Cherry flower season still going.

I don’t know her reasons for apologizing, but I do know that sometimes people’s apologies to colleagues are less about being right or wrong and more about knowing their colleague’s behaviors, how they respond to slights or perceptions of slights, and how those responses can impact others.

Bluesky synchronicity part 1.

CD player: press button, listen to music Streaming device: create account, provide cc info, set up 2fa, connect devices, update app, update os, decline 15 special offers, listen to ads, oops your app has crashed

A) we don't own anything now B) the stuff we don't own doesn't work and can be taken away at a moments notice

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay

Fiddleheads, baby broccoli, tofu, and calamari ink pasta. Just to make my feed less gloomy.

“We just can’t trust consumer sentiment. Everyone is mad for no reason.” Meanwhile -

"Canadian visits to the US are down 35%...dealing a massive, sustained economic blow to the US economy that shows no sign of reversing in 2026" “In my 37 years in the travel industry, I have never seen anything like what the Canadians have pulled off" www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

The same old story every. damn. time. 1) Ed-tech often attracts dedicated and enthusiastic teachers. That, and not ed-tech, is what makes them successful. 2) Motivated and well-supported students usually do well anyway. 3) Everyone is shocked that this does not scale. Shocked!

What I like best about the Artemis II photos is that it was taken by actual humans. An actual person had to frame it and manually adjust settings. It's their own artistic rendition of what they thought looked best at the time, something no probe, rover or unmanned spacecraft can take. it's art

“This is the story of one much-loved tree in Vancouver — important to me and, it turns out, a lot of other people. It’s a story about how we lose big trees, not only here but around the world, and what’s lost when we do.” J.B. MacKinnon writes. 🌳🌸

This is awful.

Absolutely heartbreaking. So many mathematicians I know studied there, men AND women. Maryam Mirzakhani studied there. If this isn't enough to cancel/relocate from the US the International Congress of Mathematicians #ICM2026, nothing will be.

The academic center is one of the most elite hubs of scientific development in the Middle East. Destroying universities and schools is not justifiable. Such attacks are violations of a nation’s human capital, commitment to development, and the fundamental principles of international law. 2/2

American and Israeli missiles hit Sharif University in Tehran tonight. Often called #Iran’s MIT, the institution has been home to some of the country’s best and brightest minds in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since 1966. 1/2

Wishing us peace.

Written in 1937

Trying to write up some math that's been mostly just living in my head for several months now. Wish me luck.

What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with AI fact-checking!

This is so, so well-articulated.

Editing a badly written student essay, but without the satisfaction of teaching an actual human student.

Today on campus.

we’re about to learn why them cars were small to begin with

Humpback whales perform an incredible bubble feeding spectacle right in front of a lodge in Canada. Witnessing this behavior is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

I'm sure that he has 100% support among his supporters so yeah 🙃

I'm the living embodiment of the Steve Carell "noooo" GIF rn

Every major conference needs to do this

Verbatim for mathematicians. No notes.

Canadians, please sign the official governmental petition to ditch Daylight Saving Time nationwide for sleep health! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Every time: Am I the vendor? Is the university the vendor? Who is the supplier? Why do I have to do onboarding? Where is the contract? Who is Bob?

These modified trucks should be straight out illegal. @davidebybc.bsky.social

Oh look folks! Philadelphia airport! I can't imagine anyone who might want to fly in having second thoughts about this, especially foreign mathematicians attending a conference. Delenda #ICM2026

I really, really need academic organizations to think more critically about travel (conferences, talks, and meetings) during the Trump administration. Sadly, most are not.

Cherry blossom season in Vancouver!

Professors & university staff were targeted & fired for less than this just a few months ago.

Will the ICM ultimately be cancelled because of A) visas B) US aggression C) the cost of fuel needed for travel to Philly from anywhere outside of Philly D) some other thing between now and July ?

Your president, dear US of A.

Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll She was born on March 20th, 1915

I have a science funding joke but fewer and fewer people get it

Majority of Canadians say it’s better to depend on China than on the US under Trump. In other key allies - Germany, UK, France - a plurality say the same. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

CANADIANS!!! Please fill this out and share it widely because HOLY SHIT. I struggle to drive on the freeway at night now because of the headlights.

Office EU, an European company, has launched Office[.]eu, an EU-based alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, built on open-source technology and running on European server infrastructure. office.eu/media/pressr...

As it did four years ago, the international mathematics community faces a clear choice about what its highest values and aspirations mean. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And copies of our government-issued IDs for "age verification".

it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online

As one high ranking official quoted another former high ranking official who, when asked why there aren’t women at negotiating tables, said: “Women? They’ll go to the enemy, make peace and the wars will end!” That describes it pretty well.

I don't even know what's worse: the plagiarism, or the destruction of actual research by mixing it up with mountains of bullshit.