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Retired middle school CS teacher. Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, Minecraft Global Mentor Author (Hard Fun on Amazon), CrouchingPython on YouTube

Charleston, SC
Joined March 2009
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Special thank you to my 3 new followers from USA last week. fedica.com/!birv2
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I have 3 new followers from China, and more last week. See fedica.com/!birv2
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My days on this platform are numbered. Kind of sad because I've made a lot of friends over the last 13 years I've been here. But Musk's attack on the ADL is a bridge too far. See ya over on Mastodon! My deets are in my profile. #buhbye #seeyouonthedon
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What a great move! Love this, and thank you, GameMaker.
📢 From today, GameMaker will be free for non-commercial use on all platforms (excluding console). To further meet your needs, we are introducing a one-time licence, replacing our current subscriptions!
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Oh yes.
Slogan in search of an acronym: Standardized Testing Undermines Pupils' Intellectual Development
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Some thinking and learning in public on how to teach computer science in a progressive educational environment. Would love to hear from anyone about this! bob-irving.com/computer-scie… #learninginpublic #teaching #computerscience
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If Trump becomes president again, after all we know ,and you supported his campaign you will have participated in the end of American democracy. You will not be rewarded by your leader beyond a rush you might seek for upending civility. You aren't part of his plan. He is the entirety of his plan and the future will belong to him. Not you. You won't get a thank you or a knowing nod. He will allow you to buy trinkets with his image and name emblazoned. Trump is a despicable example of human kind. Devoid of compassion. Devoid of any respect for knowledge and education. Trump is the fully realized Id. He will have no guardians , no guard rails and no shame. He cannot tell the difference between what he is and what he wants. There is none when you analyze the situation. He flunks Descarte's building block syllogism automatically. He can't think so no therefore. Ego driven rage and revenge. If you're inclined to assist him please rethink your reasons. #Trump – at Erlanger, KY
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Oh yeah!!
Thanks to some guidance from @whaleygeek we are back in business boom! Minecraft Coding on a Pi 5
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Jammy blog: How to get coding with Minecraft Pi on a Pi 5.: warksjammy.blogspot.com/2023…
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Special thank you to my 1 new followers from USA last week. fedica.com/!birv2
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“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus, born 110 years ago today, survivor of two World Wars, on strength through difficult times: themarginalian.org/2015/12/2…
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Playing with CodeMonkey on a demo for my middle school classes. Any of my people used this?
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I guess summer is over, y'all. At least here in South Carolina. Got my long pants on for the first time.
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They're everywhere!
Last night, some ominously disguised (and probably unemployed) short people came to my door in what appeared to be an elaborate extortion scheme involving a demand for free candy. Fox News is right: The work ethic has been replaced by entitlement in Biden's woke socialist state!
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