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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞

@plainAZtruth

Truth exists even if we don’t see or understand it all. Life starts sometime before birth. Randomness is predictable.

Gilbert, AZ Katılım Şubat 2012
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
Gilbert water rates (usage tiers costing 60% more per tier) have an annoying side effect - if they change the number of days per bill it can change your monthly usage tier! This month’s bill had 5 more days than last month’s, putting 4 days of water in a higher tier?
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James Lindsay, anti-Communist
James Lindsay, anti-Communist@ConceptualJames·
Totally based explanation. Also correct af.
I love Tesla 🔋🚀@JC70769

"A guy looked at my airplane the other day and said I wonder how many people I could have fed for the price of that airplane... I replied I am not sure, it fed a lot of families at the Dassault factory where it was built. I’m sure it fed a bunch of families that rolled the aluminum at the Alcoa factory. It surely fed a lot of people at the Honeywell factory where the experts built the turbines. It fed a whole company for a few weeks when I had them build me a new interior. It feeds the families of the linemen that fuel it. That’s the difference between capitalism and a welfare mentality. When you buy something, you put money in people's pockets, and give them dignity for their skills. When you give someone something for nothing, you rob them of their dignity and self worth. Capitalism is freely giving your money in exchange for something of value. Socialism is taking your money against your will and shoving something down your throat that you never asked for."

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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@ALegalProcess We understood this in the past. It was part of the calculation not only what to study but where to go to school. For a few reasons folks postpone making the calculation now until it is too late, perhaps never consciously, “follow their dreams” and then complain about it.
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TheLegalProcess (v3.0 | Instruction Not Therapy)
TheLegalProcess (v3.0 | Instruction Not Therapy)@ALegalProcess·
Couldn’t have said it better than this homeschool mom. I spent years laying the foundation for my expectations for kids choice of college majors. Sad to hear stories of heartbroken parents after kids switch majors, drift away, make unwise decisions. Start young, folks.
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Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist@DeAngelisCorey·
BREAKING: Randi Weingarten's teachers union just PASSED a resolution declaring May 1st a "Day of Civic Action" for political protests. They want students to do "trainings," "political education," and "marches and rallies" They want to use your kids as political pawns.
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@TheCatholicEngr No, but then I’m an engineer (habitual optimizer, though one always looking to optimize through simplification) and my wife is a teacher - make things clear, simple, and difficult to misunderstand.
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The Catholic Engineer
The Catholic Engineer@TheCatholicEngr·
Scott Adams once explained in his book that men are simplifiers and women are optimizers One evening he and his wife were invited by their friends for dinner one town over His wife suggested, "Oh since we're already headed to town X, let's leave 10 minutes early and stop by the Best Buy. I need to return something" Unfortunately, the customer service line was longer than expected and they ended up showing up to dinner a bit late He would have just gone to dinner, then gone again to that town to return the item Men try to simplify each task while women try to optimize multiple tasks Has that been the experience in your marriages?
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@Jellenne Endorsements are a fairly good place to start. They all have web pages giving their best case. AI helps find information- interviews, questionnaires answered (or declined to answer). Easier to eliminate bad than confirm good.
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Jellenne 🇺🇸🌵🌞
Jellenne 🇺🇸🌵🌞@Jellenne·
As business owner in AZ, I detest this notion that some local offices are "non-partisan". It's dishonest. That is how Phoenix has gotten so messed up. What steps do you take to figure out where the candidates really stand and what they'll vote like once in office?
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Electroverse
Electroverse@Electroversenet·
Xcel Energy's Nobles Wind Facility in Minnesota has 134 turbines. After just 12 years, the estimated cost to decommission them was $85.5 million, while the cost to refurbish the project was $204 million. Why spend more than twice as much refurbishing it? The answer: Federal subsidies. The wind production tax credit originally pays operators for a project's first 10 years. By repowering an aging wind farm, replacing major components or installing new turbines, the project can qualify for another round of tax credits. Department of Energy data show that wind farms repowered have a median age of exactly 10 years. These turbines were not necessarily worn out. Merely the subsidy had run out. So... taxpayers fund the construction, subsidize the electricity, and then pay to rebuild the same wind farm when the first subsidy expires. This is now a business model.
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@ALegalProcess Lots of civic minded and retired engineers who could help teachers prepare hands-on physics based activities based on the districts science curriculum. Kids love it based on my wife’s feedback. Local school ignored the offer when I retired 🤷‍♂️ Woke STEM isn’t what they need.
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TheLegalProcess (v3.0 | Instruction Not Therapy)
TheLegalProcess (v3.0 | Instruction Not Therapy)@ALegalProcess·
I repeat myself, but every school district in the Valley should be exploring how to build a talent pipeline to feed them. Science proficiency scores are generally dismal across the board in every district, worse than math scores which are worse than reading, writing scores.
Reuters@Reuters

TSMC, the world's main producer of advanced AI chips and a major supplier to Nvidia, pledged to invest a further $100 billion in the US state of Arizona and said AI-driven demand will remain strong up to 2030 reut.rs/4prvHCK

