There's a growing number of physics educators who agree. Soon our movement shall become undeniable.

One of the above sentences is true.

No, I like my right hand rules just as they are since I'm a lefty

Exactly, it is imprecise. And that's why it's so unhelpful for novices who are trying to navigate new language while navigating new ways of thinking. Also, the vast majority of the time I hear students use the word weight, they mean mass.

And then there's an argument from Eugenia Erkina that "weight" implies that it is a characteristic of that one object, but that is very explicitly, very definitely not what forces are!

Oh, I didn't say that I do or would pretend the word doesn't exist. But I will argue that it is not a helpful word for novice learners to try to attach a precise physics meaning to. Physics textbook authors can't even agree on whether weight should mean "gravitational force" or "what a scale reads"

Petition to move "potential energy" to the top of the list, replaced with "configuration energy" or "positional energy"

Today I thought "maybe weight is useful, but only in the context of describing sensation, in the same sense that centrifugal is a useful word for describing sensation."

For a long time I was on team "weight is a convenient shorthand way of saying gravitational force on an object."

Then I joined team "weight is a word we should just avoid using in physics classes for a multitude of reasons."

I think this is one of our greatest preconceptions to work through--conflation of force and energy in common language (e.g., "I gave the ball a lot of force")

I confess that I've never thrown an axe while drunk, so I can't say with certainty that I would have done any better under identical conditions

I don't want to speculate

Jumbotron image of José Ramírez coming out of the dugout at Progressive Field

No kings except for this guy

"If you hear me booing a player, he either played for the 2017 Astros or he's a domestic abuser"
--me, reminding my partner

I remember having a lead over the Marlins.

Here's to a 10 year rematch in the fall.

I'm also not over 2007, when we had a 3-1 lead in the ALCS over Boston and everyone knew the AL champ would steamroll the Rockies

You should be happy about 2016, no?

I lived in Evanston as a kid, so for most of my adulthood when it was time for Take Me Out to the Ballgame, I'd sing it Harry Caray style (even with root root root for the Cubbies). Until 2017. I restarted a few years ago though

I'm still mad about 2016

Sign outside Progressive Field: Guardians 00 Days Until Opening Day

Sign on plaza: Opening Day 2026

Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, with two Guardians ofTraffic, Progressive Field in the background

Starting spring break in the best way

My Google photos app trying to lure me into looking at pics by saying "March looks good on you", but it's a photo of a sharps container that I thought looked like a silly face.

CEOs and tech bros: AI is going to replace people!

My phone: you look really good (while showing me a pic of my sharps container that I thought looked like a goofy face).

Take me down to Parallax City
Where the front moves slow and the back moves quickly.

cleveland baseball resumes tonight, and in this house, we celebrate the runs, long relief, and going going gone.

go Guards. #GuardsBall

Somehow I knew who the author would be before I saw his name

NEORSD social media is Cleveland's 2nd biggest deal (after pro baseballer José Ramírez)

Inspector Mom is always top tier Rifftrax

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Currently listening to a polka that I assume is called "Bring Me More Beer"

Display case filled with stuffed pastries

Spending my Saturday doing The Most Cleveland Thing, waiting in line for paczki at Rudy's Strudel

It's amazing how far honesty and humility can take us, and I bet a valuable lesson for you in your journey as a teacher. Plus the gaming is a lifelong joy