Rats. Timetables humbug. It is literally not possible to travel from Canberra to Gunning day return by public transport. Ffs Gunning is literally only about 40 minutes away by car! One can only do a circular trip without getting off the train at Gunning. #trains #transport #railways

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Hi Blue Sky! I edit the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. We publish articles, essays, #fiction & #poetry on doing, teaching & living of #mathematics. So far we had more than 850K full-text downloads of our content - why not check us out? scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/ #math #openaccess #mathart

Recently became aware of Sacred Geometry, but because I'm shallow, I'm interested in the symmetry and mathematics of it and none of the spirituality or metaphysics.

Be careful what you wish for. Kev might come home

Very true. Also. Elders with dementia.

True, that. Higher education was well-developed and systematic in pre-colonial Australia

Eat early, eat often. Like voting.

Tétraèdre de Sierpinski fabriqué par les enfants et leurs parents en visite sur le stand de #Maths. Check 👍 #fractale #nice06 #fds2025 #fds #fetedelascience @cnrs-insmi.bsky.social @univcotedazur.bsky.social @cnrscotedazur.bsky.social

New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social

Cautionary sign of the day. Geology forbidden. Fair enough. What's the penalty tho?

Meanwhile, in Tasmania. Furious farmers drive fifty tractors through the streets of Deloraine to protest a raw potato deal from cheap imports. Beaut little Fergie tractors, too! Oi, all you chip-addicts, pay a fair price for your fix and support Tassie 🥔 growers!

#Olargues #France 2025 #©SteveC #noAI #Photography using Vintage Lenses to embrace #Wabi-sabi, for real beauty is always "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete"

Here is the bad news: The first Blue Mountains Mariyung service will run from Lithgow on 13th Oct. Farewell my beloved V-sets! So sad! Now for the good news: The Mariyung is fully accessible and disability friendly! #trains #railways

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day. Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

In Aotearoa New Zealand, research grants don’t just fund research. They also pay for buildings, admin, IT, and even profit margins. That’s because institutions rely heavily on indirect cost recovery – aka “overheads” – to stay afloat 🧪🧵

You mean a woman noticed it and everyone ignored it? Well, well, well…

Oh does it now? This machine at the laundromat washes and outputs your clothes all folded? Well. I shall give it the dreaded fitted sheet test!

🚨Registrations close this week for the upcoming Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA) Conference. This year’s ATSIMA Conference: 📍 Lunawuni (Bruny Island) Lutruwita (Tasmania) 📅 1–3 October 2025 👉Registrations close on Friday (26 Sept): events.atsima.com/ATSIMA2025Bi...

Simply stunning. A bee traversing a spiral? #photography

You might think that entertaining the whims of a tyrant is beneath the King of England - until you remember the history of the monarchy.

i'm a mathematician, so i'm always looking at the numbers that appear in my life for guidance. for example, if i see the number 77, it probably means there are 77 of something

Aww... there is hope, O ye ANU colleagues

"If you want to understand what England will look like with a Reform government, just come to our town. Racists and thugs are acting with impunity, intimidating local residents and people of colour, who are living in fear." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oh good. The early morning light shows have started.

'The global fashion industry could soon produce enough unworn clothes to almost stretch from Earth to Mars and back' That's going well then. We Aussies started that project in 1975 from the tail of a Qantas B747, only it was unwashed rather than unworn in that great era. Qantas poster, NLA

👍 #trams #railways

Nice Melbourne cafe. Wonder if they're a chain? #mathematics #mathjokes

New paper out in J Theor Biol! I make the case that "normal" phylogenetic networks are the gas. #mathsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Research on protecting colonial sandstone buildings from industrial emissions has been ongoing and well-funded since the 1980s, I remember the early studies. So why is research on protecting Aboriginal stone heritage from corrosive emissions stymied? Talk about double standards.

Friday is fun day on the West Coast Wilderness railway. The crew made up a goods train with a flat and a wagon and a real brake van then steamed it up and down the rack. They played trains all day long. We hates them and it's not fair. #trains #railways

At the Polish food market this morning - the Polish Food Pyramid. Good job! #food

Faculty Publication: The Case of Islamic Contributions to Mathematics and Science Noah Aydin, Professor of Mathematics, has published "Let’s Teach More Accurate and Inclusive History! The Case of Islamic Contributions to Mathematics and Science" in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, volume 15,…

'Bristol Night II' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #womensart

Aha! Behold the ANU campus ducks have been reinstated, after their protest march on the lawns of parliament house. Enough of these reducktions! What next, are they gonna sack the magpies? Ha. That'd learn 'em. [evil beak emoji] @ourANU

Cat about to make a terrible mistake

Cool place to hang out in Sydney, if you time it right! This is General Holmes Drive as you enter the tunnel under the runway. Better than actually flying in a Qantas A380 actually, which are rather dated and tatty inside, even in business class #planes www.facebook.com/airwaysmagaz...

The OK PIE SHOP, Mount Gambier. Fair enough. I like it. The pies are just ok. No hype, no frills. I'll give it a go tomorrow! #food #pies

Physics takes a moment to sit in the sun.

More #circles put together to form a sphere, this time in Marrakech a couple of years ago. #MathPhoto25.

There's a kind of rage I have for these stories that is beyond words for me. And please, please, please remember that while not every woman you know experienced an Epstein or a Trump, every woman you know, and a heartbreaking number of the girls, has experienced some kind of sexual assault. 5/

First Nations calendars boost solar forecasting accuracy by up to 26 pct, study finds reneweconomy.com.au/first-nation...

#MathPhoto25 #five From my late mother’s things, special hangers for drying gloves.

Awesome @monsoon0.bsky.social ! So pleased for you!

Roadside sign of the week. #wildlife

This giant of the forest really ought to trim its toenails

"When you listen to people, you get better outcomes"

The Ticket Window. Here is a bloody beauty for my forthcoming photo exhibition on this rare and endangered feature of railway architecture – a triplet! Dunedin station, NZ Aotearoa. #trains #railways #architecture