We're getting the home microscope set up while my precious boomer dad texts us selfies from the slopes. For breakfast we have cold carbonara and the last of the panettone/pandoro. Cats are catgacating. Life is good!

Who allowed this

The fact that Spotify does not come with a "Christmas mode" toggle is absolutely mindboggling

Which one of you has a list for people building a better internet/techsphere?

With the new year upon us, I'd like to remind everyone to eschew standard standards, which are driven by bare mediocrity and will never produce greatness

What is your favorite interface?

For long enough papers with the terms appearing sparsely enough, we should be using thick margins with a little key on every page

What should I put on my 2025 reading list?

Hey #MathSky! I just made two new #VisualAlgebra videos, and each of them has some fun group theory puzzles. Lecture 2.7: Dicyclic and diquaternion groups Lecture 2.8: Semidihedral and semiabelian groups Come learn about these fun relatively unknown groups! URL in the replies. 👇

Q: How has type theory helped you?

I twisted my knee on some Ice and cannot help with the grocery shopping; Man Of The House is left alone to parse my two long mutually referential "Christmas prep" notes, which I sat him down to explain before he departed because there is a System, and which appear to frighten him

IT IS SNOWING!!!

Thread on how I dramatically lessened my average weekly suffering, in case anyone is curious.

Just wrote "an union" and now my proof is a cookbook

These are the vibes we are cultivating in my household

paying attention is good

How's your morning going? Me, I named a set O₀ and now I keep reading it as "oooo"

That which is to be taken seriously must be taken fully seriously; all else is a playground

Contemplating apoptosis

To some degree, the commodification of culture has resulted in a misunderstanding of the uses and application of the imagination.

I've seen langle rangles you people wouldn't believe

I'm deeply curious about what me-in-30-years will think of current-me's model of maturity. But she is still dispersed among the fruits etc.

As Always, Jeff Knows What The People Want

Is there some master account I can follow to get on a parent blocklist for all other "follows _____ account" blocklists

First snow of the year! A perfect time to teach your kids about D₆

If you followed me recently from the MathSky starter pack, reply with your favorite poorly-behaved mathematical construction

I made a Starter Pack for #MathSky, since the one @tienchihmath.bsky.social made (go.bsky.app/66Us7WW), is at max capacity. But I need your help! Let's crowdsource this to make it better. Reply with suggestions. **Please don't feel shy to self-nominate!** go.bsky.app/GiRFQ8D

I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.

Department chair sent out an email about an opportunity that has me in the lab trying to fabricate an honest-to-god time turner before January

Going to give this place a chance by reinstating the hair-trigger block; seems unfair to compare without curating

Hey #booksky I am looking for your absolute most unhinged book, paper, and essay recommendations

1 like = 1 hungarian noun case

It is solved: I will have the panic of running a complex, time-constrained optimization on an overloaded processor

I don't think it should be controversial that this is a left-leaning platform. It is obviously a left-leaning platform. Why are people up in arms about it

I feel like I need a WIPP warning plaque on my profile or something

What should I have for dinner tonight? Wrong answers only.

One really cool thing about the current consumerist nightmare is that most of the time when you find yourself thinking "gee I wish there were a product that could solve this horrible problem" it turns out that there IS a product that can solve that horrible problem and you can get one this week

Torn between "starter packs are great for people who care about specific topics or want to find their colleagues from twitter" and "starter packs are a disaster waiting to happen"

Here's a start to a mathematical philosophers starter pack. I'm having a hard time keeping track of who is here these days. Apologies if I missed you. Let me know if you want to be added or removed, or if you know anyone else who should be on here.

I used to post long #VisualAlgebra threads on #MathTwitter before realizing that I was actually in #TheBadPlace. I'm going to make my debut #MathSky thread today, with visuals that I've never publicly shared. (Can you guess the topic?) I'm excited to show you, and I hope you enjoy! 1/19 🧵👇

Such attentive staff on the Istanbul metro.

Caught between a dream and a soggy morning, I had two visions. First, I saw that my initial construction for an old proof was good after all; I'd just *completely forgotten to write half of it down* so verbatim it was nonsense Second,

I wonder if there exists (or could exist) a triplet of languages A, B, and C such that learning B in the context of A and then C in the context of B is meaningfully "easier" than learning C directly in the context of A. Anyone know of any examples?

I know it's a tired goof but I keep thinking about the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the bee holder" and thinking about a cute little beekeeper dude holding some bees and getting absolutely wrecked by the ecstasy of his own existence

What do you mean we're responsible for the communities we wish to create

Upsetting that "eating bugs" has become politically charged. Crickets are delicious and you can buy them in bulk online in so many flavors

There's an old-world charm in having airline pilots wear full suits every day to mostly just sit in a tiny room by themselves doing an important job The correlation between dignity and responsibility feels like an artifact

If you think you've hit your cognitive ceiling you should really start building a bigger cognitive house