On Friday I saw this post shared by a couple of friends of mine. Why did Musk and Trump make these false claims? Ignorance? Stupidity? Malice? Well, with the current Republican party, usually it's a combination of all three. But wait, should I just be accepting Toshi's post explaining what's going on? I usually don't accept random posts as facts. Well, in this case, it was posted independently by a couple of friends of mine who are knowledgeable, smart, and also don't blindly share posts they can't confirm as fact.

Devorah and I spent this week in Savannah Georgia. Our first time. For the past few years, we've taken a trip mid winter to someplace warmer. Not necessarily warm but warmer. Last year was Charleston SC, this year Savannah. The weather was perfect, at least for me. Mid 50s in the mornings so I could run in shorts and short sleeves in the morning and in the 70s by late afternoon.

It seems that every year or so we have a discussion as to what's the best programming language to teach first. I thought today I'd look at a variation of that question. What language features should we teach, when and why. I was thinking about this after someone in my StuyCS alumni community asked about which Java version was used in APCS. He was tutoring a current Stuy student and was wondering about language features.