I'll have to plan some good #mathisfun activities for my students for #YoM - but then, I try to always do that! Happy new year! #mtbos #iteachmath #mathisfun #yearOfMath

Happy mathy new year! Here's to a great 2026 ahead! #mtbos

I enjoyed seeing all 3 models of 2026 Nissan Leaf here in N.Carolina. As expected, I like the middle model (SV+) best. I love google navigation incl charge planning! SV+ video: photos.dilip.info/Other/2026Ni... Gallery w/more pictures/video: photos.dilip.info/Other/2026Ni... #Nissan #NissanLeaf #EV

Finally our local Nissan dealer has recd the new 2026 Nissan Leaf and I have an appointment tomorrow, Dec 31, to check it out! I love my old Leaf but relish the idea of a car that goes almost 300 miles (SV Plus - 288 miles, I think price app $35-38,000). Brochure: www.nissanusa.com/content/dam/...

Tomorrow at 11a ET @stonemaiergames.com announces at www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rRE... the next expansion. I'm expecting it to be Africa (maybe South America?) and my family expects the bird power to be purple or lilac. We can't wait to get some details and order ASAP! #wingspan #boardGames

If you have a Kindergartner through elementary school student in your life, bring them & join me on Sat., January 10th at noon for #mathisfun at the South Branch Durham, NC Library (registration reqd). We'll read about Ramanujan and try out the integer partition problem. #mtbos #iteachmath #mathical

Since 2010, meat consumption habits in the U.S. and Europe have diverged, while many countries with the greatest increases are in Asia. @benfelder.bsky.social reports via @investigatemidwest.bsky.social:

In the Bronx, fresh produce is scarce and ultra-processed foods dominate store shelves.

"The Zoo of Numbers" by Archimedes Lab has fascinating facts - e.g., 6 "is a congruent number because it is the area of a 3, 4, 5 triangle (a congruent number is an integer that is the area of a right triangle with three rational number sides). is the smallest perfect number ..." #mtbos #iteachmath

Merry Christmas! Happy holidays! I will refine this but wanted to put this out for folks today. My students have done this problem and a generalization to n days for some years now - it's about time I create a handout! Warm wishes! #mtbos #iteachmath #mathisfun #christmas mathinst.com/christmas

We get great, inquisitive, students. I hope that the excellent list that Mathical provides is just a springboard for lots of #mathisfun reading. #mtbos #iteachmath

As @weaverstreetmarket.bsky.social had said, no Sugar Belles this wk-more coming. I saw www.georgiacitrus.com Franklin Citrus has Shiranui; WSM had it. I think it’s Sumo (Dekopon) - good, bit mild, tasty. Alas, in excitement to get 1st of Sugar Belle, I missed it's not #organic. I hope coming soon!

My next @pcrm.org #FFL Food for Life #wfpb class bit.ly/FFLPromo is online tomorrow at 6p hosted by Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge www.piedmontrefuge.org. This Nutrition Essentials no-cook class gets strong reviews like from Saturday's class: "It's a good class with good information. Must attend."

#organic Sugar Belles are here!!!! Thanks, @weaverstreetmarket.bsky.social, for holding the first of many cases for me! As expected this early crop (late compared to last year) is a little sour with hints of lemon. In a few weeks these will approach #tripleCross in excellence! georgiacitrus.com

Join me tomorrow at 1p for an informative @pcrm.org #foodForLife class. In this no-cook holiday class I'll share evidence of the power of #wfpb #vegan eating to staying healthy / preventing/often reversing some chronic illnesses. Holiday gift: I'm offering it & recipes for free! Registration reqd.

We really enjoyed our talk on #annaJuliaCooper at the City Museum of Raleigh - good questions and dialogue. Afterwards a nice #vegan lunch at Gringo A Go Go with its fun decor. #mtbos #iteachmath #historyOfMath #civilRights

I'm excited to be presenting at noon w/my daughter on amazing #civilRights pioneer Anna Julia Cooper - trained in math. We're presenting at the City of Raleigh Museum. It was fun delving into 19th & early 20th century math pedagogy & of course learning more re: AJC! #mtbos #iteachmath #mathhistory

My friend Dr Eric Adler, Prof & Chair, Classics, Univ of Maryland, argues the importance of #classics in a 9 1/2-min video by Koinos Project. Classics aren't being cut at 'elite' schools; this may return us to more societal inequalities/reduced self-reflection. www.koinosproject.org/p/the-battle...

