Jens Noritzsch
@hcszt.d-64.social
Physics, Sports, Apple, Libre Software, Mathematics;
Member of @d-64.org and @phyphox.org;
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He/Him
🦣 @[email protected]
Member of @d-64.org and @phyphox.org;
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He/Him
🦣 @[email protected]
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Die Idee, kritischen Umgang mit Social media Inhalten um Informatikunterricht zu vermitteln, verstehe ich nicht. Das ist ein technisches Fach. Auch wichtig, aber etwas anderes. Gebt lieber dem Sprachunterricht mehr Platz, da geht es immer schon um den kritischen Umgang mit Texten.
December 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Die Idee, kritischen Umgang mit Social media Inhalten um Informatikunterricht zu vermitteln, verstehe ich nicht. Das ist ein technisches Fach. Auch wichtig, aber etwas anderes. Gebt lieber dem Sprachunterricht mehr Platz, da geht es immer schon um den kritischen Umgang mit Texten.
Oooohhh. Etwas für das #BlueLZ: xkcd.com/3184/
Funny Numbers
xkcd.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oooohhh. Etwas für das #BlueLZ: xkcd.com/3184/
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (August)
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (August)
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If you're new to the Headline of the Year contest, it's surprisingly elaborate -- for the next few days, I'll be keeping track of reposts & likes on here and elsewhere (mostly here it seems at this point) and that will seed the top 16 headlines.
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you're new to the Headline of the Year contest, it's surprisingly elaborate -- for the next few days, I'll be keeping track of reposts & likes on here and elsewhere (mostly here it seems at this point) and that will seed the top 16 headlines.
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Getting ready for #pluribus season finale - so here is my list of #physics homework questions for you.
rjallain.medium.com/physics-home...
rjallain.medium.com/physics-home...
Physics Homework: PLUR1BUS Edition
I just want to make you happy and I know that physics homework makes you happy. So, here are some questions for you. Honestly, some of…
rjallain.medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Getting ready for #pluribus season finale - so here is my list of #physics homework questions for you.
rjallain.medium.com/physics-home...
rjallain.medium.com/physics-home...
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I have a large collection of these. Sadly, the collection keeps growing! usma.org/unit-mixups More in this Google drive pdf: drive.google.com/file/d/1a7EI...
Unit Mixups – US Metric Association
usma.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have a large collection of these. Sadly, the collection keeps growing! usma.org/unit-mixups More in this Google drive pdf: drive.google.com/file/d/1a7EI...
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Finalizing the Headline of the Year nominees throughout the day, will likely launch tomorrow.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Finalizing the Headline of the Year nominees throughout the day, will likely launch tomorrow.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
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This morning I learnt another great example of why units matter - the flight of Air Canada 143 ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41.000ft.The Pilots managed to glide the plane down safely with their 70 passengers. The jet had been loaded with 22,300 pounds of jet fuel instead of 22,300kg
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This morning I learnt another great example of why units matter - the flight of Air Canada 143 ran out of fuel at an altitude of 41.000ft.The Pilots managed to glide the plane down safely with their 70 passengers. The jet had been loaded with 22,300 pounds of jet fuel instead of 22,300kg
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By using the Phyphox app and Python programming to conduct a biomechanical analysis of rowing, this week's #FunPhysicsFriday experiment will not only increase student engagement but also enhance their conceptual understanding of physics🚣. Paddle over to this link for more: https://ow.ly/sjKt50XL8Am
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
By using the Phyphox app and Python programming to conduct a biomechanical analysis of rowing, this week's #FunPhysicsFriday experiment will not only increase student engagement but also enhance their conceptual understanding of physics🚣. Paddle over to this link for more: https://ow.ly/sjKt50XL8Am
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George performed a diffraction experiment that confirmed de Broglie's hypothesis for electrons! This led to a Nobel Prize in 1937.
