slightly diminish a band: It's Technically Possible They're Giants

Want to get started with #PreTeXt? Maybe write your syllabus or a worksheet so it is accessible? @mathtech.org is hosting a free zoom drop-in office hours 12-2pm EST today. Link available at mathtech.org/events/

Are you interested in incorporating #PreTeXt into your courses this semester? Join the @mathtech.org drop-in today mathtech.org/events/ where we will have a special "getting started with PreTeXt" office hour! We'll be helping helping folks with the first document anyone writes, their syllabi!

A right wing proposal would force public universities to gather/publish standardized test scores (SAT, GRE, etc.) for every faculty applicant across stages of a faculty search, to “restore meritocracy.” 👀 My op-ed today explains one of the many reasons this is nonsense: bad statistics. #AcademicSky

Plugging CheckIt and #PreTeXtGang in my talk:

Won a @code4math.org swag bag in a raffle! @clontz.org @xl772.bsky.social

Join us TONIGHT at Jake’s Tavern from 5:30pm to 7:30pm for appetizers, a cash bar, and conversation with people who also care about open source software for math research! #JMM2026 #MathSky

You should totally join us tonight for our #JMM2026 #MathSky @code4math.org reception at 5:30. But if you want to learn more before taking advantage of our free food and great company, I'll be at the Exhibit Hall AIM booth 3:00-4:30 to tell how our community supports math research infrastructure.

#MathSky we're back at the #JMM2026 exhibit hall to share with you what our AIMath.org Research Community does to support sociotechnical infrastructure for math research! Do you like math, computing, and community? Then we'll see you at the AIM booth now until noon!

Attending #JMM2026 this week? I created an in-browser tool to convert the agenda you design in the JMM mobile app to a iCal format. You can import the result into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and more. Check it out here: jmmcal.freddy.us It's a quick and dirty website, but I thought I'd share!

Why did this pop off more than pretext.plus/tryit lol

Missed out on getting a PreTeXt.Plus invite code? Now you can try it without an account at pretext.plus/tryit! If you want to be able to save and share your accessible mathematical documents, find me or @oscarlevin.com at the AIM booth at #JMM2026 for an invite code. More codes will be shared soon!

#AwkwardBoardingSelfie for #JMM2026! See y'all there soon!

Hey #MathSky come say hello to me or @xl772.bsky.social sometime this week at #JMM2026 to learn more about our community!

Connect with our community at #JMM2026! - JMM Welcome Reception: Sun 6pm-8pm - Meet and Greet: Mon 10:30-noon - Institute Reception: Mon 6pm-8pm (Marriott Marquis) - Meet and Greet: Tue 3pm-4:30pm - Happy Hour: Tue 5:30pm-7:30pm (Jake's Tavern)

First #JMM I'm going to in quite a while. Who will be there? Senior colleagues, I have a (career) question I could use some perspective on, so if you'll be there and I can pick your brain, please let me know!

In case you missed the first batch, five more codes just dropped at the @mathtech.org chat. mathtech.org/chat

I always get annoyed when people say ‘mathemagics’ as why something works in physics - during some sort of derivation. But these two (and credit to others as well) seem like real life mathemagicians.

Excited to share the below announcement for our new app at pretext.plus -- author PreTeXt in your web browser, no GitHub required! Join the @mathtech.org Discord chat to grab an invite code: first come, first served! pretext.plus/projects/80f...

Spending this New Year's Eve helping my daughter's in-home day care redo their website, because, does baby have hat www.jeremykun.com/2025/04/01/d...

Will do! I also just joined @code4math.org and will introduce myself over there. I've started putting my favorite workflows into gists to share, like a little potpourri of fun stuff that might not work out of the box, but will be close!

This has got to be a bit (there's only 120, and this screenshot is some kind of romhack lol)

I used to be good at video games. 😔

Tired: Twelve Angry Men Wired: Twelve Obnoxious Faculty

Yup. This is the same nothingburger freakout the photography community had about Adobe’s TOS in 2024. Surprised it took this long to make it to the higher ed community.

I mean it literally says "for the purpose of [running our apps]" and not "whatever we want". But it is annoying that standard terms of use must be so dense/comprehensive that casual users can be freaked out by the language. It's actually good that you give a license so they can provide the service!

It's time to party like it's 1995

Eat your heart out Final Fantasy

Who Rickrolled Benoit Blanc: A Knives Out Mystery

An appropriate present for this past year.

Pro tip: the lift restriction they give you after a cholecystectomy doesn't *explicitly* forbid you from showing your 7yo how far you can leap, but maybe an intelligent person could have figured that out without finding out the hard way?

Putting "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the lineup of "MeTV Toons" is an act of violence against geriatric millennials such as myself.

What always bothers me about discussions of "ethics" in software is that the punchline is always "and this cost their employer a lot of money." I don't think employer expense is the primary ethical problem that software engineers should think about.

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

Chat did I teach her the right or wrong lesson by beating Zelda Link to the Past under 4 minutes using glitches?

God so loved the world that he sent his only Son, not to live as a worldly king, but as a migrant, a servant leader, a teacher, and ultimately a martyr. Too many conflate worldly wealth and power with godliness. I appreciate anyone who seeks to be truly Christlike, whether you're Christian or not.

"Honestly, thank god I had my drum with me because otherwise, I would have been empty-handed at what soon became a full-fledged baby shower."

Dad may have made a strong suggestion to Santa this year. 🎮

God so loved the world that he sent his only Son, not to live as a worldly king, but as a migrant, a servant leader, a teacher, and ultimately a martyr. Too many conflate worldly wealth and power with godliness. I appreciate anyone who seeks to be truly Christlike, whether you're Christian or not.

Best delivery of the line hands down.

Merry "'Almost Christmas' means it wasn't Christmas!" to those who celebrate! ≈🎄

Merry "'Almost Christmas' means it wasn't Christmas!" to those who celebrate! ≈🎄

DELTARUNE on sale! It's the big "20". Check websites for more.