Edward Vogel
@mathartforall.bsky.social
Medical device R&D day job, STEM+Art education volunteer nights and weekends. Big emphasis on introducing discrete mathematics to K-12 with hands on mathematical art projects.
"Delight shared is delight increased" - Pat Vogel(my mama)
"Delight shared is delight increased" - Pat Vogel(my mama)
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once more a good time to remind people that in a scientific/formal context the meaning of words, especially ones presented as technical terms, does actually matter and is open to abuse (including to wider society) if not called out when terms do not refer plato.stanford.edu/entries/refe...
As seen in the table & figure above, we dissect and explain how terminology is abused and contorted by industry — terms like 'generative' or 'agentic' are not able to isolate what is being critiqued. We have seen this countless times before; flitting from one nonsense buzzword to another. 2/n
December 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
once more a good time to remind people that in a scientific/formal context the meaning of words, especially ones presented as technical terms, does actually matter and is open to abuse (including to wider society) if not called out when terms do not refer plato.stanford.edu/entries/refe...
"High-mobility and thermally stable organic semiconductors are crucial for advancing practical organic electronics."
Thermally stable organic ultrathin single-crystal field-effect transistors based on anthracene derivatives
Thermally stable organic ultrathin single-crystal field-effect transistors based on anthracene derivatives
doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cc...
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"High-mobility and thermally stable organic semiconductors are crucial for advancing practical organic electronics."
If you see this, post a random fact about yourself:
1986ish - A guy called me up at my day job to help him figure out how to heat up a one pound block of aluminum. We ended up making PCR more affordable by upsetting Epindrof's(sp?) monopoly
1986ish - A guy called me up at my day job to help him figure out how to heat up a one pound block of aluminum. We ended up making PCR more affordable by upsetting Epindrof's(sp?) monopoly
If you see this, post a random fact about yourself:
I am a pianist and have been on the stage of the Wiener Konzerthaus... As a finalist in a beauty pageant to find the advertising face of Manner for the subsequent year.
I am a pianist and have been on the stage of the Wiener Konzerthaus... As a finalist in a beauty pageant to find the advertising face of Manner for the subsequent year.
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
If you see this, post a random fact about yourself:
1986ish - A guy called me up at my day job to help him figure out how to heat up a one pound block of aluminum. We ended up making PCR more affordable by upsetting Epindrof's(sp?) monopoly
1986ish - A guy called me up at my day job to help him figure out how to heat up a one pound block of aluminum. We ended up making PCR more affordable by upsetting Epindrof's(sp?) monopoly
Reminds me of "Ask Marilyn" column in the 1970s Parade Magazine Sunday supplement. I need to go to the library and sit down with a stack of those.
Let's weave a weird word tapestry around broil, boil, embroil, seethe and sodden.
We start with "seethe", which traditionally meant "to boil", from Old English 'seoþan' ('þ' being the thorn character, a "th" sound).
Our modern use: "to be agitated" derives from a boiling pot.
Next, to "sodden"...
We start with "seethe", which traditionally meant "to boil", from Old English 'seoþan' ('þ' being the thorn character, a "th" sound).
Our modern use: "to be agitated" derives from a boiling pot.
Next, to "sodden"...
a wooden spoon is stirring a pot of liquid
Alt: a wooden spoon is stirring a pot of liquid. A hand holds the spoon while a chef puppet looks excited and talks rapidly.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reminds me of "Ask Marilyn" column in the 1970s Parade Magazine Sunday supplement. I need to go to the library and sit down with a stack of those.
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The Week Between Christmas and New Years
December 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Week Between Christmas and New Years
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(I don’t know who created this, but happy to credit if someone does.)
December 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
(I don’t know who created this, but happy to credit if someone does.)
Si!
Qué miedo da esto!👇
🚨 Nueva función de Twitter/X para fomentar el ABUSO y la violación de derechos. Ahora cualquier usuario podrá editar a través de Grok cualquier imagen de cualquier usuario de la plataforma, sean obras de arte, fotos familiares, etc. No hay opción para desactivarlo o impedirlo 🚨
📷 @pizza990 on X
📷 @pizza990 on X
December 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Si!
Early tea cannot come early enough today. Yum!
