treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
Johanna Franklin
@johannamath.bsky.social
Math prof at Hofstra. Logician, fan of the laws of probability & randomness, & mathematical crafter. All opinions my own. She/her/hers.
The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) statement on OpenAI’s October 6 release of mathematical documents just dropped! www.ahmath.org/statements
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. https://scim.ag/4rTKck8
How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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At Penn State to give logic seminar tomorrow. I can report that the Berkey Creamery is as good as I remembered (not as good as UConn's, but nothing is -- and better than Wisconsin's, @xl772.bsky.social, sorry). Grilled Stickies ice cream:
If you are at a conference use. the. microphone. It doesn't matter how loud you think you are, it doesn't matter if you are a speaker or audience member. You should try to accommodate people who are hard of hearing (otherwise you're excluding them!)
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
Day two of promoting this! They’ve jumped from 41% to 54% of their fundraising goal since yesterday.
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last mo.Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️ www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Ruru has never won bird of the year. This is an outrage! Don't let those horny Kākāpō seduce you. Vote Ruru! #teamruru #birdoftheyear
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We ratified our contract last night, and while it's not perfect, there's a lot to like. Thanks to everyone who supported us in our negotiations! #HofFacAAUP @aaup.org
Johanna Franklin@johannamath.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy union is bargaining, and our contract runs out at the end of the day on Monday (our first day of classes). If you'd sign this in support of my colleagues and me, it would be very much appreciated! #HofFacAAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
Now that Bluesky seems to have automatic thread numbering, a short thread on the probability of winning the Monty Hall problem if you stick.
[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week: ontariomath.blogspot.com/2026/09/math... Links and help from @karencampe.bsky.social @awm-math.org @howiehua.bsky.social @mrcorleymath.bsky.social @johannamath.bsky.social and More #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
What gets me is the woman who wasn’t able to finish her degree. The one who isn’t sure if she can. The one who started a stable job and had to leave because of this behavior. How many brilliant women are stifled by the men coddled by their institutions?
Chokely Carmichael🥋@stewartcoles.bsky.social · last mo.UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.
I organize this contest, so ask me any questions you've got! #MathSky
The Association for Women in Mathematics@awm-math.org · last mo.School is back in session, and that means it's time to start thinking about the 2027 AWM-MfA Student Essay Contest! ✅ Submission portal opens: November 1, 2026 ✅ Essays due: February 1, 2027 More details here: 🔗 awm-math.org/awards/stude.... #AWMMath #MathforAmerica #MfA #StudentEssay
Today in NYC #LaborHistory: Between 20,000 and 30,000 marchers participated in New York’s first Labor Day parade, demanding the 8-hour day. – September 5, 1882
I organize this contest, so ask me any questions you've got! #MathSky
The Association for Women in Mathematics@awm-math.org · last mo.School is back in session, and that means it's time to start thinking about the 2027 AWM-MfA Student Essay Contest! ✅ Submission portal opens: November 1, 2026 ✅ Essays due: February 1, 2027 More details here: 🔗 awm-math.org/awards/stude.... #AWMMath #MathforAmerica #MfA #StudentEssay
#MathSky Is there a LaTeX package that sets up 2 pages vertically on 1 letter page in portrait? I want to make a quiz for my students that only uses half the page, and I'd like to print them out two to a page, stacked top/bottom. pgfmorepages only seems to allow a L-R split in landscape.
I suggest that this applies to all academic conferences -- I found myself sitting on a bench at 2:30 a.m. outside the guesthouse I was staying in for the 2026 CiE with two colleagues. Fortunately, it was a fire alarm and not arson. We were all boringly dressed, and it was really for the best.
I want to give thanks to all the parents out there. Thank you for spending the time to get your children mostly past the diapers and paste eating phase. They’re very fun to corrupt with knowledge and freedom. My man Socrates gets it.
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Alt: Socrates receives the wisdom of Days of Our Lives from Bill & Ted
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It's the first day of class for Fall 2026! We agreed on a continuance of our contract through Friday, and the students put a little plastic glitter cat on my doorframe. Life is good.
A reminder to register for the Fall 2026 INMAA section meeting, happening Oct. 3 at Hanover College! Please purchase your lunch tickets and submit a talk/poster by Sept. 15, 11:59 PM EDT. There will be two keynote presentations by Dr. Megan Heyman of Rose-Hulman! www.indiana.maa.org/meetings/fal...
Fall 2026 — MAA Indiana Section
The Fall 2026 meeting will take place on Saturday, October 3 at Hanover College. Check-in will begin at 8:30 AM. Dr. Duong Nguyen ( nguyen@hanover.edu ) is the local organizer, and additional details ...
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The New York State Conference of the American Association of University Professors stands in solidarity with Hofstra AAUP contract fight ✊ nyscaaup.org/nysc-aaup-st...
My union is bargaining, and our contract runs out at the end of the day on Monday (our first day of classes). If you'd sign this in support of my colleagues and me, it would be very much appreciated! #HofFacAAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
Support Hofstra Faculty
This petition is an opportunity for members of the Hofstra community, friends, students, parents, alumni, and more, to show their solidarity with Hofstra faculty as they negotiate their upcoming colle...
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My first semester of college, my dean told us all to take a "what?" course each semester. The kind of course that, when you tell your parents you're taking it, they say "what?!?!?" He was so right. I give my students the same advice now.
Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe only thing I really want to add to the plentiful discourse around this weird behavior is that no one’s “child” goes to college. College students are legal adults more than capable of choosing to take some fun, critical, interesting courses without guys online being paternalistic about it.