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Diana Gillooly

@dianagillooly.bsky.social
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Mathematical sciences editor @princetonupress.bsky.social; was @cambridgeup.bsky.social. UCLA/Westwood, Los Angeles well-wisher

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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a fantastic interview. If you've imagined you'd like to sit down and talk to Tristan Buckmaster about his recent experience, well, here you go.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"I have become increasingly convinced that we are heading for a disastrous confrontation and that the 21st century will be remembered for a terrible war between mankind and goats"
Goat war: an apology
FRIDAY'S Argus featured a Your Interview with Richard Robinson.
We would like to clarify that the quote "I have become increasingly convinced that we are heading for a disastrous confrontation and that the 21st century will be remembered for a terrible war between mankind and goats" was a reader question and not a response from Mr Robinson.
The next paragraph: "People often underestimate how dangerous a goat can be - I personally know six people who have become severely injured by goats, and the annual death toll racked up by goats is over
2,000,000",
, is also a reader question and not a response from Mr Robinson.
The Argus is happy to correct this and would like to apologise for the error.
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European Mathematical Society @euromathsoc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🎂 Happy 100th birthday to Jean-Pierre Serre! EMS Magazine No. 141 marks his centenary with a new interview by Javier Fresán. “Getting older made me appreciate topics of which I was ignorant (or even did not like) when I was a beginner.” 📖 euromathsoc.org/magazine/iss...
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS FROM CHICAGO
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Toad knocked at the door. “Hello,” said Frog. “Look at my list of things to do,” said Toad. “Oh,” said Frog, “that is very nice.”
Toad stands at Frog's door, showing him his list.

From "A List"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Paterson's Roads (1771–1829), perhaps the closest thing the 19th century ever got to Sat Nav, a book to guide the journeyer along the major roads of England and Wales: publicdomainreview.org/collection/p…
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Mathematics only makes sense as a gift economy. It has no trade secrets. Substituting a monetizable ersatz culture for the one evolved through historical experience is a particularly insidious form of knowledge collapse.” Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:
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Knowledge Collapse
AI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding?
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Battle of Helm's Deep, in candy missedmanners.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/w...
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gloriously bonkers
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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 09/09/2026
We're accepting applications from trios of artists, scientists, and arts organizers who will explore the theme of “turbulence” for our next Open Interval program. More details: bit.ly/4d5KYnG #science #math #art
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Open Interval Invites Art-Science Collaborations on ‘Turbulence’
This year’s Open Interval program will fund trios collaborating on projects exploring the theme of turbulence.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Andrew Robinson calls The Winding Trail to Newton's Principia Mathematica "penetrating and intriguing." Read the full @nature.com review here:
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Exciting day for beanie babies
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Five years+a few days ago, I set off on a 24-hour bus odyssey that would turn out to be the first of many occasional public transport challenges. (Origin story here for newbies www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...) Well, I couldn’t let that milestone pass without a new bus jolly. From 4pm, it’s #BusCity24
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London council worker's bus odyssey sparks Twitter storm
Jo Kibble got from London to Morecambe in a day on public buses - "a great way to see the country".
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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A punk rock Belted Kingfisher for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme #KingfisherQuest #birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A crested bird perched on a branch with blue-gray plumage, a white throat and chest and rusty patches on its sides. Its long bill faces right against a warm golden background. Photographed on Avon, Connecticut.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A concise and unified introduction to the foundational concepts of modern topology and geometry. Introduction to Topology and Geometry by Ciprian Manolescu is now available! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Topology #Geometry #Math #Mathematics
Introduction to Topology and Geometry by Ciprian Manolescu
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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Basin is a really interesting new data-focused news site for the Los Angeles area. I think awareness of numbers–especially dollar amounts–involved in government is key to understanding, prioritization, and solving problems practically. basin.la
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The Basin
Data journalism from the Los Angeles Basin. Free data journalism on money, elections, crime and City Hall, built on datasets we clean and license.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 19/08/2026
NOAA launches the weather balloons, floats the ocean buoys, flies the satellites, and staffs the forecasters that tell us when storms are coming. That data supports about two-thirds of the economy, roughly $1.3 trillion a year, and it paid us back $73 for every dollar we spent on it.
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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Whoa my book just got a glowing review in a math journal, and the best part is the reviewer’s main complaint: she kept wanting more math, then remembered it isn’t written for mathematicians. Correct! It’s for EVERYONE—no formulas, just stories of data fighting injustice. I hope you will read it.
