In what world does an institution with an estimated $57,000,000,000 endowment “rel[y] on federal funding for its financial model”??! #HedgeFundWithAUniversityAttached

this is good. I’d add that I think masking has an internal psychological element too, it’s part of how the ICE chuds psych themselves up to do crimes

From trailblazers like Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, to the proud historic community of Altadena, California's 28th District has a rich Black history paved by incredible leaders, past and present, who have broken barriers and changed our nation for the better. Happy Black History Month.

This is a post about animal excrement and the English language. bull$#!% = nonsense/lies chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly horse$#!% = nonsense/lies dog$#!%= low quality ape$#!% = wild bat$#!%= crazy Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).

Liam made people look. Now don’t look away. We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive. #FreeTheChildren

I wrote about the New York Times refusing to call Neo-segregationists by their true names, the DARVO style of writing about race, and some great articles and books I read this week. If you haven't subscribed to my newsletter with @hebagowayed.bsky.social yet, now is the time.

Government records reviewed by ProPublica identify the two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

People laughed at my body hair investigative reporting, but here we are 🤷🏽‍♂️😉🙌🏽 Carlos Alcaraz wins AO2026

#SaturdayNightMovie with hubby was the extended in-theater 4h13m version of #LordoftheRings “The Return of the King” 👑

#Tennis #AusOpen 🎾 If I hadn't watched it I wouldn't have believed it. An amazing comeback from Carlitos in the 5th Set. Carlos Alcaraz defeats Alexander Zverev.

So...the Chief of the LAPD doesn't plan to protect us? www.dailynews.com/2026/01/29/l...

Of course Djokovic would acknowledge the presence of the religious fundamentalist homophobe for whom the second largest court at the Australian Open is named. Ugh!

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Are you a mathematician employed full-time at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI) that does not offer a doctoral program in the mathematical sciences? Apply for AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grants for PUI Faculty! Learn more about eligibility and application process. Link in comments.

A Republican-led Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen, who never voted. The results undercut the right-wing narrative of widespread noncitizen voting, especially as Republicans renew their push for a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration.

@dtkung.bsky.social seems like someone doesn’t read the Math Values blog! maa.org/math-values/...

#SaturdayNightMovie #MovieNight was “Operation Hyacinth” (2021, Netflix). A Polish-language police procedural set in 1980s communist Poland about the persecution/prosecution of LGBT Poles. Very well directed with good performances and a strong sense of place and time. www.imdb.com/title/tt1431...

God, tired of working in mysterious ways:

Michael Che on SNL: "I get that I.C.E. Agents are people, allegedly. And they have a job to do. But at some point, while you're pepper spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop and ask yourself, are we dicks?"

I dislike when people reduce important, history-making moments in modern life to pop culture references. But also fuck it, this is a super great time to rewatch Andor.

As Mariah Carey sang, “I’ll Be There”!

Happy International Day of Education! 📚 Celebrate by exploring new courses with the IEEE #eLearning Library. From #AI to #IoT security, start learning about emerging technologies today. 🔗 https://loom.ly/xQTiGM4#eLearning#AI#IoT#AcademicSky #TechSky #IEEE #InternationalDayOfEducation #EduSky

Very glad I’m transiting through LHR twice in the next few weeks!

2026 Oscar Nominations — Best Picture: • Sinners • Hamnet • Frankenstein • Marty Supreme • Sentimental Value • One Battle After Another • Bugonia • F1 • The Secret Agent • Train Dreams See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

Saw #Avatar3 this MLK day and one of the best part was getting to hear a 3-minute sample of the soundtrack for Christopher Nolan’s #TheOdyssey by the great #LudwigGöransson Yes I’m a #fanboy!

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.” — Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation

The University of Arkansas rescinded a job offer for Emily Suski, a prospective law school dean, after she signed an amicus brief in our Supreme Court case supporting a transgender teen banned from playing sports. State officials can't punish public employees for their opinions and legal advocacy.

NEW: Virginia lawmakers adopted a constitutional amendment that would get rid of rules that strip people of voting rights for life for any felony conviction. Now state residents must vote on the amendment to make it official. boltsmag.org/virginia-con...

A Texas district in which Black students were allegedly taunted with monkey noises. An Arizona school where students admitted saying “slavery is good.” These are some of the incidents Trump’s Education Department has ignored:

#SaturdayNightMovie was “Plainclothes” (2025) about a closeted gay police officer (Tom Blyth) who entraps men who meet each other in mall bathrooms until he falls in love with one (Russel Tovey). Interesting plot, good performances, nearly ruined by (too much) direction. www.imdb.com/title/tt2755...

Good news! The House (329-87) and Senate (82-15) have passed a bill funding NSF, NIST, NASA and other scientific agencies, rejecting draconian cuts proposed by Trump for FY26 (until 9/30) and the insane 15% cap on indirect costs. See the bill summary: www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Prof Ben Burton’s public lecture “Some Very Queer #Mathematics” is now online, marking 75 years of the Turing Test and celebrating Alan Turing’s & LGBTQIA+ contributions to maths. @amermathsoc.bsky.social @chadtopaz.bsky.social @lgbtqstem.bsky.social #MathSky #ITeachMath #AcademicSky

In the first of what's likely to be many collaborations with @hebagowayed.bsky.social (and my @us.theguardian.com debut) we argue that abolishing ICE would be a good start.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

Scott Adams: “The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people… So I think it makes no sense whatsoever as a white citizen of America to try to help Black citizens anymore.” This is who JD Vance and Trump are celebrating today.

If you see this and want to watch, visit: www.pbs.org/show/journey...

An Austrian NATO official sent a blunt warning to Washington: Touch Greenland & Europe seizes US bases. Gunther Fehlinger says if the US annexes Greenland, every American base in Europe—from Germany to Italy to Romania—would be confiscated, ending decades of U.S. military power on the continent.

More than half of the Fortune 100 has changed public-facing DEI language since the 2024 election. Via @kris10p.bsky.social www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026...

The federal government barred a list of 200 words and phrases from Head Start funding applications, including "disability" and "Black." Many of the banned words are explicitly referenced in the Head Start Act which was signed in 2007.

Just FYI, the list of AMS Council members is here: www.ams.org/about-us/gov...

On 22 Feb 2022, shortly before the planned host of that year's International Congress of Mathematicians launched a "special military operation" in the territory of a sovereign neighbour, the American Mathematical Society released this statement: www.ams.org/news?news_id...

Finally watched the last 3 of 4 #StrangerThings season 5. Trying to stay unspoiled about S5E08, the #StrangerThingsFinale ***SPOILER*** Looks amazing so far. I thought Will’s coming out scene was powerful! And Max’s return was worth the wait!

N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020. #ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky