Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 11hReal tear-jerker this one is. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...podcasts.apple.comA John Prine AppreciationPodcast Episode · Fresh Air · October 9 · 45m 130
Reposted by Sean LavertySarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026👀 Must be the season of the fish. Squidfacts.net 1531980
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I don’t know, maybe get quotes from some other website. 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’ve been wanting to do it for a while and finally dove in last spring. After far too long. It’s very different and so far mixed outcomes. No offense to anyone involved. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I decided to start calculus with definite integrals this semester (and last) because that idea is important and I thought rectangles were more relatable than limits. 230
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The first time I planned this it turned out to be really cold and the outdoor chalkboard was in deep shade. We gave it a shot and then abandoned the plan.nature.comCan we have class outside? Seven tips to breeze through outdoor lecturesAdvocates say that delivering lectures and presentations al fresco can energize students and provide them with a complete experience. 100
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wait, so AI is more ‘self-aware’ than many of the people using it? 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Faculty striving, and scrambling, to make course materials compliant with ADA requirements, while sidewalks routinely look like this. 020
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I wonder if we will ever again have university events that aren’t about AI. 030
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And now modern journals are like ‘put all of your graphs on one page’ and we have postage stamp-sized graphics on Fig 1A-Q that possibly only 8 people in the world ever get to see in their full-page, helpful form. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I like how at the same time we are creating new majors like ‘how to use a chatbot’, while we simultaneously hate chat bots and do things like press zero or scream ‘Agent!, ‘Human!’, ‘Person!’ any time we make a phone call for help.townandcountrymag.comTrump Administration Cuts Federal Loans for College Programs with Low-Income GraduatesThe Department of Education’s new regulations will fully go into effect in July 2027. 120
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I think what’s really cool about this is that you look back and sometimes say “aww cute, how ‘simple’”. But upon reflection there wasn’t the internet and wow. 120
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why is it still dark. I have to feed chickens and go to work. Work and life hours should shift seasonally. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026See also: I know, let’s spend a week on contrived related rates problems, whose one correct answer and ‘simple five-step process’ competes directly with the open-endedness and creativity we all claim to value in math. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026See also: I know, let’s maximize profit in a single dimension, ignoring all negative implications of that mentality. 100
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026See also: I know, let’s take a simple enough subject and spend the first month on limits and tedious algebra. 100
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I know: let’s all take a simple enough idea and write slightly different textbook definitions that make it annoying and confusing. (I agree with this post.) 130
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’m going to have to click this, aren’t I? To ‘stay informed’. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.chronicle.com/newsletter/j...chronicle.comWhen AI Goes Rogue, What Should Campuses Do?Plus, a debate about the future of math. 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Glad to see chemistry and physics catch some shade in this nonsense whiteboard scene. 110
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 05/10/2026October Cybersecurity Month Waste Your Time Deleting/Reporting Fake Junk Mail Challenge. 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Apple: the camera is really good Seek: point your camera at a plant or animal 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Past me: I’m going to go do a bunch of things this weekend. Present me: I spent $50 on gas yesterday and am still in pajamas. 110
Reposted by Sean Lavertymolly taft @mollytaft.com · 02/10/2026Amazon also rolled out $1 bn in commitments to DC communities, including free community college and workforce training if you live near an Amazon data center and have thoughts about this im all ears! molly_taft@wired.com, or signal mollytaft.76 072
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“People didn’t understand our good idea, nevermind.” 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cowards!chronicle.comU. of Michigan Leaders Hit the Brakes on Pass/FailCiting “distorted narratives” about the university’s students in the news media, the president said more “input, analysis, and discussion” is needed before the pilot project begins. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026But maybe people with these opinions will stop going to concerts only to talk loudly through the quiet parts. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today’s tension is being released through classic Pearl Jam songs. 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I wrote some brilliant new guided notes last semester, but no longer have my own filled in paper copies. Now current me is trying to understand past me. 121
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Since gas is $5, should we be switching to Zoom school? I know that’s not ‘free’ either, but still. 000
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026That’s all you can do and I’m stubborn enough to want \(…\) and that takes some nonobvious work. My life is a battle between PreTeXt and quarto, depending on the audience. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I don’t like using $x^{2}$ in quarto and just got yelled at for asking about it. Oops. 110
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tell me the rules before I make my password please. 2111
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I can’t wait to throw my phone into the ocean. 010
Sean Laverty @seanteachesmath.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Dear academic journal decision-makers, I don’t want your reading assistant. I just want a pdf with the supplemental information on a single click. 030
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