Kate Ertmann
@katelovesmath.bsky.social
Researcher, explorer, writer, whisperer, and speaker on #MathIRL 💖 - w/ an occasional sprinkle of nascar & mlb.
Long Island’r by birth, Oregonian 4life 🌊🏎️⚾️ #SmashThePatriarchy
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Long Island’r by birth, Oregonian 4life 🌊🏎️⚾️ #SmashThePatriarchy
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A beautiful piece from a friend writing back in Oregon about life by the ocean, the energy that it generates, and the need for community in order to meet possible emergencies. Brilliant, @katelovesmath.bsky.social.
Wave Lessons
Kate Ertmann on what the ocean can teach us about rural emergency preparedness.
oregonhumanities.org
It was me!
As we digest more and more incredibly shitty news, I wrote this for @oregonhumanities.org as an offering for each of us to take in and learn all that we can from the resiliency of the ocean.
As we digest more and more incredibly shitty news, I wrote this for @oregonhumanities.org as an offering for each of us to take in and learn all that we can from the resiliency of the ocean.
Meanwhile... HEY, look over here 👋⬇️
If the U.S. Treasury grants this banking license, the Trump cryptocurrency would be woven into our country's financial system.
Oh, and Zach Witkoff (son of Trump’s envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff) is at the helm. #followthemoney
If the U.S. Treasury grants this banking license, the Trump cryptocurrency would be woven into our country's financial system.
Oh, and Zach Witkoff (son of Trump’s envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff) is at the helm. #followthemoney
Trump family’s World Liberty crypto venture applies for US banking licence ft.trib.al/1rkJTpT
Trump family’s World Liberty crypto venture applies for US banking licence
World Liberty Financial seeks national bank trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
ft.trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Meanwhile... HEY, look over here 👋⬇️
If the U.S. Treasury grants this banking license, the Trump cryptocurrency would be woven into our country's financial system.
Oh, and Zach Witkoff (son of Trump’s envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff) is at the helm. #followthemoney
If the U.S. Treasury grants this banking license, the Trump cryptocurrency would be woven into our country's financial system.
Oh, and Zach Witkoff (son of Trump’s envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff) is at the helm. #followthemoney
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Your regular reminder that ~90% of the lawless authoritarianism could end today, simply by these Senators & about 7 other people in Congress caucusing with the Democrats & giving them governing majorities in both chambers until the crimes & fascism stop.
Todd Young has voted YES on the Venezuela war powers resolution; Murkowski, Collins and Paul are a YES. This will have the simple-majority vote needed to pass unless one or more Democrats vote NO.
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Your regular reminder that ~90% of the lawless authoritarianism could end today, simply by these Senators & about 7 other people in Congress caucusing with the Democrats & giving them governing majorities in both chambers until the crimes & fascism stop.
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Tim Waltz just said he's activating the Minnesota National Guard to protect Minnesotans/demonstrators from ICE/CPB (but also not keep them from taking the bait.)
Anyway, a good day to reread this piece I wrote a few months ago: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Anyway, a good day to reread this piece I wrote a few months ago: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Tim Waltz just said he's activating the Minnesota National Guard to protect Minnesotans/demonstrators from ICE/CPB (but also not keep them from taking the bait.)
Anyway, a good day to reread this piece I wrote a few months ago: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Anyway, a good day to reread this piece I wrote a few months ago: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It was me!
As we digest more and more incredibly shitty news, I wrote this for @oregonhumanities.org as an offering for each of us to take in and learn all that we can from the resiliency of the ocean.
As we digest more and more incredibly shitty news, I wrote this for @oregonhumanities.org as an offering for each of us to take in and learn all that we can from the resiliency of the ocean.
A beautiful piece from a friend writing back in Oregon about life by the ocean, the energy that it generates, and the need for community in order to meet possible emergencies. Brilliant, @katelovesmath.bsky.social.
Wave Lessons
Kate Ertmann on what the ocean can teach us about rural emergency preparedness.
oregonhumanities.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It was me!
