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I'm a mathematics teaching professor in Seattle. I'll be teaching Intro to Proofs in the coming year. I spend a lot of time making sound and visual art, often […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mathstodon.xyz/@matthewconroy, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Decent ride today around the north part of Lake Washington. #cycling #bike
A green-yellow bicycle leaning again railings adjacent to Lake Washington.  Old rotting pilings extend out into the lake.  Beyond is north Seattle and clear sky.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
@glassdelusion I cannot find information about the Oregon Mandolin Orchestra performing The Planets. Can you point me to information about this? The livemusicproject search for Holst gives Portland Symphony Orchestra performing it today, and no mention of mandolins. Thanks!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
@bit101 I'm glad you are okay! Health issues suck.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows crows.
A view looking upward at a building under construction.  Along the top is a wooden rail with many crows.  The building is covered in a bright yellow material.  One crows is in flight.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
Found a house for sale on my walk home today. Asking $1.5 million for the house, and yet they can't get their brochures printed correctly...
A two-sided flyer for a house for sale showing four images of the house.  One image is overlaid with text. The text reads:
ERROR: ioerror
OFFENDING COMMAND: image
STACK:
-dictionary-
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
@kmmich Congratulations! That sounds like a great honor.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
@AnnieG I know what you mean. My anxieties come to a large extent from concern about my health issues, and my therapist, who I've been seeing for eight years or so, does help me with that stuff. Though they cannot address all my anxieties, I still find what they do quite beneficial.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
@supersciencegrl.co.uk I'm so sorry. Losing pets is very hard.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
I felt like riding down to the waterfront today.
Handmade panoramish photo of part of Seattle's waterfront, with Puget Sound on the left and lots of railroad tracks on the right.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Took a few pictures today.
A leaf on the ground.  It is dry and cracked in many places.A leaf on the ground.  It is dried and cracked in many places.A close up of a wooden fence, showing a bent, rusty nail and faded bits of lichen.Blue/purple hydrangea flowers, close up.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
@AnnieG I'm glad it's gone!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
@AnnieG I'm sorry you have a migraine. I hope it passes quickly.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I wanted some kraft paper to wrap some artwork. The artwork is more than 3'x3', and I found 4' wide paper that I thought would do the trick. Without thinking too deeply, I bought 600' of it. Turns out, the roll weighs about 50 pounds, not super easy to manage […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
A 4' long roll of paper suspended using a broom handle and three books on each end.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
@christianp I hope you have good MRI results!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
@kmmich Ack!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
This is one of my favorite things I've ever made. I made it in 2000 as a member of the video art group Paul Harvey Oswald. This video was for the On The Waterfront festival in Rockford, Illinois. The audio sample is from a fantastic LP I have that was created […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
@codeismycanvas Nice!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
I just read Man Bites Man, a book of drawings/cartoons by various artists from 1981. A lot of ho-hum, but I thought this piece by Ralph Steadman, "Ecology Lesson", was worth sharing. archive.org/details/manbitesmantwod… #drawing #books #reading #ralphSteadman
A black and white pen-and-ink drawing.  A child sits in front of a screen.  The child's face is distorted as though burned or mutilated. There are wires connecting the child's face and head to the screen.  Text on the screen reads: "Hi Kid!! Today, I'm gonna learn you about nature".  To the left is a tree with a bird, a single musical note indicates the bird is singing.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
The tutoring center that I direct at my university was just renovated. We replaced all the whiteboards with blackboards, and added more. But now I'm being told I cannot buy Hagoromo chalk for the center because it is too expensive. Does anyone have any experience with chalk that is even remotely […]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
@dicenbuttons Nice image! I'm glad you were able to get outside.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
@davidsuculum Ridiculous.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
Fallen apples. #photography #blackAndWhite
Black-and-white images of many fallen apples on the ground.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Rode my fairly usual, flat, dull (but completely car-traffic-less) ~70k ride today and tacked on a few more k by riding through the UW campus (where I teach and do other things). There's this nice fountain on campus. #cycling #bike
A yellow bicycle in front of a large circular pool of water in the center of which are several fountains shooting water into the air in nice arcs.  Behind can be seen nice old campus buildings.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
@trs Nice, but what is it?
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
@davidsuculum Hopefully it will all be worth it?
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
Such personalized messaging!
Screenshot of part of a webpage with the following text on it:

Type                                       Requested by

Confidential Evaluation University of Washington

Message from University of Washington

Dear Dr. %EV_First% %EV_Last%,

Thank you so much for agreeing to provide a promotion review for
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
@cremevax Fantastic!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
Did a short ride today. I rode to Fisherman's Terminal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishermen's_T… and rode to the end of the dock. I like seeing the variety of ships there (mostly commercial fishing boats, as far as I know). It's particularly nice to […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
A bicycle on a dock.  The bicycle is in the foreground.  In the background is a ship, the Glacier Bay.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
The Criterion Channel added the full series of The Prisoner recently. I've been watching it as a soporific before bedtime. It's really quite terrible and boring; I might have to stop. But in episode 6, Number 6 destroys a computer by asking it a certain one-word question. Can you guess what the […]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
Another Library of Congress stereograph animation to help my nerves. More on my website: www.madandmoonly.com/doctormatt/ste… #animatedGIF #stereograph #photography
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
@cremevax Excellent!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
@News4wombats Oh, that's a really, really nice version. Thanks for sharing it. Merry Christmas!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
Being stuck inside with the windows closed for smoke-filled, hot air consistently triggers my anxiety and hypertension. To make myself feel better, I made another animation from a Library of Congress stereograph. This time, of an elephant. More on my website […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
Pigeons, cheapo "quad cam", 2003. #photography #pigeons #blackAndWhite
Four images of the same scene of the base of a tree and two pigeons.Four images of the same scene of two pigeons and a trash can.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
Here is a poem I like. William Hathaway When I Was Dying The dullest people I knew gathered round my bed, the ones who made me feel stupid or ashamed when I was living. My flustered wife held my hand like a fish, worried our children might eat poorly at the neighbor lady's. Outside the door I […]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
I like this poem. W. D. Ehrhart Money in the Bank (for Alfred Starr Hamilton) Sixty-one years Of your life are gone and I Have never heard of you Until today. I understand the poems Simpy grow Beneath your pillow as you sleep In your cheap boardinghouse room, And you only have to rise And […]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
This is a poem I like. Dave Kelly The Debt The bum in Salt Lake City shared his last half buck with me then I bought him coffee with my half he took me to a movie with his I bought him chow mein afterward he bought a fifth I paid for scrambled eggs and bromo we spent the last two cents in a […]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
I noticed that I can download all (or a big chunk of) my data on Movielens, the site where I rate movies (a free service of the University of Minnesota). So I downloaded the two relevant files and thought, as always, R will make quick work of this. I think […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
A scatter plot of "movie release year" versus "year rated".
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
My first finished video in two years! I long ago got this idea to use convex hulls to create chords and I've now, finally, got a video finished using the idea. I hope you like it! vimeo.com/1211123454 #video #math #mathematics #convexHull
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An audio composition experiment using moving particles and convex hulls. At each moment, a set of convex hulls is created by finding the convex hull of the set of particles, then the convex hull of the particles not in that convex hull, and then another and another until all particles are part of some convex hull. A chord created using simple rational ratios is determined by the short sequence of the number of particles in each convex hull. The particles move linearly, occasionally speeding up for a moment, or changing direction. The "bounce" off the edges of the screen. Eventually, they start disappearing. No AI was used in the creation of this video.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
@bit101 For starters, aesthetically. I think they are very ugly. If we have to have these things plastered everywhere, it would have been nice if there had been some effort to make them look nice. Even bar codes look nicer than QR codes.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
@bit101 I am disgusted by QR codes in general.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
@attoparsec Superb!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026
Oh, I just watched a cute rat eat several dandelions in my backyard. I guess that's incentive to attack the ivy with more gusto than I've been able to manage for a few years.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026
@christianp No. The sum of squared digits is less than a constant times log n, while the divisor sum, if non-zero, is at least the square root of n. So there is an upper bound on these numbers.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
A little Runge-Kutta over breakfast at one in the afternoon. #math #mathematics #art #blackAndWhite
A black-and-white image of curves that approximate a differential equation.  There are regions of varying density giving the imag the appearance of light and shadow.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
I like this poem. Dave Kelly Some Three Line Stanzas He is not dead he is sleeping he has got a job with god. I have two friends who are not here and I miss them (in California people write notes to me, they want soft words, I tell them it is too cold here winter has come in my teeth) Today […]
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
@dicenbuttons Lovely!
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
I found a Stellar's jay feather today. We get quite a few Steller's jays around here in Seattle. They are very pretty, and make the least pleasant bird sound I know of (like a crow's caw, but much harsher). #birds #feather #StellarsJay
A close-up photograph of a Stellar's jay feather lying on the ground.  It is a deep blue with several black latitudinal bands.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
I have a new chapbook. It's straight-up mathematical visualization, this time of the squares and cubes modulo n for n=2 to n=200. I have more description on my blog: www.madandmoonly.com/hhh Send me your postal address and I'll mail you one! I think […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]
Front cover of a chapbook titled "Squares and Cubes Modulo n" with the author's name, Matthew M. Conroy, below it.A page of a chapbook showing circular figures, each numbered. Around the circle are radial "stacks" of small circles in various places.A page of a chapbook showing circular figures, each numbered. Around the circle are radial "stacks" of small circles in various places.
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Matthew Conroy @matthewconroy.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
@dicenbuttons Beautiful!
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