We desperately need to get away from arguments for the humanities that elevate them because of what they do for technology. The humanities should not be understood as service disciplines. They are an extension of us, and that is enough.

Excited to announce that the application for Rethinking Number Theory 7 is open! This is a virtual research workshop with 6 excellent number theoretic projects. June 22 - July 3. Application on our website. Please share widely and DM me if you have questions! sites.google.com/view/rethink...

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Rethinking Number Theory 6 workshop announcement! This will be a remote collaborative research experience June 16 - 27. Applications are due May 1. More info is on our website. Please share widely! sites.google.com/view/rethink...

Trump blinks. With less than one day to go before the feds' arbitrary deadline to end congestion pricing, DOT Sec. Duffy issues a 30-day extension as NYC electeds and MTA officials refuse to turn the toll off absent a court order.

“Nobody’s forcing you to take all this preemptive complicity,” Funder Axes Queens College Diversity Initiative Amid Trump DEI Purge www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/18/f...

Ariana Grande's Oscars gown as the graph of f(x,y) = 1−exp(x⁶−15x⁴y²+15x²y⁴−y⁶): www.desmos.com/3d/ktg4co3cpm

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThL...

Wondering what the disruption in DC means for the higher ed math community? TPSE has you covered. Join us for a webinar, Friday, 2/28 at 3pm ET. Register here: usmd-edu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

My friend @mathyadriana.bsky.social lost her job last week, and I want you to know the story: buttondown.com/yarntheory/a...

We're continuing to examine the Trump administration's purge and its effects, and we need your help. If you work or have worked at a government agency, we want to hear from you. You can reach me on Signal at 347-549-0332 or reach out to ProPublica's tip line: www.propublica.org/tips/#signal

The American Mathematical Society has also started a page to coordinate support for professional mathematics, so far focusing on executive orders impacting the National Science Foundation: www.ams.org/government/g...

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Kendrick dropped again...good morning to music youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Had my first Linear Algebra computer lab tutorial last night. It mostly went well! But at one point I saw a student use the "ask AI" feature Google Colab and I'm like dudes it is literally my job to help you right now.

The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Who voted for this rookie anyway?

Reminds me of early COVID days when stores limited how much milk, eggs, and TP we could buy.

The most New York of stories happened this morning: A baby was born on the subway. Still working on getting more info, but. There's good news in the city. (Broken by the New York Daily News, of course)

Not to make it all about the local angle, but this could to a real number on the MTA Capital Program

From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

I'm such a nerd. I looked up the Committee Report that goes along with the text of the (bipartisan) law (P. L. 114-329), which amended the NSF Broader Impacts criteria. Read a summary here: www.linkedin.com/posts/courtn...

One thing we've learned since 1/20 with painful clarity is that our institutions are far more fragile than we could have ever imagined.

Word in DC is that an (illegal) executive order to shutter the Department of Education will drop tomorrow. Folks in Congress: Time to shut it all down. Nothing should be allowed to happen on Capitol Hill until the executive branch starts obeying the laws of the land. #ShutItDown

The National Science foundation has just updated their FAQ to say they are complying with the court order and has restored access to funds and the ACM$ platform new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

NYC is amazing. I walked 6 miles today and went to a French bakery, Jewish deli, Japanese grocery, and Syrian market. Plus I stumbled upon a lunar new year dragon dance outside of Trader Joe's.

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

From SLMath re summer programming.

Would love to be able to relax enough to nap like this in the middle of the day. #seniordogs

Trump admin’s funding for *transit projects* is going to prioritize “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average”

In search of updates about Medicaid. Are the funding sites still down?

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Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.

Fingers crossed that I can get reimbursed through my NSF grant for the thousands of dollars that I spent to go to the JMM with a student.

NSF is now asking all grantees to cease "all non-compliant grant and award activities" which "...may include... grant activity that uses or promotes the use of DEIA principles and frameworks." Anyone want to chime in on the legality? Full statement (and future updates): new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

Is it just me or is the NSF website not loading?

Looks like all federal grants (including NSF and NIH money) that had been appropriated by Congress have been frozen. Not happy about this illegal usurpation of power? Pick up the phone and let your elected reps know. My call to @hoyer.house.gov took 2 minutes. www.house.gov/representati...

I have decided to upgrade the scope of MaC Fund, and now highschool, undergrad, and grad students (in a US institution) are eligible to apply for funding! Please spread the word. Next deadline is Feb 15th. afieldguidetomath.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/u...

One of my recurring pre-semester nightmares is that I don't know what room I'm teaching in and CUNYFirst won't load. The other nightmare is that as I am teaching the whiteboard gets smaller and smaller until I can only fit one word at a time.

Happy NYC congestion pricing day to all those who celebrate

This really resonated with me.

Could have really used a mentor when I made all these poor work decisions that are now catching up to me! I'm on too many research projects and have no idea how to manage this and also keep anxiety at bay. How does one find a mentor in academia?

Mayor said “If anyone was caught off guard, they had to be living under a rock” but sounds like he was caught off guard bc he did nothing to prepare for what happened today??

I teach until 9 pm on Tuesdays, and don't teach in the morning. What time do I start working?

Just remembered that I am starting my 6th year at Brooklyn College. Wild!

scoop today with my colleague Chris Sommerfeldt: Researchers and scientists at the NYC Dept. of Health are losing access to paywalled research journals as a result of Adams admin budget cuts. https://t.co/YA0bi487Xs

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