Taylor
@para-dice.bsky.social
Math instructor and song parody writer.
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For homework for Health class, my 11-year-old had to draw cartoon characters representing different nutrients. They're all amazing, but Queen Carbs is my favorite (both in art and in life).
from left to right: vitamins, carbohydrates, water, protein, minerals; fats at the bottom
from left to right: vitamins, carbohydrates, water, protein, minerals; fats at the bottom
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
For homework for Health class, my 11-year-old had to draw cartoon characters representing different nutrients. They're all amazing, but Queen Carbs is my favorite (both in art and in life).
from left to right: vitamins, carbohydrates, water, protein, minerals; fats at the bottom
from left to right: vitamins, carbohydrates, water, protein, minerals; fats at the bottom
Welcome to the only Pythagorean Triple day this century: 16/09/25. www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Welcome to the only Pythagorean Triple day this century: 16/09/25. www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...
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Math is also not MAGA's strong suit.
Dem Senator Gives Education Secretary A Basic Math Lesson After Her Epic Flub
The math isn't mathing.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Math is also not MAGA's strong suit.
With the influx, I suppose I'll mention that I still check this account very occasionally. Work is busy, life is busy, and it's not a go-to social media. (Nor, to be clear, is Twitter.) Hoping to do another holiday song parody this year, we'll see if it happens.
November 18, 2024 at 2:44 AM
With the influx, I suppose I'll mention that I still check this account very occasionally. Work is busy, life is busy, and it's not a go-to social media. (Nor, to be clear, is Twitter.) Hoping to do another holiday song parody this year, we'll see if it happens.
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Ah yes, the hombus. A classic shape.
May 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Ah yes, the hombus. A classic shape.
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A quadratic function that generates primes. Will it keep generating primes forever? When will it stop? I explored prime-generating functions and ended up finding a sequence that wasn't in the OEIS - it is now! aperiodical.com/2024/05/prim...
Prime-generating functions
A few weeks ago I heard someone casually refer to ‘that formula of Euler’s that generates primes’. I hadn’t heard of this, but it turns out that in 1772 Euler produced this formula: \[ …
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May 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
A quadratic function that generates primes. Will it keep generating primes forever? When will it stop? I explored prime-generating functions and ended up finding a sequence that wasn't in the OEIS - it is now! aperiodical.com/2024/05/prim...
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Just to be clear, we don't think that people answering this way are actually under 30 or Hispanic.
It's that people giving inaccurate data on questions about submarines are also giving inaccurate data about their demographics, falsely claiming to belong to these groups.
It's that people giving inaccurate data on questions about submarines are also giving inaccurate data about their demographics, falsely claiming to belong to these groups.
Sorry to go on about this, but it's is so funny to me. 12% of people under 30 who opt into online polls claim they have a license to operate a nuclear submarine. So do 24% of Hispanic people polled by Pew.
The actual number of people who have a license to operate a nuclear submarine is 0%.
The actual number of people who have a license to operate a nuclear submarine is 0%.
March 6, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Just to be clear, we don't think that people answering this way are actually under 30 or Hispanic.
It's that people giving inaccurate data on questions about submarines are also giving inaccurate data about their demographics, falsely claiming to belong to these groups.
It's that people giving inaccurate data on questions about submarines are also giving inaccurate data about their demographics, falsely claiming to belong to these groups.
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Always suspected, but the data is a killer slowrevealgraphs.com/2024/04/25/l... #slowrevealgraph by @jennalaib.bsky.social
Lottery Sales per Adult, by Income Level - Slow Reveal Graphs
Who spends the most on lottery tickets in the US? How does household income factor in?
slowrevealgraphs.com
April 25, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Always suspected, but the data is a killer slowrevealgraphs.com/2024/04/25/l... #slowrevealgraph by @jennalaib.bsky.social
Here's a question, does anyone else out there remember MathNet growing up? www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJmW... (Is there anything out there like it today?)
Mathnet | The Problem of the Missing Baseball (The Pilot)
Kate and George investigate a young teen's claim that his father's autographed Babe Ruth baseball is lost on Mrs. MacGregor's property. Problem is, before th...
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April 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Here's a question, does anyone else out there remember MathNet growing up? www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJmW... (Is there anything out there like it today?)
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Two new #slowrevealgraph additions!
- size of the world's population, with predictions through 2060 (geared towards HS, but could be done with younger students)
- nepo babies! what fields to fathers pass on the most advantage to their sons? (with an introduction to log scale)
slowrevealgraphs.com
- size of the world's population, with predictions through 2060 (geared towards HS, but could be done with younger students)
- nepo babies! what fields to fathers pass on the most advantage to their sons? (with an introduction to log scale)
slowrevealgraphs.com
- Slow Reveal Graphs
Slow Reveal Graph is an instructional routine that promotes sensemaking about data. This highly engaging routine uses scaffolded visuals and discourse to help students (in K-12 and beyond) make sense ...
slowrevealgraphs.com
February 7, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Two new #slowrevealgraph additions!
- size of the world's population, with predictions through 2060 (geared towards HS, but could be done with younger students)
- nepo babies! what fields to fathers pass on the most advantage to their sons? (with an introduction to log scale)
slowrevealgraphs.com
- size of the world's population, with predictions through 2060 (geared towards HS, but could be done with younger students)
- nepo babies! what fields to fathers pass on the most advantage to their sons? (with an introduction to log scale)
slowrevealgraphs.com
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You’d expect the rate at which newspapers eliminated jobs would taper off to exponential decay at some point, but no. They just keep firing people like they expect to go to 0 humans employed by 2030
January 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
You’d expect the rate at which newspapers eliminated jobs would taper off to exponential decay at some point, but no. They just keep firing people like they expect to go to 0 humans employed by 2030
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There's a deep sense of sadness and loneliness seeing this record shattering graph.
November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.
November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.
November 20, 2023 at 4:41 AM
There's a deep sense of sadness and loneliness seeing this record shattering graph.
November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.
November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.
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This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
www.technologyreview.com
October 24, 2023 at 7:37 AM
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai/
It's fine, I know paradise is spelled with an 'S'. I'm all about rolling the dice and analyzing the statistics. (Not sure if d6 or d20.)
April 27, 2024 at 3:14 AM
It's fine, I know paradise is spelled with an 'S'. I'm all about rolling the dice and analyzing the statistics. (Not sure if d6 or d20.)