I am just a humble physicist devising new modes of sandwich with corn fritters and leftover turkey, it’s not for me to say if this is “brilliant” or “unimaginably creative” or “the sort of orthogonal sandwich thinking that comes along once in a generation.” That is for the MacArthur folks to decide.
December 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Early tea cannot come early enough today. Yum!
I am hoping the popularity of Marty Supreme will invigorate an interest table tennis. In particular for folks who can greatly benefit from it.
I just ordered a half size table, extra balls and a ball pick up tool for my my bro's assisted living home.
www.ottawatabletennisclub.com/post/the-pow...
I just ordered a half size table, extra balls and a ball pick up tool for my my bro's assisted living home.
www.ottawatabletennisclub.com/post/the-pow...
The Power of Table Tennis for Seniors
You’ve all heard it… Table Tennis, just like eating your veggies, is just plain good for you, both mentally and physically. As you may know, table tennis is a great activity with some great health ben...
www.ottawatabletennisclub.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I am hoping the popularity of Marty Supreme will invigorate an interest table tennis. In particular for folks who can greatly benefit from it.
I just ordered a half size table, extra balls and a ball pick up tool for my my bro's assisted living home.
www.ottawatabletennisclub.com/post/the-pow...
I just ordered a half size table, extra balls and a ball pick up tool for my my bro's assisted living home.
www.ottawatabletennisclub.com/post/the-pow...
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Meanwhile, every morning for my commute I step onto a metro train that:
- runs every 3 minutes
- carries nearly 1000 people at a time
- is fully electric
- costs €1 / a day for unlimited citywide transit on buses, trams, or trains
- has nearly 100% reliability
Oh, and it has automatic doors. 😇
- runs every 3 minutes
- carries nearly 1000 people at a time
- is fully electric
- costs €1 / a day for unlimited citywide transit on buses, trams, or trains
- has nearly 100% reliability
Oh, and it has automatic doors. 😇
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Meanwhile, every morning for my commute I step onto a metro train that:
- runs every 3 minutes
- carries nearly 1000 people at a time
- is fully electric
- costs €1 / a day for unlimited citywide transit on buses, trams, or trains
- has nearly 100% reliability
Oh, and it has automatic doors. 😇
- runs every 3 minutes
- carries nearly 1000 people at a time
- is fully electric
- costs €1 / a day for unlimited citywide transit on buses, trams, or trains
- has nearly 100% reliability
Oh, and it has automatic doors. 😇
Christmas family party - Got to share my pentomino tiling theory with my almost has a math degree but is is going to be an ME niece. Build an 8x8 first which is easy and use it to inform the tiling of the much more difficult 6x10.
Also played Genius Square and Chess
#puzzles #combinatorics
Also played Genius Square and Chess
#puzzles #combinatorics
December 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Christmas family party - Got to share my pentomino tiling theory with my almost has a math degree but is is going to be an ME niece. Build an 8x8 first which is easy and use it to inform the tiling of the much more difficult 6x10.
Also played Genius Square and Chess
#puzzles #combinatorics
Also played Genius Square and Chess
#puzzles #combinatorics
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“Leo, who has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his papacy, said…the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should [illustrate] that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Best wishes to all…
Best wishes to all…
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“Leo, who has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his papacy, said…the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should [illustrate] that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Best wishes to all…
Best wishes to all…
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Behold! My Solar System Christmas tree 🎄
Created 5 years ago, it’s a black tree with hand painted ornaments. Each year I added something new—asteroids from clay, moon ornaments, tree skirt, more stars, and even made it rotate. One year it was my favorite exoplanetary system, TRAPPIST-1. 🔭🧪🐡
Created 5 years ago, it’s a black tree with hand painted ornaments. Each year I added something new—asteroids from clay, moon ornaments, tree skirt, more stars, and even made it rotate. One year it was my favorite exoplanetary system, TRAPPIST-1. 🔭🧪🐡
December 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Behold! My Solar System Christmas tree 🎄
Created 5 years ago, it’s a black tree with hand painted ornaments. Each year I added something new—asteroids from clay, moon ornaments, tree skirt, more stars, and even made it rotate. One year it was my favorite exoplanetary system, TRAPPIST-1. 🔭🧪🐡
Created 5 years ago, it’s a black tree with hand painted ornaments. Each year I added something new—asteroids from clay, moon ornaments, tree skirt, more stars, and even made it rotate. One year it was my favorite exoplanetary system, TRAPPIST-1. 🔭🧪🐡
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Q: what kind of algorithms does an AI produce
A: the bubble sort
-- swlabr
A: the bubble sort
-- swlabr
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Q: what kind of algorithms does an AI produce
A: the bubble sort
-- swlabr
A: the bubble sort
-- swlabr
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December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
All I want for Christmas is a tiling puzzle solver in Python that I can share with summer camp kids and this is beyond my wildest dreams!
