Matt Zucker
@mattz.bsky.social
Testing out some new (to me) methods to make interesting patterns on spheres, and I am glad to report the math is mathing OK
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Testing out some new (to me) methods to make interesting patterns on spheres, and I am glad to report the math is mathing OK
Every time I see slop like this there’s a split second where I wonder if I’m having a stroke
I decided to see if google's AI could make a basic flowchart of the federal court system. I was rewarded.
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Every time I see slop like this there’s a split second where I wonder if I’m having a stroke
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"Proponents claim these orders will eliminate ideology in science, but in reality, President Donald Trump’s EOs limit the ability of science to benefit humanity." - @mattz.bsky.social and I on the harms of discriminatory science funding in the @inquirer.com. share.inquirer.com/Quf8pS
Trump’s executive orders put science’s reliability at risk
The federal government’s targeted ideological bans and defunding efforts make it harder for researchers to understand the state of the world and draw the correct conclusions.
share.inquirer.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"Proponents claim these orders will eliminate ideology in science, but in reality, President Donald Trump’s EOs limit the ability of science to benefit humanity." - @mattz.bsky.social and I on the harms of discriminatory science funding in the @inquirer.com. share.inquirer.com/Quf8pS
did you know that children are very
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
did you know that children are very
Also the bargain for much of higher ed. If people opt out or are forced out of that labor stream, you can't rebuild quickly. Could have decades-long consequences
at a very basic level the bargain of working for the government was “we will not pay you as much as the private sector but you will have job security and a stable career with good retirement benefits”
that is clearly no longer something we can promise so the price just went up
that is clearly no longer something we can promise so the price just went up
Im temperamentally an optimist but I worry that luring federal employees back is gonna be harder and costlier than people think, in the same way that Biden couldn’t just reinstate JCPOA in the same terms with Iran after Trump burned it up.
May 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Also the bargain for much of higher ed. If people opt out or are forced out of that labor stream, you can't rebuild quickly. Could have decades-long consequences
Achievement unlocked: attended a live @wtyppod.bsky.social recording with @kendraserra.bsky.social last night and heckled Roz for misstating how to compute mechanical strain. #lifegoals
May 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Achievement unlocked: attended a live @wtyppod.bsky.social recording with @kendraserra.bsky.social last night and heckled Roz for misstating how to compute mechanical strain. #lifegoals
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love da squiggle orbs
New blog post! I made some squiggle orbs! mzucker.github.io/2025/03/15/s...
Squiggle orbs
3D printed reconfigurable Truchet tilings of spherical polyhedra.
mzucker.github.io
April 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
love da squiggle orbs
New blog post! I made some squiggle orbs! mzucker.github.io/2025/03/15/s...
Squiggle orbs
3D printed reconfigurable Truchet tilings of spherical polyhedra.
mzucker.github.io
April 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New blog post! I made some squiggle orbs! mzucker.github.io/2025/03/15/s...
You might not guess from this interaction with @oddletters.bsky.social that I actually do a fair amount of 3D printing. Also, to be fair, it feels a lot less like a garbage technology when you move away from consumer-grade printing to commercial/industrial services.
yes. both are technologies that inculcate a disposable lifestyle.
third common thread: both were popularized by people with shit aesthetics whose hyped-up claims of "you can make anything you want" are belied by the shittiness of the things they actually make
third common thread: both were popularized by people with shit aesthetics whose hyped-up claims of "you can make anything you want" are belied by the shittiness of the things they actually make
April 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
You might not guess from this interaction with @oddletters.bsky.social that I actually do a fair amount of 3D printing. Also, to be fair, it feels a lot less like a garbage technology when you move away from consumer-grade printing to commercial/industrial services.
Wait, are they planning to deport the museum too?
Scoop: DOGE officials met with leadership at the National Gallery of Art this week to discuss the museum's legal status www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum’s Legal Status
The move is the latest from Elon Musk’s unofficial cost-cutting agency to exert influence beyond traditional federal agencies.
www.bloomberg.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wait, are they planning to deport the museum too?
Holy shit this story keeps getting crazier 😲 📈
"An Inquirer reporter who visited Nobles’ home on Osage Avenue was greeted at the front door by a middle-aged man with a barking (but friendly) dog that appeared to be a beige poodle."
www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...
www.inquirer.com/news/sheriff...
Deputy Sheriff ‘Jane Doe’ reported stolen SUV in crash involving mystery poodle
In another twist, a police report said the city-leased vehicle was reported stolen by an unnamed woman – who may be top deputy. Sheriff Rochelle Bilal and police have both launched internal probes.
www.inquirer.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Holy shit this story keeps getting crazier 😲 📈
Tell me you're not from Philly without saying you're not from Philly [reposted with alt text]
March 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Tell me you're not from Philly without saying you're not from Philly [reposted with alt text]
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
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‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
Higher ed professional here and this rings true for my college
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
March 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Higher ed professional here and this rings true for my college
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2000+Jewish professors, staff, students letter on Mahmoud Khalil's arrest:
"We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name and cynical claims of antisemitism to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
"We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name and cynical claims of antisemitism to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
March 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
2000+Jewish professors, staff, students letter on Mahmoud Khalil's arrest:
"We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name and cynical claims of antisemitism to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
"We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing anyone who invokes our name and cynical claims of antisemitism to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
docs.google.com/document/u/1...
ok this is legit cool
they discovered a new egg brother www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Periodic cooking of eggs - Communications Engineering
Emilia Di Lorenzo and colleagues propose an approach to address the energy transport problem of cooking the albumen and yolk of a boiled egg at their optimal temperatures without separation. By altern...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ok this is legit cool
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Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
March 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.
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As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
Just submitted a short paper to www.bridgesmathart.org/b2025/ – see you in Eindhoven in July maybe?
Bridges Eindhoven 2025 – The Bridges Organization
www.bridgesmathart.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Just submitted a short paper to www.bridgesmathart.org/b2025/ – see you in Eindhoven in July maybe?