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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Nice piece by John Oliver on the New College of Florida, which UNCA's fellow COPLAC school: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMc...

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New College of Florida: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

#Math #AI Here's my blog post on Knuth's use of Claude to discover a proof of theorem in Graph Theory he's been working on for some time: blog.marksmath.org/posts/Claude...

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Claude’s construction of Knuth’s cycles – Blog @ Mark’s Math

A visualization of Claude’s construction of Knuth’s cycles

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My latest blog post describes how the neural network splash image on my academic website and how I built it: blog.marksmath.org/posts/Neural... #neural-networks #math You can comment on the post by replying here!

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A Neural Multiplier – Blog @ Mark’s Math

A description of my neural network splash image and how it works.

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Here's a look at the current prevalence of legacy admissions at colleges and universities across the US: blog.marksmath.org/posts/Legacy... You can leave comments on the blog post by responding to this Bluesky post!

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Legacy Admissions – Blog @ Mark’s Math

Legacy admissions are still in very common practice across the country

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

CBS claims that politics have nothing to do with the decision to cancel Colbert. Maybe, though, politics *should* be considered in this kind of decision?

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

UNC Asheville's plans to develop an area just south of campus have met with considerable local resistance. I wrote this blog post with a map of the area visualizing what it might look like. Replies to this bsky post will appear as comments on the blog post. blog.marksmath.org/posts/TheWoo...

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The Woods – Blog @ Mark’s Math

A questionable development at UNCA

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I've set up a blog! OK, it's only got one post so far and it's totally experimental but maybe it will go somewhere. It's built using Quarto (@quarto.org) and I plan to discuss math, data, tech, teaching, higher education, and related political issues. Check it out: blog.marksmath.org

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Blog @ Mark’s Math

One professor’s blog about math, data, tech, teaching, higher education, and politics.

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Mark McClure @mark-mcclure.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A good read describing how Jim Ryan, president of the University of Virginia, stepped down under pressure from the Trump administration, together with how and why the university should have fought it: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

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Opinion | What the University of Virginia Should Have Done

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