@livemathlove.bsky.social
I love board games, math, cats, and science. Ex k-12 teacher, math PhD, data educator.
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AI is deskilling our young people to the extent that they no longer have the ability, or at least resolve, to craft their own *texts.*
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
July 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
AI is deskilling our young people to the extent that they no longer have the ability, or at least resolve, to craft their own *texts.*
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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A thread about ongoing erasing and ignoring science... 🧵
July 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A thread about ongoing erasing and ignoring science... 🧵
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Legitimately feel sick. We are hours away from the largest cuts to low-income people in history. People’s lives will be ruined. It is so unfair. It’s unfair to be born into a system that allows this level of poverty in the first place and it’s evil to rip away aid from the needy. Hard to watch this.
July 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Legitimately feel sick. We are hours away from the largest cuts to low-income people in history. People’s lives will be ruined. It is so unfair. It’s unfair to be born into a system that allows this level of poverty in the first place and it’s evil to rip away aid from the needy. Hard to watch this.
Major cuts to NSF education budgets (not to mention the disaster with dept. of Ed). Can learning become cool again, now that it's on the chopping block? It's punk to learn math if "they" don't want you to.
#math #counterculture #STEM #mathed #education
#math #counterculture #STEM #mathed #education
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Major cuts to NSF education budgets (not to mention the disaster with dept. of Ed). Can learning become cool again, now that it's on the chopping block? It's punk to learn math if "they" don't want you to.
#math #counterculture #STEM #mathed #education
#math #counterculture #STEM #mathed #education
Proposed NSF cuts WILL DESTROY LIVES and make America weak!
Lowlights: 100% of mathematical sciences education budget slashed. 75%+ of all STEM education cut. Overall 55% NSF cuts.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
#saveourscience
#science
#scisky
Lowlights: 100% of mathematical sciences education budget slashed. 75%+ of all STEM education cut. Overall 55% NSF cuts.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
#saveourscience
#science
#scisky
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov
July 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Proposed NSF cuts WILL DESTROY LIVES and make America weak!
Lowlights: 100% of mathematical sciences education budget slashed. 75%+ of all STEM education cut. Overall 55% NSF cuts.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
#saveourscience
#science
#scisky
Lowlights: 100% of mathematical sciences education budget slashed. 75%+ of all STEM education cut. Overall 55% NSF cuts.
nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
#saveourscience
#science
#scisky
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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American higher education is one of our stand-out export industries.
Except instead of just getting the product abroad, the customers come spend years here consuming it, with all kinds of positive economic & cultural impacts for the host communities & the international students.
Except instead of just getting the product abroad, the customers come spend years here consuming it, with all kinds of positive economic & cultural impacts for the host communities & the international students.
May 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
American higher education is one of our stand-out export industries.
Except instead of just getting the product abroad, the customers come spend years here consuming it, with all kinds of positive economic & cultural impacts for the host communities & the international students.
Except instead of just getting the product abroad, the customers come spend years here consuming it, with all kinds of positive economic & cultural impacts for the host communities & the international students.
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Thanks Harvard, for taking a stand. Perhaps we should all stand together….
May 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Thanks Harvard, for taking a stand. Perhaps we should all stand together….
Science has been slashed, and many will never recover. Careers have been shattered---some of the smartest, hardest working people I know are out of jobs. Basic research is foundational and necessary. Demand better.
#science #scisky #academia #sos #savescience #research
#science #scisky #academia #sos #savescience #research
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
What losing billions in federal grants means for universities, and the nation
The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
www.npr.org
May 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
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This isn’t merely the end of a grant—it’s a sweeping denunciation of inclusion and progress in science, delivered in language that is deeply hostile and deliberately demeaning. 🧪 #AcademicSky
Welp. It happened. Our NIH training grant was terminated on Friday.
Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice.
To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/
Just highlighting this incredibly derisive language used in our termination notice.
To focus on the positives, see some of the great things our undergraduates have done over the last couple of years: web.uri.edu/esteemed/
March 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This isn’t merely the end of a grant—it’s a sweeping denunciation of inclusion and progress in science, delivered in language that is deeply hostile and deliberately demeaning. 🧪 #AcademicSky
My friends' postdocs--in math and science--have been defunded. Positions that only open for application one season per year, that require 6 years of training and being the best out of hundreds of applicants to earn. This is unacceptable; we must hold the government responsible. #scisky #research
7. My colleagues are afraid. Our work is scrutinized for forbidden works like "gender" and "climate". The pipeline of talent has been cut off. We can no longer train graduate students and postdocs. These are individual dreams crushed, causing collective damage that will take generations to undo.
March 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I can tell people are on spring break based on the number of review requests landing on my desk. I wish I could accept them all (I'll accept as many as I can reasonably). With so much of what we do is under threat, it's telling when good science is an act of resistance. Keep on keeping on, friends.
