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Back to EpisodesMSM 680: Fight the Good Fight, But There Will Be Losses
Description
Summary:
Shawn and Troy talk about AI, Youth in Government, and more. Dave gets the gravity of the situation.
Jokes:
My son told me he was awarded the Leslie Neilson badge at school. I asked “What’s that?” He said, “It’s a big building with lots of kids, but that’s not important right now.”
There are pop tarts but not mom tarts
(because of the pastryarchy)
It’s November, so I won’t be vembering for 30 days. Thank you for your support.
I was at the cemetery today, laying some flowers down. As soon as I began to walk away, a lady came up to me and said, “Hey, how are you today?” I replied, “Oh wow! You can see me?” She was freaked out and ran off.
What do you get when Spider-Man and Wonder Woman get together and start a business?
- Amazon Web Services.
Since pure thallium can be poisonous to the touch…does that make it death metal?
I just found out that Albert Einstein was a real person! … Mind Blown!!!
All this time I just thought he was a theoretical physicist
Do you know where Engagement, Ohio is?
it is between Dayton, Ohio and Marion, Ohio!
I’m taking steps to overcome my hiking addiction but I’m not out of the woods yet.
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
Gravity
I was recently reading the September-October 2025 issue of “Science and Children’” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.
In this issue, I read the section, “Science 101” written by Matt Bobrowsky. He wrote an article entitled, “Q: Is There Gravity in Space? Is There Gravity on the Moon?”
Gravity is a fundamental force that attracts two masses toward each other. The Moon, having mass, exerts a gravitational force. This force is sufficient to keep objects anchored to its surface and to influence tides in the Earth’s oceans.
https://k12science.net/gravity
Reports from the Front Lines
- Veterans Day
- In Flanders Fields: https://youtu.be/NQmMqZlLFVc
- In Flanders Fields – Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields
- AI
- Limits
- Generality
- Youth in Government Bills (See Practice Legislation Below)
- AI
- Teenage Tax
- Environment
The Social Web
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
When motivated students can accomplish anything. Sadly many don’t have any motivation in school. Might be tir