Stuart Presnell
@logopetria.bsky.social
Mathematics, CS, physics, philosophy
Most recently : Teaching logic and philosophy of mathematics in the Philosophy department at the University of Bristol
Most recently : Teaching logic and philosophy of mathematics in the Philosophy department at the University of Bristol
Pinned
Stuart Presnell
@logopetria.bsky.social
· Nov 30
bsky.app
I haven't been doing a writing challenge like NaNoWriMo this year, but I have done something else. Scroll back through my recent posts and read the first word of each one
bsky.app/profile/logo...
bsky.app/profile/logo...
1973: The UK and Ireland join the European Economic Community
An OPEC oil embargo triggers an energy crisis
Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile
Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
The World Trade Center is officially dedicated
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ win the Nobel Peace Prize
#YearPerDay
An OPEC oil embargo triggers an energy crisis
Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile
Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
The World Trade Center is officially dedicated
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ win the Nobel Peace Prize
#YearPerDay
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
1973: The UK and Ireland join the European Economic Community
An OPEC oil embargo triggers an energy crisis
Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile
Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
The World Trade Center is officially dedicated
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ win the Nobel Peace Prize
#YearPerDay
An OPEC oil embargo triggers an energy crisis
Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile
Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
The World Trade Center is officially dedicated
Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ win the Nobel Peace Prize
#YearPerDay
Just hoping this meme format isn't too old and tired by the time we get to make this joke
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just hoping this meme format isn't too old and tired by the time we get to make this joke
To paraphrase a Simon Munnery joke: "People often see someone with a disability and talk to them patronisingly, as if they think having a physical impairment means they must also have some kind of mental impairment. The opposite error also occurs when sports people are asked for their opinions"
Don’t ever ask your favorite athlete about their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
To paraphrase a Simon Munnery joke: "People often see someone with a disability and talk to them patronisingly, as if they think having a physical impairment means they must also have some kind of mental impairment. The opposite error also occurs when sports people are asked for their opinions"
1972: White House operatives break into Democratic offices in the Watergate complex
British soldiers kill 14 protest marchers in Northern Ireland
At the Munich Olympics 11 Israeli athletes are killed
On Apollo 17 Harrison Schmitt takes the Blue Marble photograph
Atari releases Pong
#YearPerDay
British soldiers kill 14 protest marchers in Northern Ireland
At the Munich Olympics 11 Israeli athletes are killed
On Apollo 17 Harrison Schmitt takes the Blue Marble photograph
Atari releases Pong
#YearPerDay
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
1972: White House operatives break into Democratic offices in the Watergate complex
British soldiers kill 14 protest marchers in Northern Ireland
At the Munich Olympics 11 Israeli athletes are killed
On Apollo 17 Harrison Schmitt takes the Blue Marble photograph
Atari releases Pong
#YearPerDay
British soldiers kill 14 protest marchers in Northern Ireland
At the Munich Olympics 11 Israeli athletes are killed
On Apollo 17 Harrison Schmitt takes the Blue Marble photograph
Atari releases Pong
#YearPerDay
1971: Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan
The UK and Ireland switch to decimal currencies
The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers on the war in Vietnam
The US leaves the gold standard
Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail, introducing the use of the '@' symbol
#YearPerDay
The UK and Ireland switch to decimal currencies
The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers on the war in Vietnam
The US leaves the gold standard
Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail, introducing the use of the '@' symbol
#YearPerDay
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
1971: Bangladesh declares independence from Pakistan
The UK and Ireland switch to decimal currencies
The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers on the war in Vietnam
The US leaves the gold standard
Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail, introducing the use of the '@' symbol
#YearPerDay
The UK and Ireland switch to decimal currencies
The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers on the war in Vietnam
The US leaves the gold standard
Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail, introducing the use of the '@' symbol
#YearPerDay
1970: An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, putting the crew in danger
Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen
Xerox PARC computer research laboratory opens
The Aswan High Dam is completed
Jimi Hendrix dies, aged 27
The Beatles break up
#YearPerDay
Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen
Xerox PARC computer research laboratory opens
The Aswan High Dam is completed
Jimi Hendrix dies, aged 27
The Beatles break up
#YearPerDay
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
1970: An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, putting the crew in danger
Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen
Xerox PARC computer research laboratory opens
The Aswan High Dam is completed
Jimi Hendrix dies, aged 27
The Beatles break up
#YearPerDay
Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen
Xerox PARC computer research laboratory opens
The Aswan High Dam is completed
Jimi Hendrix dies, aged 27
The Beatles break up
