I've not been on here as much as I'd have liked lately - it turns out that being part of the @tmip.bsky.social committee becomes very full on and intense in the run up to and during the biennial conference. But #tmip25 is now done and dusted, so allow me to share a couple of highlights...

Up early this morning to walk πkm as the first in a list of amazing Saturday Morning Activities at #Tmip25

Hope everyone else is having a great time at #tmip25. One thing I love is how much of the discussion on the hashtag is about the mathematical music last night, and the mathematical art on display - proof if it were needed that creativity and mathematics go hand in hand

Hope everyone's coping with the heatwave better than my fridge is! Here's a Real World Maths Question: if a fridge thermostat has no numbers and just has a sliding scale marked Max at one end end Min at the other, which way do I turn it to make the fridge get colder?

What's a normal sensible number of knitting machines to own? And how many is too many?

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Last day of #BigEvent25 today 😢 It's been lovely hanging out with my friends and the Royal Institution is such a great place to reflect on being a STEM communicator. Best bit? Seeing the amazing @steckl.es receive the Beetlestone Award - so good to see my fave mathematician be publicly recognised!

This week, I'm at #BIGEvent25, sharing and learning all things STEM communication. Today is a long day so I'm sitting in the corner braiding for a bit - so nice to be at an event with a crafty corner. Really looking forward to watching some demos in the best demo competition later!

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What mathematical questions could you explore?

I love all the pins I've made but my Botanic Pride #SciArt collection will always be my favourites. Each pin comes with its own scientific fact, highlighting the real queerness that exists in plants 🌿 If you know someone who'd enjoy them then please share! canopyrobin.etsy.com?etsrc=sdt&se...

In Exeter today, talking about number theory with some year 9 students. We'll be making some conjectures and trying to prove them... And learning about the Twin Primes conjecture too... Will one of these students go on to work on it someday?

It's hard to imagine a more deserving winner - Congratulations, Katie!

Very excited about the BIG Event next month - I learned so much from my first BIG two years ago, and I am really looking forward to meeting friends and making new connections! If you're involved in STEM communication, you should seriously consider coming along either in person or online.

If you think these are pretty but you're not trans and you're worried you shouldn't wear them, just go for it. You have permission. Enjoy the pretty fern and have fun confusing the transphobes. Wear it as a reminder to be an active ally. canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4312... #SciArt

It's my birthday later this week, and I'm entering my mid-30s. Fancy throwing some coin to a withering old man so can treat himself for his annual "I'm still alive" celebrations? ko-fi.com/samsighs

I did a quick bit of modelling, and based on my assumptions I'm not convinced there are actually millions of possible meal deal combinations at my local petrol station. Change my mind!

Love these, particularly the progress pride flag resources. And if anyone asks when they'll ever use this in real life - I remember doing a bunch of calculations last year when I knitted a pride flag, particularly working out areas so I knew how much yarn I would need!

This is neat!

We'll have discussions at #TMiP25 on gender balance in maths communication with @acescicomm.bsky.social and @alisonkiddle.bsky.social, and communicating maths in spoken formats with Prof Ian Stewart. Tickets at talkingmathsinpublic.uk

Been thinking about number theory today. What's your favourite number theory puzzle or fact? I'll go first: Choose a prime number bigger than 3. Square it. Subtract 1. Will you always get a multiple of 24?

We had a go at this at Mathsjam this evening and enjoyed it!

Craig Barton's newsletter today talks about departments having consistent methods in maths. I'm curious: if your HoD insisted on everyone teaching the same method, what methods would you be very upset at having to let go of? #UKMathsChat #ITeachMaths #mathsky #mathscpdchat

We're experimenting with having Cambridge Mathsjam on a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday so I'm off into town. Taking my vintage calculator with me! (Is late 90s vintage? Seems like yesterday)

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

I completed #Ophex #4 with no undos www.andrewt.net/puzzles/ophex

This thread is rather important

If you could pick one puzzle to have erased from your memory so that you could experience solving it for the first time again, what would that puzzle be?

My facebook feed is always filled with "only genius can solve this math puzzle" bull**** and yet today, when I need to screengrab such a puzzle for a thing, my facebook feed is instead all adverts for accounting software and information for people who identify as 'Dull Men'. What gives?

Bit quicker than yesterday, but still over six minutes 100, 75, 25, 50, 5 and 7 with a target of 996, if anyone wants a go without clicking on the link. Feel free to discuss methods!

I solved today's #Countle 996 in 6:10 — countle.org

So much love and solidarity to trans and non binary folks today. If you are a cis person who hasn't heard about the supreme court judgement, I urge you to get up to speed about it (and the state of trans rights in general). You can do that by reading this thread ⬇️

I took it personally that I couldn't do all the Countdowns at the conference quiz last night, so I was extra persistent with Countle today: I solved today's #Countle 980 in 15:04 — countle.org

This week I'm at the joint maths subject associations conference. Most of my conversations have ended up being about the way people feel when they're doing mathematics. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up, but I do know that I want to make people feel good about mathematics!

How is the way that mathematicians see maths different from how scientists see maths? #ConferenceBuddies

Do you know anyone who teaches maths, or runs activities with young people and would like more ideas for running mathsy ones? Check out me & @alisonkiddle.bsky.social's shop at 15minutemaths.com where you can buy PDFs of maths activities that take 15 minutes (or can be stacked into 1-hour sessions).

This event is always a high point of my calendar - I literally wouldn't have the maths communication career I currently enjoy without TMiP. Especially looking forward to this event now that I'm part of the team running it...

Today is my birthday! The prime factorisation of my age in years is now the square of a prime multiplied by another prime. I became more excited when I realised the same will be true next year!

Do you know anyone who's interested in maths and might like to watch monthly livestreams of people chatting about maths? You can buy a gift membership to our Finite Group community to give someone livestream access for a number of months of your choice! buff.ly/lMolgNE

Now playing: my favourite Pet Shop Boys trigonometry song - "It's a sin" Your worst maths related music puns here please!

Today I had important conversations with young people. They were mostly conversations about maths, because that's what I'm paid to do, but they were also conversations about being human, because we are human and it's important to talk about what that means to us. Now more than ever. Today was good.

A good geometry performance from the sun and this roof. What do you notice? What do you wonder? #NoticeWonder

I had so much fun doing my 'Risk and Reward' talk at Maths in Action in London today! My favourite bit is where I pretend I lost on Millionaire before revealing I'd already taken the money because I'm risk averse!

The BIG Event 2025 is landing at The Royal Institution between 16-18 July! 🎟 Tickets go live 31st March 💸 Early bird runs ‘til 5th May — don’t pay extra later! 👉 www.big.uk.com/BIG2025 #BIGEvent2025

If you make a cylindrical cup with radius \\( \sqrt{n}=4 \\) cm and height \\( t= 11.3 \\)cm, you find that the volume is 1 pi n t, or 568ml.

I'm so elated to share that this month I became a trustee of the British Science Association 🥳 @britsciassoc.bsky.social I hope my experiences as a scientist, science communicator, and social equity advocate can support the BSA's amazing work 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 Happy British Science Week! 👩🏾‍💻 #BSW25

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What mathematical questions occur to you?

The choice between paying $70 for an early check in at my hotel, and coming to the Miami Institute of Contemporary Art and enjoying this Rubem Valentim Sculpture for free, is the easiest decision I'll make today

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

This is me, two years ago today. I couldn't post about how excited I was to visit the Blue Peter Garden, because I had to keep it a secret that @samholloway.bsky.social and I were in Salford to film Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, and didn't want to dodge a bunch of "why are you there?" questions.