A true labor of love (thread)

There are a lot of terrible things to hold against the folks currently in power in the US. One of them is the catastrophic damage to a generation of young scientists. Some of the best students I've known are totally locked out of grad study by this funding climate. Worse than the first covid year.

Congratulations, Chinese-Americans against affirmative action!

This is art

I was asked by the American Mathematical Society to write something to explain to mathematicians why they should care about the federal role in education data/research, so I teamed with @dqcdata.bsky.social's Rachel Anderson and wrote this: www.ams.org/journals/not...

Alysa Liu. A proud product of Oakland.

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

Oaktown!

SQUEEEEEEEEEE

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

this intersects badly with an economic structure built around capitalist largesse, which is what I was talking about here Universities never told these people to stop soliciting Epstein and groveling for funds and in some cases clearly encouraged it

Makes sense that a violist would go into comedy www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9F...

Grim but worth reading

BLIND ITEM GUESSING TIME

And she can travel as many spaces as she likes IN ANY DIRECTION The Dutch are not playing around

people are underselling the role of Misha Gromov as a fixer for Epstein, someone who helps him extend his network of influence by softening his reputation and making high profile introductions. Perhaps non-mathematicians won't know these names but this is not a small thing

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

Once again, imagine this happening at the ICM - there's no way we (the U.S.) can host the ICM responsibly #mathsky

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

This is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...

Smartest man in the game and he's telling you the press are cowards. Telling you someday everyone is gonna find out

Again, a shanda on my generation

Being an FBI agent wasn’t a job to former Bear Charles Tillman as much as it was a vocation. He loved the people he worked with and found honor, integrity and nobility in their service. Then came that day last January. My story. www.nytimes.com/athletic/689...

@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov this is how it's done

After the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…

France (or at least its principal mathematical society) pulling out of the ICM in the U.S. - how long before the rest of Europe follows suit? #mathsky

This is not the SF that I live in?

Minnesota lawmakers have pleaded with the Trump administration to withdraw ICE agents from the state. But why can’t they do more? The answer is deeply unsatisfying, troubling, and well worth understanding at this critical moment for our country’s future:

No surprise, but useful if anyone needs a list ----- "Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough

Please share. We need mail and email to @fetterman.senate.gov asking him to retract this ridiculous statement and stand tall against this lawlessness in the funding vote. For the sake of Renee Good and Alex Pretti do not write off his vote!

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

So far in Minnesota They Shot a 37-year-old mother Renee Good four times, killing her, right after she dropped off her son at school. Then Ice kidnapped a five year old. Then ice kidnapped a two year old Then border patrol murdered Va nurse. Then Sec Noam went on tv and lied about it

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

Why are they sending witnesses to Whipple? WHY ARE THEY SENDING WITNESSES TO WHIPPLE?

A MPLS police officer is going to get shot by these idiots and then get blamed for it anyway. I don't know what happens then.

To repeat: Abolish ICE.

man the video is circulating so settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs

Today is the day to: 1. Turn off video autoplay 2. Abolish ICE

Not to mention an ICM boycott, right #MathSky?

Minnesota is the best of us.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

nine years old

Singing and praying in -22 degrees.

Great, sobering summary of where we are now and why ICE and CBP so violate what American values should be