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My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

Kai Shaikh, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at the University of Toronto, also currently at SLMath, observed that theorems are easy to use as benchmarks, but that they capture little of the wonderment at the heart of math. "Just like a photograph of a mile marker can't provide much of the value of actually going on a hike," he said,
"it would seem to me that proofs without stories, or even stories without struggle or mystery, and first glimpses of strange beasts, are not very meaningful or valuable to us humans."

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve just voted, and I’m happy to report that the line reached out the door. If you can vote in advance, Albertans, it will probably save you time to do. Every referendum question is an embarrassment. No, worse: they’re disgusting. Alberta can, should, and — I hope — *will* be better than this.

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Annesley Studio @annesleystudio.bsky.social · 19h

Alberta Landscape # 5 - Your daily inspiration to keep Canada united - Early voting on the #abreferendum starts TODAY Oct. 13 🇨🇦 "Glaciers of Louise" (Charcoal | 26 x 40 " | 2022 | Private Collection) Victoria Glacier hangs on the flank of Mt. Victoria forming a dramatic backdrop 1/2 #abpoli

Black and white drawing by Jennifer Annesley of a mountain landscape in winter. Mt. Victoria and it's glacier are at the top of the composition, with overlapping ridges descending to forest-fringed Lake Louise. Clouds nestle in the valley in the foreground.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 19h

[I've deleted my post regarding the missing senior, as she's been found safe.]

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 20h

Fantastic news: Cathie has been found safe.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks Karen! It was a gorgeous morning.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 21h

A pre-dawn bicycle ride is the perfect way to start the day.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Happy 🇨🇦 Thanksgiving! Venison pot pie and pumpkin pie, fresh from the oven.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

oh man 😂

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A bit late responding here, but I often ponder the peculiar path wood takes - from the perfect organic form (the tree), to a rectilinear commodity (the board), and back to an aesthetic and curvilinear form (the instrument).

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Annesley Studio @annesleystudio.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Alberta Landscape # 3 - Your daily inspiration to go vote Oct. 19 (or vote early, Oct. 13 - 17) to keep this country united. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Feeling thankful for so many things, not least of which is being Canadian. 🇨🇦 "River's Keep" (Watercolour | 18 x 30"|2016 | private collection) 1/

Watercolour painting of Castle Mountain reflected in the rocky waters of the Bow River. The sky is clear and the mountain glows red orange in late afternoon light. Though ice and snow frame the far shore, the river is open and reflects and intensifies colours, and abstracts the shapes in moving water.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Looks awesome, Erin! You’ll learn what adjustments in baking time (and/or temperature) to make to get the best out of your starter and oven - but your first loaf looks great!

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Her Primus t-shirt is absolutely sending me.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Awesome! There are many methods for making sourdough - here’s the one that I use (having grown up near Tartine):

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Country Bread – Tartine Bakery

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Annesley Studio @annesleystudio.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🇨🇦 In light of the impending referendum Oct. 19, I will post one of my Alberta landscape paintings each day hoping it reminds you how foundational Alberta's natural heritage is to our identities as Albertans and Canadians. Please vote! 1) "On Guard" (watercolour, 42 x 15", private collection) 1/3

Watercolour painting by Jennifer Annesley of Cascade Peak just outside the town of Banff. Colours range from sky blue to pale pinks and golds in the clouds and snow, deep black and burnt orange in the rock faces and trees.

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Joseph Shea @josephshea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Funded 2-year MSc position at UNBC on glaciers, snowpacks, and First Nations water security! Come work with me and @alexbevington.bsky.social ! www.moshlab.org/news/funded-2-yr-msc-at-unbc-glaciers-snowpacks-and-first-nations-water-security @unbcgeographyensc.bsky.social

