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ron taylor

@math-doc-ron.bsky.social
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math professor at Berry College, mathematical dabbler, origami enthusiast, sci-fi buff and disc golf hacker. there’s no word in English for my style. (he/him)

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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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two men are riding on a lawn mower with the words woo hoo on the side
Alt: Coach Lasso knows that getting a paper accepted is "woo hoo" worthy!
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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two men giving a thumbs up with the words we 're on a mission from god behind them
Alt: it's 106 miles to Chicago, they've got a full tank of gas and a half a pack of cigarettes. hit it!
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
for a measly $.5 million of your $5 million, i will help you understand them all.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
we already do that in the 1-point compactification of the reals.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
<doing a Robert DeNiro impersonation> "enthusiasms"
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
i'm pretty sure my copy arrived in the mail on friday. but our campus was closed after 2:00 for a big event so it won't get to me until tomorrow.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
like more of a joke than it was to begin with?
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
one of my great grandmothers was native american. my guess is that most of the people who are against birthright citizenship would think she didn't belong here anyway.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
if you want me to come down and run one for you, we can make that happen.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
thanks Tien. sorry i didn't get to say goodbye before we left.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
this comic is part of an assignment for students in my first-year seminar as they make their transition from HS to college.
Frazz knows that the students are the product and that society, employers, grad schools, etc are the consumers.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Ted Lasso Coach Beard GIF
Alt: Ted Lasso and Coach Beard know that it's a big deal to be on Jeopardy!
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=74T7...
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[Ghost] Riders in the Sky
YouTube video by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Topic
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
yeah, he's never done that before. \end{sarcasm}
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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a man with a beard is wearing a suit and tie and looking at the camera .
Alt: this man is confused about something and so am i.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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a man with long hair and a beard is standing in a doorway and saying i 'll be there man
Alt: even The Dude knows that MathFest is always a good place to be.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
my high school's most famous alum is John Forbes Nash. (Nobel Prize for Economics and subject of the book & film "A Beautiful Mind")
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
this response is so good, i'm printing it out and taping it to the side of the hutch on my desk with the Tim Goldberg tweet about improper salutations.
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a man with a mustache wearing a grey sweater and a blue shirt
Alt: Ted Lasso knows a good idea when he sees one.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
i'm really opposed to AI in all of its forms, because i don't want to give up my soul. bsky.app/profile/ianm...
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
i've never had a rate. if i'm traveling to speak i ask that they cover my travel costs, pay for a hotel and buy me dinner. and i'll accept an honorarium if they have one, but i don't ask for a fee. but that may just my experience speaking at small places.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
adding this to my already too long list of books to read.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
has anyone checed to see if the pope is still alive?
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
it's *all* of the quadrivium as envisioned by the Greeks: arithmetic = pure number geometry = number in space music = number in time astronomy = number in space and time for my part, i think we also get logic, so that's a third of the trivium too, for a total of 5 out of 7.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
ounce?!? they wouldn't have a cubic beardsecond combined.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
i'm embarrassed for all of us.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
as a corollary to this you can say that egg salad on a hotdog bun is a chicken salad sandwich.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
yes and then have a regular dessert after dinner too.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
maybe it thought you picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.ª ªas bad as everything is right now, sniffing glue is not the answer.
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a group of people standing next to each other on a plane .
Alt: as bad as everything is right now, even Robert Stack knows that sniffing glue is not the answer.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
thanks a lot. the stress of the impending semester now has me wanting to find a wall to demolish.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
happy new year Dave. bsky.app/profile/astr...
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Gk...
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M*A*S*H New Year
YouTube video by Gary Giehler
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
taking a walk and then trying to finish 3 more books before midnight. and having dinner in there somewhere too.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
not even if she asked me to pass the salt.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
On Her Majesty's Service Section of Her CV
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
maybe they think red is better than blue?
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
my first winter in grad school it took me almost all of my 15 minute walk to campus one morning to realize that my mustache was freezing. for far too long i was convinced that some cold-resistant bug was on my face and trying to crawl up my nose.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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two men are riding on a lawn mower with the words woo hoo on the side
Alt: Ted Lasso, a man known more for his interpersonal skills than mathematical ability, is excited about this new development, but probably doesn't quite understand why he's so excited about some numbers.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
ahh, i didn't bother to read the rest.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
what are the Broncos then?
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
indeed, if we're doing this correctly, the student is the product. www.gocomics.com/frazz/2009/0...
Frazz knows that in a functioning educational system, the student is the product, while society, including graduate and professional schools, are the consumers.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
i see Zips, Golden Flashes, Rockets and Broncos. why no Falcons?!? oh the humanity.
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a man in a suit drinking from a glass
Alt: even Fletcher Reede knows that the Falcons should have made this list before the Broncos and the Rockets.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
if you're not supposed to pick your nose then why are fingers nostril-sized? if we admit that we all do it then i won't feel so ostracized.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
they were all out of "Objectify, Obfuscate, Oppress" that day.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
if i'm going to listen to Ronnie Wood play guitar, my preference is for the Rolling Stones. and Rod Stewart has had a much more prolific solo career.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
where can i find 2 of those? (one for classic and one for jalapeño pimento cheese)
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a man wearing sunglasses and a bandana around his neck looks at something
Alt: you don't need to be a paleontologist to know that a stunning deviled egg tree is a thing of beauty.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
i'm wildly disappointed that i can't locate the TeX files for the scorecards that i created a few years ago. one of them was based on the scorecard that the Bluefield Orioles used to have in their program.
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane .
Alt: even the guy from that pizza place knows it's a bad thing to misplace your .tex files.
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
i'll be right over...
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a man in a blue shirt is walking down a dirt path
Alt: Forest wants some of those thanksgiving leftovers...
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
thanksgiving dinner circa 2025
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
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a man is sitting on a couch with the words `` that 's a shame '' written on the screen .
Alt: Jerry Seinfeld feels *terrible* over the state of the speaker's working conditions. it's not like he's lying in a bed he made or anything...
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ron taylor @math-doc-ron.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
looks like it's time to update my LaTeX preamble template...
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a man is typing on a computer keyboard while making a face .
Alt: even Jim Carrey knows that a good macro in a LaTeX preamble is worth the time to make some edits.
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