So J.J. Thomson, the father, discovered the electron and regarded it as a particle, while George Thomson, the son, showed that the electron diffracts like a wave. (8/n)
So J.J. Thomson, the father, discovered the electron and regarded it as a particle, while George Thomson, the son, showed that the electron diffracts like a wave. (8/n)
December 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM
George performed a diffraction experiment that confirmed de Broglie's hypothesis for electrons! This led to a Nobel Prize in 1937.
So J.J. Thomson, the father, discovered the electron and regarded it as a particle, while George Thomson, the son, showed that the electron diffracts like a wave. (8/n)
So J.J. Thomson, the father, discovered the electron and regarded it as a particle, while George Thomson, the son, showed that the electron diffracts like a wave. (8/n)
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“Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void.” 1/2
typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-hist...
typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-hist...
A brief history of Times New Roman | Typography for Lawyers
Typography for Lawyers
typographyforlawyers.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void.” 1/2
typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-hist...
typographyforlawyers.com/a-brief-hist...
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DIY force sensor for teaching Physics, three components - no soldering and all in a 3d printed case. @adafruit.com ESP32 Feather V2, Adafruit NAU7802 and a load cell. Case on printables (www.printables.com/model/147909... ) and code on Github github.com/RGill-1/Blue... .
December 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
DIY force sensor for teaching Physics, three components - no soldering and all in a 3d printed case. @adafruit.com ESP32 Feather V2, Adafruit NAU7802 and a load cell. Case on printables (www.printables.com/model/147909... ) and code on Github github.com/RGill-1/Blue... .
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A level physics demo - dropping a magnet through a copper tube. This time with a force sensor data logger so we can measure the extra downward force in the copper tube as the magnet falls within. DIY Bluetooth sensor in 3d printed case that streams the data to @phyphox.org app. #iteachphysics
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A level physics demo - dropping a magnet through a copper tube. This time with a force sensor data logger so we can measure the extra downward force in the copper tube as the magnet falls within. DIY Bluetooth sensor in 3d printed case that streams the data to @phyphox.org app. #iteachphysics
TIL: Earth's jumping frog radius is approximately 1.5 light-days, leading to general relativity's successful prediction that all the frogs in the Solar System should be found collected on the surface of the Earth.
xkcd.com/3181/
xkcd.com/3181/
Jumping Frog Radius
xkcd.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
TIL: Earth's jumping frog radius is approximately 1.5 light-days, leading to general relativity's successful prediction that all the frogs in the Solar System should be found collected on the surface of the Earth.
xkcd.com/3181/
xkcd.com/3181/
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Oh look. What a surprise. It's not the first time they've had to retract a book on AI.
Springer Nature to retract machine learning book following Retraction Watch coverage
A screenshot from June 26 shows the book had been accessed 3,782 times. Springer Nature is retracting a book on machine learning that had multiple references to works that do not exist, Retraction …
retractionwatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Oh look. What a surprise. It's not the first time they've had to retract a book on AI.
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Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
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Künstliche Intelligenz wird von großen Konzernen dominiert, sie verbraucht viel Energie und es gibt jede Menge kniffliger ethischer Fragestellungen. D64 hat sich mit anderen Organisationen der Frage angenähert, wie die Zivilgesellschaft KI solidarisch nutzen kann.
netzpolitik.org/2025/white-p...
netzpolitik.org/2025/white-p...
White Paper: Solidarische Nutzung von KI in der Zivilgesellschaft
Künstliche Intelligenz wird von großen Konzernen dominiert, sie verbraucht viel Energie und es gibt jede Menge kniffliger ethischer Fragestellungen. Der digitalpolitische Verein D64 hat sich mit ander...
netzpolitik.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Künstliche Intelligenz wird von großen Konzernen dominiert, sie verbraucht viel Energie und es gibt jede Menge kniffliger ethischer Fragestellungen. D64 hat sich mit anderen Organisationen der Frage angenähert, wie die Zivilgesellschaft KI solidarisch nutzen kann.
netzpolitik.org/2025/white-p...
netzpolitik.org/2025/white-p...
I just came across it again in my French course: épeler vs. to spell – and it fits perfectly…
You can often swap the É at the start of a French word with an S and get closer to the English equivalent:
🇫🇷 État 🇬🇧 State
🇫🇷 Étude 🇬🇧 Study
🇫🇷 Étrange 🇬🇧 Strange
🇫🇷 Écoute 🇬🇧 Scout (seriously, they're related)
But why?
@jesszafarris.bsky.social and I have been talking it out.
youtu.be/PfK6C7NASqQ
🇫🇷 État 🇬🇧 State
🇫🇷 Étude 🇬🇧 Study
🇫🇷 Étrange 🇬🇧 Strange
🇫🇷 Écoute 🇬🇧 Scout (seriously, they're related)
But why?
@jesszafarris.bsky.social and I have been talking it out.
youtu.be/PfK6C7NASqQ
Why is English full of French words?
YouTube video by Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris
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December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I just came across it again in my French course: épeler vs. to spell – and it fits perfectly…
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One of my favourite examples is 'biceps', both in English and in Dutch.
In Latin, 'biceps' consists of 'bi-' (two), 'cep-' (head), and '-s' (case ending): "two-headed".
However, since the 1800s, 'biceps' has been reanalysed as a plural and given a new singular: 'bicep'.
The Latin plural is ... 1/
In Latin, 'biceps' consists of 'bi-' (two), 'cep-' (head), and '-s' (case ending): "two-headed".
However, since the 1800s, 'biceps' has been reanalysed as a plural and given a new singular: 'bicep'.
The Latin plural is ... 1/
Some people vocally oppose using ‘data’ and ‘panini’ as singular nouns, saying they come from plural nouns.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
That’s true, but that also goes for ‘marvel’ and ‘joy’: they used to be plural too.
And ‘cherries’ and ‘peas’ used to be singular.
Zoom in to learn all about this phenomenon: reanalysis.
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One of my favourite examples is 'biceps', both in English and in Dutch.
In Latin, 'biceps' consists of 'bi-' (two), 'cep-' (head), and '-s' (case ending): "two-headed".
However, since the 1800s, 'biceps' has been reanalysed as a plural and given a new singular: 'bicep'.
The Latin plural is ... 1/
In Latin, 'biceps' consists of 'bi-' (two), 'cep-' (head), and '-s' (case ending): "two-headed".
However, since the 1800s, 'biceps' has been reanalysed as a plural and given a new singular: 'bicep'.
The Latin plural is ... 1/
(Yeah, a tad late) “And never choose times new roman or arial, as those fonts are favored only by the apathetic and sloppy.”
practicaltypography.com/typography-i...
practicaltypography.com/typography-i...
Typography in ten minutes | Butterick’s Practical Typography
Butterick’s Practical Typography
practicaltypography.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
(Yeah, a tad late) “And never choose times new roman or arial, as those fonts are favored only by the apathetic and sloppy.”
practicaltypography.com/typography-i...
practicaltypography.com/typography-i...
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They didn't reach space but Brian Greene and Stephen Colbert set a DIY Astroblaster record on the Late Show: youtu.be/75szwX09pg8?... #ITeachPhysics
Brian Greene Explains The Most Powerful Explosions In The Universe
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
They didn't reach space but Brian Greene and Stephen Colbert set a DIY Astroblaster record on the Late Show: youtu.be/75szwX09pg8?... #ITeachPhysics
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Und über das Verhältnis von Kinderrechten, Elternrechten und der Durchwirkungsmacht des Staates hat da auch noch niemand gesprochen… www.kas.de/de/web/die-p...
„Du kommst hier nicht rein!“
Warum ein Mindestalter 16 für Social Media zu kurz greift
www.kas.de
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Und über das Verhältnis von Kinderrechten, Elternrechten und der Durchwirkungsmacht des Staates hat da auch noch niemand gesprochen… www.kas.de/de/web/die-p...