BREAKING: The Democrats have seized the majority in the Minnesota Senate!

I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.

there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics

RESULT: Soren Stevenson is elected to the Minneapolis City Council in the Eighth Ward. Stevenson lost an eye during a 2020 BLM protest after he was shot by police with a foam projectile.

Don't erase the Indigenous. But yes, let's also share the credit. Very happy to see the ray of #BlueHope tonight

As a lawyer and democracy expert I cannot overstate how rock-solid the presidential term limit is. Thread.

Adding tag #NDiSTEM2025

At the @sacnas.bsky.social NDiSTEM meeting!! Giving a talk #OpenAsResistance at 2:40, room C172. 15 minutes! Come on down friends!!!

Here I am just so fancy, flying back from west coast, hitting up free frequent flyer lounges, bumped to first class... and yet I can't drink my soda without spilling it on myself. 🤣🤣

Just started this book. I assigned it to my first year seminar class. It is 🔥. I felt like I was watching a Netflix docudrama in my head. It really pokes and prods at motivations, economies, colonialism, ethics, alignment, -isms, and the cultures of tech and shaping tech. #HumanizingSTEM

This would be a great fit for many of my colleagues... especially those involved in VECINA

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

So I'm by Vancouver Airport tonight. Got a flight back east super early in the AM. Apparently, Richmond is known for Asian food options. Is it taboo to get Korean BBQ as a solo? Or should I get late afternoon dim sum for dinner before they close? Choices!! Other votes?

Finally sent in the title for me talk at SACNAS (Modern Math) #OpenAsResistance I have had the pleasure of working with many mathematics institutes. How could I possibly tie all those projects together? Open. Here's a taste in a quick chat w/ @dewsbury.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4Ajp...

Be in solidarity and company with RIOS - next week! Register now!

I am lucky I have colleague friends who write to me and tell me I accidently uploaded the wrong caption file for my YouTube video. Especially when no student told me!!! Whoops! Good thing I have friends that actually click the link and watch my stuff. LOL.

Tom Morello of Rage against the machine put together a playlist for your enjoyment. Listening now. Perfect Saturday rev up music. #OpenAsResistance tinyurl.com/FuckIcePlaylist

This age verification shit is deranged www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

Thinking about how to remake the math twitter community we used to have that was postsecondary equity-focused. BlueSky algorithms aren't updating or reminding me. Maybe we need a hashtag? Thoughts? Will you see this? Lol. #DisruptMath #MathSky

This timeline. Just saying.

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history" It is propaganda, pure and simple.

Thanks Matt!!! ❤️

#MAAthfest Friends, Math, and beautiful views.

Denominators. bsky.app/profile/mich...

Gonna head to my next @americanair.bsky.social flight to Sacramento. Who wants to play #SpotAMathematician? 📊📈📐 #Mathfest25 #MAA #Mathfest2025

OER Posted! 30 min #AILiteracy online asynchronous tutorial co-authored w/3 Bates students. It includes 2 videos and instructor guide (an an example AI policy) qubeshub.org/publications... Also includes slides and video scripts to adopt and adapt for your own institution. @rioscommunity.bsky.social

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

Well I had a great week at AIM at CalTech! Lovely friends, new and *ahem* old. Lovely weather and vistas. Lots of banter and lots of productivity. Next week I'll be in Madison, then I'll see you all at Mathfest back in California!

“AI in higher education is more than an issue of tech deployment—it highlights the need to foster solidarity across sectors, job categories, and institutions to fight the devaluation of human work and lives.” Read @aaup.org‬’s new report on AI & academic professions. academeblog.org/2025/07/22/f...

Off to AIM for OER and Math workshop. Feels like time for an #AwkwardBoardingSelfie You may notice my arm. I sprained it badly about 4 months ago. It's 90 percent back, but full days of typing or writing are not happening. Perpetually behind as a result, but I'm trying!

The limitation to children at high risk for severe COVID is particularly problematic for the youngest children eligible for vax where HALF of the ICU admittances were for those with NO underlying condition, per CDC data.

Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

Chicago State University is the only university in the state with a predominantly Black student body, and it has far less money than places like Northwestern University. So far, the school has lost about $5 million in federal grants.

I wrote about the 23-year-old crypto bro with effectively no relevant work experience, who @alondra.bsky.social revealed is sitting in meetings, not paying attention, and then giving the thumbs up/thumbs down on whether they can get their NSF grants...

New podcast dropped on @rioscommunity.bsky.social #KnowledgeUnbound hosted by @dewsbury.bsky.social This episode highlights WRWC Nuevas Voces and our passion project, VECINA. Lots of shoutouts to the #DAAAAMN group, including @victorpiercey.bsky.social knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm/episodes/sea...

“… we're preserving Medicaid for those that meet eligibility requirements. We don't need to see illegal immigrants receiving benefits that should be going to Iowans,” Ernst lied. "Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for federally funded benefits such as Medicaid,” the report states.

Hey #MathSky, does anyone know more information about who the Twitter user @mathematicsprof is? I'd love to contact them, but don't have any contact information for them. I'm trying to get some more information about the Carnation letter that I found here: x.com/mathematicsp.... Any help is welcome!

Here is the NSF budget proposal for F26. Taking a big bite out of MPS. And practically killing EDU and OISE. Completely killing CHIPS act funding.

☢️ Attn NSF PIs‼️ See NSF’s newly published Award Terms and Conditions, available at nsf.gov/awards/terms-conditions. Pay special attention to 35-Non-Discrimination Statutes. Some POs are concerned that being found ‘in violation,’ would set an institution up for ALL federal funds to be withdrawn.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Very pleased that our online course about how to learn and thrive in an online world (thebullshitmachines.com) is mentioned in @johnthornhill.bsky.social's latest Financial Times piece.

NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research. NSF Astronomy was cut by 53% Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79% Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO. #GiftLink ⚛️🔭 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?

COLLINS: You testified that you have a team on the ground in Milwaukee. The city said that's not true and they're not getting the help they need. RFK Jr: The CDC is giving them assistance COLLINS: They just said one technician was on the ground RFK Jr: I can't tell you how many are on the ground

very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students

A large proportion of these canceled awards are focused on broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in STEM, which NSF was mandated to do by Congress. At what point does Congress plan to act to restore the balance of power?

1,752 awards terminated including: - 839 from the Directorate for STEM Education - 107 CAREER awards to exceptional early career faculty - 204 to Harvard alone - 81 to HBCUs