Amie Albrecht
@nomadpenguin.bsky.social
Professor of Math Ed. Dormant mathematician. Thinks a lot about teaching. Pedagogical pragmatist. Tsundoku master. Champion napper. Dirty lefty. Blogging at amiealbrecht.com
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“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“I'm glad you have enough love in your life that that response comes naturally. If anything, you should be proud of that :)”
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Rob Hirst has had a massive impact on Australian culture. He was the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time. RIP, dear Rob. You are irreplaceable, one of a kind, and myself, my family, and all the rest of this great country will miss you so much.
January 20, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Rob Hirst has had a massive impact on Australian culture. He was the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time. RIP, dear Rob. You are irreplaceable, one of a kind, and myself, my family, and all the rest of this great country will miss you so much.
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Incredibly sad. We’ve lost a legend of Australian music.
Rob Hirst was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023.
Breaking: Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst dies aged 70
Rob Hirst was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023.
www.abc.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Incredibly sad. We’ve lost a legend of Australian music.
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Prof Ben Burton’s public lecture “Some Very Queer #Mathematics” is now online, marking 75 years of the Turing Test and celebrating Alan Turing’s & LGBTQIA+ contributions to maths. @amermathsoc.bsky.social @chadtopaz.bsky.social @lgbtqstem.bsky.social #MathSky #ITeachMath #AcademicSky
UQ Turing Test Public Lecture: Some Very Queer Mathematics
YouTube video by UQ Science
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January 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Prof Ben Burton’s public lecture “Some Very Queer #Mathematics” is now online, marking 75 years of the Turing Test and celebrating Alan Turing’s & LGBTQIA+ contributions to maths. @amermathsoc.bsky.social @chadtopaz.bsky.social @lgbtqstem.bsky.social #MathSky #ITeachMath #AcademicSky
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Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.
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We all know that January is a tough month, so here's a big old Cow having a big old hug.
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 AM
We all know that January is a tough month, so here's a big old Cow having a big old hug.
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Just a boy standing in front a of a graph saying if you're going to do a pie chart, please don't do it in this stupid way
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Just a boy standing in front a of a graph saying if you're going to do a pie chart, please don't do it in this stupid way
A shark at Shark Beach, you say …
Emergency services were called to Hermitage Foreshore Walk near Shark Beach at Vaucluse about 4:20pm on Sunday afternoon following reports of a boy being bitten by a shark.
Boy in critical condition after shark attack at Sydney Harbour beach
Emergency services were called to Hermitage Foreshore Walk near Shark Beach at Vaucluse about 4:20pm on Sunday afternoon following reports of a boy being bitten by a shark.
www.abc.net.au
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 AM
A shark at Shark Beach, you say …
Two weeks, ~8000km, 49 racing hours, and the Dakar motorbikes was decided by 2 seconds.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Two weeks, ~8000km, 49 racing hours, and the Dakar motorbikes was decided by 2 seconds.
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Time to end AUKUS, remove US bases and chart an independent, principled and safe defence and foreign policy for Australia. Cringing in fear under the tattered US umbrella while it’s being used to beat up US allies is no longer a credible plan.
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Time to end AUKUS, remove US bases and chart an independent, principled and safe defence and foreign policy for Australia. Cringing in fear under the tattered US umbrella while it’s being used to beat up US allies is no longer a credible plan.
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Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
The Great Silencing
Last week it snowed heavily twice in Paris, turning the city into a frigid, monochrome fantasy land over three days, and at the weekend I popped into the Musée Marmottan Monet for a spot of impression...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...
Damn. I was quietly thinking back-to-back looked good but that’s the Dakar.
Daniel Sanders says he has broken his collarbone and sternum in a crash on stage 10 of the Dakar Rally, but vows to finish the last three stages.
Australian champion vows to finish Dakar with broken collarbone and sternum
Daniel Sanders says he has broken his collarbone and sternum in a crash on stage 10 of the Dakar Rally, but vows to finish the last three stages.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Damn. I was quietly thinking back-to-back looked good but that’s the Dakar.
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The monkeys have escaped their AI typewriters?
Seriously?
Seriously?
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The monkeys have escaped their AI typewriters?
Seriously?
Seriously?
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People shouldn't be sad that Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled, they should be proud that the people the event was actually about stood together and said "enough of this perfidious bullshit".
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
People shouldn't be sad that Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled, they should be proud that the people the event was actually about stood together and said "enough of this perfidious bullshit".
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It is important to recognise that technical language (such as in use in mathematics) is designed to help *those already inside the subject*, and not those who are trying to get in.
Learning proper terminology and learning proper concepts are not necessarily best done simultaneously.
#UKMathsChat
Learning proper terminology and learning proper concepts are not necessarily best done simultaneously.
#UKMathsChat
January 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It is important to recognise that technical language (such as in use in mathematics) is designed to help *those already inside the subject*, and not those who are trying to get in.
Learning proper terminology and learning proper concepts are not necessarily best done simultaneously.
#UKMathsChat
Learning proper terminology and learning proper concepts are not necessarily best done simultaneously.
#UKMathsChat
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Picard management tip: Suppress your inner alarm. Be the calmest person in the room.
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Picard management tip: Suppress your inner alarm. Be the calmest person in the room.
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This would look to be the death blow for Adelaide Writers Week 2026 though. What a tragic waste.
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This would look to be the death blow for Adelaide Writers Week 2026 though. What a tragic waste.
A young Black British woman in finance navigates ambition, racism, and the exhausting performance of belonging. Visceral and searing in just 100 pages. The microaggressions, the code-switching, the self-surveillance, and the choice she seems to be moving toward. #read2026
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 AM
A young Black British woman in finance navigates ambition, racism, and the exhausting performance of belonging. Visceral and searing in just 100 pages. The microaggressions, the code-switching, the self-surveillance, and the choice she seems to be moving toward. #read2026