Joshua Zucker
@joshuazucker.bsky.social
Math teacher based in San Jose, CA.
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Great profile of @astrokatie.com on the Perimeter Institute website: ⚛️ 🎢 🔭 🧪 👩🔬
Katie Mack: Exploring gravity in mind and body | PI News
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November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Great profile of @astrokatie.com on the Perimeter Institute website: ⚛️ 🎢 🔭 🧪 👩🔬
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This is very, very good, and exceptionally unsettling. My favorite sort of cultural criticism (being that which is also art criticism).
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
without-care – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is very, very good, and exceptionally unsettling. My favorite sort of cultural criticism (being that which is also art criticism).
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
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in case you missed it - this feels very relevant in light of the emails between Larry Summers & Jeffrey Epstein. In the emails, Summers is seeking advice on how to seduce a woman he describes as a mentee type. Unknown who she is or where she was working or studying. He was at Harvard.
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
in case you missed it - this feels very relevant in light of the emails between Larry Summers & Jeffrey Epstein. In the emails, Summers is seeking advice on how to seduce a woman he describes as a mentee type. Unknown who she is or where she was working or studying. He was at Harvard.
My favorite book of all time. (Maybe there’s more than one book that I would describe that way.)
After days of careful consideration in which all the evidence was weighed and the witnesses heard, they made their decision:
Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
Words and numbers are of equal value, for, in the cloak of knowledge, one is warp and the other woof. It is no more important to count the sands than it is to name the stars.
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My favorite book of all time. (Maybe there’s more than one book that I would describe that way.)
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BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
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It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
We're down to the *last 7 hours* of contributions getting matched!
We've had 446 donors so far!
Every donor triggers +$54 in bonus contribs plus a $1-for-$1 match on the whole thing! So your $5 ➡️ $59 ➡️ $118 🔥🔥
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We've had 446 donors so far!
Every donor triggers +$54 in bonus contribs plus a $1-for-$1 match on the whole thing! So your $5 ➡️ $59 ➡️ $118 🔥🔥
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Believe it or not, recognizing Trump is the personification of three centuries of American racism doesn't normalize him or make it harder to oppose him.
It means we're fighting the right problem, making it more likely we prevent another Trump.
It means we're fighting the right problem, making it more likely we prevent another Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Believe it or not, recognizing Trump is the personification of three centuries of American racism doesn't normalize him or make it harder to oppose him.
It means we're fighting the right problem, making it more likely we prevent another Trump.
It means we're fighting the right problem, making it more likely we prevent another Trump.
The alt text is a STORY
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The alt text is a STORY
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It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
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Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
Untitled Theatre Company No. 61 and Yara Arts Group: The Left Hand of Darkness - Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival %
The Left Hand of Darkness is a new work based on the 1969 novel by famed sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin, wherein a lone human emissary to an alien world tries to facilitate inclusion in a growing int...
chicagopuppetfest.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
How to flirt and not be creepy. These stories are important too!
He took maybe one step toward me and I clearly made a face or raised my hand. He *immediately* stopped, and was like "I think I've misread this?" And I was like "omg sorry absolutely" and he wished me a goodnight and left.
We still hung out and was not weird going forward.
The end.
We still hung out and was not weird going forward.
The end.
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How to flirt and not be creepy. These stories are important too!
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This archived Twitter thread from Feb 2020 feels especially relevant.
Women move through the world knowing that you can name a field of endeavor—any field of endeavor—and a few of the Great Men in it, & you'll find rapists. And that we are required to make some kind of peace with that knowledge.
Women move through the world knowing that you can name a field of endeavor—any field of endeavor—and a few of the Great Men in it, & you'll find rapists. And that we are required to make some kind of peace with that knowledge.
A famous actor of remarkable skill died at a very ripe old age today. Beyond his art, he's known for taking a stand that helped end the terror of the McCarthy years, & for raping a 16 yo girl, events that happened just a few yrs apart. I'm purposely not using his name because
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November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This archived Twitter thread from Feb 2020 feels especially relevant.
Women move through the world knowing that you can name a field of endeavor—any field of endeavor—and a few of the Great Men in it, & you'll find rapists. And that we are required to make some kind of peace with that knowledge.
Women move through the world knowing that you can name a field of endeavor—any field of endeavor—and a few of the Great Men in it, & you'll find rapists. And that we are required to make some kind of peace with that knowledge.
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As a psychologist, it's a really, really, really interesting and maddening set of problems here. Software development really exposes for me how we think about people's minds, even though it's an industry that likes to pretend it isn't thinking about people's minds at all.
But it really is.
But it really is.
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As a psychologist, it's a really, really, really interesting and maddening set of problems here. Software development really exposes for me how we think about people's minds, even though it's an industry that likes to pretend it isn't thinking about people's minds at all.
But it really is.
But it really is.
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg for 16 years, won a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat, helping break the Republican Party’s supermajority for the first time in six years.
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Pine Belt
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg for 16 years, won a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat, helping break the Republican Party’s supermajority for the first time in six years.
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cataloging a good feeling: when you place your hand on a small animal and you see them take a big sigh and watch their breathing slow down as they drift off to sleep feeling calm and safe around you, ignorant of your capacity for bad posting
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
cataloging a good feeling: when you place your hand on a small animal and you see them take a big sigh and watch their breathing slow down as they drift off to sleep feeling calm and safe around you, ignorant of your capacity for bad posting
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I’m gutted by this decision. So many excellent editors and writers impacted. My column, Disability Visibility is no more as well. Many thanks to Allegra for giving me this amazing opportunity www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I’m gutted by this decision. So many excellent editors and writers impacted. My column, Disability Visibility is no more as well. Many thanks to Allegra for giving me this amazing opportunity www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...
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*taps sign*
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.
He'll make a great mayor
He'll make a great mayor
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
*taps sign*
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this is interesting. i strongly prefer for someone to assume my pronouns. i also think there is assumption that pronouns and gender are same thing when one is what you prefer to be called and one is what you actually are. in other words it is okay to want to be called the technically ‘wrong’ thing
hot take: I think we should go back to assuming peoples pronouns. if we get it wrong, we should be corrected, say "thank you for correcting me", and not get it wrong again.
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
this is interesting. i strongly prefer for someone to assume my pronouns. i also think there is assumption that pronouns and gender are same thing when one is what you prefer to be called and one is what you actually are. in other words it is okay to want to be called the technically ‘wrong’ thing
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#mtbos gang, assemble!
New project alert!
Which One Doesn't Belong? Second Edition.
I am deep in the middle of writing and would love input from folks who have used the routine in their classrooms.
Short Google form here—one page, eight questions, most of them optional: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Which One Doesn't Belong? Second Edition.
I am deep in the middle of writing and would love input from folks who have used the routine in their classrooms.
Short Google form here—one page, eight questions, most of them optional: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Which One Doesn't Belong, 2nd Edition
Hi! I'm Christopher, and I'm working on a second edition of the Teacher Guide for my Stenhouse/Routledge book Which One Doesn't Belong? This book celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2026. I have learn...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#mtbos gang, assemble!
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To invoke Mario Cuomo - but NOT SAY HIS NAME.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
To invoke Mario Cuomo - but NOT SAY HIS NAME.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement: