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This video wasn't on-topic enough for Examinations of Disney v. DeSantis from CNBC, Wall Street Journal, and Yahoo! Finance.

I was here to say the same thing, but I guess Lauren Boebert will be the new Kristi Noem instead.

— Pinku Sensei (@pinkusensei) April 1, 2021

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— i want to build a completely recycled house (@ExResurgam) April 1, 2021

The image didn't come through, so here it is:

Now my final response, which is April's second most read tweet so far.

Sarah Palin at least graduated from college, although it took three tries.

— Pinku Sensei (@pinkusensei) April 1, 2021

I was being charitable. From Wikipedia:

After graduating from high school in 1982, Palin enrolled at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.^[26] Shortly after arriving in Hawaii, Palin transferred to Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu for a semester in the fall of 1982. She returned to the mainland, enrolling at North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d'Alene, for the spring and fall semesters of 1983.^[27] She transferred and enrolled at the University of Idaho in Moscow for an academic year starting in August 1984. Beginning in the fall of 1985, she attended Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska. Palin returned to the University of Idaho in January 1986 and received her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in May 1987.

More like six attempts at five different colleges.

Here are the posts about the 2020 Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Crazy Eddie's Motie News.

• Kerry Washington promotes 'The Fight,' a documentary about the ACLU's legal battles with the Trump Administration
• Sandy Hook Promise's 'Back-To-School Essentials' and P&G's 'The Look' among Emmy nominees for Outstanding Commercial
• 'Tiger King' vs. 'McMillion$' — big cats and true crime at the Emmy Awards for World Lion Day
• For National Presidential Joke Day, I present the variety talk show nominees at the Emmy Awards
• 'The Cave' vs. 'American Factory' — Oscar nominees and other documentaries at the Emmy Awards
• 'Short Treks,' '#FreeRayshawn,' and 'Reno 911!' — government in short form at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards
• It's Saturday night, so here are the 15 Emmy nominations for 'Saturday Night Live'
• 'Cheer' leads unstructured reality program nominees in a field that recognizes diversity
• 'Queer Eye' leads structured reality program nominees at the Emmy Awards while 'preaching love, acceptance, pride, and compassion'
• 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie' vs. 'Bad Education' and 'American Son' — Outstanding Television Movie nominees about crime and punishment at the Emmy Awards
• Star Trek vs. Star Wars — futuristic politics and government at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

What different clouds mean, explained for kids.

When I taught astronomy, the first exercise I had my students do was look at clouds and classify them. Yes, that's meteorology, not astronomy, but at least it got them to look up at the sky and examine what they saw. This would have been a handy video back then, 22 years ago, long before YouTube existed.

Continuing from Saturday, here is another video that didn't make the cut, as I already had enough material for questions to ask my students.


Follow along as our Curator of Earth and Life Sciences, John Zawiskie, walks through some of the greatest specimens in our collection that once roamed the Earth more than 11,000 years ago.

Stay tuned, as I have one more video for my geology students and several for my environmental science students.

Since the local museum hasn't reopened yet, I'm sending my students on a virtual field trip with videos produced by the museum. Here's the second.


Explore fossils you would find in the bedrock of Michigan from 380 million years ago! Our Curator of Earth and Life Sciences, John Zawiskie, uncovers what once roamed Michigan’s tropical seas with specimens from our collections. From corals, to trilobites, to Petoskey stones, and more, learn about the history that lies beneath Michigan and what that teaches us about the natural world around us today.

Now the questions I'm asking my students to answer as they watch the video.

12. What is the name of the period and the absolute age of the bedrock under metro Detroit?


13. What is the name for loose pieces of these rocks? HINT: It's the Michigan State Rock.


14. What modern location was Michigan like at this time?


15. How many days were there in a year when these rocks were deposited?


16. What organisms created the reefs that became the rocks under Detroit? Name at least two.


17. What other organisms lived in the reefs? Name at least two.


18. Which mineral sometimes replaced the shells of some fossils and interior of burrows?


19. What was the climate like in Michigan when these organisms lived and the bedrock formed? HINT: It's in the titles of the videos.


20. Which mineral and energy resources can people get out of limestone?

I replaced the following video for one that was shorter and to the point in White House blocking CDC from testifying before Congress on reopening schools.


During an interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Dr. Anthony Fauci again warned states about 'skipping steps' and reopening too soon as the Covid-19 coronavirus surges in many US states.

I rejected the following video for Michigan colleges and universities suspend in-person classes after state of emergency declared over coronavirus. This was despite having the best description. The others had better visuals.


State universities and colleges have canceled in-person classes and transitioned to online classes for a designated period of time or through the end of the semester after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency Tuesday in relation to the new virus in Michigan.

Yesterday, I gave both my last lecture and my first final exam of the semester. The end is in sight!

Last story from the general election in 2015.

( Millages for transit, roads, and local schools pass in Washtenaw County. )