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Matt Zucker

@mattz.bsky.social
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Why do it by hand if you can code it in just quadruple the time? mzucker.github.io he/him

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
apropos of nothing, just wanted to announce that it's my birthday Friday and my shirt size is M
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
QRP your bird art 🐓 (slide from today's lecture in ENGR 009 mzucker.github.io/e9_f2026/#sc...)
chickents? chixx? it's badly drawn birds in wallpaper group ×× aka group cm
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#goals
Wikipedia page for SMART criteria specifying that goals should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound[ed]
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I ate the cake Kendra made and can confirm it was delicious
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Tien Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
...making my freshman seminar class next year to be about tilings and tessellations, and force myself to learn this math deeply. So @mattz.bsky.social's resources could not have been posted at a better time! Difference is, he certainly knows what the fuck he is doing, I certainly do not 🤣.
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ꭓle Ormsby 𓆙 @e-infinity.space · 16/09/2026
Well, now I want to drop everything and take this class. Thread and resources 👇
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The dril "racism" tweet but with "surveillance" swapped in:

turning a big dial taht says "surveillance" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This fall I am co-teaching a brand-new class – ENGR 009: Fabricating Tessellations and Tilings. It's roughly equal parts math and design, filtered thru an engineering perspective. The syllabus and all assignments are freely available to the public at mzucker.github.io/e9_f2026/
A hexagonal tile with a chamfered edge and an interacting sawtooth pattern.A 9-triangle polyiamond shown tiling with symmetries *x, 22x, 632, 22x (again), and 2222.A snippet of decorative tiles from the Alhambra.GRT Architects "flutes and reeds" tile system
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Any city government that would allow this to happen on their watch is a fucking disgrace btw. The academy is a core component of public engagement with science in the city of Philadelphia.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mods are asleep, post illegal Smurfs
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
teaching my 3yo about her culture 🔔
a drawing of Gritty on a child’s eraseable tablet, looking disturbingly flirtatious a picture of the Philly Phanatic on a child’s drawing tablet
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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 22/08/2026
Filling Space
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Dave Richeson @divbyzero.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A new impossible object 
A photograph of an arrow reflected in a mirror and pointed the other direction
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'm in this picture! (probably)
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Made a friend at the Paul Smiths VIC
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"tip of the iceberg", eh?
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Earlier this year I was invited by www.instagram.com/composition.... to give a talk about my work on Computer-Assisted Quilting at their May 2026 event in Philadelphia, and they've just posted video from the event on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHY2...
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Composition #1 - Matt Zucker - Computer-Assisted Quilting
YouTube video by Composition
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Broad and Sansom.🤖🤖💥👮👮‍♂️🚓🔔 #philly
An accident scene. Two delivery robots and several Philly cops trying to figure out what to do with them
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
hey, I’m in this!
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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
AYFKM with this? "Global warming actually good for your body and feels great, according to some guy we know"
The Philadelphia Inquirer masthead

Headline: It may feel like 100 degrees in Philly on Thursday and Friday. The early heat could pay off.

