Jessie Oehrlein
@numberdance.bsky.social
The stratosphere is my favorite. I teach stats & math at Fitchburg State University. Arospec, she/her. Methodist. Texan/Oklahoman in the Northeast. Many sports, dance, books, roller coasters.
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Then maybe adequately funding universities and supporting students would be a good idea.
Burrage: Oklahoma’s public college and university graduates stay here, fill critical jobs
While our focus as a higher education system is on student success – and rightly so – degrees lift up more than the individuals who earn them.
journalrecord.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Then maybe adequately funding universities and supporting students would be a good idea.
#MathsToday: I had a meeting canceled, so I was able to hang out and observe Abstract Algebra today, and my colleagues and students are so cool. What good stuff.
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
#MathsToday: I had a meeting canceled, so I was able to hang out and observe Abstract Algebra today, and my colleagues and students are so cool. What good stuff.
Curling multiview 🥌😎
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Curling multiview 🥌😎
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It is an absolute shame to see one of the most respected atmospheric science programs in the U.S. get eliminated in the UNL budget cuts. The proposed "savings" by gutting the program won't match the damage of the brain drain of knowledge for NE. The faculty and students deserve better than this.
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It is an absolute shame to see one of the most respected atmospheric science programs in the U.S. get eliminated in the UNL budget cuts. The proposed "savings" by gutting the program won't match the damage of the brain drain of knowledge for NE. The faculty and students deserve better than this.
I have now watched Ruben Padilla's gold-medal-winning DMT pass about a dozen times, and it's so incredible to me that sometimes he lands the hardest passes in the world, and sometimes he does something a little easier and just... drops into it like it's nothing. Beautiful.
saw the men's tumbling and very sad for Kaden, haven't watched men's DMT yet
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I have now watched Ruben Padilla's gold-medal-winning DMT pass about a dozen times, and it's so incredible to me that sometimes he lands the hardest passes in the world, and sometimes he does something a little easier and just... drops into it like it's nothing. Beautiful.
Switched over to football for the end of the TCU game and Frogs, yikes 😬
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Switched over to football for the end of the TCU game and Frogs, yikes 😬
Catching up on #NHKTrophy (just finished all the shorts), and *Kaori*. This program is just everything. So much ballon on the triple toe in the combination!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Catching up on #NHKTrophy (just finished all the shorts), and *Kaori*. This program is just everything. So much ballon on the triple toe in the combination!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Melania Rodríguez with absolutely *gorgeous* form in the DMT final. That triple pike! (But her layout position too, oh my gosh.)
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Melania Rodríguez with absolutely *gorgeous* form in the DMT final. That triple pike! (But her layout position too, oh my gosh.)
#MathsToday embarking on survey design adventures with an independent study student, talking with a fun group of faculty/librarians and staff about literacy and math, maybe redoing my whole intro stats plan for the spring because I'm incapable of leaving that course alone?
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#MathsToday embarking on survey design adventures with an independent study student, talking with a fun group of faculty/librarians and staff about literacy and math, maybe redoing my whole intro stats plan for the spring because I'm incapable of leaving that course alone?
football football football commentators CLOSE UP OF THE MOON football football football
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
football football football commentators CLOSE UP OF THE MOON football football football
#MathsToday: Trying to pick up the pace in ProbStat but really glad we took the time for folks to get comfortable with the different discrete distributions.
Tried a different approach than in the past for introducing independent sample vs paired tests in Applied Stats. Not sure yet if it's better.
Tried a different approach than in the past for introducing independent sample vs paired tests in Applied Stats. Not sure yet if it's better.
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#MathsToday: Trying to pick up the pace in ProbStat but really glad we took the time for folks to get comfortable with the different discrete distributions.
Tried a different approach than in the past for introducing independent sample vs paired tests in Applied Stats. Not sure yet if it's better.
Tried a different approach than in the past for introducing independent sample vs paired tests in Applied Stats. Not sure yet if it's better.
#MathsToday: shout out to former students who hear current students talk about having a hard time in Applied Stats and say "you should *really* go talk to your professor, she'll listen and help."
Hearing that from each other does so much more than hearing the same from me.
Hearing that from each other does so much more than hearing the same from me.
November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#MathsToday: shout out to former students who hear current students talk about having a hard time in Applied Stats and say "you should *really* go talk to your professor, she'll listen and help."
Hearing that from each other does so much more than hearing the same from me.
Hearing that from each other does so much more than hearing the same from me.
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Not what people ANYWHERE on the Pacific coast need. #akwx #AlaskaSky
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to…monitor for potential tsunamis…and quickly warn at-risk communities."
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to…monitor for potential tsunamis…and quickly warn at-risk communities."
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer ...
alaskapublic.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Not what people ANYWHERE on the Pacific coast need. #akwx #AlaskaSky
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to…monitor for potential tsunamis…and quickly warn at-risk communities."
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is halting a contract that makes it possible for the federal agency to…monitor for potential tsunamis…and quickly warn at-risk communities."
alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...
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Today marks 60 years of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) at the Met Office.
This marked the transition of the Met Office into the world-leader in weather science and forecasting that it is today.
bit.ly/4nOqrH3
This marked the transition of the Met Office into the world-leader in weather science and forecasting that it is today.
bit.ly/4nOqrH3
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today marks 60 years of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) at the Met Office.
This marked the transition of the Met Office into the world-leader in weather science and forecasting that it is today.
bit.ly/4nOqrH3
This marked the transition of the Met Office into the world-leader in weather science and forecasting that it is today.
bit.ly/4nOqrH3
My partner has spent the last few weeks designing and building a launcher to make candy fall from the sky with parachute ghosts.
