, 2024 at 11:49 PM
EVERY PHILOSOPHER IN HISTORY: Don't confuse smarts with wisdom.
TECHBROS: What if being smart in a field of technology only forty years old in fact made us philosopher kings?
FINANCE BROS: I'll have what he's having.
TECHBROS: What if being smart in a field of technology only forty years old in fact made us philosopher kings?
FINANCE BROS: I'll have what he's having.
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ok the Reacher guy keeps it real as hell
April 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM
ok the Reacher guy keeps it real as hell
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Reskeet if you think that Meg, who has often been described as "very affectionate bread mold," intellectually speaking, is more thoughtful than a Supreme Court Justice.
March 20, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Reskeet if you think that Meg, who has often been described as "very affectionate bread mold," intellectually speaking, is more thoughtful than a Supreme Court Justice.
My husband on comic book movie tropes:
"The only time people want to see an evil cloud is in Twister."
"The only time people want to see an evil cloud is in Twister."
January 2, 2024 at 6:16 PM
My husband on comic book movie tropes:
"The only time people want to see an evil cloud is in Twister."
"The only time people want to see an evil cloud is in Twister."