Subhead: Early hot spells help prepare the body – and mind – for summer, a health expert says.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It’s me, I’m people 🔔 #philly
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Setting aside the fact that the "data" here is 100% vibes, why is this a polar plot? What does it mean that "Arts & media" is close to "Healthcare practitioners" but far from "Architecture & engineering"? What information is this conveying that a bar chart would not? Did an AI make this?
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
fuck, and I can not emphasize this enough, this guy
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Glenda Adams @gmatom.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Took about a year, but I finished my cross-stitch tribute to the class Amiga Deluxe Paint King Tut. It’s 180x200 stitches, about 34,000 non-black tiny thread X’s 🙂 #NerdStitch
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New #MathArt sculptures: reaction-diffusion Truchet tilings of the sphere! These are made from 3D-printed nylon and each individual tile can be removed/replaced. If you think these look cool or interesting, stick around to learn a little bit about how they were made and the math behind them... 🧵
A mysterious purple orb with a coral-like relief texture. Its exterior is subdivided into alternating square and triangular tiles.A red coral-like orb made of triangular tiles.A green coral-like orb made of hexagonal and square tiles.A blue coral-like orb with pentagonal and triangular tiles.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New #MathArt sculptures: reaction-diffusion Truchet tilings of the sphere! These are made from 3D-printed nylon and each individual tile can be removed/replaced. If you think these look cool or interesting, stick around to learn a little bit about how they were made and the math behind them... 🧵
A mysterious purple orb with a coral-like relief texture. Its exterior is subdivided into alternating square and triangular tiles.A red coral-like orb made of triangular tiles.A green coral-like orb made of hexagonal and square tiles.A blue coral-like orb with pentagonal and triangular tiles.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My cooking style after the edible hits:
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
you SLAM the tim tam? you dunk it into hot beverage like the basketball? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Ok but what if you got telefragged at Waffle House, that would really suck
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The copy on this website smells a lot like #LowerEd a la @tressiemcphd.bsky.social. If you thought four-year Engineering degrees were insulated from all of the "innovation" happening in higher ed, might be time to re-evaluate...
greenwayinstitute.org
Greenway: A Better Model for Higher Education
A four-year college degree. Two years of paid work experience. Zero student debt. A job in hand at graduation. If that sounds impossible, it’s because higher ed has trained us to expect less. Greenway...
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The awful CGI Scorpion King from The Mummy Returns
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Kinda sad that AI ruined this logo huh
Logo of the Pittsburgh Steelers featuring three four-pointed hypocycloid “sparkles” now ubiquitously seen in app AI buttons
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peter k @peterskim.org · 18/03/2026
The Free Library of Philadelphia just added the ability to store your library card in your Apple or Google Wallet so you don’t need to carry your library card with you all the time! Log in to your account and there’s a link for it. catalog.freelibrary.org/MyResearch/H...
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The text GIRSA PHMYI CP ADSESSIIOGNN but some of it is superscripted. If you read the superscripts then the rest, it says "GRAPHIC DESIGN IS MY PASSION"
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
me at a department meeting, probably
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I‘m a dad who threw out his back carrying a 3yo to Wawa because “It’s Too Windy,” AMA
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today I found out a paper I co-wrote in 2018 was cited by NASA engineers in a 2023 paper about modeling orbital debris! 😲🛰️☄️
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Attn @emmmilygz.bsky.social @kirbyconrod.bsky.social
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
No, you stupid workers! Don’t you know the only legitimate use of AI is to oppress labor?
Washington Post headline:

Employers to job seekers: Your AI resumé isn’t fooling anyone

AI is helping job seekers rapidly apply to jobs. But recruiters and employers say that’s not always a good thing.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
explaining the concept of “anticipated regret“ to my 3yo
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I forget, is this one from the original Evangelion or the reboot?
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Things are terrible but this week I successfully developed my first browser extension to download data in bulk from the godawful website that everyone in my workplace hates having to use, so that's a win I guess
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
That’s my DA
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Wow, this video. @techconnectify.bsky.social if there's any chance you're reading this: please consider running for public office ASAP. You have a profound talent to to speak directly and clearly in a way that most current electeds don't. Plus, a spine and morals, which are in short supply.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Testing out some new (to me) methods to make interesting patterns on spheres, and I am glad to report the math is mathing OK
A bumpy sphere. The bumps are distributed across the sphere with interesting icosahedral symmetry and colored using a dark blue-to-green-to-yellow gradient. It looks kind of like a radiolarian or a virus.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Every time I see slop like this there’s a split second where I wonder if I’m having a stroke
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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"Proponents claim these orders will eliminate ideology in science, but in reality, President Donald Trump’s EOs limit the ability of science to benefit humanity." - @mattz.bsky.social and I on the harms of discriminatory science funding in the @inquirer.com. share.inquirer.com/Quf8pS
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Trump’s executive orders put science’s reliability at risk
The federal government’s targeted ideological bans and defunding efforts make it harder for researchers to understand the state of the world and draw the correct conclusions.
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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
did you know that children are very
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