Robert Low
@robjlow.bsky.social
Ex maths lecturer. Now classics postgrad (MA) @ClassicsWarwick. Also @RobJLow@mathstodon.xyz, mostly maths there. Mostly lurking for the moment, haven't yet given up on Twitter completely.
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Just had to submit a refund request on Steam. All I wrote was “I am far too stupid to play this game”
Refunded an hour later, thank you valve
Refunded an hour later, thank you valve
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Just had to submit a refund request on Steam. All I wrote was “I am far too stupid to play this game”
Refunded an hour later, thank you valve
Refunded an hour later, thank you valve
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*Dies laughing*
#goats are NOT #afraid of #dinosaurs or #funny guys in #dinosaur #costume
YouTube video by The Ich Boys
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
*Dies laughing*
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"Harmonic Crown"
Lobed torus with ten strands and sinusoidally modulated radius.
(75b)
#CreativeCoding #DigitalArt #MathArt #MathSky #SciArt
Lobed torus with ten strands and sinusoidally modulated radius.
(75b)
#CreativeCoding #DigitalArt #MathArt #MathSky #SciArt
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
"Harmonic Crown"
Lobed torus with ten strands and sinusoidally modulated radius.
(75b)
#CreativeCoding #DigitalArt #MathArt #MathSky #SciArt
Lobed torus with ten strands and sinusoidally modulated radius.
(75b)
#CreativeCoding #DigitalArt #MathArt #MathSky #SciArt
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I loved the energy in the Create‑a‑Critter workshop at #FosdemJunior #fosdem Children explored @turtlestitch.bsky.social coding and decorated a colourful range of imaginative critters (with a little help from their parents). @fosdem.org
My #TurtleStitch resources: www.warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch
My #TurtleStitch resources: www.warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch
February 3, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I loved the energy in the Create‑a‑Critter workshop at #FosdemJunior #fosdem Children explored @turtlestitch.bsky.social coding and decorated a colourful range of imaginative critters (with a little help from their parents). @fosdem.org
My #TurtleStitch resources: www.warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch
My #TurtleStitch resources: www.warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
ἀλλ᾽, ὥσπερ εἶπον, σοὶ μέλειν γυναῖκα χρή:
οὐ γὰρ κλοπαίαν ἀλλὰ σὺν πόνῳ λαβὼν
ἥκω: χρόνῳ δὲ καὶ σύ μ᾽ αἰνέσεις ἴσως.
ἀλλ᾽, ὥσπερ εἶπον, σοὶ μέλειν γυναῖκα χρή:
οὐ γὰρ κλοπαίαν ἀλλὰ σὺν πόνῳ λαβὼν
ἥκω: χρόνῳ δὲ καὶ σύ μ᾽ αἰνέσεις ἴσως.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"Here p is rational, although it will be shown in Problem P of Chapter 2 that the results hold for all real p in the ranges stated."
(Books round here do not tend to have a strong narrative drive.)
"Here p is rational, although it will be shown in Problem P of Chapter 2 that the results hold for all real p in the ranges stated."
(Books round here do not tend to have a strong narrative drive.)
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
"So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, as well as Benjamin."
"So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, as well as Benjamin."
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, and post the second sentence.
ἀλλ᾽, ὥσπερ εἶπον, σοὶ μέλειν γυναῖκα χρή:
οὐ γὰρ κλοπαίαν ἀλλὰ σὺν πόνῳ λαβὼν
ἥκω: χρόνῳ δὲ καὶ σύ μ᾽ αἰνέσεις ἴσως.
ἀλλ᾽, ὥσπερ εἶπον, σοὶ μέλειν γυναῖκα χρή:
οὐ γὰρ κλοπαίαν ἀλλὰ σὺν πόνῳ λαβὼν
ἥκω: χρόνῳ δὲ καὶ σύ μ᾽ αἰνέσεις ἴσως.
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Rare exception to Betteridge’s law of headlines/posts.
255. Would Musk deliberately break the 1967 Outer Space Treaty by declaring Mars a new nation?
by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social
#TabClosed2026 🔭
by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social
#TabClosed2026 🔭
Mars Attacks: How Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars threaten Earth
Elon Musk's quest to colonize Mars could upend international cooperation and the establishment of space as a commons—it's a risk to Earthlings everywhere.
thebulletin.org
January 19, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Rare exception to Betteridge’s law of headlines/posts.
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
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@gailsimone.bsky.social Not in Canada, just in SPACE
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
@gailsimone.bsky.social Not in Canada, just in SPACE
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Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas break!
