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Mark McClure
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Progressive data visualizer and Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

https://marksmath.org/
https://wncviz.com/
Here's a Bluesky link to another look at that picture: bsky.app/profile/did:...
UNC Asheville's plans to develop an area just south of campus have met with considerable local resistance. I wrote this blog post with a map of the area visualizing what it might look like.

Replies to this bsky post will appear as comments on the blog post.

blog.marksmath.org/posts/TheWoo...
The Woods – Blog @ Mark’s Math
A questionable development at UNCA
blog.marksmath.org
July 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
One extra special tidbit for BlueSky users - there's a commenting system that utilizes Quarto's BlueSky comment extension. Thus, anyone with a BlueSky account can add comments to the posts! A reply to this post should appear under by first blog post that's About the Blog @ Mark’s Math.
July 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The University of Virginia is one of the most elite public schools in the nation and the state of Virginia has a Democratic governor with narrow Democratic majorities in both houses. It's an extremely bad sign for higher education, if UVA can't even try to tackle this fight.
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
According the author, a former general counsel for the University, "the university's compliance with Title VI is clear"
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Key counter point: Title VI prohibits quotas or programs that are exclusive to any one protected class. It does not prevent federal contractors, such as universities, from pursuing the goal of creating a diverse community...
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The key allegation is under Title VI: "No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance."
July 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I have no idea if this is AI or not, particularly after last week's NY Times AI quiz where my awful score was about average. My best guess is that it is AI based primarily on Cruz's reference to the Philippians as the Fallopians.
June 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM