Silas Johnson
@profsilas.bsky.social
I do math and play Pokemon, and apparently make art sometimes. He/him.
Headed home from DC after a wonderfully creative weekend writing math contest problems. Can't wait for students to see these in the spring!
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Headed home from DC after a wonderfully creative weekend writing math contest problems. Can't wait for students to see these in the spring!
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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I keep thinking about this and finally had to draw it.
Simone from #NightInTheWoods by @bombsfall.bsky.social
Simone from #NightInTheWoods by @bombsfall.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I keep thinking about this and finally had to draw it.
Simone from #NightInTheWoods by @bombsfall.bsky.social
Simone from #NightInTheWoods by @bombsfall.bsky.social
Celebratory beer is out. Well done, NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Celebratory beer is out. Well done, NYC.
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Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.
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halloween is the best holiday because it’s the one that’s the most community focused. also because it’s the horniest
November 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
halloween is the best holiday because it’s the one that’s the most community focused. also because it’s the horniest
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q: why did the outfielders raise their arms during this play?
a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons
a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
q: why did the outfielders raise their arms during this play?
a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons
a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons
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I love teaching right after a linguistics class.
(That's not sarcastic. I think they're using the same textbook as my first linguistics course way back when, so it all looks very familiar in a good way.)
(That's not sarcastic. I think they're using the same textbook as my first linguistics course way back when, so it all looks very familiar in a good way.)
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I love teaching right after a linguistics class.
(That's not sarcastic. I think they're using the same textbook as my first linguistics course way back when, so it all looks very familiar in a good way.)
(That's not sarcastic. I think they're using the same textbook as my first linguistics course way back when, so it all looks very familiar in a good way.)
My name is Ozymoanas. You will board my boat, sail across the ocean, look on my works, and despair.
My name is Ozymandias, King Of Kings. You looked on my works. Prepare to die.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and no worries if not.
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
My name is Ozymoanas. You will board my boat, sail across the ocean, look on my works, and despair.
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Milo has something to say, and he feels strongly about it.
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Milo has something to say, and he feels strongly about it.
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Happy 60th birthday to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
Thank you for both my claustrophobia and Acrophobia
#stlouis #hbd #thearch
Thank you for both my claustrophobia and Acrophobia
#stlouis #hbd #thearch
a fireworks display is being watched from the arch
ALT: a fireworks display is being watched from the arch
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Me, coming in to work this morning: "I'd do anything to not have to grade today."
Me, discovering Canvas is down: "Wow, this is bullshit, now I can't grade today like I planned!"
Me, discovering Canvas is down: "Wow, this is bullshit, now I can't grade today like I planned!"
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Me, coming in to work this morning: "I'd do anything to not have to grade today."
Me, discovering Canvas is down: "Wow, this is bullshit, now I can't grade today like I planned!"
Me, discovering Canvas is down: "Wow, this is bullshit, now I can't grade today like I planned!"
I don't have the playmat to show off (store didn't receive them yet), but I got my first League Cup win of the season, and fourth ever! Played my same Ceruledge list from Milwaukee, which is the same as the one @skylon.bsky.social published on Metafy except I added a Jamming Tower. #PokemonTCG
October 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I don't have the playmat to show off (store didn't receive them yet), but I got my first League Cup win of the season, and fourth ever! Played my same Ceruledge list from Milwaukee, which is the same as the one @skylon.bsky.social published on Metafy except I added a Jamming Tower. #PokemonTCG
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
My favorite part (from the full video) might be the brief moment when both announcers agree that two players have been put out, but can't agree on *which* two.
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My favorite part (from the full video) might be the brief moment when both announcers agree that two players have been put out, but can't agree on *which* two.
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Today is a great day to play with fire (Ceruledge ex) #playpokemon
October 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today is a great day to play with fire (Ceruledge ex) #playpokemon
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from now on I'm just going to truncate the taylor series for sin at the first term. sin(x) = 0 for all x. this approximation
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
from now on I'm just going to truncate the taylor series for sin at the first term. sin(x) = 0 for all x. this approximation
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
- is efficient to compute
- has bounded error
- has excellent analytic properties
- has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications
I'm a little behind on October drawing, so I combined two prompts from different lists, and ended up with something about to go terribly wrong at @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social.
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I'm a little behind on October drawing, so I combined two prompts from different lists, and ended up with something about to go terribly wrong at @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social.
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Reckless driving is killing us. St. Louis deserves more than paint and photo ops. 1/9
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Reckless driving is killing us. St. Louis deserves more than paint and photo ops. 1/9
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September 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.