Screenshot of a book review from The American Mathematical Monthly. Header: "Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change. By Chad M. Topaz, Princeton University Press, 2026. 232 pp., ISBN 978-0691276151, $27.95. Reviewed by Kimberly Spayd." Section 1 is titled "YOUR INVITATION TO BE A MATH ACTIVIST." Spayd writes that the writing and publishing of Unlocking Justice is a political act in today's world: a proud invitation to work towards justice and equity in the criminal justice system using math and statistics, made accessible for a wide audience. She says it would be irresponsible and disingenuous to ignore the advocacy and resistance the book boldly encourages; instead she wants to amplify Topaz's activism and echo his invitation to readers to join the fight. To the question "why do they have to make math political?" she responds that math has been political far longer than Topaz or she have been around: the discipline's politics have promoted certain ideas and people while demoting and minoritizing others. Examples: infinite series, discovered by Madhava and Nilakantha three centuries before Newton and Leibniz but widely attributed to the western greats, and regression, developed by Galton for his still-reverberating eugenics agenda. On the other end of the spectrum, Topaz highlights data analysis and visualizations by Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois that raised awareness of racial violence and countered racial stereotypes. Humans do math and bring their identities to their work; nearly everything is political now, including books, data, and knowledge. She argues that becoming a math activist is not accepting the slanderous accusation that higher education is liberal indoctrination; rather, it is academics' professional responsibility to enter political spheres and pursue answers with a critical lens, guiding students to draw their own conclusions—which, she concludes, is what Topaz does for readers of Unlocking Justice.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It’s our last day at Mathfest, hosted by @joinmaa.bsky.social, but you still have time to stop by our booth (107)! Not only do we have fascinating new math titles for you to check out, but we’re also giving out code EXH30 for 30% off (in the US & Canada) through Aug 31! #MAAthFest
Princeton Mathematics. Introduction to Topology and Geometry. The Delicate Art of Brute Force. Reaching for the Extreme. Unlocking Justice. Master Sun's Problem. Visit us at book 107. Save 30% online with code EXH30
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Copies on display -- and to be given away -- at #ICM2026, #JSM2026, and #MathFest.
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Observable @observablehq.com · 18/07/2026
“Cover a sphere with equally spaced dots” — original notebook by Jim Bumgardner, recently forked and fixed by John Wiseman. new.observablehq.com/d/15e996683f...
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Behind the scenes of the making of the fabulous book Do Plants Know Math?
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This is such a fun way into a variety of books. For authors, though, who love *all* their pages, I can imagine it's a strange experience.
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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at all the work the projection team is doing to get ready for our 70mm run of Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY (2026) at the Directors Village 🎞️📽️ Multiple showings happening July 16th - Aug. 6th. Visit our website for tix! www.americancinematheque.com/runs/the-ody...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 24/06/2026
Every incident of crows leaving gifts that I know involves a juvenile bird carrying something interesting, getting distracted, and leaving it behind for something *even more* interesting.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 21/06/2026
BBC article about Brian Ripley of the #RStats Core team given this week's excellent news concerning 2026 Rousseeuw Price for Statistics recognition for him and the core team. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Prof Brian Ripley on developing R to manage the world's data
Prof Brian Ripley has spent the past three decades working on a computer software that analyses data.
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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
18 Jun 2026
Heathcliff walks on the beach, wearing sunglasses and smiling broadly. The sun is low in the sky, also wearing sunglasses and smiling just as broadly. Iggy stands watching the two with a friend, and he says "My cat is friends with the sun."
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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
See you back at the Directors Village next month for THE ODYSSEY (2026) in 70mm ⭐️ Tickets available now on our website: www.americancinematheque.com/runs/the-ody...
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My name and photo have been used in a scam email campaign to authors. It's mostly unctuous slop, but as often happens with LLMs the emails contain a few funny phrases: "The conversational pedagogy of advanced cohomology." #guessthebook
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ah, the ortolan phase
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ok I do actually see rolls of something now, but idk if it’s tarps or if they ARE tarps if it’s for the front so don’t get too excited about it for now
Piles of equipment in front of the scaffolding
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Okay, I'm just going to enjoy this as a Constructivist performance piece.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨 Sale ends today! 🚨 It's the last day to enjoy 50% off audiobooks, print, and ebooks sitewide with code SPRING50 at checkout! Explore our site: hubs.ly/Q04kHMD-0 Some exclusions apply. Refresh your #SummerReading list while the savings last!
