Apologies for @-ing you @tressiemcphd.bsky.social, but I think on the bad place you had a thread about finding a remote communication/phone/computer device for parents with dementia. Maybe I'm misremembering, but if not, do you remember what you found?

Happy Pride to all my LGBTQ+ friends and followers and ESPECIALLY to all my trans loved ones. I am tragically straight and cis but I love you all and I am so glad you’re here. The world is better because you are all in it. ♥️💙💜💛💚🧡🤎🤍🩷🩵🩶

A close-up of my finished Apollonian gasket based fantasy map. #art #cartography #fantasy #MathArt #worldbuilding

"We'll have four mini spritzes. " "Great - a group of three and one more." "No - we'll take two groups of two." #BetterLivingThroughMath #DrinkingWithMathematicians

Wut!!??

Just trying to be a real-life warrior scholar

Wonder if this might have some Streisand Effect for those Americans who somehow previously missed this litigation.

Ken Paxton just gave an Epstein-style deal to a pedophile. Paxton released Adam Hoffman — an admitted child rapist — back on our streets after Paxton’s rich lawyer friend got involved. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas. Ken Paxton has no place in the US Senate.

“All of France’s central government agencies have to come up with plans to move away from US tech—across office software, antivirus, AI, databases, and more—by this fall. On April 23, French officials also announced the country will move its health data platform away from Microsoft”

this is incredible

The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.

One week with Bumpy! Like any baby, he sleeps deeply and often – especially snuggled up to his Keeper, with a tummy full of milk. Rescued last weekend after his mother died in a territorial fight, he now has a family with us and a wild future ahead. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/bumpy

I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

UPDATE: After loud backlash, @KnoxSchools has put ‘ROOTS’, a Pulitzer-prize winning state book, back in schools. tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/26/k...

Hitting your children teaches them to model abusive relationships I wish don't Hit your kids wasn't a hot take

I’m so sick of former bird app takes, I want to hear everyone’s parenting hot takes

The Devil Wears Prada 2 has made more money than any MCU movie released last year. At $546M earned it’s beaten "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" ($522M), "Thunderbolts*" ($382M), and "Captain America: Brave New World" ($415M). The end of an era.

Trump Is Wasting Our Time www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

My latest: I wrote about Trump's Golden Statue. And as a former Christian, let me hold y'all's hand when I say...the Trump figure is not the modern version of "golden calf". If you know your Bible, the statue represents something far worse. karenattiah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

Many people in America are beginning to realize how fragile rights can be. Black and Indigenous folks have known this for a long time. Censorship rarely stops with one group.

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"Kushner Disappoints Mideast Clients Who Spent Millions Seeking Sway" 🕯️ Ben Bartenstein, Annie Massa, and Ted Mann for @bloomberg.com

Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hi. Not really sure how to promote this story...but it is about AI and the overwhelming feeling of it bleeding into everything with no concrete articulation for what a good version of that future looks like. It's about feeling like every 8th person is living on another planet. Hope you'll read it

Very good analysis of why U.S.-Israeli air power has not destroyed most of Iran’s missile capabilities.

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

Thank you!

Next book club pick?

Wow!

This is a long shot because this isn't the old twitter, but I'm looking for history articles/books that look at cases of British/Irish settlers/squatters being prosecuted for crimes against Indigenous/colonized people. It can be anywhere in the world, but ideally the late C18/early C19.

One thing I’ve confirmed after multiple visits to Japan is that its reputation for having cleaner public spaces is not entirely because people are just littering less in public spaces. They litter less. But they still litter plenty. It’s primarily because someone is paying people to clean up.

Evergreen

Today is International #WomenInMathematics day, set up in honour of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first female Fields Medallist. To celebrate, we've collected together articles celebrating the incredible women in maths we have worked with over the last year. plus.maths.org/happy-2026-w...

Could we rely more on everyday intuitions when thinking about abstract ideas? Does the formalism seen when teaching match how mathematicians think about mathematics? Letters to the editor in response (in support or arguing against!) are welcome via [email protected]

A little #MondayMorningMystery! 🔎 We've been contacted by someone hoping for help to identify the church in this happy wedding picture. Produced by early 20thC Edinburgh photographers the Thomson Bros, the brick-built church is most likely in Edinburgh or the Lothians. Does anyone recognise it?

NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

Interesting argument

‘I did not realise it was possible to age 1000 years in a period of 6 added minutes’

thinking about "elementary" inverse functions and... lol at x² + ✓x: www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=inve... #iTeachMath ♾️ #MathSky 🧮

⚠️ Iran is preparing to assert full control over undersea internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz, with foreign firms required to obtain permits, pay transit fees, and operate under Iranian law, per Fars.

History exam in 2156: While the transition from the Pax Americana Petro-Materialist Era to the Green Revolutionary Interregnum is synonymous with Trump, what made him an ironic figure to usher in this revolution?

The share of American men working or searching for a job hit the lowest level since 1948, aside from the pandemic, Labor Dept. data shows. The labor market has weakened since early 2025, with most job opportunities in sectors typically dominated by women. https://wapo.st/4dufmc1

If your brain is struggling due to anxiety,sadness,the way others have behaved,ADHD, autism,burnout,chronic illness &/or because the world’s too full of grimness then hi,me too. Research shows my photo’ll provide relief for your thoughts-pause & zoom into the details-& keep going, you’re not alone 🌿

Public health measures work. We’ve seen it repeatedly: when transmission is interrupted, outbreaks decline, regardless of the pathogen. 1/7

Dangerous offer for quality non-fiction nerds.

Folks, pls don't share photos godforsaken Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social thieves circulate. Screenshot of a tweet looks like crap. No credit to photographer, a Black man. Support @nashvillebanner.bsky.social! Credit: Martin B. Cherry/Nashville Banner nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...

I got a Google Alert for my name yesterday, pointing to an article for an outlet I’d never spoken to, full of quotes I’ve never said. It’s now corrected…but the editor told me ‘I asked Google to find an expert but I think it used AI.’ Isn’t it your job to check..?

I asked Gemini for some quotes from me on this topic…and they’re all sourced from that article! AI eating its own tail and poisoning its own dataset…