Find the best vegan Hanukkah products at vegantierlist.com/hanukkah/ #vegan #Hanukkah

Piedmont Youth and Family Orchestra (James Taylor is an alum!) - including my daughter - is performing a short concert tomorrow, Wed., December 17th at 7:30p, at Church of Reconciliation, 110 N. Elliott Road in Chapel Hill, NC. No admission or RSVP - it should be good! #music #concert #youthConcert

As a holiday gift to help folks with solid scientific evidence supporting healthy food choices, I am offering a few free online @pcrm.org FFL bit.ly/FFLPromo #wfpb #vegan classes incl www.pcrm.org/good-nutriti... Dec. 20 1-2:30p via www.rochesterlifestylemedicine.org for which I'm on advisory board.

Nice! Congress Advances Provisions Expanding Nondairy Milk Access in Schools www.pcrm.org/news/news-re... #vegan #wfpb

@amermathsoc.bsky.social hosts a math #poetry competition free for middle school through college students with applications due by January 20th: ams.org/math-poetry. I love the poem 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 by Harvey Mudd College student Emilynne Newsom youtu.be/5xW8FjJjkt8 . #mtbos #iteachmath #mathAndArts

(shared with kind permission of student and his family) My amazing 2nd grade student Luc last year had made with Legos(R) a 9-row 70-high #PascalsTriangle; what a lesson to me about visualizing just how big numbers really are. This week: 10 rows, 126 high! #mtbos #iteachmath #mathisfun #mathCircle

Yay, @weaverstreetmarket.bsky.social ! #organic #citrus

I get such amazing students. I'm looking over the last homework for my 1st and 2nd graders at Stanford #mathCircle - one of my 1st graders ended her assignment with, "I will miss you Mr. Barman" - I sure will miss her & the others, hoping they'll all return in the winter quarter! #mtbos #iteachmath

@weaverstreetmarket.bsky.social has a new Georgia variety of citrus, Bingo Mandarins. They’re good but not quite as good as the Kiss - difficult to peel, not quite as sweet - but nice with bit of tartness. They still have #organic Meyer lemons! #citrus

I created a #mathisfun challenge question for my algebra students. I think with just a little attention this should be pretty straightforward. #mtbos #iteachmath

If you're near Durham, NC, come to my free @pcrm.org #fflClass bit.ly/FFLPromo this evening. I will be presenting a 1-hour class with free handouts and resources for those interested in moving toward a more #wfpb #vegan diet. Come early for their potluck and talk on environmental veganism.

Watch the Kids in the Kitchen with their second pasta show. Children of pcrm.org FFL instructors share tasty #vegan #wfpb pasta recipes. They are on 2p ET on Saturday, December 6th on facebook (somanycooks) and YouTube (bit.ly/SMKKyouTube).

Registration for winter Stanford #mathCircle is almost over; I think there are a few spots left in my 1st/2nd grade. If you have a 1st or 2nd grdr who wants exposure to #mathisfun topics (I'll be covering integer partitions), join us! We meet Tu or W 4:30-5:30 or 5:45-6:45 PT Jan 13/14-Mar 17/18.

We get such amazing feedback from students & their families. We're sharing this note w/permission by the parent & our TA and tutor Dorian Varney. Our team of teachers, TAs, & tutors always aim to provide joyous, excellent, and impactful sharing. #mtbos trianglemathinstitute.com/teachers

(shared w/permission of student & family) This 2nd grader in my #mathCircle shows a unique way of seeing the strength of the triangle - by blowing! In class we remembered the classic "The Three Little Pigs" story. I love my students' creativity, curiosity, & engagement! #mtbos #iteachmath #mathisfun

I get great students. I'm reviewing #mathCircle homework fr 1st & 2nd graders; a parent wrote, "Kabir was super motivated to finish the homework...we loved seeing that - its [sic] a testament to how engrossed [he is] ... gratitude...for keeping math fun and interesting" #mtbos #iteachmath #mathisfun

#citrus! @weaverstreetmarket.bsky.social has the tasty #organic satsumas but I didn’t know they were Buck Brand who sell #TripleCross, my favorites! They also have Meyer Lemons at @weaverstreetmarket.bsky.social as well as (not organic) Georgia Kiss Mandarins. Sugar Belles should be arriving soon!