Funded Two-Year MSc Position at UNBC: First Nations Water Security
Description: First Nations in British Columbia are faced with the prospect of changing water availability and quality as climate change affects mountain snowpacks and glaciers. We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and organized MSc candidate to join a research project led by the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) and funded by the Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to collect, assess, and analyze geospatial datasets and trends related to the water security of First Nations in BC. The successful candidate will be conduct research under the co-supervision of Dr. Joseph Shea (www.moshlab.org) and Dr. Alex Bevington (https://watershedlab.ca/), and will be expected to initiate and facilitate discussions with BCAFN in this first phase of a broader First Nations water security initiative.
Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and will ideally have an undergraduate degree in physical geography or earth science, and demonstrated skills in GIS, remote sensing, and coding for geospatial analyses (R or Python). All qualified candidates are invited to apply, but we especially encourage applications from: First Nations, Métis and Inuit people; members of racialized communities; 2SLGBTQ+ persons; and persons with disabilities. The anticipated start date for the position is 1 January 2027.

streams, bedrock, and melting glaciers under an overcast sky

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey, thanks! What I love most about guitarmaking is the meditative nature of it. By taking it slow and using sharp hand tools, I can achieve pretty good tolerances (typically within a few thousands of an inch), which is pretty satisfying!

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Beautiful! Here's a view of the opposite end of the lake (visible in the distance), taken from a nunatak* above the spectacular Llewellyn Glacier:

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Donald Trump had over 2M followers on Truth Social in 2025, including institutional accounts representing every major media organization in the USA and many of their reporters as individuals.

Before and during the genocide, all inside Rwanda, as well as many who lived abroad, were aware of RTLMC's direct incitement to violence against Tutsis. It nonetheless pursued its broadcasting without much interference.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Why thank you! I picked her up recently, and will be converting her over to track and race use. I can’t wait!

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please pass on a hello from her Canadian sister!

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It appears you’re supposed to stand in front of the neighbouring posterboard. Is it safe to assume, therefore, that your neighbour is supposed to stand in front of yours?

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good to know - I’ve filed that piece of SV lore for later use!

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You’ve gotta love load-bearing picture windows.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Would. I would have to sell my house and move into the beast to afford filling it up. But it’s still tempting. (Also: LS swap, anyone?)

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

will you people shut the fuck up

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yikes! I appreciate that a common descriptor of the SV650 is that it "crashes well." Not that I'm *planning* on crashing it - but since my goal with this (soon-to-be-track-only) bike is to develop skill at riding near/at the limit, I'll happily take that trait over "its metal is prone to tearing."

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Awesome! My big KTM has too many sensors, servos (incl. in the suspension), and computers (6!!!) for me to feel all that comfortable doing many of the tasks I’ve done on motorcycles (and cars) in the past. So, I picked this up as a project bike - and I’m looking forward to getting greasy with it!

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

⇝ Rebuilding the forks, swapping in stiffer springs, and upgrading the valving ⇝ Swapping the shock for one from a Kawasaki ZX-14R ⇝ Stripping the lights and bodywork and installing race fairings This is gonna be fun. 🤩

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ll also be: ⇝ Replacing the stock front brake calipers with 4-pot calipers from an ‘03 GSX-R600 (which I’ll rebuild beforehand) ⇝ Swapping the master cylinder out for a Brembo unit ⇝ Rebuilding the rear brake MC and brake caliper ⇝ Upgrading to braided brake lines and Galfer HH pads all around

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m on my shit* again. *pulling the carbs from my SV650S for rebuilding at some point over the winter; I’ll also be cleaning the gas tank’s inside of some very light surface rust, changing the spark plugs and coolant, and checking/adjusting the valve clearances before firing it up again

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Some thoughts from May 2021 — and an article to go with it. This nightmare was preventable. They didn’t want to stop it. Article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...

im a low vision user who can't see this tiny fucking box well enough to type in it. ffs this is obviously not for low vision peopel

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And as per usual: when words were exchanged, his response was “Fuck you,” rather than “I’m sorry that I almost killed you and your dog.”

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So fucking tired of almost being run over while walking my dog in my own neighbourhood. This time it was an F-350 w/full trailer - whose driver apparently thought that because the sun was in his eyes, he was absolved from worrying whether or not there was a pedestrian in the crosswalk.

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Dr. Jeffrey Kavanaugh 🇨🇦 @jlkavanaugh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’d like to have a word with whoeverthehellitwas who decided that weekends are only two days long. ‘Cause f#ck that guy.

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