Reposted by TDr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 18hIt’s so infuriating that the people empowered to do something about it are acting like they don’t have any power. I’m so exhausted. 1153
Reposted by TKatie Steckles @steckl.es · 03/10/2026It's #mathober day 3, and the prompt is PERMUTATION. Here's a little zine I made about different kinds of permutations! PDF: katiesteckles.co.uk/mo3 1136
Reposted by TMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer. 131250269
Reposted by TGrumpy D Kelson @grumpykelson.myatproto.social · 30/10/2024I'll bet you were all taught in school that The Law was something that was intended to constrain the powerful and not that The Law was the set of levers by which the powerful exercised power. 16513
Reposted by Trichie @theregoesrichie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026thing about science is, it doesn’t care if you believe in it or not, it’s just gonna be 20612148
Reposted by TIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 331189793987
Reposted by TCarolyn Kellogg @paperhaus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Huge props to the headline writers at The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAlberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of ratProvince’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin 321217191
Reposted by TTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Then, if you’re able, try to get your body moving. You’re going to need your senses and movement is good for your brain. If you have kids in your care, protect their developing brains and their image. That’s all I can say about that. 41251139
Reposted by TTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52529662
Reposted by TSue VanHattum @suevanh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#iteachmath Blog post, out today in honor of Math Storytelling Day (and my birthday). Math stories rock! mathmamawrites.blogspot.com/2026/09/play...mathmamawrites.blogspot.comPlayful Math Blog Carnival 186: Math Stories… wherein I gather interesting math posts for your reading pleasure, especially those related to math storytelling. September 25 (today!)... 285
Reposted by TTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity. 213381832
Reposted by TPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073722302
Reposted by TSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 24/09/2026I would like tech companies to understand that just because I have signed up to use your software, that no, I do not want to automatically be subscribed to your product newsletter. Say less. Please stop spamming me. Just push code that works. Sweet jiminy christ on a flying biscuit just STFU 1034149
Reposted by TTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026About 29% of our daily cognitive load could be eliminated if we lived in an opt-in only culture. 18998138
Reposted by TDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167364687
Reposted by TJeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 19/09/2026These folks pick and choose when objects have agency. Their toys might be taken? “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” Their toys may not make back their investment and they need a bailout, “AI will kill us”. It’s so weird how the choice of agency always shields them from responsibility. 112444
Reposted by TTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This has gotten worse in the last decade or so. It’s become difficult to talk with people I genuinely like. And the moral binary of typical/divergent has codified into the belief that it’s more important for people to talk than it is for others to feel heard. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘But enough about you …’ How to survive in a world of monologuists, interrupters and trauma dumpersConversations are supposed to be two-sided – but all too often we come up against someone who’s passionately, exclusively in love with the sound of their own voice. Time to fight back … 1343354
Reposted by TWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I always try to mention Melissa Barrera the past two years because she was the first celebrity casualty for simply speaking out against genocide. She shared an article by a scholar and that was enough to cancel her. I hope people give her the spotlight and some love. variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.comMelissa Barrera Says Support for Macklemore After He Was Dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Tour Is ‘Beautiful’ and ‘I Didn’t Get That’ After Being Fired From ‘Scream’Melissa Barrera is voicing her respect for the musicians who have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour following Macklemore’s dismissal over his support for Palestine. 9860991743
Reposted by TRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Here's a gift link to my 9/11 essay in the NYT. Civil libertarians long warned that before giving government new powers, we should consider how an administration with authoritarian ambition might abuse them. We were told that America was too exceptional to elect such a person. Well here we are.nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 561924741
Reposted by TPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 11/09/2026Making a powerful person mad by demanding an answer they don't want to provide is precisely the job description. 723338580
Reposted by TKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026To every reporter who stands there as Trump shouts down one of your (almost always female) colleagues with insults and bullying behavior without standing up for them -- you know the rest of us can see and hear you, right? 15846271084
Reposted by TJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression. 16953001518
Reposted by TKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I know there are people who buy a new iPhone every year but it feels a little jarring to see the $2000 Duo announcement in contrast to ongoing layoffs, high prices for groceries and gas, food recalls, ICE raids, mass deportations, and people who have lost everything from weather disasters this year 3066298
Reposted by TRyan McTague @piscadork.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Every time I see this topic I think about how the UK incentivized planting trees for carbon capture and someone released astronomically more carbon turning a bog into a forest than will be harvested before the trees are even old enough to capture significant carbon... 2656
Reposted by TOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026just gonna link this thread in here for clarity's sake bsky.app/profile/oluf... 247613
T @silver-rq.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Nature likes to remind me how amazing is the world we live in. I have to remember that because every thing feels dumb 000
Reposted by TMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now. 12068181638
Reposted by TMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day. 3545801156
Reposted by TEleanor Courtemanche @ecourtem.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Thread — on techniques for [all this] 0163
Reposted by TBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.nytimes.comOpinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity. 5032471228
Reposted by TLA QuakeBot @earthquakesla.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#Earthquake Update: A magnitude 3.22073479851606 earthquake took place 4 km SSE of Compton, CA at 12:13:11 AM. #minor For details from the USGS and to report shaking:earthquake.usgs.govM 3.2 - 4 km SSE of Compton, CA | 415420242026-09-06 07:09:11 (UTC) | -118.204°N 33.859°W | 12.8 km depth 0136
Reposted by TSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The U.S. described updating world maps to show the *correct* size of Africa (and everything else) as a “radical ideological project” 331292356
Reposted by TMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“Pay us to give every student an equally shitty, dehumanizing experience.” This has always been a EdTech business model. Since the Teaching Machines movement in the 1950s. So now they’re just saying the quiet part out loud. 37932
Reposted by TPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026we genuinely need creative ways to punish corporations for this sort of low-stakes acquiescence 813590394
Reposted by TTahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 @rochaa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Let me be a Debby Downer here: it will take more than 2 consecutive terms to slightly rebuild our government because the damage these guys have inflicted on every department & agency is *enormous*. Don’t look for a quick fix. 76648112
Reposted by TKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026Definitely the first death in a while that that made me think man, I have wasted some years, let me get dressed the fuck up 141804158
Reposted by TPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Legitimately crying real tears. RIP to one of my absolute faves. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...nytimes.comDolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. 1480473
Reposted by TPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026op-ed columnists should have to submit to an annual quiz of some basic facts about the world and be fired if they fail 924218428
Reposted by TTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026huge design flaw in adulthood: no one claps when you do the right thing. 362071212
Reposted by T404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162283921