As we digest more and more incredibly shitty news, I wrote this for @oregonhumanities.org as an offering for each of us to take in and learn all that we can from the resiliency of the ocean.
As we digest more and more incredibly shitty news, I wrote this for @oregonhumanities.org as an offering for each of us to take in and learn all that we can from the resiliency of the ocean.
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i don't want to live in a world where posting graphic video is the only possible way of getting people to believe something happened. but that is the world we live in now. and with AI, not even that is going to be enough.
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 PM
i don't want to live in a world where posting graphic video is the only possible way of getting people to believe something happened. but that is the world we live in now. and with AI, not even that is going to be enough.
Reading this piece by @sesmith.lol made my (Gen X) head spin. You, too, should definitely read it.
"The concern arises when algospeak also reflects a larger softening of language, one driven by the desire to pursue safety over reality, dilution over strength."
"The concern arises when algospeak also reflects a larger softening of language, one driven by the desire to pursue safety over reality, dilution over strength."
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Reading this piece by @sesmith.lol made my (Gen X) head spin. You, too, should definitely read it.
"The concern arises when algospeak also reflects a larger softening of language, one driven by the desire to pursue safety over reality, dilution over strength."
"The concern arises when algospeak also reflects a larger softening of language, one driven by the desire to pursue safety over reality, dilution over strength."
The best offense is diligent, attentive and organized community action. Super informative article by @zeblarson.bsky.social for @truthdig.com
"Sixty-four billion dollars of data center construction was halted or slowed between May 2024 and March 2025"
"Sixty-four billion dollars of data center construction was halted or slowed between May 2024 and March 2025"
The Fight to Stop Data Center Creep - Truthdig
Generative AI isn’t inevitable, and people are already fighting hard to keep power-hungry data centers out of their communities.
www.truthdig.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The best offense is diligent, attentive and organized community action. Super informative article by @zeblarson.bsky.social for @truthdig.com
"Sixty-four billion dollars of data center construction was halted or slowed between May 2024 and March 2025"
"Sixty-four billion dollars of data center construction was halted or slowed between May 2024 and March 2025"
I woke up and heard the news. Then I decided to think about this Kate Baer poem.
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I woke up and heard the news. Then I decided to think about this Kate Baer poem.
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
From mathematician @kityates.bsky.social, further logical backing for us all to remember about AI: treat it like any evolving software & scrape thru what it 🤮 at you.
“You wouldn’t want to use it in writing a proof, for the same reason you wouldn’t want ChatGPT writing your life insurance contract”
“You wouldn’t want to use it in writing a proof, for the same reason you wouldn’t want ChatGPT writing your life insurance contract”
You can get a deeper dive into the impact AI is having on mathematics in my latest substack post.
substack.com/home/po...
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substack.com/home/po...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
From mathematician @kityates.bsky.social, further logical backing for us all to remember about AI: treat it like any evolving software & scrape thru what it 🤮 at you.
“You wouldn’t want to use it in writing a proof, for the same reason you wouldn’t want ChatGPT writing your life insurance contract”
“You wouldn’t want to use it in writing a proof, for the same reason you wouldn’t want ChatGPT writing your life insurance contract”
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I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
WINE
NEW
SEX
I'm down for this.
NEW
SEX
I'm down for this.
The first 3 words you see will define your 2026.
MONEY
TRAVELS
PIZZA
sounds good to me.
MONEY
TRAVELS
PIZZA
sounds good to me.
December 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
WINE
NEW
SEX
I'm down for this.
NEW
SEX
I'm down for this.
QOTW 😄 “It’s the stretchiest planet that we’ve confirmed the stretchiness of,” said Michael Zhang, an exoplanet scientist at the University of Chicago and the lead author of a paper describing the planet published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
Lemon-Shaped World Is the Most Stretched-Out Planet Ever Seen
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
QOTW 😄 “It’s the stretchiest planet that we’ve confirmed the stretchiness of,” said Michael Zhang, an exoplanet scientist at the University of Chicago and the lead author of a paper describing the planet published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
Fuck the white cis patriarchy.
