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Vaishnavi S

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 18h
I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 6h
next person that steals my identity can fucking have it to be honest. have fun idiot
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h
Deeply American sentence (from Davy Crockett’s wikipedia page)
Despite Crockett’s opposition to the institution of slavery in the United States, he did enslave people.
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Grace @gracekind.net · 16h
Someone on twitter said “OpenAI is doing math how people normally do software engineering” and that seems accurate to me so far
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 22h
Otter says “everyone says there’s a monster in this lake.” Monster replies “yeah. They’re talking about me.” Otter hugs monster “I don’t think you’re a monster.”
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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 08/10/2026
treat OpenAI as Ramanujan's family goddess
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's OK not to have children if you do not want to raise children. More people should take this to heart.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ugh. Some of us are on LinkedIn because various things demanded it of us, not for any deep love for the place!!
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Short list 😂
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LLM (Large Line Man) solves math problem
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@hudlion

sometimes, I think it would be worse to be an insect and wake up one morning and find you had been transformed into a guy with a job
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Antonio E. Porreca 🐳 @aeporreca.org · 07/10/2026
The Association for Human Mathematics (AHM) statement on OpenAI’s October 6 release of mathematical documents just dropped! www.ahmath.org/statements
AHM Statement on OpenAI’s October 6 Release of Mathematical Documents

Yesterday, on October 6th, 2026, OpenAI – which is currently defending lawsuits against accusations of illegal plagiarism, copyright infringement, and trademark dilution – released a repository of manuscripts purporting to contain solutions to a number of high-profile problems in mathematics.

Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done. The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, from whom OpenAI has claimed to derive its legitimacy, opened their initial advisory statement by saying that frontier AI corporations should not test advanced mathematical problems on internal models. In ignoring the central premise of the Advisory Group’s position, OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest.

Mathematicians have a particular vision of progress that is informed by history and field-specific considerations. We reject OpenAI's assertion that this release advances our subject, and we urge mathematicians and the public to view the value of this publication model with due skepticism. 

Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding.

