The Orion capsule survives reentry by turning the air into plasma. As @ryannorth.ca points out in Flash #31, Wally West would have to survive something much worse.
That’s a problem -- unless you have a hall pass for the physics.
#Physics #NASA #Artemis #TheFlash #SciComm #PopScience
I used to want Teacher of the Year. Then I realized what it actually rewards. That changed everything.
“You don’t prove you care by destroying yourself. You prove you care by staying.”
Wrote something about teaching.
#Teaching #Education
What if life didn’t just use chemistry—but tapped directly into physics? You get Astrophage. Started asking questions, and ended up with a field guide with pieces that map directly to known biology and ecology.
#projecthailmary #astrophage #scicomm #STEMeducation #spacescience #andyweir
After I write about Astrophage and how Darkseid "seeding" the creation of the Absolute Universe actually kinda fits with cosmology when you look at it a certain way.
cover to The Flash #31 from DC Comics
Good lord...so much science in here, a solid explanation of why Flash MUST have the Speed Force, and an amazing story that hits me (high school teacher) where it hurts. All I think I'm going to be doing at thescienceof.substack.com is just writing about the science @ryannorth.ca crams into comics
Two of my favorite back-to-back days in physics: Tower of Terror/Elevator Physics and forces/Rock 'n Rollercoaster at Hollywood Studios. Engagement through the roof as they work, question, and fuss with each other until they get the answers.
Our district just told us measles isn’t an if anymore. It’s a when.
So I went down the science rabbit hole—how it spreads, why it’s so contagious, and what it means for schools.
#Measles #PublicHealth #Teachers
Fun detail: Grace doesn’t trust a single measurement. He drops the test tube 20 times and averages the results. That’s not just good sci-fi, that’s exactly how real experiments deal with measurement error. It’s a tiny detail that tells you everything about who Grace is.
#SciComm #Physics #AndyWeir
The first thing Ryland Grace does in Project Hail Mary is run a physics experiment. He drops a test tube, times the fall, and realizes something is wrong.
#ProjectHailMary #STEMEducation #SciComm
Best $5 ever spent at a used book store. First printing, 1966 - all three volumes in one. Bragging rights for...well. I mean...I always wanted this, so there's that.
What did Earth actually look like 66 million years ago, right before the Chicxulub asteroid impact? Dinosaurs, ancient oceans, and the real Late Cretaceous world behind @ryannorth.ca 's Hulk Smash Everything #1.
#Dinosaurs #Paleontology #PopScience
This weekend I accidentally ran a small experiment on myself: two hours of social media before bed. I woke up anxious with my nervous system ringing the alarm bell.
If that’s what it did to me… what does it do to teenagers who live inside that environment every day?
I wrote about it here:
The 100-Point Scale Is a Design Flaw in Our Education System
The 100-point grading scale isn’t neutral.
The lower half carries more mathematical weight than the upper half.
That design changes behavior.
I ran the numbers. Then I changed the design.
Hard work builds mastery. Instability interrupts it.
It takes ten years to grow a teacher.
#education #teacherlife #morale #retention #recruitment
A $46 million deficit, hundreds laid off and still no accountability. And now it’s election season. What is a school board for anyway, and why did mine fail so hard?
#publiceducation #WS/FCS #winston-salem #educationpolicy #schoolboard #teachervoices
I think as teachers we all have lists like this floating around somewhere. Being home, snowed in, grading, and grading and grading - I was finally able to see the patterns, and what my kids’ work was telling me.
#parenting #teaching #teachers
#education #learninghabits
#saccountability
#phones
After I wrote “I Can’t Change Your Kid,” the most common response was simple:
Okay—but what can you change?
This piece is my answer. It’s about real power, real limits, and the damage we do when we blur the two.
“I can’t change your kid”
isn’t cruelty. It’s the last honest sentence left in education.
#Education
#Teachers
#TeacherBurnout
#PublicEducation
#Boundaries
#Accountability
open.substack.com/pub/bradytea...
A lighthouse in fog - and a lone figure stands watch.
Armed men show up near our schools.
I wrote about what it actually feels like to teach in a moment like that — the fear, the refusal, and the line we hold for our kids.
“The machinery of tyranny is vast, but it cannot erase the smallest act of refusal.”
Reading @ryannorth.ca’s secret email is always one of the highlights of my month.
And I still remain I unconvinced about the Louvre thing…
Oh...for shit's sake. Glad I have printed copies and PDFs. These are wonderful GNs
Welcome to the oligarchy
You could have said you went to heaven. This sounds like it’s the magic bar in the DCU or something…awesome
This isn’t a “mea culpa” - this is an old man not admitting he was guessing, replacing his wishes for reality. Now all he’s left with is “LISTEN TO ME! I WAS SOMEONE ONCE!” Jesus.
