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Goldeneye is a great “better to ask for forgiveness than get permission” story. Released in August 1997, the game made $250m on a $2m budget. A major reason was its insanely fun multiplayer mode…which Nintendo didn’t ask for and developers snuck into the game at the last

Haven’t you heard? The first matches of #FatBearWeek have started! 🎉🥳 Vote at fatbearweek.org. The polls close at 5PM AKDT/9PM EDT. The bears are counting on you! 🐻 Photo credit: Courtesy N. Boak

NaNoWriMo starts a week from tomorrow and I’m not readdyyyyyyyy

Chocolate Bar Theorem 🍫 Breaking a chocolate bar into N individual squares always takes N-1 steps regardless of the breaking protocol that is used.

Can't wait to watch this when I get home!!

This is just sad. A cold-hard fact: The overwhelming majority of students who can do the work at top colleges won't get in to their top choices - because there are not enough slots. But they've been convinced getting one of those rare slots is the only way to be successful. 1/

It's the last week of NaNoWriMo 2023 and I'm feelin' great- my students are doing awesome too. A few are a bit behind but most are in striking distance! I was reflecting today on my past novels and the journey to 50k... some years were way more rough than others LOL

FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀 Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station! Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑‍🚀 🧵

In light of Rare Disease Day, I am proud to announce that AB 2563 was introduced which would mandate newborns to be screened for Duchenne in California. I want to give a special thank you to Assemblyman Bill Essayli for introducing this. The Assemblyman and I go back as he was my

Incredibly embarrassing. 😔

‘Eclipse’ is borrowed from Greek ‘ékleipsis’ which means “abandonment, failure, cessation, obscuring of a celestial body by another.” So please protect your eyes when working through your abandonment issues today.

Poetry Madness winner for 2024: Quilts by Nikki Giovanni poets.org/poem/quilts

The 2024 AP English Literature & Composition Exam scores: 5: 13%; 4: 27%; 3: 32%; 2: 17%; 1: 11%. All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2024 will be posted here when available: apstudents.collegeboard.org/about-ap-score…

Went in to work today for a couple hours and was greeted by this scholar. Love working at the Eastvale STEM Academy lol

Reeeeeaaal disappointed in the nanowrimo ai statement. I have participated since 2017 with my students and it is always a fun, and difficult, creative challenge. Allowing AI to write part or all of their stories completely defeats the purpose of the challenge and the project.

Who lived when? Some surprises here

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Worth revisiting Clint Smith’s poem “When people say ‘we have made it through worse before’” today I think