“Left unmentioned…was that these coins also represented a rejection of a different set of designs — meant to commemorate certain other inspiring chapters of the nation’s history, including abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.”
“Left unmentioned…was that these coins also represented a rejection of a different set of designs — meant to commemorate certain other inspiring chapters of the nation’s history, including abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.”
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Fuck the white cis patriarchy.
“Left unmentioned…was that these coins also represented a rejection of a different set of designs — meant to commemorate certain other inspiring chapters of the nation’s history, including abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.”
“Left unmentioned…was that these coins also represented a rejection of a different set of designs — meant to commemorate certain other inspiring chapters of the nation’s history, including abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.”
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needless to say this is a sick way for a man to talk about his employee, let alone one who is more than 50 years younger than him
Trump on Karoline Leavitt: "That beautiful face and those lips that don't stop like a little machine gun"
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
needless to say this is a sick way for a man to talk about his employee, let alone one who is more than 50 years younger than him
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.
Read our full investigation here 👇
Read our full investigation here 👇
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud.
Read our full investigation here 👇
Read our full investigation here 👇
How the hell were thesauruses written in pre-computer times?The referential organization is insane.
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How the hell were thesauruses written in pre-computer times?The referential organization is insane.
Yes! That one letter difference could prime some great poetry 🖋️
Will update here if I get the chutzpah to actually make it happen
Will update here if I get the chutzpah to actually make it happen
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yes! That one letter difference could prime some great poetry 🖋️
Will update here if I get the chutzpah to actually make it happen
Will update here if I get the chutzpah to actually make it happen
or break a bone or two but hey, if that happens that just means I’ll have mandated immobility time to concentrate on my writing 😬😅
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
or break a bone or two but hey, if that happens that just means I’ll have mandated immobility time to concentrate on my writing 😬😅
so you’re saying this is the time for me to finally try long-form speed skating (the 1500m middle-distance vs the 100m sprints) that my body was Totally made for but I never knew of this sport’s existence till I was in my 20’s🧐
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
so you’re saying this is the time for me to finally try long-form speed skating (the 1500m middle-distance vs the 100m sprints) that my body was Totally made for but I never knew of this sport’s existence till I was in my 20’s🧐
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📣 💡 @zeblarson.bsky.social clearly explains the connection to - and precedence of - the ‘Roosevelt Corollary’ to today’s war crime. 👏 #mustread
“It inverted the whole Monroe Doctrine, promising that the United States would intervene whenever a country was engaged in unspecified “wrongdoing.”
“It inverted the whole Monroe Doctrine, promising that the United States would intervene whenever a country was engaged in unspecified “wrongdoing.”
What Is Behind Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela? - Dame Magazine
The polycrisis that is the Trump administration can be difficult to fully keep track of: As Steve Bannon once said, the goal is to “flood the zone with shit” and paralyze us from being able to respond...
www.damemagazine.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📣 💡 @zeblarson.bsky.social clearly explains the connection to - and precedence of - the ‘Roosevelt Corollary’ to today’s war crime. 👏 #mustread
“It inverted the whole Monroe Doctrine, promising that the United States would intervene whenever a country was engaged in unspecified “wrongdoing.”
“It inverted the whole Monroe Doctrine, promising that the United States would intervene whenever a country was engaged in unspecified “wrongdoing.”
With 2026 being the 250th birthday of the USA, the authoritarian-led military-tinged “celebrations” are going to be e v e r y w h e r e 😖
I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
With 2026 being the 250th birthday of the USA, the authoritarian-led military-tinged “celebrations” are going to be e v e r y w h e r e 😖
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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It's totally a word for us in math!
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December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's totally a word for us in math!
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Zonker’s nephew in Doonesbury lookin ass
Palmer Luckey Wants to Take War Beneath the Earth's Crust https://gizmodo.com/palmer-luckey-wants-to-take-war-beneath-the-earths-crust-2000695764
Palmer Luckey Wants to Take War Beneath the Earth's Crust
"People think it's some kind of crazy, crazy, nutty thing," said Luckey.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Zonker’s nephew in Doonesbury lookin ass