Dear my iPhone: When I text someone “yes ma’am!” I really don’t need you to autocorrect it to “yes mama” thanks

For LOTS OF REASONS I don’t think it is ever okay for a professor to date a student in their own department. It’s an obvious power imbalance and potentially disastrous for the student’s education and career. So it is real jarring and not fun to see it portrayed as a cute happy romance in a novel!

I'm thinking about this partly because of the Cornell news but also partly because of The Love Hypothesis, which is being pitched as a cute romance but is personally horrifying to read / watch as a woman in STEM. (I know the author is also a woman in STEM and honestly I don't get that at all.)

FAT BEAR WEEK 🐻

hot take: \varepsilon should be the default epsilon.

I'm proud to announce the creation of the Association for Human Mathematics. We aim to protect mathematics as a human endeavour against the threat of AI and to maintain the independence of the mathematical community from corporate interests. www.ahmath.org

Man do I have Thoughts about the Love Hypothesis. Mostly that I don’t think professor-student affairs should be the subject of romantic comedies.

Find out who you are, and do it on purpose. This one hurt.

Encountered the “balayage theorem” today. Disappointed to learn it involves potential theory and not the existence and uniqueness of perfectly blended highlights.

Me: Ugh why is Ross Douthat trending now My phone: *pings with NYT new alert* Me: Oh. LOLLLLL. Who could've possibly seen this coming

Stickers help when you’re doing math

I'm going to need everyone to STOP GIVING ME TOTE BAGS. I was at comic con this past weekend and I acquired three free totes. Guess what? A lot of these bags are made up of plastic anyway, and according to some estimates you need to use a tote bag over 7000 to make up for its resources to produce.

Ok this is nothing groundbreaking, but with my ADHD I’ve found I really struggle with big, broad tasks that are to be done over a long period (say summer break 🫣). Literally this week I discovered breaking things down into small daily tasks really helps me. Why did this take me 38 years to realize

The ICE agents who shot and killed a 26-year-old father in Biddeford, Maine, were searching for a different person, per DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin. The man they shot was authorized to work in the United States and had been issued a Social Security number.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Portland Press Herald has released footage from the deadly ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine. Bystanders described the shooting as an execution.

On Tuesday ICE, in an unmarked car, shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Lorenzo was described as a hardworking family man by those who loved him. He literally helped to build this country, constructing houses in the Houston area. A verified donation link is here: gofund.me/8f130b9d5

Donate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.

On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old

gofund.me

Am I an insane person if I kinda wanna hire a pet psychic. Like I just wanna know what they’re thinking. Even if it’s not real. Just let me be delulu. Please I love them so much I just wanna knowwww

Waymo detects you have an outstanding warrant. Waymo detects you are a debtor in default. Waymo detects you are a dissident.

Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave@wolven.blacksky.app · 3mo ago

The image in the quoted skeet is of an article titled "waymo reports teen riders for bad behavior and delivers them to the police" with a picture of a waymo in san bruno, CA. This is nightmare shit.

Peep the leveling up 👀

Celebrating Pride in NYC with my girlfriend and my 75 year old gay uncles is probably going to be a highlight of my month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

KNICKS IN FIVE BABYYY THIS IS MAMDANI’S NEW YORK * *I live in California

Has anyone else become a diehard Knicks fan in the past two weeks, or is that just me?

First day of Pride Month hallelujah. New Taylor Swift song in 4 days hallelujah. TENURED AND PROMOTED HALLELUJAH.

I have joined the EV revolution. Meet my new Subaru Trailseeker!

Grades are submitted! Out of Office email turned on! Let the sabbatical commence!!!

RuPaul: It's Time For My Break

Alt: RuPaul: It's Time For My Break

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Folks, I need you to weigh in on something. Ever since the pandemic I often have students Zoom in to office hours. 9 times out of 10, they have their cameras off. I, as a human being, hateeee this. I hate talking to a black box, no idea if the person on the other end is registering what I'm saying

What if we were free

E z r a@bruit.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

what if we just never logged back into canvas ever again

California Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University Research

California Bill Would Create A $23 Billion Fund For University Research

A California bill would give voters the chance to vote on whether the state should create a $23 billion bond that would be used to award grants to university researchers.

forbes.com

“Okay so…I just started adding some shit together…” - my student, explaining his logic on the modular arithmetic practice problem

Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you! I have done my hair for the occasion