Darren Simmons
@darrensimmons.bsky.social
He/him. Mathematician (ask me about groups!). Erstwhile fan of sport. De facto anarchist, not having a great time these days. Atheist, but usually not a jerk about it. Used to be @mathman_85 at the old place.
Views expressed are my own.
Views expressed are my own.
Pinned
Noticing that even I’m getting new followers, so…
I’m Darren. I’m a mathematician, and I teach math for a living, but most of the things I post about aren’t related to either of those things. Mostly, I tend to post about politics and current events, occasionally sports, sometimes media. Welcome.
I’m Darren. I’m a mathematician, and I teach math for a living, but most of the things I post about aren’t related to either of those things. Mostly, I tend to post about politics and current events, occasionally sports, sometimes media. Welcome.
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I think this falls in line with a growing push to recognize actionable harms when christian conservatives face things in public life they don’t like generally.
It’s the Hobby Lobbyfication of public life
It’s the Hobby Lobbyfication of public life
It feels surreal, and like a new even darker turn has been taken in the anti-intellectual part of rightwing populism
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I think this falls in line with a growing push to recognize actionable harms when christian conservatives face things in public life they don’t like generally.
It’s the Hobby Lobbyfication of public life
It’s the Hobby Lobbyfication of public life
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The first strike was also murder. You can’t just up and kill civilians on the high seas and then claim you were at war with them.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The first strike was also murder. You can’t just up and kill civilians on the high seas and then claim you were at war with them.
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We had a higher ed system that was the crown jewel for the world, and by the time these knuckle-dragging freaks are done, it'll be a roadside bible colleges and fake law schools
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We had a higher ed system that was the crown jewel for the world, and by the time these knuckle-dragging freaks are done, it'll be a roadside bible colleges and fake law schools
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This right here.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This right here.
So what you’re saying is, I need to step up my fucking game here.
@darrensimmons.bsky.social has swears! They've used 174 profanities in their last 1,972 posts.
🥇 "fucking" (37 times)
🥈 "fuck" (30 times)
🥉 "hell" (29 times)
🥇 "fucking" (37 times)
🥈 "fuck" (30 times)
🥉 "hell" (29 times)
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So what you’re saying is, I need to step up my fucking game here.
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Social media influencers are convincing women to forgo prenatal care and give birth with zero access to any medical professional. This is bad.
skepchick.org/2025/11/free...
skepchick.org/2025/11/free...
Freebirth Influencers are Killing Babies
Transcript: I don’t have children. Human children, that is. I do not want human children, and at this age, I will certainly never give birth to a human child. Because of this, I do not have particu…
skepchick.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Social media influencers are convincing women to forgo prenatal care and give birth with zero access to any medical professional. This is bad.
skepchick.org/2025/11/free...
skepchick.org/2025/11/free...
I'll be playing ball one more time on stream this year in about five minutes. Check it out here:
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'll be playing ball one more time on stream this year in about five minutes. Check it out here:
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
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It’s my birthday, but it’s also unfortunately the third anniversary of the day I got the Covid infection that disabled me. This year has been the hardest with the disease. I encourage you to be careful this holiday season, wear a mask and test, do not get or give Covid to anyone.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It’s my birthday, but it’s also unfortunately the third anniversary of the day I got the Covid infection that disabled me. This year has been the hardest with the disease. I encourage you to be careful this holiday season, wear a mask and test, do not get or give Covid to anyone.
OH GOD MAKE ME UNSEE IT
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
OH GOD MAKE ME UNSEE IT
Dear nonexistent gods, do I feel old today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dear nonexistent gods, do I feel old today.
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🚨 REMINDER:
Good opsec is REALLY important — even when what you're doing isn't actually illegal!
Good opsec is REALLY important — even when what you're doing isn't actually illegal!
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨 REMINDER:
Good opsec is REALLY important — even when what you're doing isn't actually illegal!
Good opsec is REALLY important — even when what you're doing isn't actually illegal!
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ.
Playing some baseball on stream at the bottom of the hour (23:30 UTC). Check it out here:
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Playing some baseball on stream at the bottom of the hour (23:30 UTC). Check it out here:
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
www.twitch.tv/mathman_85
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For those not on insta:
From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
For those not on insta:
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It is absurd to act as though people simply have no idea that, clinically (I guess?), there are different categories for adults who are sexually attracted to people under the age of consent. We all know! We've all heard the terms hebephile and ephebophile before, we're not stupid.
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It is absurd to act as though people simply have no idea that, clinically (I guess?), there are different categories for adults who are sexually attracted to people under the age of consent. We all know! We've all heard the terms hebephile and ephebophile before, we're not stupid.
As if I needed any more reason to hate my shite hometown, somebody has posted a sign with a white nationalist slogan referring to the "great replacement" conspiracy theory on one of the local bridges. Such a wonderful place that has such people in't.
