This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

We are fond of saying in @uwmadisonmath.bsky.social that “Learning support is for everyone!” We hire advanced undergrads to tutor as course assistants for most major-level courses, and many of our course assistants for the early tier of major courses get help from CAs for the more advanced courses!

Guest poster @mitchkeller.phd shares with us how to make partially handwritten slides accessible! 👀 mathtech.org/2025/10/27/a...

@mitchkeller.phd shares how he creates accessible annotated slides for class using PreTeXt. mathtech.org/2025/10/27/a...

Alabama tortured a man to death tonight. The “pro-life” Catholic majority on SCOTUS let a state murder a man by suffocation tonight. The death penalty is deeply immoral, no matter how it is administered. AL knew this would be torture & reporting suggests it was worse than J. Sotomayor described.

In July, I planned to spend this weekend in Chicago because I wanted to attend Open House Chicago and see Sarah Millican. I booked a tower room at Pendry Chicago in the iconic Carbide and Carbon Building. It was lovely weekend, and I’m glad that I was able to manage my Charlottesville 2017 PTSD

nothing bad ever happens to the Georgia Bulldogs football program

if you ever score a touchdown against Georgia the SEC will make sure you did not

Our flock is growing, thank you to everyone who has gifted to us so far! There is still plenty of time left to give a gift to the math department and get your flamingo; the link to give is in our bio! #uwmadison #flocktober #fillthehill #mathematics

Today is the 109th anniversary of one wild day in football

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

GEORGIA TECH WINS

Congrats to @uwmadison.bsky.social @uwmadisonmath.bsky.social professor Betsy Stovall!

SET WRECK TO MAXIMUM RAMBLE

Gotta say that Madison’s flag looks pretty cool and the professional vexillologists agree! (This version is only 7 years old, but it’s a light modification of a 1960s original design.)

🤦‍♂️ Guess I’ve got a new example for when I teach graph theory in my combinatorics class this fall, @magnacartergt.bsky.social

The death penalty is immoral in all circumstances. That republicans seem to have turned executions into a fetish is something I am at a loss for words to describe.

Yesterday I went and picked blueberries at a local farm. Tonight I made jammy fruit bars with them. Soooo good! Recipe: www.seriouseats.com/jammy-fruit-...

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

This was illuminating in about 250 different ways; too much to track but @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social somehow on top of it all

Like the author, I’m an adoptee via a closed adoption. ND is one of the states with restrictive laws on access to original birth certificates. I do know the almost certain identity of my biomom (and she knows my name), but that was against my will and truly by accident and coincidence for her.

I literally stand in front of my university math students every semester now and point out to them that I probably know four proofs of the thing I have asked them to prove, so getting dozens or hundreds of copies of those proofs from them is not for my benefit.

Parisian Cyclist by the Moulin Rouge Pentax K-3 Mark III HD PENTAX-DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 Limited ISO 200, f/18, 1/30 sec #travelPhotography #pentaxians #shootPentax #streetPhotography #motionBlur #panning #paris #moulinRouge

Baker Street Platform iPhone 16 Pro #london #londonUnderground #iPhonePhotography #travelPhotograhy #streetPhotography

This is what #ChatGPT responds when you ask it to 'make a poster for a maths classroom with all the key formulas on it that a student aged 11-14 in the UK might need'. As with most #AI responses, it looks plausible but the more you look, the worse it gets.. What's your (least) favourite part?

Adam’s Place Bridge Canary Wharf, London iPhone 16 Pro #london #travelPhotography #iPhoneography #BlueSkyArtShow

St Paul’s from One New Change Pentax K-3 Mark III smc PENTAX-DA 18-270mm at 34mm. Two shots stitched as a panorama in Adobe Lightroom Classic #travelPhotography #monochrome #blackAndWhitePhotography #pentaxians #shootPentax #london

Light Trails on Tower Bridge Pentax K-3 Mark III HD Pentax-DA* 11-18mm at 14mm f/11, ISO 100, 8 seconds #BlueSkyArtShow #travelPhotography #blueHour #bridge #towerBridge #lightTrail #London #pentaxians #shootPentax

they really don't know what they're going to do with this bill huh www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Lloyd’s Building Long Exposure iPhone 16 Pro with ReeHeld for long exposure #monochrome #blackAndWhitePhotography #architecture #longExposure #iPhonePhotography #london #travelPhotography

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The Trump administration cannot legally purge gay people from the military under federal law. But it can create a hostile environment that makes gay service members feel unwelcome, and that’s exactly what’s happening here. Pure homophobia.

Filed in Southern District of New York. State parties are NY, HI, CA, CO, CT, DE, IL, MD, MA, NV, NJ, NM, OR, RI, WA, and WI. (Listed in the order they are on the filing.) Depending on what SCOTUS does w/universal injunctions in birthright citizenship case, relief could be limited to these states.

"The Order of akin to a gumbo" was not on my bingo card.

Obligatory repost of North Dakota content, now with math(s)!

My new piece in Slate: The House just passed the most extreme university endowment tax ever proposed. It’s punitive, Trump-approved, and it threatens ALL universities’ ability to enroll foreign students. Here’s what’s in the bill, and why it matters. slate.com/news-and-pol... Via @slate.com

I just left a comment. If you are concerned that RFK Jr.'s FDA chief Marty Makary is limiting the Novavax COVID booster to those over 65 or with underlying conditions, and may do the same for Pfizer/Moderna as well, consider leaving a comment as well.

Another country gets a math major as head of state!

Louis Vuitton, Marina Bay, and ArtScience Museum Pentax K-3 Mark III HD DA* Pentax 11–18mm f/2.8 at 14mm 4 sec, f/8, ISO 100 #singapore #travelPhotography #blueHour #landscapePhotography #pentaxians #shootPentax #artScienceMuseum

Senate Republicans promised to keep the filibuster after winning back the chamber in November. Now they’re rapidly moving to kill it—shattering a precedent they defended vociferously for four years under Biden. And once they’ve crossed the Rubicon, there’s no going back. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Singapore Skyline from the Dock Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome Pentax HD DA* 11–18mm at 11mm f/8, 3 min, ISO 500 #shootPentax #pentaxians #singapore #travelPhotography #landscapePhotography #longExposure #longExposurePhotography #monochrome #blackAndWhitePhotography #skyline

Whew! Gave a final exam to 523 students tonight. Now our team of 14 will get it graded by 10am on Saturday. So glad to not be teaching a megacourse next year!

#MusicSky #MayTheFourth

Please explain, @sean-fitz.bsky.social

NEWS: After canceling thousands of foreign students' immigration records — threatening their ability to study and live in the US — the Trump administration has reversed course and restored them all. It follows intense pushback from courts across the country. Details TK

A 19-year old U.S. citizen was traveling from Albuquerque to Tucson. He was arrested and detained by ICE for 10 days, before his family showed a judge his identification & he was finally released. news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...

Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: [email protected] and [email protected] youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4

Too bad that a noted author of popular math books blocked me for criticizing his credulous AI boosterism yesterday, so I can no longer bring this to his attention.

Clearly the new UW Engineering building needs a Culver’s in it so that the Badgers’ punt count would become lowest!