Reposted by Matthew Moynihanꭓle Ormsby 𓆙 @e-infinity.space · 29/09/2026topology ∩ archaeology #MathSky 1155
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The push for higher ed to focus on job training is partially because employers have abdicated their responsibility to train new hires. An employee you invest time and money in training then has bargaining leverage. Employees that need no training can be replaced on a whim. That is the hidden goal. 010
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Do we teach skills that are useful in the workplace? Fuck yes we do. Did I become a history professor because I'm passionate about vocational training? Fuck no i did not 359853
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanMicah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men 5646107
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“The greatest danger facing society isn’t that software will awaken and overthrow its human masters. It is that we will allow the creators of the software to abdicate human responsibility for the systems they choose to build and help them pull up the ladder” Fuck. Shut up being right 639160
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I love how when I email a student.. at their official university-provided email address… from my official university-provided email address… using the university-licensed Outlook… I get a warning that they are “outside of my organization.” 130
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74254529508
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"Usually, when I would express an opinion about what LSU was doing, Lane would reply with a screenshot from ChatGPT that supported LSU's position, which was almost always wrong," Mars said. Thanks, I HATE it. www.espn.com/college-foot...espn.comInside the SEC's tangled legal battle with LSU and Lane KiffinIt's a twisted tale of grandstanding politicians, colorful characters and college football's most polarizing figure. 000
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It ys tyme for Tulip skeptics to face some difficulte trouthes. Tulips are the waye of the future. Yf you do not invest yn Tulips you are way behinde. Yf you do not teache your children about Tulips thei will not be able to compete on the jobbe market. Onlye Luddites dislyke Tulips. 14733234
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is about sales and marketing. It is in NO WAY philanthropy. 020
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We trust that mathematicians understand their writing and believe themselves correct. We may be wrong and there is definitely gatekeeping. But LLM’s have no concept of understanding. At best, the reviewer of the output would earn credit. Anything else is outsourcing the work but not the accolades. 020
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own 10065481388
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanJoseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Can we make “development for the adult force” a slogan? 514923
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As mad as I am about this mess, I did have a student waiting at my office door wanting to ask about Navier-Stokes and that was pretty neat. 020
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I wonder what $22 million in new faculty lines, course releases, and departmental baristas would produce! 050
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...techcrunch.comOpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunchThere is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem. 391331459
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I know we’re at different institutions but want to trade with my 30-person Precalculus course with everyone seated at round tables so one third of students have their backs to me? Also the boards are glass so every student loses different sections to glare! 010
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This reads as our culture of openness enabled BigAI to pour venture capital into scooping human mathematicians. Scooping isn’t new. But if based on more than coincidence, it destroys working relationships. It would be a shame for this to introduce a protective culture around partial results. 161
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026Speaking of plagiarism: www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...scientificamerican.comOpenAI’s latest math breakthroughs commit research misconduct, experts sayOpenAI released 10 AI-generated results over the weekend. Some mathematicians are unhappy with their approach 12958393
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Pedagogy is not some new, unsolved problem awaiting its Silicon Valley disruptor. If you want good teaching in any given subject, it’s there to be had. If you just don’t want to pay for it, then all we’re really talking about is how much you want something for nothing. That’s nothing new, either. 235399
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 04/09/2026What age is “I’m really digging the mix JetBlue is playing on the flight map page”? Cool and hip and with it, right? 020
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Working on my attendance guidelines for class and GitHub (because yay PreTeXt!) auto-suggested “students who miss 20% of class will be withdrawn” which is both not my policy and not up to me. I can set grading policy. But I can’t unilaterally remove a registered student. I. Don’t. Want. This. 140
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Me when my wife asks me a very simple question about lunch while I’m trying to map out the semester and figure out how many quizzes with how many days in between but making sure the midterm isn’t on Diwali and…static.klipy.comCarwash InfomercialAlt: Carwash Infomercial of a man struggling with a hose and sponge and bucket of soapy water who spills them all and falls over. 020
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026…that means that YOU CANNOT PROMPT ENGINEERING YOUR WAY OUT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ARCHITECTURE OF THESE SYSTEMS. They are GOING to output bullshit, because they are Bullshit Engines. 18787157
