First day of classes went really well, good vibes all around. If nothing else, I’m grateful to have wonderful bright and curious students to explore math with.

Office gaiwan is the best, perfect way to set the mood, easy to clean, small shelf footprint, 5/5 recommend to everyone

Good morning to everyone starting classes or prepping to start classes soon. I found this Canvas setting was automatically turned on, so you might need to check if you have to turn it off manually in your classes as well.

Going to try to log off for the weekend. Classes start on Monday and I need to clear my head a bit before then. If you see me doing something on here before then, please spray me with some water and sternly tell me to care for myself ❤️

I re-wrote my syllabi in #PreTeXt last semester, and it's been great to have an html version for accessibility and also a decent pdf for archiving, but also it finally made me structure the source files. Updating things this semester has been so much easier!

I don't know how to just grade my little papers and clean my little apartment and go on doing all the mundane things while all the other things are collapsing and imploding and falling apart

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/

I posted this yesterday, and today during our Spring in-service day it became SUPER relevant very quickly.

Here's my first-draft version of this syllabus statement, *heavily* influenced by Spencer (like many things that I do).

the scream asfddhff 💀

No picks?? lol

Sure excited to head back to campus tomorrow, where I get yelled at by a guy with a gun when I tell him to stop smoking on the smoke-free campus, and with this information alone I'll bet you can guess his profession.

I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...

I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.

ok this isn't holding up so far but the next next time

I don't think I will go to JMM next year but if any friends are, I'd love to meet up with you and hang out for a bit! I will forget about this until too late next year, so feel free to remind me!

Need to add this to my list of responses to college admin too

"ICE-related shooting" gtfoh

DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.

This has been rattling around in my head since the summer and keeps getting more and more solidified throughout the year. Finally got it all written down for reference later. www.peter-keep.com/2026-01-07-O...

I have played the prelude that was in Suite 1 and which you had probably written for a Cello Forgive me I used a mandolin so sweet and so warm

They should invent faculty that don't hate the students they teach.

Ok I'm late but I'm here! #unrivaled is back 💜💙

I have been pretty clear about how much I like @acidlich.bsky.social's work but just in case: damn this is so cool 😍

I had some time today to sit down and finish my Christmas present!

So what's the process for removing a senator from office? Not running for re-election isn't enough at this point. Him leading the statement with this means that he still has no idea what is happening.

ZY^2= X^3-Z^2X+Z^3 A gift made for a friend who moved away for school, a kitty on an elliptic curve on a projective plane

lol this list of priorities to choose from should be damning, especially to someone hoping to get elected as a senator of Illinois.

$ pretext new book Distracting myself from the horrors by giving myself more work.

Trying to relax and get a handle on the big wcbb players to watch since I don't really follow it much, but caught a stray from @nemchocke.bsky.social instead 😭

Another day of rejecting the false framing instead of engaging with it from here inside the "false framing" factory.

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

I don't know whether that post about how the algorithms are endlessly gamed by certain companies is authentic, but I do think if we are going to have them be part of the economy, we need some laws to make these algorithms transparent so people can interact with them on the level

My resolution in 2006 was to start a blog, so anyways here we are 20 years later: www.peter-keep.com/2026-01-02-i...

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...

A sketch after every Raptors game this season 35/82

I don't have enough words to say how much I hate that any search only results in articles & blogs on AI slop websites.

Got an advanced copy of @aptshadow.bsky.social's "Children of Strife," let's get weird, bring on the genetic mutations and uplifted sentience!

I told a sports account that they missed a joke that someone else had made (they didn't know what /s meant) and they ended up calling me a raging misogynist and blocking me

My wish for 2026 is that brands would shut the fuck up

Kids have been sick and so many of our travel-to-visit-family plans have been cancelled, and I'm playing a lot of 4x games about it. Also, stress baking.

why

Happy first day of "Fake first day of Spring," Chicago! We have about 14 more of these kinds of days before we actually get to spring, but we can enjoy the sun and warmth today still!

(5 years late) Wait, is Jingle Jangle a math movie?

Present wrapping night, so it's also crack open the new bottle of bourbon night. Festive feelings to everyone, even in the face of all of this

If you're not seeing this same scheme employed at your own institution, don't get too comfortable...you will! Your school is not too big/small/private/conservative/progressive for this to happen there. Start planning to keep your college community safe from conservative attacks and spineless admin!

congrats everyone who took the time to nitpick the grading while a trans woman had her career ruined, your continued existence is useful

"Admin sacrificing academic freedom instead of supporting faculty in the face of any hardship whatsoever? On my campus?" It's more likely than you think!

Recent developments have moved these conversations to phone calls, a sure sign that the college is handling things in the worst way possible

Sober me will thank me for deleting those posts before posting those posts.