We made our own tree decorations during the first Covid Christmas lockdown, a crocheted star, a beaded DNA helix & pi, and tiny knitted ganseys. It’s always nice to see them again at this time of year.
#Christmas2025 #NewYear2026
We made our own tree decorations during the first Covid Christmas lockdown, a crocheted star, a beaded DNA helix & pi, and tiny knitted ganseys. It’s always nice to see them again at this time of year.
#Christmas2025 #NewYear2026
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas break!
We made our own tree decorations during the first Covid Christmas lockdown, a crocheted star, a beaded DNA helix & pi, and tiny knitted ganseys. It’s always nice to see them again at this time of year.
#Christmas2025 #NewYear2026
We made our own tree decorations during the first Covid Christmas lockdown, a crocheted star, a beaded DNA helix & pi, and tiny knitted ganseys. It’s always nice to see them again at this time of year.
#Christmas2025 #NewYear2026
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This morning’s sunrise on the Warwick campus was a truly beautiful and immersive experience, as the sky erupted in a riot of colours. Simply breath taking!
#Warwick60 #Sunrise
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
@wmgwarwick.bsky.social
#Warwick60 #Sunrise
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
@wmgwarwick.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This morning’s sunrise on the Warwick campus was a truly beautiful and immersive experience, as the sky erupted in a riot of colours. Simply breath taking!
#Warwick60 #Sunrise
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
@wmgwarwick.bsky.social
#Warwick60 #Sunrise
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
@wmgwarwick.bsky.social
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Astonishing image in the current Literary Review.
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Astonishing image in the current Literary Review.
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Someone (not a teacher) once complained to me about why schools had to have a boy and a girl head prefect, why couldn't it just be two non-gendered positions and I was like, obviously, then it would just be girls all the time www.instagram.com/reel/DRMNIEC...
undefined on Instagram: "theamandaroseHere me out. When women requested quotas because they were overlooked by the boyzzzz club, the men went nuts.The argum…"
theamandaroseHere me out. When women requested quotas because they were overlooked by the boyzzzz club, the men went nuts.The argument was always “it should be merit based”. And I actually agree!!! The thing is though, women have been conditioned through the decades to work 200% more just to get 20% of the opportunities. So when merit based selection is implemented the boyzzzz miss out.If only we had merit based system from the very beginning. We wouldn’t need to be having this discussion. But alas. Here we are. #meritbased #merit #quotas #diversity #politics #school #highschool #auspol #boysclub
www.instagram.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...
June 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Here is a little story about the #earlymodern emoticon "<3" and the complex symbolic meaning of this typographical entity that I posted yesterday. Follow me, for catholic symbolism and some #bookhistory, dear #skystorians of the blue skies. Here we go...
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The Jailbreak of Ballad Reading.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Jailbreak of Ballad Reading.
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Here is a very cool object: a volume with stacked paper boards that have come apart, revealing a manuscript fragment between the print waste! (Rare Books PA2317 .E7 1546). The manuscript leaf is from a psalter 🌟
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Here is a very cool object: a volume with stacked paper boards that have come apart, revealing a manuscript fragment between the print waste! (Rare Books PA2317 .E7 1546). The manuscript leaf is from a psalter 🌟
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts
#midwestmss #medievalsky #medievalmss #manuscripts
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
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Musk’s Grokipedia is almost certainly even worse than you thought it would be.
thesphinxblog.com/2025/10/30/p...
thesphinxblog.com/2025/10/30/p...
Pretty Vacant
Full disclosure: I was one of those academics who, when Wikipedia first appeared, warned students against using it in no uncertain terms. To be fair, in those days most of its articles on ancient h…
thesphinxblog.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Musk’s Grokipedia is almost certainly even worse than you thought it would be.
thesphinxblog.com/2025/10/30/p...
thesphinxblog.com/2025/10/30/p...
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
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It is fall break here. I asked for volunteers who happened to be on campus to test my idea for making a giant string-art cardioid. It worked pretty well, and I have some concrete ideas for improvement in version 2.0. (This circle has about a 20 ft. circumference and 239 holes.)
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It is fall break here. I asked for volunteers who happened to be on campus to test my idea for making a giant string-art cardioid. It worked pretty well, and I have some concrete ideas for improvement in version 2.0. (This circle has about a 20 ft. circumference and 239 holes.)
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THE CALL OF CTHULHU (Palindrome)
Do glassy
bays tug
at a gutsy
abyssal god?
Do glassy
bays tug
at a gutsy
abyssal god?
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
THE CALL OF CTHULHU (Palindrome)
Do glassy
bays tug
at a gutsy
abyssal god?
Do glassy
bays tug
at a gutsy
abyssal god?