Doug Larkin

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Science Teacher Educator, Professor, Montclair State University He, him, his. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-0605 https://linktr.ee/douglarkin

A picture of the cover of this book, if we cannot go at the speed of light. It is a picture of a person looking out at a planet space scene from a theater of chairs.
Book cover of "The Reasons Teachers Stay: Lessons from High-Retention Schools, Districts, and Communities." Text is on a corkboard background with push-pins and a sticky note reading "welcome back to school."
Canvas error screen of robots working on a rocket ship that reads: "Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. Check back soon."
home screen of @Bluesky with no posts loading.
Cartoon double panel. First shows a dog sitting at a table with a mug in a room that is on fire (the "This is fine" meme.) Second panel shows the dog saying, "So I have a book coming out."
Illustration (by Steve Spatucci) of a T-Rex named Grumpy harassing Marshall, Will and Holly in their Land of the Lost cave.
text on apple feedback form: I wrote that the issue was not resolved because the app producing Child Sexual Abuse Material (X, formerly Twitter) is still available on the App Store. Once it is removed, I will consider the issue resolved.
Image of a text conversation: Apple Support: : Glad to know that, you're welcome! To better help you, can you tell me more about your Family Sharing & Children concern? Me:I am concerned about the X (formerly Twitter) app that is available at the app store. Why is Apple permitting an app that is now regularly producing CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) still permitted in Apple's App store? Me: I am an educator (I teach teachers) and this app is now being used is very harmful ways in schools. My level of concern is very high, and I cannot understand why Apple is not doing anything about it. Apple Support: I understand that you are concerned about the X app that is available in the App Store. I will be more than happy to help you with this to also send a complaint about this for Apple to review this. To continue, I will be asking a few questions. Would that be okay? Me: Sure Apple Support: Thank you!
The cover of the book Sunward by William Alexander, with a picture of the surface of the sun and moon framing an eclipsed body in space, radiating light from the edges.
Photo of the book cover for Hole in the Sky, with a rolling green field, blue sky, and what appears to be a hole with a pale dot in the center above the ground.
Two white men (Doug and Andri) with glasses sitting in a school conference room. Andri is holding up the year-long plans on a piece of paper.
A picture of a man and a woman in an office, standing in front of a scenic window view of the University of Iceland campus in Reykjavik. There are logos for The Fulbright Program, Háskoli Íslands, and Montclair State University across the bottom.
This is a screenshot of a long fundraising text received today. I type "STOP" to about 10 of these each day because I never signed up for them. These keep coming and there is no way to tell what is real, so I never click the links.
A crowd of hundreds of protesters in Princeton, New Jersey
drop down menu showing the "Give Feedback" option under the profile picture
Black book cover with colorful science icons and a green stripe at the bottom with the author's name.
Crowd of protestors—one with a yellow sign picturing trump that reads “ bully, bigot, liar, draft dodger…”
Video of a cyber truck, pulling into a Tesla dealership to the jeers and boos of about 200 people protesting
A photo of a large protest in front of a Tesla dealership in Lawrence Township New Jersey
A notice from Mercer County NJ showing that #5 plastics are now accepted for recycling in 2025.
Article from 1935 text: Book Ban, Kansas City Acts On Mother's Complaint KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A mother who said Pearl Buck's "The Good Earth" was a type of book which in her childhood days "you went behind the barn to read" brought about a sweeping investigation of high school reading lists in Kansas City. "Orders have gone out for teachers to give closer attention to both optional and required readings," said School Superintendent George Melcher. Earlier, the Board of Education had directed that a committee of English teachers study the optional reading list and eliminate all they consider "not appropriate." Superintendent Melcher said "no general policy" regarding Mrs. Buck's "book had been adopted, but added: "It was on the optional list at Northeast Junior College. Because Mrs. E. B. McCann objected to it as unfit for her fifteen-year-old son, we have eliminated it from the list there." Mrs. McCann expressed the ¡belief that "book reviewers, the so called intelligentsia and the great American reading public are so ignorant they don't know trash when they see it."