Not a super busy trick-or-treat night in our neighborhood, but the trick-or-treaters who did come by were *delighted*.
Not a super busy trick-or-treat night in our neighborhood, but the trick-or-treaters who did come by were *delighted*.
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My partner has spent the last few weeks designing and building a launcher to make candy fall from the sky with parachute ghosts.
Not a super busy trick-or-treat night in our neighborhood, but the trick-or-treaters who did come by were *delighted*.
Not a super busy trick-or-treat night in our neighborhood, but the trick-or-treaters who did come by were *delighted*.
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Tl;dr: the fact we were dealing with Hurricane Melissa is probably "more climate change than not," but the component of the storm that is the "climate part" of it is non-trivial but not massive, and the event could definitely have happened anyway. That's not how people are talking about it on here!
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tl;dr: the fact we were dealing with Hurricane Melissa is probably "more climate change than not," but the component of the storm that is the "climate part" of it is non-trivial but not massive, and the event could definitely have happened anyway. That's not how people are talking about it on here!
#MathsToday: delighted by all the student thinking around modeling in ProbStat and logistic regression in Advanced Stats!
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#MathsToday: delighted by all the student thinking around modeling in ProbStat and logistic regression in Advanced Stats!
#MathsToday: very busy student hours! An advising meeting, students from Applied Stats and ProbStat, a mix of homework attempts and quiz prep and quiz reattempts.
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#MathsToday: very busy student hours! An advising meeting, students from Applied Stats and ProbStat, a mix of homework attempts and quiz prep and quiz reattempts.
#MathsToday: Lively discussion about modeling choices and discrete probability distributions in ProbStat today! (And a slight sidetracking into roller coasters)
And lots of good thinking about patterns to figure out the Central Limit Theorem in Applied Stats.
And lots of good thinking about patterns to figure out the Central Limit Theorem in Applied Stats.
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#MathsToday: Lively discussion about modeling choices and discrete probability distributions in ProbStat today! (And a slight sidetracking into roller coasters)
And lots of good thinking about patterns to figure out the Central Limit Theorem in Applied Stats.
And lots of good thinking about patterns to figure out the Central Limit Theorem in Applied Stats.
#MathsToday: A (more than I realized) deeply needed practice day in Applied Stats.
And lots of good questions as we wrapped up logistic regression in Stat Analysis!
And lots of good questions as we wrapped up logistic regression in Stat Analysis!
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#MathsToday: A (more than I realized) deeply needed practice day in Applied Stats.
And lots of good questions as we wrapped up logistic regression in Stat Analysis!
And lots of good questions as we wrapped up logistic regression in Stat Analysis!
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This is my nightmare hurricane. For years I said the two scariest kinds of hurricanes were Harvey (slow soaker that won’t move) and Michael (TS to Cat 5 in like 36 hours). This is BOTH and it’s about to hit Jamaica
Jamaica, in particular, will likely suffer catastrophic impacts from now rapidly-intensifying (but slow-moving) Hurricane #Melissa. A *Category 5* landfall now appears to be the most likely outcome, & 30-40+ inches of *additional* rain in mountains will lead to extreme flooding.
October 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is my nightmare hurricane. For years I said the two scariest kinds of hurricanes were Harvey (slow soaker that won’t move) and Michael (TS to Cat 5 in like 36 hours). This is BOTH and it’s about to hit Jamaica
#MathsToday: calculating confidence intervals went shockingly well in Applied Stats today, fingers crossed for that to hold up on HW and in Monday class.
Some good things across classes today, too -- project presentations in Advanced Stats, summarizing discrete distribution families in ProbStat.
Some good things across classes today, too -- project presentations in Advanced Stats, summarizing discrete distribution families in ProbStat.
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#MathsToday: calculating confidence intervals went shockingly well in Applied Stats today, fingers crossed for that to hold up on HW and in Monday class.
Some good things across classes today, too -- project presentations in Advanced Stats, summarizing discrete distribution families in ProbStat.
Some good things across classes today, too -- project presentations in Advanced Stats, summarizing discrete distribution families in ProbStat.
Ratmansky's Kallirhoe succeeds at being really dance-y with interesting vocabulary, but it's a very "need to read a summary first" ballet.
I also keep wondering why this story. Lots of it has emotion, but it doesn't have character arcs at all, and it has repeating story elements more than themes.
I also keep wondering why this story. Lots of it has emotion, but it doesn't have character arcs at all, and it has repeating story elements more than themes.
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Ratmansky's Kallirhoe succeeds at being really dance-y with interesting vocabulary, but it's a very "need to read a summary first" ballet.
I also keep wondering why this story. Lots of it has emotion, but it doesn't have character arcs at all, and it has repeating story elements more than themes.
I also keep wondering why this story. Lots of it has emotion, but it doesn't have character arcs at all, and it has repeating story elements more than themes.
#MathsToday: taught a few of the math majors some silly math songs after a committee meeting today!
Some useful bumps with the logistic regression activity in Stat Analysis that will help me make it better for a wider audience of students.
Some useful bumps with the logistic regression activity in Stat Analysis that will help me make it better for a wider audience of students.
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
#MathsToday: taught a few of the math majors some silly math songs after a committee meeting today!
Some useful bumps with the logistic regression activity in Stat Analysis that will help me make it better for a wider audience of students.
Some useful bumps with the logistic regression activity in Stat Analysis that will help me make it better for a wider audience of students.