I'm looking fwd to sharing this #mathisfun question w/algebra students as a challenge before we start working on graphing lines. It's directly inspired by the AMC (2024 AMC10A question 5 artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.p...): what's the smallest n s.t. n! is a multiple of 2024? #mtbos #iteachmath

If you have an early elem. / K child & near @durhamnc.bsky.social, join me at a #mathical #mathisfun event Monday, the 1st day of Dec., at S.Branch Durham Library where I'll read 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘫𝘢𝘯 by P.Narayanan & explore partitions. #mtbos #iteachmath

In yesterday's Tiny Desk concert on @npr.org was plaintive and lush Arooj Aftab, "global soul" [https://www.aroojaftab.com/] singer from Pakistan. Terry Riley's son Gyan Riley is the guitarist; I enjoyed learning about Terry Riley's minimalist composition 'In C' in my music history class.

We were covered shortly after we opened at #tvsThanksgiving by WTVD ABC 11; this year it was a clip as part of their #Thanksgiving story at abc11.com/post/west-94... (42 seconds in). We had about 360 people and fabulous #vegan food with about 2 dozen choices plus about a dozen desserts!

We had about two dozen main/side courses and about a dozen desserts at #tvsThanksgiving at Café Parizäde - the country's largest #vegetarian (all #vegan) #Thanksgiving ! trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving/menu-parizade.htm trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving

We are expecting 359 people at our #tvsThanksgiving all #vegan #Thanksgiving. Check out our menu at trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving... and our raffle prizes at trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving... - about to start and already a TV camera is here

We have dozens of choices at #tvsThanksgiving with seatings (already ticketed) at 11:30, noon, 12:30, 1, 1:30, and 1:45 followed by a raffle of over 30 items. It's the country's largest #vegetarian #Thanksgiving - all #vegan and delicious!

We’re excited to be at the holiday NC Symphony performance!

We're excited to be attending Cirque Holiday Pops at the NC Symphony today! Kiddo and I usually attend a symphony performance the day before #tvsThanksgiving #Thanksgiving - it's a nice lovely tradition and break before the (fun!) busy-ness of running the big #vegan event each year.

Several @trianglemath.bsky.social students attended #tvsThanksgiving pre-Thanksgiving. One, a 5th grader, said two remarkable things - before joining my math classes he didn't like and now "loves math" AND he now has a totally different view about #vegan food which he also loved! #mtbos #iteachmath

We have so many raffle prizes for #tvsThanksgiving. TVS member Blaze made charcuterie boards for lucky winners & we have books, restaurant gift certificates, @vegfestexpos.bsky.social bags of goodies, cooking class certificates, etal at our #vegan Thanksgiving trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving...

A low-fat vegan diet, even with refined grains and potatoes, outperformed a Mediterranean diet for weight loss in a new Physicians Committee study. www.pcrm.org/news/news-re...

What a lovely #vegan #tvsThanksgiving we had at Coco Chapel Hill cocochapelhill.com . In a moment of silence we remembered TVS co-founder Barry Nakell; my wife's cousin's husb. Murali; my friend John; Jane Goodall; musicians like Brian Wilson, Rick Davies, Chuck Mangione etal who passed this past yr

What a great #tvsThanksgiving event we had at all #vegan Coco in Chapel Hill, NC! Here is a clip before we began. We served over 80 & had a nice variety of mains, sides, & desserts - all #vegan (trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving...). We had a raffle, moment of silence, and lots of yummy fun!

I stopped by Parizade in @durhamnc.bsky.social to drop off a big check for #tvsThanksgiving, the country’s largest #vegetarian (all #vegan) one trianglevegsociety.org/thanksgiving . Preparations are well underway and I tried the delicious macaroni and ‘cheese’!