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Begging people to stop writing entire manifestos about the benefits for AI and then, as if it is an afterthought or something an editor said "hey this needs to be here," adding a single chapter at the end of the book about possible ethical concerns. Embed ethics throughout or admit you don't care. 0196
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 27/08/2026NO KINGS but I will allow for a Princess Kay of the Milky Way. 020
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 25/08/2026static.klipy.comI Want To Go To There Liz LemonAlt: Liz Lemon saying “I Want To Go To There” in wonder on an episode of 30 Rock 052
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Instead of spending money on the tech that steals our work, makes our students dumber and serves no purpose at all, they could instead use it to hire more actual instructors. 211010248
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Really enjoying History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook. It’s a sort of cozy academic murder mystery (at least so far). But wow the aside discussing the department arguing over whether the Modern Istanbul course should count for the European or Middle Eastern history minor was too real! 020
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 19/08/2026For the record, I told them it was an amazing question. They (and the rest of the class) also thoroughly enjoyed breaking their professor’s brain. 030
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Why won’t the ebook just start at the cover?! I don’t want to miss anything. Scrolling through a few pages of front matter is not a difficult task. Bigger question, why won’t tech just let ME be in control?! Why are the only options “yes” or “not now” and what happened to “no”? 160
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“You want me on that wall!” -my wife, making sure we get a AAA discount 000
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Does anyone have any research notebooks they love and recommend? I’ve been using the old school mead composition notebooks but I’d prefer someone that lays flat. Bonus points if it can do that without a spiral binding! 000
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanJared Holshouser @jaredholshouser.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It's genuinely upsetting to see high level mathematicians be so un credulous at the motives of big tech. No ethical thoughts at all, seemingly. Just oh look this shiny toy they were "nice" enough to give me spat out a theorem. 1174
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Made a Victoria sandwich at a Great British Bake Off themed cooking class! Sure the middle sank. But as the instructor said, that’s just more room for whipped cream! 070
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanSteve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 29/07/2026well that's fun Olivia Miles 10512130
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Tour de France commentator just used the phrase “best seat in the house like 50-yard line at the World Cup” just trying to make everyone mad. 000
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Did France forget that they hate England? Like, historically? There were units on it in school! 000
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Mathematician here jumping in with a perfectly elegant and practically terrible solution. We use GPS to continuously adjust the time as you move East/West to negate the need for time zones! Sure, things will get weird at the poles. And it will be chaos. But there. I solved it. 110
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Sure, I’d love to modernize the curriculum and reimagine higher education. But I’ve got all this multi-factor authenticating to do. 020
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I want this with every fiber of my being. “Pork Hmong sausage flavored with ginger, garlic, fish sauce, chili and lemongrass made in collaboration with Kramarczuk's. Skewered, dipped in a cornmeal batter and fried. Served with a side of citrus Kua Txob sauce.” www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/hmo...mnstatefair.orgNew Food: Hmong Corndog 010
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We’re really only able to beat a UEFA team if they’re looking over us to their next opponent. But no, the presidents (US and FIFA) had to go and draw Belgium’s full attention. And wow we are not ready for that. 010
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Tour de France: well, it’s 95 degrees here at the start as we climb this mountain. But it’s ok because I’m told we’re far enough away from the fires. Me:static.klipy.comTina Belcher's Classic 'Uhh' Moment from Bob's BurgersAlt: Tina Belcher's Classic 'Uhh' Moment from Bob's Burgers 010
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Me reading the terrible notation in the math paper I’m writing… 030
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I finally figured out why AI causes such a visceral reaction in thinking humans: I am writing my book chapter on PLAY, and AI is the opposite of play. We play for the joy of the process, not for the outcome. Yes it is nice to win, to have the art/ poem, but the point of life is to play. 181196328
Reposted by Matthew Moynihandavid (cheryl reeve stan account) @transfersystem.bsky.social · 19/06/2026question for those who work outside of academia: is your preeminent trade publication almost singlemindedly devoted to destroying your profession, or is that just a thing for us? 1021472
Matthew Moynihan @patternavoider.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I give my math students solutions and tell them I deliberately made 0, 1, or 2 mistakes. They have to decide which. Following someone else’s logic is often harder than doing it yourself. I am skeptical that students can ‘evaluate’ GenAI output in a way conducive to learning, at least not at scale. 020
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanCrystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room + 7948211678
Reposted by Matthew MoynihanDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 17/06/2026This story is horrifying & exactly the kind of shit so many of us have been trying to get people to seriously consider BEFORE it gets more widespread & de facto accepted across the academy. Like, there's a real possibility for this to be met with an administrative shrug, and that cannot come to pass 331486
