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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Book #17 of 2025: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. I thought this would be a bit more black-mirror-esque. Still a great read.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Book #16 of 2025: Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis. Usually I'm a big fan of Lewis' writing, but this one didn't grab me.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

If you're in #Louisville today, come check out the Louisville Book festival at the convention center and pick up a signed copy of #Mosaic by @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Book #15 of 2025: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social. Interesting concept that explores the nature of regret and the different paths our life can take.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Book #14 of 2025: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. Probably my third or fourth read of this book. I need to make a more regular habit of getting to the Granfalloon in Bloomington every year. Last time I went I caught a fantastic concert by the Flaming Lips.

Cover of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut with a cute little hamster in the background.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Oh, so now my wife thinks we need to get our air ducts cleaned.

Picture from an ad of a red truck in front of a house advertising Duct Cleaning. At the bottom it says "Topless Service"

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

What I think every time I see one of these "Cracker Barrel is woke" posts

Book cover made to look like classic children's book. Title is "Everything I don't like is WOKE: A book for basic dickheads." Cover shows a boy pointing to the engine of a car saying "This engine is woke."

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Had a couple fun days in Chicago doing #math, then capped it off with a fantastic @nin.com show! #nothingcanstopmenow #NIN

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Mathematics degree? Not sure I understand the question mark. #mathsky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Book #13 of 2025: We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Such a fantastic writer. He lays out in full view the lingering effects of slavery today. Also be sure to check out his Black Panther run. #booksky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Trying to understand a theorem led me back to one of my favorite bits of math writing. There are two ways to compose paths in a quiver and my confusion traced back to the fact that the authors were using function notation. #mathsky

Screenshot of text. The relevant part is "Note we are using the convention that pq means p then q; be aware that some savage barbarians use the opposite convention." There is a footnote marker by "savage barbarians."

The footnote: "you know who you are"

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Visited @landlockedmusic.com in Bloomington last week. The Jack White album was the one I came in for, the others were 5 for $10 in the discount bin. #score #cds

Stack of 6 CDs
Jack White "No Name"
Jay-Z "Vol 2...Hard Knock Life" and "The Blueprint 3"
The Wailin Jennys "Firecracker"
The Cars "Greatest Hits"
2Pac "Greatest Hits"

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

BTE is still around. Saw them at Summerfest last year and there was quite the crowd. I might be a bit of a fanboy though.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

CD haul from my local library booksale. Nice selection of genres represented here. #CDs

Stack of CDs:
Zac Brown Band "The Foundation"
Linkin Park "Minutes to Midnight"
Dixie Chicks "Home"
blink-182 "Greatest Hits"
Matthew Sweet "Girlfriend"
Outkast "ATLiens"
Outkast "Aquemini"
Green Day "Kerplunk!"

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Book #12 of 2025: Girlfriend in a coma by Douglas Coupland. I think I missed the point. Also I've been slacking on summer reading. Too much #math. #booksky

White cover with pixelated image of a girl in a hospital bed with a small red heart overhead. Posed in front of a bunch of CDs.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Kind of over-the-moon about this. This was my third attempt at this (plus many other grant attempts that didn't work out). We need more grant opportunities like this to support mathematicians in the US. Thanks to @amermathsoc.bsky.social and @simonsfoundation.org! #mathsky #academicsky

Congratulations! The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is pleased to inform you that you have been named as a recipient of an AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grant for Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Faculty.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Caught @ginblossomsaz.bsky.social at Rose Music Center. Such a great band. Little one rocked out as well.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My marriage can legally drink! Happy 21st anniversary to @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social!

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Had fun with the little one at Thunderfury #Comics in Marion, OH. Turns out she's got good tastes and came away with a pretty good haul. #TMNT #xmen #wolverine

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I aspire to write an opening this good some day. #mathsky

Highlighted text: Since the dawn of time, human beings have asked some fundamental questions: who are we? why are we here? is there life after death? Unable to answer any of these, in this paper we will consider cohomology classes on a compact projective manifold that have a property analogous to the Hard-Lefschetz Theorem and Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Book #11 of 2025: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. I know it's a classic, but I really wasn't digging this one. #booksky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Book #10 of 2025: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. A friend recommended @annleckie.com for #sci-fi but picked a #fantasy novel instead. I was thrown by the use of second person at first but then I really got into it. #booksky

