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Amie Albrecht
@nomadpenguin.bsky.social
Professor of Math Ed. Dormant mathematician. Thinks a lot about teaching. Pedagogical pragmatist. Tsundoku master. Champion napper. Dirty lefty. Blogging at amiealbrecht.com
What an incredible piece of art. I am blown away by the creativity and skill people have - fibre arts are amazing
Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · yesterday'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
Picard management tip: Keep group meetings short. Take your time with one-on-ones.
If you’re trying to rediscover your love of reading, you should probably start by reading something you’re going to love. It doesn’t have to be a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, just something you will enjoy.
Slow to find its footing. But it shifts into something luminous and contemplative, patient rather than plotted. Hard not to read the three fathers as Patchett working through her own family’s shape. #read2026
WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION COVER OF THE JOY OF COOKING?????
Up at 5am to go to the gym. Power off so drove home again. Not sure if I’m winning or losing right now.
Join us as we present our National Science Week public lecture: Alan Turing's legacy: computers, AI and some very queer mathematics 🗓️ Friday 21 Aug 2026 ⏰ 5:30pm - 6:30pm 🏢 Lecture Theatre 200, Social Sciences Building Usyd. 💲 Free Find out more Register now events.humanitix.com/alan-turing-...
“Ambition of the highest order and play can live in the same person. Which leaves the question I really care about: not why these four still play, but why so many people stop.” The four here refer to the 2026 Fields medallists: Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang #ICM2026
Amie Albrecht@nomadpenguin.bsky.social · last wk.Hot off the heels of my last blog post, I read the coverage of last week's Fields Medallists. As usual, I wasn't looking for what they had done, but how they had done it. Read here: https://amiealbrecht.com/2026/07/28/play-is-not-the-opposite-of-ambition/
Hot off the heels of my last blog post, I read the coverage of last week's Fields Medallists. As usual, I wasn't looking for what they had done, but how they had done it. Read here: https://amiealbrecht.com/2026/07/28/play-is-not-the-opposite-of-ambition/
Play is not the opposite of ambition
I read the coverage of last week’s Fields Medallists, looking to understand how they work.
amiealbrecht.com
Hot off the heels of my last blog post, I read the coverage of last week's Fields Medallists. As usual, I wasn't looking for what they had done, but how they had done it. Read here: https://amiealbrecht.com/2026/07/28/play-is-not-the-opposite-of-ambition/
Play is not the opposite of ambition
I read the coverage of last week’s Fields Medallists, looking to understand how they work.
amiealbrecht.com
While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.
I accidentally wrote another blog post today while in a meeting. 😂
You aren't imagining things. After more than 18 months, it's a new post on my blog! Are play and work really opposites? I read Dewey's century-old chapter 'Play and Work in the Curriculum'. The answer may not surprise you … https://amiealbrecht.com/2026/07/23/dewey-on-play-and-work/
*Shuts down laptop.* I think that's enough internet for today. *Picks up phone* Let's see what the pocket-sized internet is doing.
Letters = silly lil guys that help you communicate Numbers = scary, serious guys you don't wanna f with. They WILL sell you out.
Christopher Danielson@triangleman.bsky.social · 2w ago“The opposite of a number” So, a letter.
You aren't imagining things. After more than 18 months, it's a new post on my blog! Are play and work really opposites? I read Dewey's century-old chapter 'Play and Work in the Curriculum'. The answer may not surprise you … https://amiealbrecht.com/2026/07/23/dewey-on-play-and-work/
Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.
Devastated to find out that no amount of non-writing activities has reduced the amount of writing I need to do
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A biologist rewilding wolves in the Scottish Highlands, circling a death she can't explain. I didn’t really become invested in the mystery because I was caught in the tension of the violence men do to women. An evocative book but take care while reading. #read2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.