Who knew I had graphs and configurations named after me. Not me! (Open question, y'all -- find smaller geometric (n_5) and (n_6) configurations. These are the smallest known, but I think there probably are smaller ones with more symmetry classes.) mathworld.wolfram.com/BermanConfig...

Berman Configurations -- from Wolfram MathWorld

The Berman configurations are the terms used in this work for two geometric configurations due to Leah W. Berman. They are the Berman 48_5 configuration and Berman 96_6 configuration. Grünbaum (2009, ...

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I deeply identify with this. I never loved marking but in the last 1.5 years I have gone from 'net positive love of teaching with some serious caveats' to ... some new normal that is barely tolerable.

AI causing ‘moral injury’ to lecturers trying to police its use, Trent University research shows

Some in writing faculty are overwhelmed by task of spotting AI in students’ work, paper says

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Thinking of building a startup that promises to build factories on the moon using robots with a major budget requirement of access to cannabis products

El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.

It has come to my attention that the wealthy man who wants moon bases run by humanoid robots is also heavily into drugs, and well...okay.

#fractal

Minneapolis just now

Lake Superior

So what I'm hearing is that AI isn't working out too well, generally speaking, overall

Wally last night

Walnuts? No, I have not been eating walnuts! #sqrlpix

Well, not quite — venture involves risk. It’s just corruption!

Chris Stokel-Walker@stokel.bsky.social · 5h ago

Is the Trump White House turning into a public sector VC? For @fastcompany.com I asked the experts www.fastcompany.com/91583329/tru...

Lloyd Robertson has died. Born in 1934 in Stratford, he was one of Canada's most celebrated journalists. He was the anchor of CTV's national nightly news from 1984 to 2011. He was also one of the longest-serving news anchors on English-language North American television. 📸 CTV

#BREAKING: Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92

Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92

Canadian journalist Lloyd Robertson, who covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 9/11 terrorist attacks during 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died. He was 92.

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Fellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.

“What’s the vibe you were going for? “Like if you lived inside Spoonflower.”

ianVisits@ianvisits.co.uk · 2d ago

If you've ever wanted to live in a MagicEye house... www.anthonywebb.co.uk/properties/2...

omg this is the ultimate "YOU HAD ONE JOB"

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai@lorenzofb.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: Several hackers have been stealing $130 million — and counting — in Bitcoin from the owners of supposedly secure offline hardware wallets. By knowing how to make the keys, the hackers did not need to break into the safe that holds them. They essentially figured out how to cut keys at scale.

The mothership. (With Thomas J Price)

Really cool remote tech for good job alert! Signal is hiring an android dev: - Global remote working US timezones - Working in Kotlin and Java - Working on open source privacy preserving product - $160,000 - $260,000

Signal Messenger - Android Engineer

Signal is hiring Android developers to help make private communication simple. If you care about code quality as much as you care about user privacy, you should fit right in. This role is an opportunity to have an immediate impact while working closely with a talented team to solve challenging problems and ship new features to millions of users.

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If you can’t resist picking up a pebble or a perfect shell at the beach this photo is for you. There are 7 scallops (the shell Botticelli’s Venus was standing in) to find among the treasure:

Midnight sun. #Watercolour on paper, 6.5x6.5 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt Painting of the day 2349.

Have a sleepy cat

media training should include knowing when you shouldn't post

are there any better open source/federated/etc alternative to airtable?

the real issue with the internet in 2026 is nobody talks about Domo-kun anymore.

Eating avocado toast before loading my bicycle onto my Subaru like the filthy communist I am

Henri Matisse, Tailpiece (page 18) from Pasiphaé: Chant de Minos (Les Crétois), 1943–44, published 1944 #henrimatisse #museumarchive

Datetimes, man, datetimes

Happy International Owl Awareness Day! Please enjoy this photograph of ornithologist Herbert Brown (r) with an elf owl, the world’s smallest owl