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Matthew Leingang
@matthewleingang.bsky.social
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NYU Clinical Professor of Mathematics. Expat Hoosier and Canadaphile. Father of two 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ and marathoner of fourteen. He/him/his
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In class today, I used the statement “with 4 minutes to go and a 10-point lead, the probability the Giants will win is 96.9%” to illustrate the three interpretations of probability. (1/5)
Tweet from Kalshi Sports overlaying three scoreboxes over an image of football being played. The tweet text indicates the win probability of the leading team (the New York Giants) in each: * 20-10 lead with 3:56 to go: 96.7% win probability * 37-34 lead with 0:13 to go, 94.6% win probability * 26-8 with 5:13 to go, 99.8% probability The Giants lost all three.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Thanks. I tried what you suggested and it sort of worked. It still provided an AI overview, but below a much better pre-AI result:
"Old Google" search for "seven letter word for flightless bird". The top link is to a page which suggests (correctly) PENGUIN and OSTRICH. Below that is the same (incorrect) AI overview.
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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AI is making us dumb
Google results page for the query "seven letter word for flightless bird". The AI overview suggests RHEAS or EMU, neither of which have seven letters. It also mentions ostriches and penguins, but claims they don't match the letter count. Meanwhile, on the right, two articles found with pre-AI Google are listed. One mentions OSTRICH in its summary and another has a picture of a PENGUIN. Both of those are seven letter words for a kind of flightless bird.
August 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Sad press conference seated in front of a fake plant, a Keurig machine, and a (punched?) hole in the wall
Aarón Boone press conference. His team “won” the trading deadline but hasn’t “won” any games since then
August 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Google thinks I should know the alcohol content of blondes in Asbury Park.
Screen grab from a Google results page on Asbury Park, NJ. """ Asbury Park is a small seaside city on the New Jersey coast. It's known for its sandy shore and beachfront boardwalk lined with shops, arcades and cafes. The city's live music venues include the Stone Pony, which has hosted native New Jerseyans Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, and the 1920s Paramount Theatre. The Silverball Museum's video games, arcade games and pinball machines date from the 1930s to the present. - Google Population: 15,391 (2023) Area: 1.603 mi2 Clubs and Teams: Asbury Park Sea Urchins, Jersey Shore Bullets, Asbury Park Boardwalkers, New Jersey ShoreCats University: Concorde School of Hair Design-Ocean Township Blonde alcohol content: 4.9% [highlighted by OP] bottleshop.com Area codes: 732 Elevation: 16 ft (5 m) """
July 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I was watching Rebel Without A Cause the other night and noticed this look. I don’t like the fit, but the color/fabric combo gives “LA detective” through and through.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0048...
Ed Platt as Ray Fremick in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). He is wearing a plain-weave taupe sport coat over navy trousers, white cotton button-down shirt, and a navy knit tie
July 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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If anyone is curious, this is the slide. The hard part was getting the outline of A ∪ B. For that I needed to learn how to use the spath3 TikZ library.
March 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Lauryn Hill deserves a mention
Cover of the album “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”. Lauryn’s face is etched into a school desk
January 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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My 8am class has an 8am final, which means today is the last day I get up at 4am for work until at least next September. Wish us luck!
A tired professor waits in the dark for a bus. He is smiling and the streetlights shine off the wet pavement
December 17, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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Gift from a student. I love it
A coffee mug with three swole doge images. One says “Induction” another “Strong Induction, and the last “well-ordering principle” The doges are the same size because the concepts are equivalent
December 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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ShopRite has these new trash bins right by the checkout aisles.
A bin full of footballs with NY Jets and NY Giants logos
December 8, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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I became addicted to Khruangbin this year. I can’t believe some are listening even more than me
Story from my Spotify wrapped. It says my top artist was Khruangbin and I listened to them 561 minutes this year. But I am only in the top 3%
December 4, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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Found this giant maple leaf on the ground in Washington Square Park. A perfect specimen of the NYC Parks logo
Big ass maple leaf on a black marble table. The table has a chessboard etched into it
December 3, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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Thanksgiving Day 3: this lasagne
A bubbly, cheesy lasagne
December 1, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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Reminiscing this Thanksgiving evening on the Butt Fumble game. This stat is devastating

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Fu...
Screenshot of Wikipedia page on the Butt Fumble: “The play was the centerpiece of a disastrous sequence in the second quarter, wherein the Jets lost three fumbles and the Patriots scored three touchdowns in the span of 52 seconds of game time. In that second quarter, the Jets held the ball for over 12 minutes (out of a possible 15), but managed to be outscored 35–3.”
November 29, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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Here goes nothing!
Large saucepan full of cranberry ones, diced pears, chopped red onions, and limequats
November 28, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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My office faces westward but the reflection off eastward facing windows is just as strong
Looking into an open office door from the hallway. The office is dark but there is a bright sunbeam shining through the window
October 30, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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We’ve reached the time of year when the morning sun shines parallel to Manhattan’s grid and blinds everyone trying to walk crosstown
3rd Street in Manhattan. The sun glares between the buildings and casts extra long shadows
October 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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But have you seen
Cover of the DVD “Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox”. Pictured are Manny Ramirez, Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, and Keith Foulke
October 29, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Oh Spotify Daylist you know me so well
Apple CarPlay screenshot running Spotify. The track playing is “Helplessness Blues” by Fleet Foxes. Below that is the text “Next from: Indie chill twee evening”
October 26, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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Same vibe
A lecture slide titled "For those who must know all" and subtitled "Close your ears if you haven't had linear algebra"
October 25, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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This paragraph of Patrick O'Brian is dedicated to my newly promoted colleague.
JOY. AS HE walked heavily, solemnly down the stairs, it mounted in him, a great calm flood-tide of joy. His momentary disappointment about the Fanciulla (he had counted on her – such a quick, stiff, sweet-handling, weatherly pet) entirely vanished by the third step – forgotten, overwhelmed – and by the landing he had realized his happiness almost to the full. He had been made post. He was a post-captain; and he would die an admiral at last. 2-Post Captain, ch.12, paragraph 73
October 22, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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I updated the count in my profile but didn’t say anything else about it. I ran my 14th marathon last Sunday and had a top 5 time. Much better than the last two.

strava.app.link/CHiIRiYCQNb
A marathon runner wearing a black and yellow singlet, short shorts, and a space blanket. Time of race: 3h11m
October 20, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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Burrito night
Burrito on the griddle pre-rolling. Cheese, rice, steak, black beans, and salsa Finished burrito cut in half. The tortilla is toasted and the filling is hot
October 18, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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First day of carboloading for a marathon on Sunday, and they are giving away bagels outside my classroom. The universe smiles on me today!
An everything bagel which I have begun to eat
October 10, 2024 at 2:10 PM