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Paul Johnson
@ptwiddle.bsky.social
American mathematician in the UK. Mellowing in middle age.
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February 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Somehow the Ben Folds CD I had was Naked Baby Photos -- outtakes and live bits from the first two albums. Did really like it and their two hits but never listened to the rest...
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I've been watching this on and off for the first time. We're taking a break right before they start Uni and I'm hoping Paris still shows up some...
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ooooooh, you're keeping the vertices fixed, and just connecting them as stars. So they're not even simple? Ok.

This is reminding me of the big extended problem set about diagonalizing circulants and random walks on n-gons, that I want to write up but there just isn't time in the curriculum.
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm confused as to why there aren't moduli...
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I was very confused for a moment as I saw Miles Davis, but "Satch"/Satchmo was Louis Armstrong's nickname...
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Too real. My nervous system did something just reading this.
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Coffee after the service felt like the most important part of church as a kid (American Lutheran).

The most similar thing I've found since is the chatting before and after parkrun.
October 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM