How cookie cutters are made

As a first-gen student, I've always known that other students with legacies in academia or family histories of college education have inherent advantages over me, but I don't think I've ever been able to see and understand that as clearly as today.

I don't want schools fully funded. I want schools OVER funded. I want school closets overflowing with resources. I want teachers to have extra supplies. I want kids to learn using the newest technology. Budgets show community priorities and it's time we invest in our future.

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Why Read The Bible In Hebrew? Let's talk about one of the most influential stories *ever* for thinking about the nature of human progress—the Tower of Babel. What exactly did Babel's builders do wrong? A thread (for non-Hebrew readers too!) 🧵 1

Mathematics. This joke, widely circulating on the web, is quite esoteric -- and sure to befuddle the vast majority of viewers.

Frank Drake (1930-2022) left an indelible mark on our planet. We will miss him deeply. Our deepest condolences to his family. Rest with the stars, Frank.

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I offered students extra credit to show up Monday in Electricity & Magnetism related costumes. I had one student who missed Monday and told me today that they were in a magnetic monopole costume Monday during class and that’s why I didn’t see them Monday.

Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital are devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is." And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"

The legality of owning a kangaroo in the United States

Sometimes I just add “eigen” in front of a word and hope for the best.

occurs to me that not everyone knows about the citrus triangle: most commercial types of citrus are hybrids of 3 ancestral varieties: citron (the lemoniest lemon), mandarin (the orangest orange), and pomelo (the grapefruitiest grapefruit) all the variety is interpolation

Margaret Hamilton, NASA's lead developer for Apollo program, stands next to all the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the moon in 1969.

i think you should be required to look at this graph and explain what it shows before you can enter general society

Suit (sneakers) & tie✨

The restaurant where Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama ate dinner encased their table in glass (2016)

Notice how it’s always “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to welcoming the immigrant, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, bringing healthcare to the sick, forgiving debts, caring for our planet, laying down our swords, or loving our neighbors.