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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nancy 9/8/26

Nancy’s at school…. Her teacher asks her a math problem: if Nancy had three cupcakes, and Sluggo asked her for one, how many would she have left? Nancy’s reply is “three.”

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 19/09/2026

I wish that when something is advertised as zero sugar, that meant no sugar and not fake sugar.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Me: I’d like a slice of pizza Server: that comes with three sides Me: I know what shape it is

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026

If the only thing you have to note about the rising tide of fascism is that we have to let it rise far enough to be over someone else's head in order to stop it, I don't think your strategy is particularly good.

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026

US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.

US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 10/08/2026

I feel like these might be of interest to @triangleman.bsky.social

A make-your-own mosaic tray I saw in Flying Tiger Copenhagen. The rectangular tray comes with square tiles of various colors you can put in.

A "Which One Doesn't Belong" in the Nobel Prize museum in Stockholm. The top left is an alligator (or crocodile, I dunno), the top right is a goose, the bottom left is a fish, the bottom right is a gorilla. It's actually a WODB, not just me seeing one - the placard says so, including asking the children to find as many different answers as they can.

The other WODB from the Nobel Prize museum in Stockholm. Top left is a cobra, top right a lion, bottom left a penguin, bottom right a rhino.

A public musical instrument in Freetown Christiania. It is a wood and glass structure with a pitched roof. Inside are various strings made of metal. There are three big yellow arrows hanging from the roof and pointing down. They are proximity sensors - as you move your hand closer to each, some of the strings inside vibrate faster, creating different notes.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 10/08/2026

Some mathematical photos from my most recent trip to Scandanavia.

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 28/07/2026

We've got a fantastic announcement: The Downballot has just released a new version of our one-of-a-kind "hexmap," which shows every congressional district as the same size. @donnermaps.bsky.social has been hard at work updating it for all 10 states with new maps. Check it out here! 🧵

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The Downballot releases our latest House 'hexmap,' updated for redistricting

By making every district the same size, we eliminate that misleading sea of red

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 23/07/2026

Man, streetcars work so well as transit when there aren’t other cars to get in the way.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 21/07/2026

The turnstiles in the NYC subway are getting more and more ridiculous, to prevent fare evasion. Meanwhile, I just got on the metro in Oslo and it has no turnstiles at all.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I am yet again getting on my soapbox to tell y’all about how my previous job (public library) received a grant once to keep branches in some neighborhoods open until midnight on Fri and Sat. The neighborhoods were picked specifically because of higher crime rates and lack of support services (1/ )

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 30/06/2026

I've now completed my thread of my 30 favorite songs by 30 LGBTQ+ black artists in honor of both Pride and Black Music Appreciation Month. Happy end of June!

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 26/06/2026

You’ve savaged your last garden.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 20/06/2026

Huh, when looking at my music thread I've noticed some videos have previews and others don't. It seems like the difference is whether I copy the link manually, and thus it goes to youtube.com (and shows the preview), or if I use the Share link, which goes to youtu.be (and doesn't)

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 16/06/2026

Bananas. And that means when I want to get a smoothie there’s only usually one banana-free flavor.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 09/06/2026

My favorite “you’re a New Yorker now” metric is if you’ve been here long enough to lament the great restaurant/shop that used to be in that spot. (Which given turnover doesn’t take very long.)

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 02/06/2026

I saw a few posts about June being Black Music Month and, it also being Pride, it made me wonder if I had at least 30 Black and queer artists in my music library such that I could post one song I liked by a different artist each day. Looks like I have ~25, so I might need to discover 5 more.

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 26/05/2026

Since game theory always has Row and Column players, it is convenient, variable-name-wise, that the game of Chicken from Footloose is played between Ren and Chuck.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 19/05/2026

While of course I always want students to improve, when they do exactly as well as their average on an assessment, it at least makes me feel like I was grading their work correctly, or at least consistently.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/05/2026

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.

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abby emerson @abbyemerson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

folks seem jazzed about yesterday's libraries exec budget news. HOWEVER, we at @nycplan.org are not thrilled. it is still 97 million dollars short on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's campaign promise... 0.5% for libraries. he only restored the cut HE made in Jan. budget is basically the same as last yr

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Statement on Mayor Mamdani's City Budget

Today, Mayor Mamdani released his Executive Budget for FY27. NYC PLAN is disappointed to see that it was $97 million short of his promise to fund libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget. We will have a more detailed statement in the coming days. In the meantime, please follow NYC PLAN on social media to get plugged into our work.

The fight isn't over. No more broken promises!

@nyc.plan

@nycplan.org

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The real message of Frogger is the dangers of commuting in a city that doesn't have reliable public transit.

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Eli Luberoff @eluberoff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

.@citizenmath.bsky.social (citizenmath.com) just did something wild. The entire library -- every one of their thoughtfully, beautifully crafted lessons -- is now free.

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Welcome to Citizen Math

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Leon Botstein, longtime friend of pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has resigned as president of @bardcollege.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...

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Bard College’s President Will Retire After Epstein Revelations

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This should be the standard for all news orgs. Here’s a useful exercise to judge a news org’s bias Do they quote ppl from [insert population group] in stories all about [insert same population group]?

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 22/04/2026

My proposal: replace all the on street parking with trees. Okay, in my magnanimity, half. Space for one car between each pair of trees. (But only a reasonably sized car.)

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 22/04/2026

This quote reminds me of this graph I once drew for my students:

Horizontal axis: “length of student response”
Vertical axis: “likelihood of being 100% correct”
The graph is hill-shaped.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 19/04/2026

I wonder if the recent resurgence in cigarette smoking is partially due to all other prices rising, so the formerly high prices of cigs (from taxes) doesn’t sound as wild.

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Aalia Mauro @aaliamauro.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 10/04/2026

I remember when the PS2 Spider-Man game came out there was something uncanny and wrong about the city in it, and it was because it had no scaffolding. But maybe soon it will be more right than not.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 09/04/2026

Forget free busses. I really just want busses that run on schedule.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/04/2026

Reminder: including alt-text on your images is helpful in many ways! It increases accessibility, can add context/detail, makes search more effective, & can improve your reach (a lot of us won’t re-share images without alt-text). If you set it as required in accessibility settings, you can’t forget!

A screenshot of the part of the accessibility settings with the option of “Require alt text before posting” selected

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 31/03/2026

On this TDOV, please visit this link and tell the Mayor to make good on his fine words, fine Mt. Sinai and Langone for denying trans kids health care, and direct NYC Hospitals + Health to provide those kids care. gregpak.net/2026/03/27/t...

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Tell Mamdani and James to protect trans kids’ health care in NYC - gregpak.net

In recent weeks, NYU Langone joined Mount Sinai in denying trans kids health care in New York City. New York Attorney General Tish James ordered Langone to r...

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minimaliste13 @minimaliste13.cpesr.fr · 30/03/2026

Kleptothermy? Come on, just call it Heated Rivalry.

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dailydesmos.bsky.social @dailydesmos.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Daily Desmos #0 dailydesmos.com/home/daily-d...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 16/03/2026

At an intersection, 6 cars passed through, 4 turned right, 0 used their turn signal.

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Dane Owens @owendanes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I think LLMs have uses, but "1,000 targets, including a girls elementary school we hit twice with precision munitions" is indeed representative of their state-of-the-art—and likely a fundamental limitation of the technology. Sometimes sloppiness is okay; sometimes it's 160 dead children.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 05/03/2026

Interesting to note here that almost every reply and quote of this agrees and then focuses on Fetterman. But…that’s still not the problem! Did you know the Senate Majority Leader is John Thune? Blame him! Put his picture on there.

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Michael Pershan @mpershan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A couple of my 5th/6th graders (lunchtime problem solving class) got into this puzzle from NACLO...obviously only a puzzle if you don't know Estonian, but how do you say 11:30 in Estonian? www.naclo.cs.cmu.edu/problems2014...

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John Golden @johngolden.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The latest update on AL, Logical's Kickstarter talks more about the math notes which follow the story. www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat... Readers want to know more, and these notes are a support for them and for teachers who want to lead related activities.

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Update 3: Math Notes & One Week to Go · AL, Logical! A Young Adult Graphic Novel

Very excited to be 5/6 of the way - we appreciate your support and all the kind things you've been saying! Please continue sharing the project with anyone you think might be interested in an exciting ...

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses

"The legislature did not include a grace period."

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