November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As if I needed any more reason to hate my shite hometown, somebody has posted a sign with a white nationalist slogan referring to the "great replacement" conspiracy theory on one of the local bridges. Such a wonderful place that has such people in't.
This is hilariously pathetic. OF FUCKING COURSE the game whose protagonists are literal ecoterrorists AND OBJECTIVELY CORRECT IN-UNIVERSE—setting aside approximately everything else about the plot and characters—is not merely “somewhat woke”. Come on.
"Somewhat" this is bullshit give them the credit they deserve Barrett is woke as fuck
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is hilariously pathetic. OF FUCKING COURSE the game whose protagonists are literal ecoterrorists AND OBJECTIVELY CORRECT IN-UNIVERSE—setting aside approximately everything else about the plot and characters—is not merely “somewhat woke”. Come on.
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Worth noting that Krauss is still a darling of the anti-woke movement and has been doing the rounds for his new book about how wokeness destroyed science. Antiwokeness is inseparable from this fuckery.
![From: Lawrence Krauss
Sent: 4/5/2018 10:16:55 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Re:
Importance: High
Let's do a men of the world conference.
Kevin spacey
Bill Clinton
Al franken
Woody Allen
Lawrence M. Krauss](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreibmta5pbbhrot75z4pfdhnstcylc37outh36bvyzcdoce2ervnydy@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Worth noting that Krauss is still a darling of the anti-woke movement and has been doing the rounds for his new book about how wokeness destroyed science. Antiwokeness is inseparable from this fuckery.
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I think it’s fucked up that landlords ask for recommendations from your last landlord before accepting you as a tenant.
So there’s so much incentive for tenants to just accept the abuse of a current landlord, if complaining will affect their ability to move.
So there’s so much incentive for tenants to just accept the abuse of a current landlord, if complaining will affect their ability to move.
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I think it’s fucked up that landlords ask for recommendations from your last landlord before accepting you as a tenant.
So there’s so much incentive for tenants to just accept the abuse of a current landlord, if complaining will affect their ability to move.
So there’s so much incentive for tenants to just accept the abuse of a current landlord, if complaining will affect their ability to move.
ALL hierarchies of dominance, including but not limited to capitalism, partiarchicalism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia must be eradicated, money abolished, and society organized entirely horizontally at as local a level as is possible, focusing on meeting everyone’s needs of living.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ALL hierarchies of dominance, including but not limited to capitalism, partiarchicalism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia must be eradicated, money abolished, and society organized entirely horizontally at as local a level as is possible, focusing on meeting everyone’s needs of living.
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its almost a month since lia smith, a trans woman who was in college sports until trump took office and banned her from competing, committed suicide
her death has a wikipedia page but has yet to receive an ounce of news coverage in
@nytimes.com
@washingtonpost.com
@apnews.com
@cnn.com
her death has a wikipedia page but has yet to receive an ounce of news coverage in
@nytimes.com
@washingtonpost.com
@apnews.com
@cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
its almost a month since lia smith, a trans woman who was in college sports until trump took office and banned her from competing, committed suicide
her death has a wikipedia page but has yet to receive an ounce of news coverage in
@nytimes.com
@washingtonpost.com
@apnews.com
@cnn.com
her death has a wikipedia page but has yet to receive an ounce of news coverage in
@nytimes.com
@washingtonpost.com
@apnews.com
@cnn.com
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Also, the caving started around the time 12 major airports grounded all private flights.
Never again 'blue no matter who'
Pick the best fucking person and back the hell out of them, and see what could happen.
Never again 'blue no matter who'
Pick the best fucking person and back the hell out of them, and see what could happen.
Democrats helped Republicans kill a ten billion dollar industry in order to cave on the shutdown.
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Also, the caving started around the time 12 major airports grounded all private flights.
Never again 'blue no matter who'
Pick the best fucking person and back the hell out of them, and see what could happen.
Never again 'blue no matter who'
Pick the best fucking person and back the hell out of them, and see what could happen.
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They literally had a caucus meeting to decide who would vote against the filibuster. It's not an accident that no one up for reelection in 2026 is on this list save Fetterman, who is legit bonkers.
Schumer planned behind closed doors to do this & all agreed.
All of them are traitors. All of them.
Schumer planned behind closed doors to do this & all agreed.
All of them are traitors. All of them.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They literally had a caucus meeting to decide who would vote against the filibuster. It's not an accident that no one up for reelection in 2026 is on this list save Fetterman, who is legit bonkers.
Schumer planned behind closed doors to do this & all agreed.
All of them are traitors. All of them.
Schumer planned behind closed doors to do this & all agreed.
All of them are traitors. All of them.