Brandon Sisler
brandon1118.bsky.social
Brandon Sisler
@brandon1118.bsky.social
I am a graduate student at UVA!

If ye be a non-Hausdorff/compactly-generated space then ye be my White Whale.
“With my [cofibrant replacement] I stab at thee”- Captain Ahab, the hero of that story I think.
POV talking to my relatives:
June 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
When I realize that I can answer a homework problem by giving an algorithm:
January 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
December 1, 2024 at 5:59 PM
October 14, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Me finding out that graduate school is difficult and that you can’t do everything perfectly:
September 18, 2024 at 1:58 PM
All things considered, you’d be lucky to pull this number at the deli. So I’m happy! 🎉
September 17, 2024 at 12:26 AM
September 16, 2024 at 7:13 PM
June 14, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Live footage of me learning that not all metric spaces are second countable.
May 14, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Reading about the comb space:
March 31, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Don’t know if there’s an audience for this one but it was in my heart so hear you go
March 23, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Allow me, a non-liable, non-insurance rep, to suggest an elegant solution.
March 11, 2024 at 3:08 AM
I’ve come up with what I think is a deceptively good false proof (totally on purpose, not by my own error) that the fundamental group of the circle is trivial but want to play test it. Let me know if you give it a go and how fast you spot the issue!
March 11, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Me whenever I don’t quite believe a proof:
February 26, 2024 at 1:02 AM
February 25, 2024 at 4:55 PM
“There is one knight who says that the duel is at high noon, but he only tells the truth when this town ain’t big enough for the two of us.”
February 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Me: Can we have all the basic logical symbols?
Mom: We have logical symbols at home.
The logical symbols at home:
February 17, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Oh weird, looks like something’s been left out…
February 15, 2024 at 2:10 AM