#YearPerDay
1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the Moon
The Stonewall riots begin in New York
The first electronic message is sent via ARPANET
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center publishes the first evidence of quarks
Concorde makes its first test flight
Sesame Street premieres
#YearPerDay
The Stonewall riots begin in New York
The first electronic message is sent via ARPANET
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center publishes the first evidence of quarks
Concorde makes its first test flight
Sesame Street premieres
#YearPerDay
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1969: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the Moon
The Stonewall riots begin in New York
The first electronic message is sent via ARPANET
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center publishes the first evidence of quarks
Concorde makes its first test flight
Sesame Street premieres
#YearPerDay
The Stonewall riots begin in New York
The first electronic message is sent via ARPANET
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center publishes the first evidence of quarks
Concorde makes its first test flight
Sesame Street premieres
#YearPerDay
Reposted by Stuart Presnell
They finished the game ages ago, but someone jokingly called it Half Life 2.999... recurring and they can't release it until they finish arguing
November 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
They finished the game ages ago, but someone jokingly called it Half Life 2.999... recurring and they can't release it until they finish arguing
1968: Viet Cong forces launch the Tet Offensive; US troops kill civilians in the My Lai massacre
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy are assassinated
Student protestors battle with police in Paris
Yuri Gagarin dies, aged 34
The crew of Apollo 8 take the Earthrise photograph
#YearPerDay
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy are assassinated
Student protestors battle with police in Paris
Yuri Gagarin dies, aged 34
The crew of Apollo 8 take the Earthrise photograph
#YearPerDay
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
1968: Viet Cong forces launch the Tet Offensive; US troops kill civilians in the My Lai massacre
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy are assassinated
Student protestors battle with police in Paris
Yuri Gagarin dies, aged 34
The crew of Apollo 8 take the Earthrise photograph
#YearPerDay
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy are assassinated
Student protestors battle with police in Paris
Yuri Gagarin dies, aged 34
The crew of Apollo 8 take the Earthrise photograph
#YearPerDay
It occurred to me that someone should make one of those single-page hasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyet.com websites. I'd do it myself but then I'd have to follow the news about him to maintain it. So instead I'm going to make hassomeonemadehasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyetyet.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It occurred to me that someone should make one of those single-page hasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyet.com websites. I'd do it myself but then I'd have to follow the news about him to maintain it. So instead I'm going to make hassomeonemadehasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyetyet.com
1967: Israel defeats a coalition of Arab states in the Six-Day War
In Loving v Virginia the US Supreme Court overturns bans on interracial marriage
The UK decriminalises homosexuality and abortion
Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant
Jocelyn Bell discovers a pulsar
#YearPerDay
In Loving v Virginia the US Supreme Court overturns bans on interracial marriage
The UK decriminalises homosexuality and abortion
Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant
Jocelyn Bell discovers a pulsar
#YearPerDay
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
1967: Israel defeats a coalition of Arab states in the Six-Day War
In Loving v Virginia the US Supreme Court overturns bans on interracial marriage
The UK decriminalises homosexuality and abortion
Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant
Jocelyn Bell discovers a pulsar
#YearPerDay
In Loving v Virginia the US Supreme Court overturns bans on interracial marriage
The UK decriminalises homosexuality and abortion
Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant
Jocelyn Bell discovers a pulsar
#YearPerDay
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can make links in your LaTeX document that open another PDF on your computer at any page, e.g.:
\href[page=39]{../books/Mac Lane Moerdijk}{link text here}
Useful if you're writing notes and you keep needing to quickly look up a definition in a book
\href[page=39]{../books/Mac Lane Moerdijk}{link text here}
Useful if you're writing notes and you keep needing to quickly look up a definition in a book
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can make links in your LaTeX document that open another PDF on your computer at any page, e.g.:
\href[page=39]{../books/Mac Lane Moerdijk}{link text here}
Useful if you're writing notes and you keep needing to quickly look up a definition in a book
\href[page=39]{../books/Mac Lane Moerdijk}{link text here}
Useful if you're writing notes and you keep needing to quickly look up a definition in a book
At first glance this seems like pretty lax security until you realise it's done by voice recognition and you have to pronounce it perfectly
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At first glance this seems like pretty lax security until you realise it's done by voice recognition and you have to pronounce it perfectly
1966: Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India
Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes onto the surface of Venus
Maulana Karenga celebrates the first Kwanzaa holiday
Buster Keaton dies, aged 70
Walt Disney dies, aged 65
Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California
#YearPerDay
Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes onto the surface of Venus
Maulana Karenga celebrates the first Kwanzaa holiday
