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@syncingsinking.bsky.social
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Married, three kids. White, cishet, he/him. Deaf in one ear. Math, disability, chess, LFC. "Brain-only." In Illinois via Texas but born and raised in Cornwall 〓〓

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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 22h
In hindsight, NPR was always going to end up doing a concert video series - it was their desktiny
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)
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Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
oneupmanship (n) just a dude from the upper peninsula sailin' a boat by himself
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Nerd function is a homomorphism under multiplication
Page from Katok's Fuchsian Groups.

Corollary 5.2,2. If F is an algebraically closed field, then for any a and b, $A = (\frac{a,b}{F}) \approx M(2,F)$.

Let $\iota: A \to A$ be the standard involution of A given by the formula $\iota(x) = \bar{x}$, where $\bar{x}= x_0 - x_1 i - x_2 j - x_3 k$ is called the conjugate of x. Then Trd(x) = $x + \bar{x} = 2x_0$ is called the reduced trace of x, and Nrd(x) = $x\bar{x} = x_0^2 - x_1^2 a - x_2^2 b + x_3^2 ab$ is called the reduced norm of x. Notice that Trd(x) = $Tr(g_x)$ and $Nrd(x)=det(g_x)$, where $g_x = \varphi(x)$ is given by the formula (5.2.4). Obviously

Nrd(xy) = Nr(x)Nrd(y), Nrd(1)=1.

Theorem 5.2.3. A is a division algebra if and only if Nrd(x)=0 only for x=0.
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Vikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Such a dignified woman who will not be forgotten We will continue to champion the right to choose in her name and in that of others who have campaigned so hard for this Separately, I remember her incredible work for Childline which will have supported and potentially saved so many young lives
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Have been thinking how vindicated FSG are by all this. The fact #LFC won as much as they did is even more of an achievement given the context
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Stingray Commander Sam Shore
Alt: Stingray Commander Sam Shore, caption reads "anything can happen in the next half-hour"
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
genocide of Palestinians. To draw more attention to their cause, they staged the protest in a central area of campus where protests are not permitted without authorization. One of these students was my own advisee, and having supported her throughout the the months-long case, I can state with confidence that she did nothing wrong. 

Highlighted: Moreover, she happens to be deaf and was suspended in part for being “unreasonably loud.” (End highlight)

Privacy considerations prevent me from saying more about her case here, but let me just add that I will always be angry with Cornell for how they treated her. And Momodou Taal, an international Ph.D. student, was ultimately suspended twice
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They built Man City They built Man City on crock and troll
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RG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re gonna rock down to The inland revenue They’re winding up Man City
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Commentators reading the Premier League ruling on Manchester City.
The wincing stones meme.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One strong memory for me is Michael Oliver, fresh from a well paid jaunt in the middle east, deciding Doku's boot in Mac Allister's chest wasn't a penalty
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking for #LFC to be proactive here, there's a bunch of refs whose gravy train second job is about to end, need FSG to offer them lucrative opportunities consulting for MLS
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like going to Milwaukee to watch the Buckeyes
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Like going to Harvard's pool to watch the Crimson Tide
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not sure but posting most of my dad jokes here instead of telling the family probably helps lol
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Married 14 years. Grateful for every day.
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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 13/03/2025
Pleased to see our work published: The Ties That Bind: Computational, Cross-cultural Analyses of Knots Reveal Their Cultural Evolutionary History and Significance We analysed knots across 12,000 years and 82 societies. Time to tie a thread 🧵 about why knots matter. doi.org/10.1017/S095...
A circular dendrogram (phenetic tree) of knots, made using the ggtree package in R. A text-readable and high-resolution PDF-version of the tree is available as a supplementary material.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How common is it for two people to have the same, or very similar?
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Me reading a swing state poll:
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Franz Liszt
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During an 1842 rehearsal in Weimar, Franz Liszt reportedly interrupted the orchestra with the request, “Gentlemen, a little bluer, if you please,”[8] later clarifying that a passage should not sound “so rose,” but instead “deep violet”. These remarks, recorded in Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, suggest that he conceived of orchestral timbre in explicitly chromatic terms. At the time, synesthesia had not yet been formally recognized as a neurological condition, yet Liszt consistently described musical sonorities through color language, including statements such as, “This tone type requires it… That is a deep violet, please, depend on it!”. Modern
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/sync...
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Hearing Health Foundation @hearinghealthfn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"According to an article by Gallaudet University, children exposed to sign language early on gain visual attention and processing advantages, which also produce stronger reading and literacy skills." www.ballstatedaily.com/article/a-le... #keeplistening @ballstate.bsky.social
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OPINON: American Sign Language should be required in elementary schools
American Sign Language has been ignored by elementary schools for far too long; it needs to become a requirement.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MathSky
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pizzaboxxx / The Stove Below
Costco pizza box on a stovetop
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wispy white clouds against a blue sky. The wisps look they have layers that lead to a bright yellow spot near the horizon where the sun lurks. At the bottom of the image are silhouettes of trees and a street light.
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is Starbucks a morally upright company? No. But, to be fair, is the coffee nice? Also absolutely no.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
United getting awarded the 2011-12 title after 14 and a half years of Fergie Time
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Alex Ferguson standing outside the independent commission tapping his watch and holding his hands out at the panel
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Playboy @playboy.com · 26/09/2026
For more than a decade, the federal government published Playboy in braille. Congress defunded it. Blind readers sued—and won.
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The Fight to Keep Playboy in Braille
For more than a decade, the federal government published Playboy in braille. Congress defunded it. Blind readers sued—and won.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ThexyBeatht_
@ThexyBeatht_2

