If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

Musk’s Grokipedia is almost certainly even worse than you thought it would be. thesphinxblog.com/2025/10/30/p...

#mathsky #probability #statistics youtube.com/shorts/TwctT...

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

It is fall break here. I asked for volunteers who happened to be on campus to test my idea for making a giant string-art cardioid. It worked pretty well, and I have some concrete ideas for improvement in version 2.0. (This circle has about a 20 ft. circumference and 239 holes.)

THE CALL OF CTHULHU (Palindrome) Do glassy bays tug at a gutsy abyssal god?

Clear from the context #MathSky

So much this (the "but" part).

And the rest of the world reads this and mutters 'No shit, Sherlock'.

The best way for a photo to catch my attention is if it looks like data. Fig. 1. Bar plot displaying amount of storage per filing cabinet.

Looks like it's time to do more muting. Just as well I don't follow many people who post about the history of the church of Scotland...

Had a great time at #TMiP25 on Thursday and Friday: met some old friends for the first time, caught up with others and even spoke with a couple of people I didn't know previously. Oh, and there were talks and stuff too.

Bad Sir Brian Botany, a profound meditation on class war and social justice by A. A. Milne. voetica.com/poem/3335

What movie have you seen an unhealthy number of times?

I know it's only part time, since this is cover for Alison Cooley being made head of Warwick Institute of Advanced Studies (take it up with the powers who decide these buy outs), but there is a 3 year teaching gig at in Roman history at Warwick. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX770/a...

🌿✨ This full binary tree branches out over 8 levels, stitched with stem stitch and dotted with French knot leaves. Who knew recursion could look this cute? Template in bio if you want to stitch your own! 🧶 🧮 #MathSky #embroidery

This is a really lovely overview of nonstandard analysis. Might make most sense to people who have a vague idea about them anyway, but definitely worth a look even if you don't.

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

Well, just finished FL Lucas's 'Seneca and Elizabethan Tragedy'. Not a man scared of holding - or expressing - opinions. If you like reading the waspish comments in 19th century commentaries, you'll probably enjoy it. #ClassicsBlueSky

#HoagieHomies alert.

Come and work with us in Philosophy at Warwick, part II: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Venn diagram

We had a fantastic time at the #ResonateFestival of Arts at the @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social, running StitchInTime activity! Children used @turtlestitch.bsky.social to create designs. Thank you to WMG colleagues for running the activity. #TurtleStitch #STEAM #Embroidery #CreativeCoding #WMGoutreach

Now, that's what *I* call vulgar Latin.

Creon in Oedipus Rex (l569) channelling Wittgenstein: ἐφ᾽ οἷς γὰρ μὴ φρονῶ σιγᾶν φιλῶ #ClassicsBluesky

Exercise within your limits: it isn't a competition, and making yourself worse instead of better is a Bad Thing.

Nice article from @mathforge.org, illustrating that there's always more to think about, even (or especially?) about things we think we know.

I once had for a lady from Gloucester Intense love that I wanted to foucester With cash I was saving I took her out caving But she fell down a hole and I loucester

The scammer is on the phone to you. Their accomplice is on the phone to your bank, pretending to be you. Your bank sends you the notification. You accept, and scammers proceed to drain your account. Full write up: shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05... 🧵🔚

This is a much better thing to find in your timeline that people droning out about how wonderful/symptomatic of the downfall of humanity chaptGPT is. More of this please.

Artificial Intelligence when I was a kid

Want to improve your Latin? Join this Latin Reading Group! - Dr. Guen Taietti, University of Liverpool - Short Latin texts - Online (Zoom) - 8 x Thur 6-8pm BST - £125 (£65 conc's) Please share! 🙏 #ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics #LearnLatin www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

I’m delighted to be speaking at this year’s UK Computing Summit at Sheffield Hallam University on 29- 30 April, highlighting the significance of outreach and widening participation, sharing practical approaches. Organised by @wearebcs.bsky.social #CSed Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-computi...

Day 21: The #MathArtMarch prompt is "font". Fonts with fixed width make ASCII art much easier. Here is Abraham Lincoln constructed from the Gettysburg Address.

#MathArtMarch Day 16: Connected Borromean rings in #LEGO. Borromean rings have the Brunnian property where removing one ring causes the entire structure to become disconnected.

Happy boar playing the harp British Library Harley 6563, f.41v

Looks like BlueSky has caught up with X/Twitter. We now have a full complement of people I don't approve of with the temerity to post things I have to agree with, and people confidently giving incorrect answers to questions. Job done.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social

How does HP R&D laboratory demonstrate the new capabilities in a yet unreleased MJF full color printer? Contact a math artist, Mathscaper! This sculpture hits most of the possible colors, excepting browns.

I have never been more entertained by a bad link… wonkhe.com/blogs/how-th...

New Year's resolution: master the -μι verbs. (ἵημι, I'm particularly looking at you.) The 'good' thing is, I can probably wheel this one out every January, which will save me having to think up a new resolution every year. #ClassicsBlueSky

I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st. He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer. I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much. His campus novels will be read for years to come. A great loss. www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...

Lang may yer lum reek, a'body.

And they told me Bluesky would be better than Twitter. Oh well.

Good commentary here.

Things I have learnt from the quadratic formula. A 🧵 #ITeachMaths #UKMathsChat

Forbidden Plane

Colin Renfrew has passed away. A hugely influential figure in archaeology throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries. Here are a few photos of him from about 15years ago, when I was working on his Keros Project.