Joshua Bowman
@thalesdisciple.bsky.social
Associate professor of mathematics.
Hymn aficionado.
Large absent-minded spirit.
Resist simple narratives.
Cultivate an abolitionist imagination.
Hymn aficionado.
Large absent-minded spirit.
Resist simple narratives.
Cultivate an abolitionist imagination.
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Seriously, it is a small luxury but if you have $10 and like charming apps, it’s hard to beat the joy that this Advent calendar brings:
For sheer entertainment-for-value however you cannot beat this app: www.jacquielawson.com/advent/chris...
We buy it every year (it’s slightly different each year) and literally play the iPad games all year
We buy it every year (it’s slightly different each year) and literally play the iPad games all year
2025 Christmas Village Advent Calendar | Jacquie Lawson
www.jacquielawson.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Seriously, it is a small luxury but if you have $10 and like charming apps, it’s hard to beat the joy that this Advent calendar brings:
Yes, it gets dark earlier in the evening, but that means I sometimes get to see a sunset before I leave campus.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yes, it gets dark earlier in the evening, but that means I sometimes get to see a sunset before I leave campus.
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Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
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The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse.
Read our full statement here:
Read our full statement here:
The take from @hannahnpbowman.com: “I hope Mamdani goes full La Guardia. After this is all over, there should be a mediocre airport named after him.”
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The take from @hannahnpbowman.com: “I hope Mamdani goes full La Guardia. After this is all over, there should be a mediocre airport named after him.”
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California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 50, the ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats. See how each county voted with live provisional results that are updated every 10 minutes: bit.ly/4oNtf80
📸 Jungho Kim
📸 Jungho Kim
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 50, the ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats. See how each county voted with live provisional results that are updated every 10 minutes: bit.ly/4oNtf80
📸 Jungho Kim
📸 Jungho Kim
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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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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this is for all the brown muslims who dealt with the awful aftermath of 9/11
like holy shit. this is incredible.
like holy shit. this is incredible.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
this is for all the brown muslims who dealt with the awful aftermath of 9/11
like holy shit. this is incredible.
like holy shit. this is incredible.
Among many other things, I am so SO happy that after all the Islamophobic shit Cuomo et al threw at him, that Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Among many other things, I am so SO happy that after all the Islamophobic shit Cuomo et al threw at him, that Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of NYC.
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Teen Vogue has become a top-tier political journalism authority and doing this the day before election day is just cruel.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Teen Vogue has become a top-tier political journalism authority and doing this the day before election day is just cruel.
Not much point in following @teenvogue.com anymore I guess.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Not much point in following @teenvogue.com anymore I guess.
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
Went on Mastodon long enough to see Jim Propp call out this New Yorker article, which takes a break from examining the resource consumption of generative AI to complain about matrix multiplication: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Went on Mastodon long enough to see Jim Propp call out this New Yorker article, which takes a break from examining the resource consumption of generative AI to complain about matrix multiplication: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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ok what's everyone's favorite fact about the symmetric group
November 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ok what's everyone's favorite fact about the symmetric group
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Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight and reclaim what they’ve taken from you
Finally saw this show in person. I love it so much.
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Finally saw this show in person. I love it so much.
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“November” from Labours of the Months section of the Très Riches Heures, one of the most important illuminated manuscripts of the 15th century. A rather majestic farmer is shown presiding over his sounder of swine feeding from the autumn acorns publicdomainreview.org/collection/l...
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“November” from Labours of the Months section of the Très Riches Heures, one of the most important illuminated manuscripts of the 15th century. A rather majestic farmer is shown presiding over his sounder of swine feeding from the autumn acorns publicdomainreview.org/collection/l...
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My Halloween costume is “math.” With bonus Klein bottle earrings from @thalesdisciple.bsky.social!
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My Halloween costume is “math.” With bonus Klein bottle earrings from @thalesdisciple.bsky.social!
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Putting people in cages instead of feeding them is a policy choice
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Putting people in cages instead of feeding them is a policy choice
I’m giving a test on Friday, not just a quiz, and while I don’t have time to make the questions spooky, I will definitely sprinkle in some $\mathghost$s. Thanks @motivickyle.bsky.social!
If you give a quiz on Halloween, it is mandatory to use the halloweenmath package and make all questions spooky.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I’m giving a test on Friday, not just a quiz, and while I don’t have time to make the questions spooky, I will definitely sprinkle in some $\mathghost$s. Thanks @motivickyle.bsky.social!
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
“Give your child a bedtime routine to help her fall asleep.” Ok but what if she decides her routine includes singing Baby Shark for two hours in the dark.
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“Give your child a bedtime routine to help her fall asleep.” Ok but what if she decides her routine includes singing Baby Shark for two hours in the dark.
I have a ticket to see Hadestown on Saturday!
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have a ticket to see Hadestown on Saturday!