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Math Gnome

@noamloyola.bsky.social
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He/They I talk about math and math history and math philosophy(Not always on here. But like, if you talk to me in person there's a high chance math will come up) 🇨🇦🇲🇽

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great 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."
In the light of these revelations, it looks odd, then, to devise a system of education that seems hell-bent on ignoring, and hence weakening, the connective tissue that links body and mind. 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. 

It is perfectly valid to want to encourage children to extend their horizons beyond those of their particular families and cultures, but the way to do that, from an embodied perspective, is to grow outwards from that personal experience, not to neglect it and, by implication, denigrate it. Knowledge learned without a meaningful context is harder to engage with, and risks being left emotionally ungrounded, unanchored and harder to access.
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Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Back on my bullsh
an image that has boxes and a flow chart- GET A NEW IDEA > START A NEW PROJECT > TELL EVERYONE. the pattern repeats circularly, ignoring the box that says FINISH PROJECT
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The 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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Korea's kits are so pretty 🪻🪻🪻
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Saw 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 🙃
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Tom Button @tombutton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The 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...
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unit circle sin
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I 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 :)
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Convocated today :)
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Crazy how moving your parents from one house to another makes you want to downsize your own household items drastically.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Note to self: Bring work shirt in backpack, do not wear it on the trip there. That was a foolish thing to do.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
When the normally rambunctious classes are behaving super well and it's a Friday and it's really sunny out 🤨...🥹
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Well.....that's that I guess. Ripeoroni oilers. :(
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I think you should be allowed to kick the puck into the net
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I made a little dress for my friend's baby and I'm really happy with how it turned out ☺️
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Finished 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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I 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
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm done all of my grading for the term!!!
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
For 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 🙏😢
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I wonder what the math behind the optimal burrito is.
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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Why does "keep change flip" work?
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I got called unc for the first time yesterday. Gonna be reporting this kid for a hate crime.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A 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!"
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julia 🌋 @hypv.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
when a mathematician writes something like ℝ/ℤ what she's saying is the ships the reals with the integers
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My go to phrase these past two years has been, I thought I'd have more time. Gotta do something about that.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Helping 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. :(
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
When your brother in law calls with a math problem you know I'm throwing it into a graphing calculator before solving
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I 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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Anyone wanna do my linear algebra homework for me?
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I need to keep in mind that Google maps bike ETA does not take into account that I am new and slow.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
MIL 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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I want a ninja ice cream maker so much
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I'm so happy with how this turned out! (For the most part)
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Painting a Klein bottle for one of my profs
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 02/04/2026
I can't believe Katherine Johnson used to do these sorts of calculations and simulations BY HAND. I'm flabbergasted.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I love graph theory so much, I get why Erdös was obsessed with it now.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
One 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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The next talk I want to give is "Capitalism is the Reason You Hate Math"
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Stewardess: 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-
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A local bar asks for submissions for a slideshow night. I will take any opportunity to talk to people about maths related things.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Listening 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.
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I'm presenting at said bar on Paul Erdos this weekend 💅 Title "Paul Erdos: The Kevin Bacon of Mathematics"
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I really hope that the local bar that is having a presentation night lets me talk about Paul Erdos 🤞🤞🤞
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I 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 🥲
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Proof by because I said so
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Linear algebra is finally starting to make some sense Thinking in terms of sets of vectors is hard
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Math Gnome @noamloyola.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
There's no better feeling than making a math joke when discussing non math things, and have other people add onto it and laugh.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
In 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.
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