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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 2d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 1d

OMG an emoji H-R diagram!
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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 1d

Astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung was born #OTD in 1873. 🧪 🔭

H-R diagram:

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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 1d

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 1d

Good going! I can barely do 3 gym days a week. Wish me luck, today is leg day!

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know if this is true since I didn’t see it happen, but are ICE agents afraid of a person in a frog costume? Who is dancing? I don’t understand.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

Also I think not all students cry tears of joy over their physics textbooks…present company excepted of course😉

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

It was a broad survey and they weren’t looking for that specifically, so it is all in very general terms. Another correlation with higher scores in college physics was having a high school physics teacher who was “described with average friendliness or LESS” (emphasis mine)

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

(At the time, regents physics used a left hand rule. I was so angry about being taught wrong!)

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

Besides which, textbooks might include things one is not taught. In the 1980’ I took New York State Regents Physics, which used the direction of electron flow for current. I liked physics and went to the library to learn more, and learned about conventional current and the RIGHT hand rule!

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

It is hard to recommend a book one hasn’t read. Most physics textbooks I had the “pleasure” of reading were not particularly recommendable, and it’s hard to read enough textbooks to feel comfortable recommending them.

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

I used the textbook for problem sets in AP Physics, and I handed out but didn’t use Hewitt with my conceptual classes.
Also, I taught using Modeling Instruction starting in 1997 which is non-textbook-centric (except for propping up ramps, as Dan mentioned)

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 3d

In 2001, Sadler and Tai’s paper “Success in Introductory College Physics: The Role of High School Preparation” noted that a variable that seemed to correlate to higher grades in college physics was “using no textbook at all or reading it less.” #ITeachPhysics

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 9d

It’s really close! What’s your vote?

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 9d

#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry

www.mineralcup.org

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 17d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Relaxing on the deck in perfect weather with a gin and tonic
2. Knitting with friends
3. Writing with fountain pens on good paper
4. Slipping my shoes off when I get home and stepping into my crocs
5. Tea

Physghoul 👻 @physgal.bsky.social · 17d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. Brownies
2. Autumn leaves
3. A good night's sleep
4. A fire in the fireplace
5. Lying on a blanket on the beach reading a book

👻 kurivaim 𓃠 @kuriva.im · 17d

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. The Maillard reaction
2. Jacket weather
3. Close harmony
4. Headbutts from a cat
5. Hearing a song you haven't listened to in a decade and it still slaps

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 18d

Dictionary for me.

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 19d

The good news is, I’m getting better at tinking back! (What I always tell myself when I am doing that)

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21d

if these companies would just put out a statement saying “we told him to go fuck himself” they would instantly have the type of loyal and dedicated customer base corporations dream of and spend decades trying to cultivate

River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 22d

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 23d

I can‘t believe people are getting so mad about @angryblacklady.bsky.social saying that you shouldn’t register for a protest.

Just show up. Don‘t register.

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Raygan, She/Her @ramblindragon.bsky.social · 23d

This is a book series that serves as a comfort series much like Leverage is my comfort tv series. I've read all of the books at least 10 times in the last 30 years. And only now, after reading this article, do I see the trans connection. I just never put two and two together until now.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 23d

In the '80s and '90s, CJ Cherryh questioned and critiqued our assumptions about how gender is expressed and understood, creating science fiction narratives that reflect trans identity and experience. It's time for a retrospective.

reactormag.com/exploring-ge...

Exploring Gender and Trans Identity in the Worlds of C.J. Cherryh - Reactor

The Chanur series poses key questions about gender roles, expression, and identity.

reactormag.com

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 23d

“Champion of free speech” is my new euphemism for asshole Nazi.

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · 24d

Exactly one thing in common on this particular list!

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 25d

This is #TheDoubleTax. The compounded cost of racism and sexism Karen is facing will come at the cost of the TRUTH being widely disseminated.

I stand with Karen and I hope you read #TheDoubleTax to understand how intentional the assault on Black women in leadership is. Preorder: annagifty.com.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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SEIU Local 925 @seiu925.bsky.social · 29d

We don’t bargain to give things back. We bargain to move forward!

#UnionsForAll #UnionMemes

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Fran “Double” Poodry @fpoodry.bsky.social · Sep 9

There's still time to vote! I voted for #kosmochlor because it comes from meteorites! space green! #MinCup25

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · Sep 9

#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 9: It’s a battle of green vs blue as rare but vibrant chromium-bearing #kosmochlor up against the deep blue copper alteration mineral #azurite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Round 1 Match 9 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kosmochlor vs Azurite Kosmochlor photo credit: The Met Museum. Azurite photo credit: Harold Moritz

www.mineralcup.org

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is really important. And the conviction of Erin Patterson for deliberately serving family members death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) is a case study in good forensic science.

John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · Sep 8

That Australian woman who was sentenced for putting death-cap mushrooms in her family's beef Wellington?

Her conviction was helped by the scientific evidence in the world's herbaria -- which themselves are being closed (rapidly and worryingly) around the world. therevelator.org/endangered-h...

Holy Herbaria: Protecting Plant History — or About to Become History? • The Revelator

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face new threats from the Trump administration.

therevelator.org

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