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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 7h

If you're a teacher (or represent a school) and you *are* interested in the connections between history and maths, and you're interested in exploring how they might be used to enrich teaching and learning in both subjects, here's a reminder that the #HaMiEN exists: historyand.mathsy.space

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10h

A lovely bit of #MathsInMuseums: a 'secret portrait' of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Following 1746's Battle of Culloden, those still loyal could toast the pic, but should a non-Jacobite turn up the mirror could be whipped away, leaving a seemingly abstract swirl […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Wake up in the morning, flames round my head sir Whoaoaoh, me ears are alight

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 03/10/2026

Of course, a trip to Valence TGV means another chance to watch trains go past at 300km/h. And we can never say no to things that go ny000m. Have a thing that went ny000m.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

When you think about it, "fly like an eagle" isn't really true. Beyond the wings, they don't have much in common.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Cheats* displaying maths reticency? (10, 4) * allegedly

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robinhouston @robinhouston.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Five regular octahedra don't quite make a ring.

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

If two people discussing the place of #history (& #museums) in #maths education is your bag, you'll like Episode 4 of the @tmip.bsky.social podcast. @peterrowlett & I take the middle segment, sandwiched between one about the #CityOfMaths project & another about running a @MathsJam […]

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

What do you call a Scotsman in the vicinity of his house? Hamish.

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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Flathead screws can do one

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

"There's a clear double standard at play here. Marjorie Rice spends all of her free time working on a maths problem and she's feted as a hero of recreational maths. *I* do it, I'm 'ruining Christmas.'"

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

On my way up to that London they have these days to play with the @PseudoRandomEnsemble at MathsWorld. We've got some proper bangers for you tonight! I gather there are limited numbers of tickets available still. mathsworld.com/events/PseudorandomE…

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Oo, it's Talk Like A Pirate Day, or as we call it in Dorset, "Talk Day".

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

This advert ran next to the Martin Gardner article about pentagonal tilings that inspired Marjorie Rice.

1970s advert for a calculator that can apparently do everything except arccos(0).

"Remember, you can't calculate the arc cos of 0. But at $59.99..... who cares!!!"

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathsy.space · 30/08/2026

Who's booked tickets for the Pseudorandom Ensemble gig? 21st September 2026, 18:15, £8, MathsWorld UK (London's Southbank) (I'll be there!) #LiveMusic #maths

Promotional poster for The Pseudorandom Ensemble at MathsWorld London, featuring Colin Beveridge, Sam Holloway, Sam Hartburn and Gavan Fantom. Against a pale background patterned with musical notes, the poster shows four musicians in mathematical T-shirts and a singer performing in front of a periodic-table-style display. Text describes “a musical journey through the highs, lows and medians of being a mathematician”, with detours into pentagonal tilings, squircles and square packing — and promises “maths, music” and plenty of exposition between songs.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

They said the investment was rated AAAY But it turned out to be a Fonzie scheme.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

I'm reminded of @dag's law of adjectives makes me think that if Jenrick were confident, he needn't be very confident, and if the donations were legal, they needn't be perfectly so.

Reform’s Robert Jenrick ‘very
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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Dorset people! I'm doing my first solo gig in 20+ years at the Dry Dock, Weymouth tomorrow from 6:30pm. Come along!

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

12yo: "I was thinking about graphs at school, during English."

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robinhouston @robinhouston.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

I've just finished gluing 768 magnets into 64 3d-printed pieces, to make a model I can use to explore more easily how they fit together. (My earlier models were held together using metres of sellotape!)

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

OH: "I'd love to go vegan, but it's a bit of a chicken and egg problem."

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

TIL the Chanel 9 Neus sports anchor was called Antonios Gubba.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

My athletics website has been banned for using performance-enhancing cookies.

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Smylers @smylers.uk · 29/08/2026

Today's unanswerable survey question: describing the size of my parcel, where none of the options are true. There's “smaller than a shoebox” and “bigger than a shoebox”, but the parcel I received isn't either of those, being very much an actual shoebox.

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How big was this parcel? (Please select the answer that best applies)

Small enough to fit through a letterbox (e.g. 25cm x 35cm x 2.5cm)

Bigger than a letterbox but smaller than a shoebox (25cm x 35cm x 12cm)

Bigger than a shoebox but smaller than a small carry on suitcase (35cm x 45cm x 20cm)

Bigger than a small carry on suitcase, but small enough for one person to deliver on their own

Requires more than one person to deliver

Don’t know

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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 26/08/2026

To tell if a maze is solvable, just hang it by its corners If it tears into pieces, you’ve found a solution

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

I've been experimenting with some web stuff recently, and what with the impending start of a new school year I was inspired to try something that might have some use as a 'daily settler' sort of thing: puzzles.mathsy.space #maths #teaching

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Daily Maths Puzzles | puzzles.mathsy.space

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Fractal Kitty @fractalkitty.com · 27/08/2026

I'm going to run a group - Painting the OEIS. Please share your favorite sequences and why. I'll share what art I do with any of them. #oeis #mtbos #mathArt

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

OH: "No, I'm NOT getting you pita bread. Brown or white."

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

#funfact This German play is going on much longer than I expected.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Normally when an iconic musician dies, they get a guest slot in the Jam Night of the Damned during Down Escalator (kensson.com/songs/down-escalator) but it feels absolutely wrong for Dolly. Maybe she's just visiting as part of a campaign to raise morale among the eternally tormented.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

11yo: "Should I take up stamp collecting?" Me: "Nah, philately will get you nowhere." *punches air*

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

I remember seeing an interview with Dolly Parton in the early 2000s where she laughed off a question with "oh honey, I'm a cartoon". Dolly -- the fantastic, legendary human being, the songwriter, philanthropist, all-round good egg -- might not be with us any longer. But Dolly the cartoon, the […]

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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Gah, currently reading The Worst Journey In The World about Scott's polar journey. It is frequently referenced that a thermometer is swung to obtain a reading, but it is never explained why (it must have been common knowledge in 1911). Searching brings up psychrometers, which measure humidity […]

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

It's by no means ready for general consumption, but the three people who pay attention to things I post might be interested in a teaser of something I've been working on behind the scenes. library.mathsy.space It'll be slow to build as it's a spare-time thing, but if anybody wanted to […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

➡️Americans and Canadians: do YOU recognize this man?⬅️ He collapsed on the streets of Amsterdam in 2023 with a brain injury. He wasn’t carrying ID and he lost most of his ability to communicate. His identity still hasn’t been established. Interviews near […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

photo of an older white man with white hair and a thin beard, resting in a hospital bed looking despondent

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Me: [11yo], have you brushed your hair? 11yo: Yeah, of course! Me: Today? 11yo: ... No.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Well, we never had terrifying national alerts stating the bloody obvious under Starmer.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

"At this rate, our backup Teletubby will be here in an hour or so," Tom extrapolated.

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arthur.pizza @art.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, buy the pond, tell him he can't have the fish, but he can fish for you, sell the fish and give him a very small cut, and then he'll say stuff like "I'm hungry and my teeth hurt." Nobody wants to fish these days ~Tim Ross

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