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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@Principal_Jon Hands on physics based science in all grades K-12. Kids love understanding the physical world around them. Good motivation for math, reading, organizing and reasoning. Needed preparation for all technical work and understanding civic issues like power, water, and transportation.
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Principal Jon
Principal Jon@Principal_Jon·
If you were given one wish for education today, what would it be?
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Pete Weldon 🇺🇸📈
Pete Weldon 🇺🇸📈@peterjweldon·
I think we should give leaders of the DSA a nice large piece of government land near an existing city that is financially healthy. Let them form their own government where they invite like minded residents and start collecting taxes. They can call it Nirvana Town. Then lets compare the social and economic outcomes. Let the fun begin!🤣
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Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley·
DSA's Michaela Brangan explained that, with socialism, you can decide if you want to work or when you want to take days off. You will have no debt in a world without capitalism. Oh, and the next DSA convention will be held on Big Rock Candy Mountain: youtube.com/watch?v=L6np9n… ...
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@nettermike I guess Alstom just goes from airport to airport slowly overcharging for people movers? PHX cost $2.3 billion.
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Mike Netter
Mike Netter@nettermike·
The contractor building the long-awaited LAX People Mover project has filed a lawsuit alleging the city of L.A. breached its contract in several disputes. In the suit, filed with the L.A. County Superior Court on July 9, LINXS alleges the city is misplacing blame in construction-related disputes and refusing to extend contract deadlines. LINXS also alleges it’s owed additional payment for the work as a result of the delays. Ever notice in Los Angeles nothing is ever completed on time, within budget, and no lawyers involved?
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@themom_katie Public schools on the other hand do spend plenty on hotels and travel. But who am I to begrudge the beach volleyball team a trip to Anaheim? OK, I do have questions about why the local district was paying Westin La Poloma Resort in Tucson...but it was only $2800...
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Katie 🌵
Katie 🌵@themom_katie·
This lie and misrepresentation is getting old. You cannot use ESA funds for airfare, gas, hotels/lodging, or food. There for you cannot use ESA funds “for trips around the globe and Disneyland” as Craig continues to claim. You *can* use ESA funds for places like museums.
Craig Harris@CraigHarrisNews

@AZTreasurerYee .@12News had also sued @RealTomHorne and through a settlement received other detailed ESA records that showed some ESA families had used education funds for trips around the globe and Disneyland. 12news.com/article/news/i…

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Taylor
Taylor@TaylorinAZ5·
That monsoon season problem of wanting to take your car through the car wash bc the windshield is so dirty but also knowing another one is coming soon
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Homeschool Life LLC | Jonathan Prescott
Homeschool Life LLC | Jonathan Prescott@Homeschool_LLC·
@claudeai I’m assuming that “evidence-based curricula” assumes a partnership of curriculum providers - which providers would these be? What were the criteria of and vetting process for the provider selection?
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Claude
Claude@claudeai·
We're introducing Claude for Teachers: free access to premium Claude capabilities for verified K-12 educators in the US, with a library of teaching skills and a direct connection to evidence-based curricula, mapped to academic standards in all 50 states. claude.com/solutions/teac…
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@profstonge Just abolish Federal DST and let each state and reservation pick their own time zone.
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Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
Peter St Onge, Ph.D.@profstonge·
Permanent DST passed the House but is DOA in the Senate because Southern states want more afternoon light but Northern states don't want kids to go to school in the dark. So my modest proposal: permanent DST but midwest and northeast shift one zone West. Everybody gets exactly what they want 🙌
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞
Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@JeremyTate41 One objection to current standardized tests is they “force” teaching a curriculum aligned to failing teaching methods. @CLT_Exam at least is trying to provide an alternative to spending time teaching a flawed curriculum to align with other tests.
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Jeremy Wayne Tate
Jeremy Wayne Tate@JeremyTate41·
It’s amazing to me how little even people in education know about the new SAT. It’s online and adaptive, meaning students literally get different tests. The longest reading passages are just 120 words. Analogies, once a crucial way to test a student’s ability to think relationally and connect ideas, are completely gone. Founding documents are gone as well, and the test is Common Core aligned. This is not your parents’ SAT. It’s not even the SAT from a few years ago.
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Daniel Keenan
Daniel Keenan@DK_ForCongress·
Don’t like Flock cameras everywhere? Thank Mark Lamb. He led the fight to have them installed in Pinal and Maricopa Counties. Watch him testify before the Pinal County Board of Supervisors in favor of installing Flock cameras here: (youtu.be/oCkk8wp50M4) From his testimony, Mark Lamb said: “I’m a big Constitution guy, BUT...” Then he worked directly with Flock to place the cameras and violate your privacy. In the July 21 Republican Primary, stand up for your Fourth Amendment rights and stand up to Mark Lamb.
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Jeff 🇺🇸🤞@plainAZtruth·
@ChrisMartzWX Not ideal, but stop changing the clocks and folks can adjust start times reasonably. I’m guessing dark mornings all winter will push some start times later.
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Chris Martz
Chris Martz@ChrisMartzWX·
Make Standard Time permanent. Permanent DST was tried in 1974 and it failed. I am fine with the sun “rising” early in the morning. Blackout curtains are a thing lazy people forget exist. Then, while y’all are at it, pass a balanced budget and quit racking up the debt.
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BREAKING: The House has passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide, ending the twice-a-year clock changes by a 308-117 vote. Backed by President Trump, the bill now heads to the Senate. If approved and signed into law, Americans would no longer have to change their clocks.

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@ConceptualJames @ALegalProcess @TheCatholicEngr @Jellenne @RuthJoy96960173 @Electroversenet @Principal_Jon @peterjweldon