Leah Berman Williams
@leahwrenn.bsky.social
Mathematician (discrete geometry), U Alaska Fairbanks prof, former FNSB assembly. In Alaska since 2009. She/her/hers. @Leahwrenn@mastodon.social @leahwrenn on MeFi
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One of many prints I made in the weekend long cyanotype print class at UAF. This was made from a digital transparency. Then washed in a borax bath for 2 minutes. Really happy with how it came out. Print isn’t quite as yellow as this photo shows.
#cyanotype #printmaking
#cyanotype #printmaking
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
One of many prints I made in the weekend long cyanotype print class at UAF. This was made from a digital transparency. Then washed in a borax bath for 2 minutes. Really happy with how it came out. Print isn’t quite as yellow as this photo shows.
#cyanotype #printmaking
#cyanotype #printmaking
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It’s really happening!
My far-right Christian neighbors FINALLY took down their Trump flag.
Somehow everything else he had done wasn’t enough — but this last few weeks is shattering the MAGA coalition.
It brings me a little hope. 🥹
My far-right Christian neighbors FINALLY took down their Trump flag.
Somehow everything else he had done wasn’t enough — but this last few weeks is shattering the MAGA coalition.
It brings me a little hope. 🥹
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It’s really happening!
My far-right Christian neighbors FINALLY took down their Trump flag.
Somehow everything else he had done wasn’t enough — but this last few weeks is shattering the MAGA coalition.
It brings me a little hope. 🥹
My far-right Christian neighbors FINALLY took down their Trump flag.
Somehow everything else he had done wasn’t enough — but this last few weeks is shattering the MAGA coalition.
It brings me a little hope. 🥹
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The entire month of November, all my original mathematical jewelry at Differential Geometry is 10% off with the code Bsky2025!
www.diffgeom.com/shop
#Math #MathArt #Jewelry
www.diffgeom.com/shop
#Math #MathArt #Jewelry
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The entire month of November, all my original mathematical jewelry at Differential Geometry is 10% off with the code Bsky2025!
www.diffgeom.com/shop
#Math #MathArt #Jewelry
www.diffgeom.com/shop
#Math #MathArt #Jewelry
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Every time I make pad kra pow, I wonder why I don’t make it all the time. 🍜🍽️
Rice
Ground local pork
Beans
Garlic
Shallots
Chilis
Oil
Fish sauce
Sugar
Basil 🌱 (indoor grow unit baybeeeee)
Fried local egg
Rice
Ground local pork
Beans
Garlic
Shallots
Chilis
Oil
Fish sauce
Sugar
Basil 🌱 (indoor grow unit baybeeeee)
Fried local egg
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Every time I make pad kra pow, I wonder why I don’t make it all the time. 🍜🍽️
Rice
Ground local pork
Beans
Garlic
Shallots
Chilis
Oil
Fish sauce
Sugar
Basil 🌱 (indoor grow unit baybeeeee)
Fried local egg
Rice
Ground local pork
Beans
Garlic
Shallots
Chilis
Oil
Fish sauce
Sugar
Basil 🌱 (indoor grow unit baybeeeee)
Fried local egg
Calling folks what they ask to be called just isn’t that challenging.
And we do it for Katherine who goes by Katie, and John->Jack, and Morton->Skip…
Why not let other kids choose what they’re called?
(It’s hard when you’re the mom and your kid chooses a new name…but it’s absolutely doable.)
And we do it for Katherine who goes by Katie, and John->Jack, and Morton->Skip…
Why not let other kids choose what they’re called?
(It’s hard when you’re the mom and your kid chooses a new name…but it’s absolutely doable.)
"[A] study of 129 transgender and gender nonconforming students found that having their identities affirmed decreases symptoms of severe depression. ... Refusing to use preferred names tells transgender and nonbinary students they're unworthy of respect."
Texas' "SB 12 bars public school employees from socially transitioning a student."
"[T]ransformed school from a place of support to one that rejects who they are."
"[B]latant disregard for a person's sense of self. And to do that to kids is unconscionable."
#Texas #USA #Education #Identification
"[T]ransformed school from a place of support to one that rejects who they are."
"[B]latant disregard for a person's sense of self. And to do that to kids is unconscionable."
#Texas #USA #Education #Identification
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Calling folks what they ask to be called just isn’t that challenging.
And we do it for Katherine who goes by Katie, and John->Jack, and Morton->Skip…
Why not let other kids choose what they’re called?
(It’s hard when you’re the mom and your kid chooses a new name…but it’s absolutely doable.)
And we do it for Katherine who goes by Katie, and John->Jack, and Morton->Skip…
Why not let other kids choose what they’re called?
(It’s hard when you’re the mom and your kid chooses a new name…but it’s absolutely doable.)
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Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
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One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Reading a fascinating post on governance in UK universities: post18.co.uk/earning-the-...
Particularly struck by this paragraph, because *this is what my institution used to have*.
Particularly struck by this paragraph, because *this is what my institution used to have*.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reading a fascinating post on governance in UK universities: post18.co.uk/earning-the-...
