I attended a small group discussion on the utility of LLMs in research for classicists at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social yesterday. Biggest take away: always check the results! Other points new(ish) to me in thread. 1/

SISTINE CHAPEL (Anagrammed Lines) Rome. Along a gold Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo paints a God's lore. On the solar ceiling: gospel, Adam, theological promise, and angels.

Italian, Jesuit mathematician, Giovanno Girolamo Saccheri, who discovered non-Euclidian geometry and didn't realise it, was born 5 September 1667 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/t...

The problem with parallels.

There can be very little doubt that the most significant maths textbook ever written is The Elements of Euclid. First composed in the fifth century BCE it was still in use throughout the world in t…

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TurtleStitch Discovery Day @ Warwick 22nd September, 10:00-15:00 (drop in) Explore #TurtleStitch, where coding meets digital embroidery! A drop-in day with links to Computing, Maths, Art & Design, and cross‑curricular projects. Register: www.warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch #WMGOutreach #TurtleStitch

Applications for Warwick Mathematics Institute's prestigious Zeeman Lectureships for Early Career Researchers are now open. Two positions are available, so if you know of a fantastic ECR, please encourage them to apply! @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social #MathSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

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Title: Warwick Zeeman Lecturer x2 (102592-0826). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term

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Very nice visualization of what conic section a parabola is.

Matt Henderson@matthen.com · 3w ago

a parabola is formed when circles radiating from a point meet lines moving at the same speed. this is equivalent to slicing a cone parallel to its slope

This is a pleasing factoid: the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope is the same size and weight as a T-Rex! Countdown: 15 days to launch! 🚀 AUG 30, 2026 11:26 UTC ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/mission/roma...

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Space projects running ahead of schedule? This is rare! Huge celebratory high-5's all round to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team, due for early launch this August 🥳 This beast will discover >100,000 planets orbiting distant stars and so so much more 🤩🧪🔭🛰️ ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...

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Having fun with the colander approach to eclipse watching today in #Coventry with @robjlow.bsky.social #eclipse #eclipse2026 #SolarEclipse

When visiting family in Scotland in March, we spotted this door sign on Aberdeen to Inverness train: "Stay Out: On-Board Whisky Distillery". 😁 Thanks #Scotrail for the unexpected entertainment! Apparently there are other variants across their network. #Scotland #TrainTravel @robjlow.bsky.social

Great thread!

Nereide@drnereide.bsky.social · 2mo ago

1/15 In 1873, in his 'A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism' (Section 113), Maxwell paused on a precise question: how many “equilibrium points” can the electric field⚛️ generated by a finite number of point charges have?🧪 #mathematics #physics #HistSci #HistMath #Mathsky

If, like me, you saw the algebraic and couldn't tell whether or not is was a joke, then, like me, you'll get a lot out of this thread. A great job by @gro-tsen.bsky.social !

Gro-Tsen@gro-tsen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here 🧵⤵️ is an attempt at slightly expanding what the super simple description of the counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture means, originally written in reply to @tucek.bsky.social on the Musky place. I assume knowledge of what projective space and homogeneous coordinates are. •1/12

Found some juicy Gray-Scott parameter values! Full Video: youtu.be/LjSXMawYiR8 #mathsky

As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

Gray-Scott Reaction-Diffusion here I come! #mathsky

Can’t help thinking this one has bindun

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A weird fact for your morning. When that fine singer and actor Kris Kristofferson was young, he was at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar doing a B.Litt. One of his tutors was J.R.R. Tolkien.

chaotic movement study | 084 — A series of experiments using attractors, compound vectors and various noise algorithms. — sound sample: A019538 from oeis.org — #generative #geometricart #noiseart #algorithmicart #creativecoding #codeart #noAI #mathart #chaos #random #submillimetre #monochrome

In case anyone may find this of interest: an introduction to Classical Greek language.I’ve run this a few times before (and follow up courses as well). I think it’s gone down quite well. language-centre.exeter.ac.uk/v8media/facu...

God fucking damn it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72

The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.

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Borromean carabiners and Borromean paper clips.

There are many worthier subejcts, but I'm going to nominate Cardell "Scum" Goodman (1649?-1699), whose deplorable career reads like half a dozen Blackadder episodes rolled into one.

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Name a person who should have a biopic

What code do you use for the emptyset in LaTeX? 1️⃣ \emptyset 2️⃣ \varnothing 3️⃣ \{\} 📊 Show results

Yesterday I attended #WomenInTech at No.10 Downing Street. Opened by Liz Kendall, it was inspiring to be among so many women committed to meaningful change. I shared WMG #WorkExperience attracting diverse talent into eng & tech. A brilliant & energising event. #WMGoutreach @wmgwarwick.bsky.social

Tap dancing zombies omg yes.

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Oh my god, you're in for fun. Have you seen the tapdancers yet www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-_...

Today’s poem is called ‘Requiem for Whoever’. It’s one of my more tender, thoughtful poems, as I attempt to gain a small share of the lucrative funeral poetry market.

I'm not sure how I feel about commercial sponsorship of Artemis missions, but I guess Tunnocks tea-cakes is ok.

Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert@elakdawalla.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

East Aquhorthies Stone Circle near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

A quick blog post commenting on the claim by Alex Oliver and Tim Smiley to have shown that the “easy” direction of Church's Thesis is wrong. I'm not persuaded -- and neither should you be! www.logicmatters.net/2026/04/06/p... #philsky #mathsky