Association for Human Mathematics
Communications Working Group
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Mujib @mujib.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Icon. Iconic. RIP.
A side-by-side three-panel black-and-white photograph of computer scientist Margaret Hamilton standing next to a stack of printouts containing the Apollo guidance computer source code. The stack of bound listings is nearly as tall as she is. In the left panel, she stands beside the stack with her hand resting near the top. In the middle and right panels, she stands directly behind the towering stack, resting her hands on top and smiling as her head peeks over the binder edges.
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Mujib @mujib.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“To say Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer — to say she was ahead of her time — would be a dramatic understatement.” —Olivier de Weck, the Apollo Program Professor and interim head of the MIT Department Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I was literally telling a friend today that it sounded *exactly* like someone cut off his protection racket payment!
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love that they are besties in real life www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘He was devastatingly sexy’: Frasier’s Jane Leeves and David Hyde Pierce on the love between Daphne and Niles
From a breathless tango to a kiss that sent fans wild, the pair crafted a sensational seven-year TV crush. The real-life best friends talk first impressions, Casablanca moments – and having hot husban...
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I mean, if you’re looking for collaborators…
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Keeley Jones from Ted Lasso raises hand
Alt: Keeley Jones from Ted Lasso raises hand
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Would you like it to be?”
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Laura Bailey's Flirty Eyebrow Raise (Crit Role)
Alt: Laura Bailey's Flirty Eyebrow Raise (Crit Role)
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Misery 👻 @miseryhighlight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Getting older isn’t so bad if you can tolerate having a body that always hurts
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leopards, face, something something
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is some very cool stuff! Are you also going to be looking into symbolically verifying some of the more complex protocols that you devise?
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Whomst among us
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026
"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
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🇵🇸Tim Henke (tɪm 'ɦɛŋ.kə) @timhenke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In case anyone was wondering if the "mathematics advisory group" was doing anything beyond pissing in the wind
Infographic detailing how openai actively ignored every single item advised by the group of mathematicians installed to advise them
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Things in Popeye, a Japanese menswear magazine: — Interview with a "freelance pie advisor" who claims to have tried every pie in London. He names the city's top three pies. — Recurring column from writer who updates everyone on his cats for some reason. — Feature on Parisian grandfather style.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Might’ve been a bit too much on the nose, no? 🤭
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They’re saying the same things to the Pope 😂😂
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Right? Just one of those things I’d never consciously thought about, like whether I’d accept a particularly nimble-footed elephant as a dance partner or not
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Most iconic footnote in the history of footnotes
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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Related to this- I would love learn more about how your international student receive financial support (if at all) when they are working abroad.
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Andy Hoberek @thathoberekguy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ah crap, they’re gonna list the nine billion names of God and he’s gonna turn the lights out, isn’t he?
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Solved a Hilbert problem, invented the computer, defeated the Nazis AND, we now know, wrote erotic fiction staring himself. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/alan... The perfect human being.
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Alan Turing’s gay short story reveals ‘fun, cheeky’ man
A racy short story by the ‘father of modern computing’ rips up Alan Turing’s ‘isolated mathematician’ image, revealing a playful man overcoming trauma and defiantly embracing his homosexuality.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I actually understood that, feeling very proud right now 😂
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Your thing works for partial orders. Setting those up on sets (with containment, say) essentially gets one to the bowl analogy anyway 😊
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 05/10/2026
An AuDHD man told to try the Pomodoro Technique as a way to overcome distractions and procrastination has reportedly fallen down a multi-hour rabbit hole on the history of the tomato.
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AuDHD man advised to try Pomodoro Technique falls down seven-hour rabbit hole on history of tomato
An AuDHD man told to try the Pomodoro Technique as a way to overcome distractions and procrastination has reportedly fallen down a multi-hour rabbit hole on the history of the tomato. Anand Trivedi,…
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Real downgrade from ape to the M word
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 02/10/2026
Beth Hapworth, 38, who needs clear and direct communication from others in order to avoid misunderstandings, has reportedly become an expert in dancing around, pussyfooting and eggshell-treading.
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Autistic woman prefers direct communication unless she has to do it
An autistic woman who would prefer for others to deliver difficult truths to her without any ambiguity would also rather die than say a single stressful thing directly into another person’s face, it…
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Khoon Bhari Maang went super hard for a Bollywood film of that era
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 05/10/2026
One autistic individual is reported to be living the dream, having opened a bookshop and then displayed a large sign in the window reading NO CUSTOMERS.
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The dream! Autistic person opens second-hand bookshop where no one is allowed to buy books or come in
One autistic individual is reported to be living the dream, having opened a bookshop and then displayed a large sign in the window reading NO CUSTOMERS. Alix Gardner, 42, has embraced their inner…
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maaaaybe. Still sus.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That one looks fine too, as does 1023! 511 looks pernicious.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/10/2026
Toddler Scientists Finally Determine Number Of Peas That Fit Into Ear Canal theonion.com/toddler-scientists-fin…
Toddler Scientists Finally Determine Number Of Peas That Fit Into Ear Canal
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe! 😊
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ooooh, do you want to meet up? We can meet in a place that has AC! (Unfortunately this is perfect cooler weather but this city collectively decided to have a water problem and make coolers unusable)
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thank you thank you. It addled my brain so much that I chose to come back and work here.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I grew up in Delhi, so I think the number of ships I’ve seen in real life is basically equivalent to the number of sheep!!
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m told I was scared of sheep growing up. No idea why, I don’t think I’ve even seen five sheep in the flesh all my life! So yes, kids indeed.
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Vaishnavi S @vaishs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Suddenly reminded I haven’t met my PhD student in a while!
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Awkward Puppet Side Eye
Alt: Awkward monkeyPuppet gives Side Eye
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