Mattie B
@stoodle.bsky.social
He/Him. Math Teacher, Geek, & TV Aficionado. #MTBoS. #MfAProud Master Teacher. #Desmos fellow. LGBT. #UFT. Teaches in Brooklyn, NY.
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Maybe Zohran Mamdani should have come out for ending the shutdown so Democratic Senators could have opposed it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Maybe Zohran Mamdani should have come out for ending the shutdown so Democratic Senators could have opposed it.
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The real problem this creates is that you are able to launder virtually any claim through the press by attaching a bunch of numbers to it.
The degree to which every single major journalist seems to just hate math is palpable in almost everything
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The real problem this creates is that you are able to launder virtually any claim through the press by attaching a bunch of numbers to it.
I'm really curious about the denominator in these calculations.
This is a stunning political realignment--Mamdani lost Jews, Catholics, and Protestants but won by sweeping "Other" and "None."
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm really curious about the denominator in these calculations.
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Tonight’s lesson is that most Americans love our country and can’t stand those that don’t.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Tonight’s lesson is that most Americans love our country and can’t stand those that don’t.
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Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Stop, stop, he's already dead!
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Stop, stop, he's already dead!
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Pretty good sign this is bullshit is that it would be 6 times higher than the number of people who left New York in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Pretty good sign this is bullshit is that it would be 6 times higher than the number of people who left New York in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic.
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And it’s possible to do this without throwing trans people under a bus.
yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
And it’s possible to do this without throwing trans people under a bus.
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like, he is almost certainly a pedophile, a fact which almost every actual republican congressperson is concealing. an extremely devout evangelical is destroying America's democracy to keep this covered up.
there is something soul destroying about having to assume repeatedly — like, at a rate of several times a day given how numerous it is - that a scandal that would have destroyed a political career a decade ago is “priced in”
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
like, he is almost certainly a pedophile, a fact which almost every actual republican congressperson is concealing. an extremely devout evangelical is destroying America's democracy to keep this covered up.
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The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I can’t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.
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Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
Chappell Roan has announced her Midwest Princess Project for trans and LGBTQ+ youth, and the fund has already raised $400K.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chappell Roan Unveils Midwest Princess Fund for Trans Youth — and She’s Already Raised $400K
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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from my lunch today; "the trouble is not so much AI making you more productive, but that it's tripling the output of the biggest f***ing idiot where you work"
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
from my lunch today; "the trouble is not so much AI making you more productive, but that it's tripling the output of the biggest f***ing idiot where you work"
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The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
October 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
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Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
If they are firing then the firing hasn’t ceased. Seems like the test failed.
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If they are firing then the firing hasn’t ceased. Seems like the test failed.
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notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
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I feel that some of you need regular reminders of how unpopular this man is. And frankly I see him getting even more so as the economy worsens. Again, this doesn't mean that he will give up any power but it does mean that WE HAVE POWER TOO.
October 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I feel that some of you need regular reminders of how unpopular this man is. And frankly I see him getting even more so as the economy worsens. Again, this doesn't mean that he will give up any power but it does mean that WE HAVE POWER TOO.
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Teaching students “AI prompt engineering” is such an offensive perversion of inquiry based education it makes me breathe fire.
genuinely what the fuck is an "ai skill" that isn't basic reading comprehension, skepticism, the ability to evaluate sources, and, like, typing?
October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Teaching students “AI prompt engineering” is such an offensive perversion of inquiry based education it makes me breathe fire.
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Lots of people with money who want to make more are telling you this is a tool you have to learn or you'll be Left Behind but as with all tools, you can use your own brain and experience to decide if it's a thing that helps you do your job better and a thing you think is ethical.
October 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Lots of people with money who want to make more are telling you this is a tool you have to learn or you'll be Left Behind but as with all tools, you can use your own brain and experience to decide if it's a thing that helps you do your job better and a thing you think is ethical.
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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And people keep building more things that mean I have to make the decision if something is real even more often.
I'm SO. TIRED. OF. IT.
I'm SO. TIRED. OF. IT.
I’m so tired of having to decide if things are real.
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
And people keep building more things that mean I have to make the decision if something is real even more often.
I'm SO. TIRED. OF. IT.
I'm SO. TIRED. OF. IT.