Buster Keaton dies, aged 70
Walt Disney dies, aged 65
Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California
#YearPerDay
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
1966: Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India
Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes onto the surface of Venus
Maulana Karenga celebrates the first Kwanzaa holiday
Buster Keaton dies, aged 70
Walt Disney dies, aged 65
Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California
#YearPerDay
Soviet space probe Venera 3 crashes onto the surface of Venus
Maulana Karenga celebrates the first Kwanzaa holiday
Buster Keaton dies, aged 70
Walt Disney dies, aged 65
Actor Ronald Reagan is elected Governor of California
#YearPerDay
1965: Winston Churchill dies, aged 90. His state funeral is watched by 350 million viewers worldwide
Malcolm X is assassinated, aged 39
Alexei Leonov is the first person to walk in space
Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
#YearPerDay
Malcolm X is assassinated, aged 39
Alexei Leonov is the first person to walk in space
Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
#YearPerDay
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
1965: Winston Churchill dies, aged 90. His state funeral is watched by 350 million viewers worldwide
Malcolm X is assassinated, aged 39
Alexei Leonov is the first person to walk in space
Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
#YearPerDay
Malcolm X is assassinated, aged 39
Alexei Leonov is the first person to walk in space
Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
#YearPerDay
1964: The US passes the Civil Rights Act, banning racial and gender discrimination
The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Shinkansen high-speed rail system opens between Tokyo and Osaka
Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson detect cosmic microwave background radiation
#YearPerDay
The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Shinkansen high-speed rail system opens between Tokyo and Osaka
Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson detect cosmic microwave background radiation
#YearPerDay
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
1964: The US passes the Civil Rights Act, banning racial and gender discrimination
The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Shinkansen high-speed rail system opens between Tokyo and Osaka
Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson detect cosmic microwave background radiation
#YearPerDay
The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Shinkansen high-speed rail system opens between Tokyo and Osaka
Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson detect cosmic microwave background radiation
#YearPerDay
Reposted by Stuart Presnell
Selten hab ich eine so intelligente Lösung gesehen, wie man den Eigentümer eines Geldbeutels kontaktieren kann.
Chapeau!
(Netzfundstück)
Chapeau!
(Netzfundstück)
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Selten hab ich eine so intelligente Lösung gesehen, wie man den Eigentümer eines Geldbeutels kontaktieren kann.
Chapeau!
(Netzfundstück)
Chapeau!
(Netzfundstück)
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. writes his "Letter from Birmingham Jail", and delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to go into space
Doctor Who premieres
Philips introduces the cassette tape
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
#YearPerDay
Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to go into space
Doctor Who premieres
Philips introduces the cassette tape
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
#YearPerDay
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. writes his "Letter from Birmingham Jail", and delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to go into space
Doctor Who premieres
Philips introduces the cassette tape
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
#YearPerDay
Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman to go into space
Doctor Who premieres
Philips introduces the cassette tape
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas
#YearPerDay
Reposted by Stuart Presnell
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
I was worried for a moment until I saw that they're dividing these sophisticated quasi-loan instruments into "tranches" based on their risk of default. Reassuring that they have this under control
"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I was worried for a moment until I saw that they're dividing these sophisticated quasi-loan instruments into "tranches" based on their risk of default. Reassuring that they have this under control
Reposted by Stuart Presnell
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
Reposted by Stuart Presnell
Do you enjoy:
- Games like Tunic, The Witness, and Blue Prince?
- Outside-the-box puzzle thinking?
- Yelling "YOU'RE KIDDING ARRGHHH" at the screen when you realise the answer was in front of you the whole time?
Play STRANGE JIGSAWS right now thank you pls:
store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...
- Games like Tunic, The Witness, and Blue Prince?
- Outside-the-box puzzle thinking?
- Yelling "YOU'RE KIDDING ARRGHHH" at the screen when you realise the answer was in front of you the whole time?
Play STRANGE JIGSAWS right now thank you pls:
store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...
Strange Jigsaws on Steam
A game of strange jigsaws.
store.steampowered.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Do you enjoy:
- Games like Tunic, The Witness, and Blue Prince?
- Outside-the-box puzzle thinking?
- Yelling "YOU'RE KIDDING ARRGHHH" at the screen when you realise the answer was in front of you the whole time?
Play STRANGE JIGSAWS right now thank you pls:
store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...
- Games like Tunic, The Witness, and Blue Prince?
- Outside-the-box puzzle thinking?
- Yelling "YOU'RE KIDDING ARRGHHH" at the screen when you realise the answer was in front of you the whole time?
Play STRANGE JIGSAWS right now thank you pls:
store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...