Carrie Muir
@cmuirmath.bsky.social
Community college math professor in the PNW (USA). Misses the early bird app, glad to find old friends (and new ones) here. Neurodivergent, queer, spoonie. Nerd, geek, fandoms random. Probably caffeinating. Pronouns in bio: she/her or they/them
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As I continue to sort and sift through the @penamerica.bsky.social data on school book bans, I’m taken aback on how many titles are ones that I found value in as an adolescent.
I’m almost 56, so it’s been a while, but here are some of those books that’ve been restricted/banned recently.
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I’m almost 56, so it’s been a while, but here are some of those books that’ve been restricted/banned recently.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
As I continue to sort and sift through the @penamerica.bsky.social data on school book bans, I’m taken aback on how many titles are ones that I found value in as an adolescent.
I’m almost 56, so it’s been a while, but here are some of those books that’ve been restricted/banned recently.
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I’m almost 56, so it’s been a while, but here are some of those books that’ve been restricted/banned recently.
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My best advice for becoming a digital accessibility specialist is to make it your job, regardless of your title.
Making a presentation? Putting together a design? Building something in code?
In anything you do, be curious about what it takes to make it more accessible
Making a presentation? Putting together a design? Building something in code?
In anything you do, be curious about what it takes to make it more accessible
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My best advice for becoming a digital accessibility specialist is to make it your job, regardless of your title.
Making a presentation? Putting together a design? Building something in code?
In anything you do, be curious about what it takes to make it more accessible
Making a presentation? Putting together a design? Building something in code?
In anything you do, be curious about what it takes to make it more accessible
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and what ICE is doing is not "immigration enforcement"
DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
![U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation that the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its [highlight] antidrug campaign. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn4xekvi4whd2lz5oxc2sg26ofnbyqrhxnsbxaf4j42jnywjpeh4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
and what ICE is doing is not "immigration enforcement"
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Exciting day in our house: a new apple! The Red Kissable. Slightly mellow tart, pleasant crisp, stunning ombré. Still can't compete with my all-time love, the Golden Delicious (I am sorry for what I am).
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Exciting day in our house: a new apple! The Red Kissable. Slightly mellow tart, pleasant crisp, stunning ombré. Still can't compete with my all-time love, the Golden Delicious (I am sorry for what I am).
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“Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
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If you're looking for something read, so, so many great options in the replies and quote-posts --->
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you're looking for something read, so, so many great options in the replies and quote-posts --->
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Seattle friends: the race for mayor is extremely close. Ballots can be cured until Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
Your Vote May Not Have Counted: 1,930 of You Could Decide This Election
Your ballot might be sick. Cure it, please. We can't bear to watch it suffer.
www.thestranger.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Seattle friends: the race for mayor is extremely close. Ballots can be cured until Nov. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
Please go check your #vote:
voter.votewa.gov/portal2023/l...
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On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.
Two panels highlighting the role of African American soldiers in the liberation of the Netherlands have been removed from the American Military Cemetary Margraten. The Cemetary is controlled by the AMBC, and the panels were removed in line with current Trump policy.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun...
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.
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rebates are bad because they require people to pay upfront and maybe receive the money in the mail later and 50-year mortgages are bad because people will pay more interest compared to a 25-year or 30-year mortgage
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
rebates are bad because they require people to pay upfront and maybe receive the money in the mail later and 50-year mortgages are bad because people will pay more interest compared to a 25-year or 30-year mortgage
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It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling!
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's a dark time for artists. Many are struggling!
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
It's easy to buy gifts online. When you buy from *artists*, you're supporting working people, instead of making rich jerks richer.
This fall, send your present $$ to an artist's shop!
Artists! Drop your shop links!
& check out SquidFacts.net 😘
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How much political knowledge does an AMS Congressional Fellow need? Let some past Fellows fill you in. Watch the video and consider applying. Bring your mathematical training to policy work in Congress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUeMlzXFMUo
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How much political knowledge does an AMS Congressional Fellow need? Let some past Fellows fill you in. Watch the video and consider applying. Bring your mathematical training to policy work in Congress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUeMlzXFMUo
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Tomorrow on Skype a Scientist LIVE, we're talking about how physics weaves into our everyday lives!
In these sessions, we ask YOUR questions, so come curious :)
We'll be joined by @mleembruggen.bsky.social!
RSVP for free here!
givebutter.com/MXtxd5
In these sessions, we ask YOUR questions, so come curious :)
We'll be joined by @mleembruggen.bsky.social!
RSVP for free here!
givebutter.com/MXtxd5
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Tomorrow on Skype a Scientist LIVE, we're talking about how physics weaves into our everyday lives!
In these sessions, we ask YOUR questions, so come curious :)
We'll be joined by @mleembruggen.bsky.social!
RSVP for free here!
givebutter.com/MXtxd5
In these sessions, we ask YOUR questions, so come curious :)
We'll be joined by @mleembruggen.bsky.social!