1 Day Left. 50% Off. Use code SPRING50
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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
These look like photos from a fictitious alternate history, maybe part of an SCP story, but they're tetrahedral kites designed by Alexander Graham Bell. publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
B&W Photo of a mysterious looking double-ring kiteB&W Photo of a mysterious looking tetrahedral kiteB&W Photo of a mysterious looking tetrahedral kiteB&W Photo of a mysterious looking tetrahedral kite
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Justin Ng @justin-ng.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Good to see that both French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz know who comes out of downing street first.
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drdendere.bsky.social @drdendere.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Heya, @wellesley.edu friends, Please join us for a rigorously intellectual and fun evening at the Wellesley Books on June 24th at 7pm. @ismarvolic.bsky.social, @kcarterjackson.bsky.social and I will be in conversation. Reserve your ticket here wellesleybooks.com/event/dender...
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is a delightful book and a wonderful, committed team of authors. I had the honor of seeing the letters that supported this book's nomination, and truly it's supported math instructors in transforming their teaching and, through them, made a lasting change in how former students see the world.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
That Oxford education really shone through
Rory Stewart, a former Tory minister, recalled one typical encounter: “I saw him on the floor, staring at a map, saying: “Fuck me, look how big Scotland is. This is just fucking mad, man.’”
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Tour-de-force work written to communicate to a broader set of researchers in the field
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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Before (2020) / After (2026) Rue Henri Dubouillon in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Trees have grown a bit since the change from a parking street to a pedestrianized garden street in 2023.
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Michael Barany @mjb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
Since September I've been working with an international group to develop what we hope can be a response from the mathematics community to artificial intelligence in maths. The Leiden Declaration is now posted and open for signatures: leidendeclaration.ai #LeidenDeclaration
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Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics
This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
How we can challenge social injustice—with data and humanity. Unlocking Justice by @chadtopaz.bsky.social is now available (28 July UK pub)! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #PoliSci
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Celebrate by obtaining for yourself a copy of the excellent book by De Lellis and collaborators, at a 50% discount in the PUP summer sale: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Instability and Non-uniqueness for the 2D Euler Equations, after M. Vishik
An essential companion to M. Vishik’s groundbreaking work in fluid mechanics
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American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Please join in congratulating AMS members Emmanuel Candès and Camillo De Lellis, who have each been awarded the 2026 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences. Read more: www.ams.org/news?news_id=7656
Emmanuel Candès and Camillo De Lellis headshots.
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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 26/05/2026
Floppy disks are aging out and so are the people who understand them. Here’s how one Cambridge project is rescuing that data before the hardware and know‑how disappear.
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What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks
Knowledge about the medium is as valuable as the content on the disk
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Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The race began at 9:01, but at 9:14, D rider Kalayaan Mendoza was still waiting for lift off. But the D came through in the end at 9:37 a.m.!
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Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Race thread! The #DLineDash will begin today at 9am. Follow this post for live coverage during the race - see thread below. What are your predictions? Who will win?!?!
Photos of D Line Dash racers - transit rider Kalayaan Mendoza, driver Rachel Reyes, and cyclist Michelle Moro.
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Diana Gillooly @dianagillooly.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Will there be justice for The Egoist, at last?
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Tim Walker @twalk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
STOKED about receiving my pre-order of @chadtopaz.bsky.social’s new book. I expect that one or both of my kids will want to read this, too.
Front cover of a hardback book with a yellow cover that reads

UNLOCKING JUSTICE
THE POWER OF DATA TO CONFRONT INEQUITY
AND CREATE CHANGE
CHAD M. TOPAZA page of the same book showing a Venn diagram in which the two circles are labeled “Data science” and “Social justice.” The tiny overlap between them has an arrow pointing to it that says “Actually vast.”From the same book, a simple flow diagram with five little drawings. The caption reads “How I thought the criminal legal system works:”On the next spread of the book, a vastly more complicated diagram spreads across two pages, showing many more distinctions, interactions, and branching possibilities. The caption reads, “How the criminal legal system actually works (simplified view):”
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Dr Eugenia Cheng -- no advice please -- @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wondering what to say about this fab book but realise I said it on the back cover!
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