Life hack: You don’t need white noise to sleep when you have constant ringing in your ears
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I was just checking the score using google on my phone
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Few hundred first downs should run out the clock here right
Score bug of Texas - Tennessee football. #1 Texas (3-0) 20 - 10 #14 Tennessee 
Both teams with three timeouts
Texas shown possessing the ball, 1st & 10 at TENN 2,641

Score by quarters
TEX 7 3 3 7  20
TENN 3 0 7 0  10
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Motion to suspend use of the word modicum until after he's out of power
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.
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The Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Because I've seen some people not sure about it, The Thick Of It, which is on that TV show list, is the UK political show Armando Iannucci made before Veep www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-p...
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Star Wars Described by a Non Fan
YouTube video by Trigon's Trailers
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You want to live forever? To witness the heat death of the universe? To hear the last ever youtube ad read for squarespace?
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In my head that's the obvious reason you pick Buscemi
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They are who we thought they were
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This Ravelry user protected a baby’s anonymity by substituting Buscemi.
A baby in a fetching green snood. The baby’s face is covered by Steve Buscemi’s. It does give the impression of the sand worm from Dune or Ko the Face Stealer.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do you do, fellow babies
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ponder @ponder.ooo · 25/09/2026
one of the most beautiful formula in all of mathematics... combining so many of the most important constants... e, pi, -1, i, and 0.04321391826377224977441773717172801127...
(-1)^i = e^{-pi} ~= 0.04321391826377224977441773717172801127...
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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James Acaster right this wrong
Alt: James Acaster in repertoire with his greenish brown shirt with a big breast pocket saying "Let's right this wrong, what do you say?"
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Didn't feel fully like a citizen until I started getting unsolicited election texts
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In my head all the Republican Senate candidates are named Collins Jackson in tight race with Collins Ossoff with polling edge over Collins Cooper surges ahead of Collins El-Sayed with narrow poll lead over Collins
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Weird Allegory Yankovic
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is, understandably, a lot of doom and gloom about academia on the timeline lately. So I just want to say that all three of my classes this semester have many curious students who seem enthusiastic about learning. I really look forward to coming to class each day.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 24/09/2026
This, for people who don't follow US soccer, is the coach of the Seattle Sounders donating to the GoFundMe of the fields director at Starfire Sports (where the Sounders used to train), who was just abducted by ICE.
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Grant @syncingsinking.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don't trust the sounds the owls make at Macchu Picchu. They're inca hoots
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