Reposted by Math GnomeNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great bit here from Bodies of Learning worth quoting at length: "It is as if school teaching deliberately sets out to attempt to colonise virgin territory in the brain (that doesn't actually exist), and to treat embodied feelings, motivations and experiences with suspicion." 042
Reposted by Math GnomeBrandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Back on my bullsh 15893972131
Reposted by Math GnomeTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The World Cup should employ a team of commentator Historians who describe the historical relations and tensions between the two countries over the course of the match. 2533972
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Saw a previous student at their work place, chatted with them, and then told them good luck with finals. I remembered as I was driving away that they graduated last year 🙃 000
Reposted by Math GnomeTom Button @tombutton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The new Notebook feature on @desmos.com is fantastic! I've been playing with it this morning - it lets you created linked graphs on the same screen - see this example for the unit circle in degrees: www.desmos.com/notebook/vnp...desmos.comunit circle sin 1237
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I got to let my high school students go to the playground because we finished stuff early, and it was so lovely to see them having so much fun :) 010
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Crazy how moving your parents from one house to another makes you want to downsize your own household items drastically. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Note to self: Bring work shirt in backpack, do not wear it on the trip there. That was a foolish thing to do. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I'm gonna try and bike to work tomorrow. I say "try" as if there is an option once I walk out the door to not complete the bike ride. 010
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 02/05/2026When the normally rambunctious classes are behaving super well and it's a Friday and it's really sunny out 🤨...🥹 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Well.....that's that I guess. Ripeoroni oilers. :( 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I think you should be allowed to kick the puck into the net 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I made a little dress for my friend's baby and I'm really happy with how it turned out ☺️ 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Finished my last final for my math degree. I'm very excited and proud of myself. Child me would be very happy to know I was able to do this. 110
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I want to use Greg from Taskmaster's line "I will give you one point and you will thank me for it" at some point in the classroom 010
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 20/04/2026For the sake of my poor little head that gets migraines when temperature and precipitation fluctuate greatly in a short period of time, Saskatchewan weather please stop 🙏😢 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I wonder what the math behind the optimal burrito is. 000
Reposted by Math GnomeHowie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Why does "keep change flip" work? 0234
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I got called unc for the first time yesterday. Gonna be reporting this kid for a hate crime. 010
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A student today asked "how did people come up with this stuff" while working on the ambiguous case, and I was so excited! We discussed ancient trig and at the end he sat there and said, "huh, that's really cool!" 010
Reposted by Math Gnomejulia 🌋 @hypv.bsky.social · 12/04/2026when a mathematician writes something like ℝ/ℤ what she's saying is the ships the reals with the integers 1172
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 12/04/2026My go to phrase these past two years has been, I thought I'd have more time. Gotta do something about that. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Helping at a drag show and they're doing a Q and A. I submitted a question about the Strait of Hormuz. It has not gotten asked. :( 010
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 07/04/2026When your brother in law calls with a math problem you know I'm throwing it into a graphing calculator before solving 020
Reposted by Math GnomeTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I understand the sentiment, but feel just the opposite. AI is saturating every surface of students’ lives. What we have to offer them is not small tweaks to their engagements w the technology, but rather spaces separate from it via which they can develop their own critical faculties. 1232179
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Anyone wanna do my linear algebra homework for me? 110
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I need to keep in mind that Google maps bike ETA does not take into account that I am new and slow. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 04/04/2026MIL returned from the US and recommended to us that we go there, and partner had to say "I think that would be a very bad idea" and she was confused for a minute until he said, "you know, because of the political climate and Noam is trans, and Mexican, and a leftist." Then she got it. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 03/04/2026I'm so happy with how this turned out! (For the most part) 010
Reposted by Math GnomeAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 02/04/2026I can't believe Katherine Johnson used to do these sorts of calculations and simulations BY HAND. I'm flabbergasted. 51302305
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 31/03/2026I love graph theory so much, I get why Erdös was obsessed with it now. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 30/03/2026One thing I will never understand from fellow uni students is when their complaints about a professor is that they have to read the textbook to understand the content being discussed in class. I always to to be sympathetic, but...like...learning requires effort not only from the educator. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 30/03/2026The next talk I want to give is "Capitalism is the Reason You Hate Math" 010
Reposted by Math GnomeTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Stewardess: is there a doctor on the plane?? Me: I’m a doctor of literature! Stewardess: Me: this situation is reminiscent of an online joke format from the late 2010s, but the “doctor on a plane” joke extends back significantly further to anxieties around air travel and the meaning of a titular- 515135
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A local bar asks for submissions for a slideshow night. I will take any opportunity to talk to people about maths related things. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Listening to a little lecture about Paul Erdos and how on earth am I going to distill this down to ten minutes? This man is truly one of the most fascinating people to exist ever. 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 24/03/2026I'm presenting at said bar on Paul Erdos this weekend 💅 Title "Paul Erdos: The Kevin Bacon of Mathematics" 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I really hope that the local bar that is having a presentation night lets me talk about Paul Erdos 🤞🤞🤞 011
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 09/03/2026I need someone to explain how to find the chromatic polynomial of a square pyramid because I do not understand what to do with all these shared edges 🥲 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Linear algebra is finally starting to make some sense Thinking in terms of sets of vectors is hard 000
Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 02/03/2026There's no better feeling than making a math joke when discussing non math things, and have other people add onto it and laugh. 000
Reposted by Math GnomeTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 02/03/2026In 21 years of teaching, I have yet to meet a stupid student. What I have met in growing numbers is students who don’t know why they’re in college and being taught the material they’re learning. The crisis, to my mind, is not one of capability but of purpose. 717721