RSVP for free here!
givebutter.com/MXtxd5
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If you are writing an opinion piece about higher education and the three example institutions you use are Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, please just throw your writing in the trash. You are not writing about higher ed, you are writing about a tiny elitist unrepresentative sliver of higher ed.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you are writing an opinion piece about higher education and the three example institutions you use are Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, please just throw your writing in the trash. You are not writing about higher ed, you are writing about a tiny elitist unrepresentative sliver of higher ed.
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Our friend the Hourglass Toad is named for the symmetrical hourglass shaped markings that appear on their back! They are a member of a small genus of tree toads from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand! (photo by A. Restu Dwikelana)
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Our friend the Hourglass Toad is named for the symmetrical hourglass shaped markings that appear on their back! They are a member of a small genus of tree toads from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand! (photo by A. Restu Dwikelana)
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A peek at yesterday's bead board:
🖤 Hvrēssē Kolaswv Catē - Red Moon & Stars
♥️ 5 1/4 inch or 13 1/2 cm long
❤️ → cvkvlv.com/products/hvr...
#Beadwork #Art #Mvskoke #IndigenousArt
🖤 Hvrēssē Kolaswv Catē - Red Moon & Stars
♥️ 5 1/4 inch or 13 1/2 cm long
❤️ → cvkvlv.com/products/hvr...
#Beadwork #Art #Mvskoke #IndigenousArt
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A peek at yesterday's bead board:
🖤 Hvrēssē Kolaswv Catē - Red Moon & Stars
♥️ 5 1/4 inch or 13 1/2 cm long
❤️ → cvkvlv.com/products/hvr...
#Beadwork #Art #Mvskoke #IndigenousArt
🖤 Hvrēssē Kolaswv Catē - Red Moon & Stars
♥️ 5 1/4 inch or 13 1/2 cm long
❤️ → cvkvlv.com/products/hvr...
#Beadwork #Art #Mvskoke #IndigenousArt
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Oh hey I'm quoted in the History Channel talking about Stephen King! www.history.com/articles/ste...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh hey I'm quoted in the History Channel talking about Stephen King! www.history.com/articles/ste...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Today on Armistice Day, it’s worth remembering that the peace deal was so broken that nearly 3000 men died in the hours before the agreement took place, because no truce was included in the deal. I want to tell you about what might be the dumbest of those deaths.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today on Armistice Day, it’s worth remembering that the peace deal was so broken that nearly 3000 men died in the hours before the agreement took place, because no truce was included in the deal. I want to tell you about what might be the dumbest of those deaths.
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People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter.
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Introduces how people with disabilities, including people with age-related impairments, use the Web.
www.w3.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter.
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
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Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-Big stretch! Drink some water, take your meds.
-Don’t monetize your hobbies. Just don’t.
-The Thing in the Walls said to ignore any tapping in the walls. That’s the opposite of reassuring.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
-Big stretch! Drink some water, take your meds.
-Don’t monetize your hobbies. Just don’t.
-The Thing in the Walls said to ignore any tapping in the walls. That’s the opposite of reassuring.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today’s advice from your Goth Auntie
-Big stretch! Drink some water, take your meds.
-Don’t monetize your hobbies. Just don’t.
-The Thing in the Walls said to ignore any tapping in the walls. That’s the opposite of reassuring.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
-Big stretch! Drink some water, take your meds.
-Don’t monetize your hobbies. Just don’t.
-The Thing in the Walls said to ignore any tapping in the walls. That’s the opposite of reassuring.
❤️ Auntie Jilli
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Any #rstats people on here have experience with hierarchal generalized additive models (HGAM) in ecology?
I’m in need of some help in possibly using one with some data!
🦇🌎🧪🧫
I’m in need of some help in possibly using one with some data!
🦇🌎🧪🧫
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Any #rstats people on here have experience with hierarchal generalized additive models (HGAM) in ecology?
I’m in need of some help in possibly using one with some data!
🦇🌎🧪🧫
I’m in need of some help in possibly using one with some data!
🦇🌎🧪🧫
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Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Donald Trump sent more money to bail out Argentina than it would have cost to extend the ACA tax credits for just 1 year.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
I don't plan to let anyone forget it.
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Opinion | A Veterans Day Marked by Disinvestment in Student Veterans
Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk. https://bit.ly/3WPPDSs
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk. https://bit.ly/3WPPDSs
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Opinion | A Veterans Day Marked by Disinvestment in Student Veterans
Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk. https://bit.ly/3WPPDSs
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk. https://bit.ly/3WPPDSs
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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Back in the early days of the Modern Internet (mid to late 90's, early 00's), I was a part of the font-making world. I didn't design any fonts directly but I did chat with lots of font designers, and one of my ideas was used to make this, which you can still get.
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
Code of Life (BRK) Font | Ænigma Fonts | FontSpace
Free download of Code of Life (BRK) Font. Released in 2001 by Ænigma Fonts and licensed for personal-use only. Click now to create a custom image with your own words that you can download.
www.fontspace.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Back in the early days of the Modern Internet (mid to late 90's, early 00's), I was a part of the font-making world. I didn't design any fonts directly but I did chat with lots of font designers, and one of my ideas was used to make this, which you can still get.
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
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if your company sells a toxic product, the poison may be what kills people, but it's still your company's fault
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
if your company sells a toxic product, the poison may be what kills people, but it's still your company's fault