Particularly struck by this paragraph, because *this is what my institution used to have*.
Particularly struck by this paragraph, because *this is what my institution used to have*.
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Not only my photos are being stolen now, people are selling them under someone else's name😡😡. I intentionally never sold my images for profit. Check the photos below. Mine is in the left, the stolen one in the right. Does someone knows how to sue them?
www.cell-and-art.com/en/product/a...
www.cell-and-art.com/en/product/a...
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Not only my photos are being stolen now, people are selling them under someone else's name😡😡. I intentionally never sold my images for profit. Check the photos below. Mine is in the left, the stolen one in the right. Does someone knows how to sue them?
www.cell-and-art.com/en/product/a...
www.cell-and-art.com/en/product/a...
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Rather than address how & why politics has infected the FAA, the WaPo suggests waving a magic wand with privatization & making it all go away.
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Privatize air traffic control
Safely directing thousands of commercial flights every day is too important to be left to politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Rather than address how & why politics has infected the FAA, the WaPo suggests waving a magic wand with privatization & making it all go away.
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
In this administration, where pardons are for sale, this is not a smart idea.
Far cheaper to remove politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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As usual, Anchorage believes they are Alaska. The “Anchorage Mushing District?” Fuck off.
Local officials hope the new Anchorage Mushing District arch will be a major downtown attraction and a fitting tribute to mushing's legacy in Alaska. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
After years of planning, steel arch is installed for Anchorage Mushing District
Local officials hope the arch will be a major downtown attraction.
www.adn.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As usual, Anchorage believes they are Alaska. The “Anchorage Mushing District?” Fuck off.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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I say boring as there is no sense in the Trump/Hillsdale version of history of individuals struggling with one another over competing visions of liberty--no sense of how liberty for one group of people can come at the cost of another's freedom--no sense of irony or paradox. Just hero worship.
a group of men dressed in historical costumes including one wearing a blue vest with ruffles
ALT: a group of men dressed in historical costumes including one wearing a blue vest with ruffles
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November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I say boring as there is no sense in the Trump/Hillsdale version of history of individuals struggling with one another over competing visions of liberty--no sense of how liberty for one group of people can come at the cost of another's freedom--no sense of irony or paradox. Just hero worship.
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For now, suffice it to say how depressing it is that the federal government is putting its authority behind this incorrect, decontextualized, and frankly boring vision of history at the same time that it is cutting funding for the NEH and attacking the Smithsonian's independence.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
For now, suffice it to say how depressing it is that the federal government is putting its authority behind this incorrect, decontextualized, and frankly boring vision of history at the same time that it is cutting funding for the NEH and attacking the Smithsonian's independence.
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As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try
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What a way to end the day. Straight from the camera. No edits besides crop and 30% speed. Find a way to escape the horrors and then return to fight them at full strength ❤️ 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What a way to end the day. Straight from the camera. No edits besides crop and 30% speed. Find a way to escape the horrors and then return to fight them at full strength ❤️ 🦑
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Whomever invented “in-network/out-of-network” for health insurance…
I hope they’re eternally thirsty for a cold glass of iced water deep within the bowels of the 9th circle of hell.
I do NOT wanna look for a new psychiatrist just b/c I have new insurance my current psych’s not networked in.
I hope they’re eternally thirsty for a cold glass of iced water deep within the bowels of the 9th circle of hell.
I do NOT wanna look for a new psychiatrist just b/c I have new insurance my current psych’s not networked in.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Whomever invented “in-network/out-of-network” for health insurance…
I hope they’re eternally thirsty for a cold glass of iced water deep within the bowels of the 9th circle of hell.
I do NOT wanna look for a new psychiatrist just b/c I have new insurance my current psych’s not networked in.
I hope they’re eternally thirsty for a cold glass of iced water deep within the bowels of the 9th circle of hell.
I do NOT wanna look for a new psychiatrist just b/c I have new insurance my current psych’s not networked in.
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Petition to make brands disclose any weird sweeteners they used instead when they have No Sugar Added labels.
Stevia is disgusting and gives me a headache and I don’t appreciate being ambushed with it
Stevia is disgusting and gives me a headache and I don’t appreciate being ambushed with it
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Petition to make brands disclose any weird sweeteners they used instead when they have No Sugar Added labels.
Stevia is disgusting and gives me a headache and I don’t appreciate being ambushed with it
Stevia is disgusting and gives me a headache and I don’t appreciate being ambushed with it
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So pretty with the new fallen snow
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So pretty with the new fallen snow
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
More Nutmeg on the table
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
More Nutmeg on the table
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The MU National Costume event is the most gloriously tacky thing I have ever seen. You have all the tropical island “our chief exports are tourism and money laundering” countries in 58 lbs of showgirl outfit, there’s always some poor lady who is being slowly crushed to death by a sculpture
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The MU National Costume event is the most gloriously tacky thing I have ever seen. You have all the tropical island “our chief exports are tourism and money laundering” countries in 58 lbs of showgirl outfit, there’s always some poor lady who is being slowly crushed to death by a sculpture
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now