Peter Keep
@mathprofpeter.bsky.social
Community College math professor interested in math and stats education and also finding and following all of the other CC faculty on this app. I also post about basketball (Toronto Raptors and Chicago Sky) and other things. He/him
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Victor Wembanyama has his SIXTH career game with 5+ threes & 5+ blocks, extending his record for most such games in NBA history.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Victor Wembanyama has his SIXTH career game with 5+ threes & 5+ blocks, extending his record for most such games in NBA history.
Wemby is so wild to watch
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Wemby is so wild to watch
Feeling personally attacked by the student that crossed out all of the input variables in the calculus problem I assigned and wrote them as x's instead.
Wow, first of all how dare you, second of all how DARE you
Wow, first of all how dare you, second of all how DARE you
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Feeling personally attacked by the student that crossed out all of the input variables in the calculus problem I assigned and wrote them as x's instead.
Wow, first of all how dare you, second of all how DARE you
Wow, first of all how dare you, second of all how DARE you
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Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senate Democrats: what just happened under our current leadership is a total travesty
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Also Senate Democrats: i have nothing to say about whether our current leadership may be part of the problem
Gonna make this my class opener in Calc 2 in a week or so when we're more familiar with Taylor Series.
euler's formula is fucking wild
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Gonna make this my class opener in Calc 2 in a week or so when we're more familiar with Taylor Series.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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if the dems couldn't demonstrate spine in a fight this far in their favor, they were never going to do anything substantial
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
if the dems couldn't demonstrate spine in a fight this far in their favor, they were never going to do anything substantial
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one thing I love about modern UI design is the lack of error messages. Ideally, the user should have no idea why their app is malfunctioning or what they can do to fix it. this is how a phone asserts dominance.
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
one thing I love about modern UI design is the lack of error messages. Ideally, the user should have no idea why their app is malfunctioning or what they can do to fix it. this is how a phone asserts dominance.
Ending yet another set of slides for an upcoming talk with "Don't use the plagiarism machine for this, obviously!!"
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ending yet another set of slides for an upcoming talk with "Don't use the plagiarism machine for this, obviously!!"
Some Blue Wave/Resist dem must have posted a starter pack I'm on because I am getting spammed with follows from the most annoying follow farmers on this site.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Some Blue Wave/Resist dem must have posted a starter pack I'm on because I am getting spammed with follows from the most annoying follow farmers on this site.
Free talk idea: a lineup of math faculty take turns standing at a microphone and confidently saying outrageous but true things about concepts in introductory math classes until they're heckled off stage, when it becomes the next person's turn.
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Free talk idea: a lineup of math faculty take turns standing at a microphone and confidently saying outrageous but true things about concepts in introductory math classes until they're heckled off stage, when it becomes the next person's turn.
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
CMB seems like a willing and good screen setter in this early bit of the season
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
CMB seems like a willing and good screen setter in this early bit of the season
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Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch
In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.
techcrunch.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
Immediately after finishing my work week:
Performance reliability catastrophic drop. Shutdown. Restart.
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Immediately after finishing my work week:
BREAKING: Local man inspires everyone everywhere by solving small code issue without help, code now works as intended
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
BREAKING: Local man inspires everyone everywhere by solving small code issue without help, code now works as intended
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How many suicides has this algorithm caused
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
How many suicides has this algorithm caused
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
I have deleted more typed words in the last 4 minutes than I thought possible. I cannot say anything other than this:
We need justice and accountability now, and it begins with abolishing ICE and trials for all involved.
We need justice and accountability now, and it begins with abolishing ICE and trials for all involved.
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have deleted more typed words in the last 4 minutes than I thought possible. I cannot say anything other than this:
We need justice and accountability now, and it begins with abolishing ICE and trials for all involved.
We need justice and accountability now, and it begins with abolishing ICE and trials for all involved.
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Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.
![An ad for the Friend AI pendant that is, according to a post on Redditt, at the Fullerton CTA stop. The ad reads, "friend. [frend] noun. someone who listens, responds, and supports you." A person has written, "AI is not your friend" over the image of the pendant.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uufz3dvrdnbm6ptii46y7j7u/bafkreidv2q5m54fchg5zocga7igukl6rlss4mdzxlkkcklw5wnrc7sccga@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Apparently the Friend ads have arrived in Chicago and the people know: AI is not your friend.
Colleague gave me some rose biscuits because they know I like to make tea in my office so this morning I'm munching on them with a lapsang souchong/earl grey blend.
Gotta pull out all the stops to get through each week from here on out until the end of the semester.
Gotta pull out all the stops to get through each week from here on out until the end of the semester.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Colleague gave me some rose biscuits because they know I like to make tea in my office so this morning I'm munching on them with a lapsang souchong/earl grey blend.
Gotta pull out all the stops to get through each week from here on out until the end of the semester.
Gotta pull out all the stops to get through each week from here on out until the end of the semester.
(psst, this includes the big tech companies trying to push their genAI products into the classroom, in case you weren't sure @rweingarten.bsky.social)
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
(psst, this includes the big tech companies trying to push their genAI products into the classroom, in case you weren't sure @rweingarten.bsky.social)
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Least surprising turn of events. Except for the possibility of some sort of accountability.
NEWS: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center. Car crash into a hedgerow. Trump’s Midway Blitz is claimed to be inspired by an undocumented drunk driving death.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/i...
‘Doesn’t look good’: ICE agent charged with drunken driving after shift at Broadview detention center
An Immigration and Enforcement agent has been charged with drunken driving after his car crashed after a shift at the Broadview detention center.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Least surprising turn of events. Except for the possibility of some sort of accountability.
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I think that more politicians should display open contempt for people who are openly doing contemptible things.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I think that more politicians should display open contempt for people who are openly doing contemptible things.