March 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Higher education. The federal bureaucracy. Nonprofits. The military. And now the law firms.
Facing a hostile and lawless administration, we are all having the same individual conversations: about leadership, about principles, and about our common fate. These must now be collective conversations.
Facing a hostile and lawless administration, we are all having the same individual conversations: about leadership, about principles, and about our common fate. These must now be collective conversations.
Deep Civil Society and Collective Action
Journalism. Higher education. The federal bureaucracy. Nonprofits. The military. And now the law firms. Across the United States right now, the same conversation is happening in these and other est…
tompepinsky.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Higher education. The federal bureaucracy. Nonprofits. The military. And now the law firms.
Facing a hostile and lawless administration, we are all having the same individual conversations: about leadership, about principles, and about our common fate. These must now be collective conversations.
Facing a hostile and lawless administration, we are all having the same individual conversations: about leadership, about principles, and about our common fate. These must now be collective conversations.
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I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
Math is often called a "language," but I find this reductive. IMO, math is an adventure, a practice and process of reasoning, drawing conclusions and exploiting structure to reason more efficiently. This is not to say there is no language involved.... #iteachmath #math #scisky #edusky
March 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Math is often called a "language," but I find this reductive. IMO, math is an adventure, a practice and process of reasoning, drawing conclusions and exploiting structure to reason more efficiently. This is not to say there is no language involved.... #iteachmath #math #scisky #edusky
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It's hard to imagine a clearer example of incompetent cost-cutting than 'removed the parts that kept the rocket fuel from sloshing around,' and yet this is the guy who has been given absolute discretion to shred our federal government.
We spent a while reporting on Davis's past and what motivates him on cost-cutting.
One noteworthy anecdote: Davis was so obsessed with cost-cutting that he removed key parts from SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket, directly causing its failure on its second ever test flight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/t...
One noteworthy anecdote: Davis was so obsessed with cost-cutting that he removed key parts from SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket, directly causing its failure on its second ever test flight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/t...
March 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's hard to imagine a clearer example of incompetent cost-cutting than 'removed the parts that kept the rocket fuel from sloshing around,' and yet this is the guy who has been given absolute discretion to shred our federal government.
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It is absolutely an extremist position to punish *a university* by taking away over a hundred million dollars of funding due to its inclusion of one swimmer. That kind of authoritarian attitude has no place in a democratic society.
March 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It is absolutely an extremist position to punish *a university* by taking away over a hundred million dollars of funding due to its inclusion of one swimmer. That kind of authoritarian attitude has no place in a democratic society.
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Trump's EO will make it harder for students to get help with financial aid, jeopardize funding schools and families count on, & make it easier for predatory businesses to rip students off.
Trump, Musk, and McMahon’s goal is clear: destroy public schools and enrich themselves.
Trump, Musk, and McMahon’s goal is clear: destroy public schools and enrich themselves.
Live updates: Trump orders a plan to eliminate the Education Department
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating the Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.
apnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump's EO will make it harder for students to get help with financial aid, jeopardize funding schools and families count on, & make it easier for predatory businesses to rip students off.
Trump, Musk, and McMahon’s goal is clear: destroy public schools and enrich themselves.
Trump, Musk, and McMahon’s goal is clear: destroy public schools and enrich themselves.
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
Solidarity with all science! Seeking understanding of the world (ethically) is part of what makes us human. #scisky #research #solidarity #science
Trump’s Science Cuts Have Thrown the Research World Into Chaos
Firing federal workers and freezing grants are upending a world-class system the US has built since World War II.
www.bloomberg.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Solidarity with all science! Seeking understanding of the world (ethically) is part of what makes us human. #scisky #research #solidarity #science
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1/🧵 Following up on our study featured in NYT today, this figure provides a macro-level view:
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1/🧵 Following up on our study featured in NYT today, this figure provides a macro-level view:
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
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The U.S. remains the world’s leader in the higher-education sector, despite a massive effort by China to catch up combined with state-level funding that, in many cases, never recovered after the Great Recession.
But I think we already figured out that this was never about making America great.
But I think we already figured out that this was never about making America great.
March 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The U.S. remains the world’s leader in the higher-education sector, despite a massive effort by China to catch up combined with state-level funding that, in many cases, never recovered after the Great Recession.
But I think we already figured out that this was never about making America great.
But I think we already figured out that this was never about making America great.
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🗣️ Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🗣️ Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
I'm not a social scientist. I work in STEM. But I'm not okay with this. Solidarity among *all* scientists.
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research: 91 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted (with thoughts by me)
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
www.science.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm not a social scientist. I work in STEM. But I'm not okay with this. Solidarity among *all* scientists.