Article from 1935 with the title "Nazis First" which reads: "Berlin—Bernhard Rust, Minister of Education, has announced that those candidates for admittance to normal schools will receive first consideration who have been members of the Nazi party or one of its subordinate organizations. In his declaration he says further that in the future the teaching staffs of the public schools will be recruited chiefly among students who have been members of the Hitler Youth."
Article from 1935 with the headline: Pretty Teachers, How to Keep them is Delaware's problem. The single paragraph reads: "Wilmington, Del. — Dr. H.V. Holloway, State Superintended of Public Instruction, is having labor trouble in his domestic science department, according to reports, which say that when the state appoints pretty teachers of the household arts it is leaning on a series of broken reeds. No sooner do they get settled down in their jobs than they leave to get married. Something has to be done about it, for the yearly turnover of domestic science teachers averages three.
Senator Andy Kim speaks to a group of reporters in front of the USAID building
screenshot of the NSF Executive Order Implementation Webpage that reads: "Message to the NSF principal investigator community Jan. 28, 2025 Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-25-13, issued on Jan. 27, 2025, directs all federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of their financial assistance programs to determine programs, projects and activities that may be implicated by the recent executive orders. Therefore, all review panels, new awards and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis. NSF has created an executive order implementation webpage to ensure the widest dissemination of information and updates. We will continue to communicate with you as we receive additional guidance. All NSF grantees must comply with these executive orders, and any other relevant executive orders issued, by ceasing all non-compliant grant and award activities. Executive orders are posted at whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions. In particular, this may include, but is not limited to conferences, trainings, workshops, considerations for staffing and participant selection, and any other grant activity that uses or promotes the use of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) principles and frameworks or violates federal anti-discrimination laws. Please work with your institutional research office to assist you in complying with the executive orders. You can also direct your questions through this webform. Thank you for your work advancing science, engineering, technology and innovation for our nation."
This is a picture of the book climate change, education across disciplines K-12: New Jersey and beyond edited by Lauren Madden with a picture of New Jersey on the front.
A cover of the book, "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday" edited to read "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much A.I" Brother Bear has an extra foot and three eyes and Papa Bear has a misplaced eye as well, in the style of AI image errors. I changed the spelling of the Berenstain's name at the bottom—the top is correct— as a nod the possibly of A.I.s encountering a Mandela effect of their own.
A cover of the book, "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday" edited to read "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much A.I" Brother Bear has an extra foot and three eyes and Papa Bear has a misplaced eye as well, in the style of AI image errors. I changed the spelling of the Berenstain's name at the bottom—the top is correct— as a nod the possibly of A.I.s encountering a Mandela effect of their own.
This is the cover of the book Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver. It is white with black pencil nature drawings, with the title in red capitals and the author's name in blue. There are two seals at the bottom: one says Oprah's book club 2022 and the other says Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
This is a screenshot of my (Doug Larkin's) ORCID page showing my Bluesky handle in the Websites and social links section.
This is a book cover with colorful science icons like a globe, a tree, a microscope, etc on a black background. The title of the book reads: Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms, Real Science for Real Students.
A screenshot of Weird Al Yankovic following me back on Bluesky
Three musicians, the mountain goats on stage. Matt Douglas on electric guitar, John Darnielle on vocals and acoustic guitar, and Jon Wurster, who is playing drums with mallets in this song.
Empty stage with instruments
A Washington Post news banner that reads: "BREAKING: Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power its AI"
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Professor and two pre-service STEM teachers stand in from of a neon sign that reads, "THE FUTURE OF STEM".
An AI result from a Google search that incorrectly lists the units of the constant k in Coulomb's Law.
This is a flyer with a QR code in the bottom right corner to register for the event.
A photo of Maria Ong next to the cover of her book.
Arena full of college graduates.
This is a flyer with the same information as the post. There is an image of the book, the author, and a QR code.
Book cover in hand.Transformative Science Teaching: A Catalyst for Justice and Sustainability by Daniel Morales-Doyle
Eight future math and science teachers pose in front of a window. There is a cloudy sunset and Montclair State University clock tower in the background.