Hey math friends at #JMM2026 who are going to Capitol Hill tomorrow: maybe don't just talk about math. Ask your reps what they will be doing to stop the fascist federal law enforcement agencies from continuing to murder people on the streets. #disruptMath #disruptJMM

This is a test for Democrats right now. If you really want to grab the mantle of leadership and emerge as a frontrunner, you have to speak out forcefully and against ICE... Right now. No centrist mealy-mouthed bullshit.

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...

My book comes out in just a couple of weeks, on January 20, 2026, and I'm laying a bit low on here as I prepare a little surprise for folks, especially for my fellow #ADHD #Writers. In the meantime, your continued support of me and this book is truly appreciated. www.amazon.com/Educators-Gu...

If you have to train students to recognize when a *university provided* resource is lying to them, maybe the university should not provide that resource.

Days after his third dementia screening in six months the president of the United States, who is an open pedophile, abducts a foreign head of state

Might be worth reminding any AMS officers or council members you see next week #disruptJMM

And also boycott #icm2026 #mathsky

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

I thought the "20 year old SAT scores are indicators of merit" bit was the stupidest thing I would read all day, but now we have ostensibly reputable journalists regurgitating LLM slop as a "quote" for a corporation that is generating and disseminating CSAM.

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I am APOPLEPTIC that administrators turn "students are all cheating" into "yep that's why we need to incorporate cheating into your teaching." And I am DISTRAUGHT about what is being stolen from our students: the chance to struggle, to grow, to learn, to be human. That one will have global effects.

Underdiscussed point: how much responsibility Substack bears for Bari Weiss being in the position she is now in. Fuck substack

All this case is about is some cis white woman who didn‘t even bother engaging with the assignment going after a trans TA because she‘s a bigoted cunt. She wrote a transphobic rant and it got put on blast by Turning Point USA. Nobody needs to argue about grading here.

Interesting to see administrators coin the term "tenure density" when it is clear they actually mean "faculty with high research FTEs", and are just using budget challenges as an excuse to attack tenure at the same time.

This was entirely about purging a trans instructor from the school and they succeeded. It was aided by a lot of dumb liberals taking it at face value arguing the minutia of grading rubrics while ignoring the obvious bad faith efforts behind this.

I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.

How long until it is known as the Streisand-Weiss effect?

I can't believe those athletes wasted all that time lifting weights. There isn't a single barbell on the field during a game!

AI is an existential crisis for scholarship, and this thread is an example of why. If you use genAI in your "research," even if it's just for a "thought partner" or "writing-starter," you are contributing to this crisis. Full stop.

I do not want your AI slop I do not want it in my mop I do not want it in my house I do not want it in my mouse I do not like brain-rotting AI spam I do not want it, Sam Alt-man

@nativemath.bsky.social @mathprofcarrie.bsky.social weren't we just talking last week about how our bio friends are leading the way in doing cool CURE things? One more example to add to the list.

I generally don't share things from Substack no matter how great I think they are, but I appreciated this footnote on a blog post about alternative grading in large classes that addresses this. Too many folks just keep posting away without the slightest acknowledgement of what Substack stands for.

I am excited to see this lesson analysis manuscript come out of the @tbil.org community!

Intro to qualitative #MetaMath work with @rachel-roca.bsky.social includes our #DisruptJMM analysis with @drew-lewis.com @nativemath.bsky.social and Stefanie Marshall. What do influencers do? Turns out there are different types - Shapers, Thought leaders, and Netweavers.

Are math folks aware of this reorganization that will apparently split DMS in two in some unspecified way?

To wit, the issues we're seeing with students using ShitGPT aren't out of student laziness or lack of will: it is a consequence of the broader systemic structures impacting education. And it needs a systemic solution. To be clear, I include Tech VC assholes as part of this systemic structure.

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Did the committee just move Notre Dame down for two weeks in a row for no apparent reason?

Students who take AP Statistics are 3x more likely to be able to tell the difference between correlation and causation.

The full position paper lays out a careful critique of the so-called "science of math" movement. This is essential reading for all math educators.

I suppose this was inevitable once schools started paying players large sums of money, but seeing a university suing a former student athlete is jarring

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can simply choose to trust people as your default. It's a much better way to go through life than spending your time harming people so that fewer people take advantage of your trust.

It is an acceptable risk that some people who don’t “deserve” it accidentally get help, if it means everyone who needs it is guaranteed to get help.

There is no balance required, you just trust people. Because disabled people are met routinely with mockery, suspicion, neglect, discrimination and outright hate, we do not feed the ableism machine with more suspicion. If a few people get away with ‘cheating the system’ that’s just how things are.

Another day, another university throwing their trans faculty, staff, and students under the bus, it seems.

"A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into [gatekeeping, opportunity hoarding, anxiety & trauma, scarcity mindsets, ...]"

I do not understand how anyone who has ever interacted with a customer service chat bot can think that LLMs are some sort of inevitable, civilization-altering technology.

Probably a niche question, but anyone had Utopias? Is it worth the exorbitant price tag?

Describe your favorite course as though NY Mag just found it. *Algebraic Geometry.* From radical ideals to blowing up schemes, this course is a prime example of how college campuses are training grounds for America-hating students.

I hope everyone eats food they like, and doesn't eat food they don't; with people whose company you enjoy, and without those you don't; and that your football team soundly defeats its rival this weekend.

As a college professor, AI has made my life—and the lives of all educators—unimaginably worse.

WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...

I have been cursed as a sort of turkey Cassandra, in that I tell people how to make it good, I even offer to make it for them, but they refuse, make it the same shitty way they always have, and then talk about how disappointing turkey is. Just let me cook it, please.

Oh sure, I tell the kids the same thing every day but this guy is some kind of saint for saying it

Really appreciate this thread. I liked some of the points made about "A.i" harms in the HuffPo piece, but was also uncomfortable with the idea of setting a trap for students.

I try to be understanding of all of the other Drew Lewis's who mistype their email address and accidentally sign me up for the Harbor Freight mailing list or whatever, but I have zero patience for the asshole that signed me up for the Free Press. They're a disgrace to our name.

Your computer algebra system insists on rendering \sin (x) ^2 instead of \sin ^2 (x)? Problematic sage gap