www.aswinvanwoudenberg.com/posts/soma-c...
www.aswinvanwoudenberg.com/posts/soma-c...
Soma Cube – Aswin van Woudenberg
Solving Piet Hein’s Soma cube with Python.
www.aswinvanwoudenberg.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
All I want for Christmas is a tiling puzzle solver in Python that I can share with summer camp kids and this is beyond my wildest dreams!
www.aswinvanwoudenberg.com/posts/soma-c...
www.aswinvanwoudenberg.com/posts/soma-c...
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New laptop sticker just dropped.
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
New laptop sticker just dropped.
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We are hiring!! Faculty position in Gravitational Wave and Multi-messenger Astrophysics at @grappainstitute.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam! 🔭✨🧪
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .
Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .
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December 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We are hiring!! Faculty position in Gravitational Wave and Multi-messenger Astrophysics at @grappainstitute.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam! 🔭✨🧪
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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From quadratics in Mesopotamia 4000 years ago to the higher-degree equations of Abel and Galois in the 19th century via a Renaissance quarrel, Robin Wilson tells the story of polynomials. All in less than 20 minutes.
Watch: youtu.be/39nQRySRrsw
Watch: youtu.be/39nQRySRrsw
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From quadratics in Mesopotamia 4000 years ago to the higher-degree equations of Abel and Galois in the 19th century via a Renaissance quarrel, Robin Wilson tells the story of polynomials. All in less than 20 minutes.
Watch: youtu.be/39nQRySRrsw
Watch: youtu.be/39nQRySRrsw
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Read the latest newsletter from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM). CWM is the committee of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) that is concerned with issues related to women in mathematics worldwide.
🔗 www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CW...
#AWM #CWM #IMU #WomenInMath
🔗 www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CW...
#AWM #CWM #IMU #WomenInMath
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Read the latest newsletter from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM). CWM is the committee of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) that is concerned with issues related to women in mathematics worldwide.
🔗 www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CW...
#AWM #CWM #IMU #WomenInMath
🔗 www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CW...
#AWM #CWM #IMU #WomenInMath
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Calls to boycott CBS/Paramount intensify after CBS spiked a 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump regime hours before airtime…
#BoycottCBS
#BoycottCBS
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Calls to boycott CBS/Paramount intensify after CBS spiked a 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump regime hours before airtime…
#BoycottCBS
#BoycottCBS
Another adult day and I didn't - draw a portrait of my 6th grade crush, write a poem, figure out the sum of the 1 to 100 or build something in woodshop class.
Those experiences shaped me, it shows up in my medical device R&D work every day.
I am confident that I can do and make beautiful things.
Those experiences shaped me, it shows up in my medical device R&D work every day.
I am confident that I can do and make beautiful things.
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Another adult day and I didn't - draw a portrait of my 6th grade crush, write a poem, figure out the sum of the 1 to 100 or build something in woodshop class.
Those experiences shaped me, it shows up in my medical device R&D work every day.
I am confident that I can do and make beautiful things.
Those experiences shaped me, it shows up in my medical device R&D work every day.
I am confident that I can do and make beautiful things.
Keen observation and well stated. Needs a pic -
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Keen observation and well stated. Needs a pic -
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Mathematical physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette was born #OTD in 1922. She made foundational contributions to Feynman functional integrals, organized the first American conference on general relativity (important for gravitational waves), and started the Les Houches Summer School. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 (1/n)
December 21, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Mathematical physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette was born #OTD in 1922. She made foundational contributions to Feynman functional integrals, organized the first American conference on general relativity (important for gravitational waves), and started the Les Houches Summer School. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 (1/n)