Cover of The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie and a cat drawing.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Made it to the Sessanta tour last night in Milwaukee. A Perfect Circle and Puscifer were great. Primus sucked, obviously.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Met Tito Santana today, a fantastic wrestler from the 80s and 90s. Nice guy, too.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Book #9 of 2025: A Rare and Dangerous Beast by Lloyd Mullins. First #western I've read in a while. Fascinating story of Anatoly Lukyanov (Nate Luck), largely based on a true story, as he discovers his place in America during a tumultuous time in the country's history. #booksky 💙📚

Cover of A Rare and Dangerous Beast by Lloyd Mullins. Cover is yellow with red lettering. Image on cover shows settlers moving west and an angel floating above them. Next to the cover is a weird globe thing.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Book #8 of 2025: The Electron Ghost Casino by Randoloh Healy. First #poetry collection in a while. I especially enjoyed the #math poems. #booksky

Cover of The Electron Ghost Casino by Robert Healy, black with white and grey lettering. Also a Scully X-Files action figure

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Went to my library's monthly book sale and came back with a stack of #cds. #haul

Stack of cds. Some of them might even be good.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Book #7 of 2025: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Whereas most post-apocalyptic books follow a virus or war, Butler conjures the end-result of our society where millions of people are displaced or subject to the whims of corporations. And Canada wants nothing to do with us. #booksky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Book #6 of 2025: Mosaic by @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social. A beautiful portrait of a woman in her journey to motherhood. After multiple pregnancy losses, she finds herself in the NICU with a baby born two months early and with a condition that causes joint contractures and low muscle tone. #booksky

A copy of Mosaic, a memoir by Laura Gaddis, hanging in a wooden book frame. Cover is red with broken mosaic tiles.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Book #5 of 2025: I've gotten a bit behind on my reading because life has been bonkers lately. "The map that changed the world" by Simon Winchester taught me quite a bit about the history of #geology (previously that knowledge was basically nonexistent in my brain). #booksky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Mosaic is a memoir that follows Laura on her journey towards starting a family and the losses that shaped her along the way. Through the trials, Laura confronts her own anxieties and examines the relationships in her own life. This is a story that will touch your soul. #booksky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I'm married to a published author ya'll. Congrats to @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social and check out Mosaic from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Book launch time! Excited to celebrate Mosaic, the debut memoir by @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Words can't convey how stoked I am to have a real physical copy of my wife's memoir! It's been a long road but it looks incredible. Be sure to check out Mosaic by @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social, out now and published through @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #booksky

Mosaic by Laura Gaddis. Red cover with Mosaic tiles. Beside the book is a little basket with stuffies.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Well, I'm not losing my job to AI anytime soon. It doesn't even know the difference between a module and a comodule. #mathsky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

What am I even doing here today?

Google AI Overview: Yes, classes at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio are canceled on President's Day. President's Day is a Monday, so classes are not held on that day.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Book #4 of 2025: The Crossing by Jason Mott. My wife introduced me to Hell of a Book, which was one of my favorites last year. The Crossing is an end-of-the-world story about twins whose lives reach a crossroad after relying on each other for so long after their parents' death

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Book #3 of 2025: Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk @chuckpalahniuk.bsky.social. This one felt especially prescient given current events. Need to get caught up with my Palhniuk reading. #booksky #palahniuk

Cover of Adjustment Day by Chuck Palahniuk

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So pumped to be going to @nin.com in Chicago! Can't wait (but I have to because the show's not until August). #nin #nineinchnails

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Some say they were never seen nor heard from again. #miamioh #epicquest

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My wife thought she'd won this round with BATMAN!!! but then the cow played a micropig.

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Got owned tonight by this cow playing random cards. #CardsAgainstHumanity

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Book #2 for 2025: "The secret lives of numbers" by Kate Kitagawa and @timothyrevell.bsky.social. A fun tour through the history of math beyond the Greek and Eurocentric stories. Pretty accessible for the non-expert (in my expert opinion). #booksky #mathsky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Saw a bunch of posts recently on #Venom books so I dug out a couple of my favorite Venom covers from the 90's. #comicbooks #comics

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

First book of 2025 finished! I really enjoy the Numbers Ones column by @tombreihan.bsky.social. The long-form pieces in the book focus on how certain songs signaled sea changes in the popular music landscape. Highly recommended for any pop music fan out there. #BookSky

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NCAlgebra @ncalgebra.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

My wife's debut memoir, Mosaic, comes out March 4 through Unsolicited Press. It's a story about grief and resilience through pregnancy loss, mental health struggles, and raising a child with disabilities. www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/mosaic

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