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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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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

If you're a fraternity alum (from any school/state) who experienced sexual violence as a member, I'm here to listen. I understand this is extremely sensitive and I will treat your story with the utmost discretion and care. Reach out— Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 3h

There must be a period of finding out or people will continue to fuck around.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 3h

My Nigerian roommate ensured that I will have a strong attachment to jollof rice for the rest of my life.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 3h

Ossoff's open contempt for white supremacists is incredibly satisfying.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18h

Was watching Buffy’s Anya backstory episode. Friend asked why I sighed. “She’s not of a sufficiently high social class to have domesticated rabbits that far north in Europe in that century, but the writers couldn’t know, the paper was only presented at a conference yesterday.” Accuracy is fleeting.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One spring break my dad took my brother and I from Seattle to San Diego on the Amtrak and it RULED. MOAR. TRAINS.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think it is also his background as a documentary film maker. He knows the importance of crafting a narrative and how to convey complex or niche concepts clearly. Storytelling is actually an important skill in politics. Humans are story-based creatures.

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli

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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Spam that's vaguely credible until you look at it for 3 seconds is still spam. it's a spam generator. this is spam. noise. static. space filler. it's styrofoam peanuts instead of food. what are we DOING.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In summary, this technology is a blight. We're sleepwalking into normalizing it bc we're scared of sounding too extreme. Enough.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The game will end with just the keepers left on the pitch trying to chip each other.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Like so many women, I’ve experienced a miscarriage. Years ago, when my doctor couldn’t find a heartbeat, I was given medication to help me through it. I was grateful to have access to the care I needed during an incredibly difficult time.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I got my book club to read it and we had an incredible* discussion about how wild and visceral it is. *not just because I got to say “cicada goo” multiple times

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need: 🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget 🎒Teacher minimum wage 🎒Strong teacher unions 🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Most (if not all) streaming services refuse to air political ads.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Friends? Memorize this. Also, I will give you the lesson my dad taught me when I was only 10 years old: "If you are ever in a situation when you are arrested, the only word you know, or have ever known, is 'lawyer'."

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My dream team is currently some combo of AOC and Ossoff with Lina Khan given the power and funding to do whatever she pleases, Ayanna Pressley as Speaker, and Warren leading the Senate.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ll take this a step further and say, I believe we should be able to support an average-sized family on a single income at what we determine to be the minimum wage. A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It feels like another attempt at the corporate offloading of liability, but how is marketing a faulty program any different from selling a car with no brakes? If they know it causes harm and they sell it anyway, shouldn’t existing consumer protections be enforceable?

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There is a MG series that I will never shut up about. WILDERLORE BY AMANDA FOODY IS AMAZING AND WONDEROUS AND KIND *PLUS* MAGICAL ANIMAL COMPANIONS. In a just world, the ATLA team would be making an animated adaptation, one season per book. Read it and give it to the kids in your life.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If she wanted to adapt one of the books in this series as a standalone, The Horse and His Boy is right there!

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 19/09/2026

this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

These songs feel like two very different takes on the same premise (very charismatic magic user showing how helpful they can be).

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Everyone Sucks Here” is always an option

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If they come from the drain then I assume they can swim.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Child poverty is a policy choice.

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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How Ed Miliband's late mum was at the forefront of his mind during his statement on Israel-Palestine.

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 16/09/2026

This is the same administration that cut $1 TRILLION from the Medicaid budget to give tax cuts to #GreedyCEOs, by the way. Anyone else see the problem with this?! 🤬

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On A Midnight Run @midnight-runner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Cynicism is for losers" should be everyone's political guiding phrase. It's actually cool to care about things.

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And I believe his next stop is Philly, a place notorious for chill and not at all hostile crowds.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 15/09/2026

okay while we’re all having a great time dunking on Ed Sheeran, and don’t let me stop you, but I just wanna pop in quickly and remind everyone that the “redheads don’t have souls” thing comes directly from medieval antisemitism, like directly, so let’s give that a miss. okay carry on

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And we already know the study’s results were falsified, that those playing guards were instructed to brutalize ti get that result, & when a similar study was taken without that manipulation, those in the guard role were kind. But refutations never circulate as far as convenient false findings. 😔

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I once went to a preop appointment with my stepdad (surgery was day after 2018 midterm) and he cracked a joke that he hoped the doctor would be professional regardless of outcome and the *surgeon* said “I’m not a member of the professional class” with a straight face. Dude. What.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 15/09/2026

When the apocalypse comes, my only goal is finding this guy

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And will cite the difference between pedophilia and hebephilia with zero prompting.

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David Autovino @davidautovino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Shel Silverstein somehow clocking AI all the way back in 1981

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club?”

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There are now two acceptable options for the Met Gala theme, Bob Mackie or Dolly Parton. Either way, it should be sequin season.

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The world did not end because WE DID NOT LET IT END The atmosphere has no hole in it BECAUSE WE FIXED THE HOLE WE BUILD THIS WORLD FROM DUST; IT WILL RETURN TO DUST THE MOMENT YOU STOP BUILDING IT anyway, yeah I've been thinking a lot about age and why it's important to talk to older people lol

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Purely Speculative @joleigh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Can a virtuous circle only have two points?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026

crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.

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