I interviewed the Clintons… https://t.co/Pu1PLzNWHp
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) Sep 27, 2022
https://t.co/yX59XdHH2E
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Sep 23, 2022
I feel like I could stage a pretty good jukebox musical where Act I is all of “Permanent Waves” and Act II is just “Moving Pictures.” So far, my only hurdles are that literally no one would see it and I don’t know how to do any of the actual work. Still, I remain optimistic.
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) Sep 23, 2022
@matsholberg That is a lot of tail fin for your hard earned money.
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Sep 21, 2022
@sonukg4india My visual solution No equations https://t.co/ctMS9tIkgV
— Roberto Santos (@rober_fun) Sep 20, 2022
The next James Bond 007 flick should be named "His Majesty's Secret Service."
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Sep 19, 2022
I’m so stressed out. I just needed to say that. Teaching 4 calc classes, coordinating two calc classes & trying to finish a dissertation is the absolute worst. I will go to class tomorrow & love on my students & they will make me laugh & I will be fine but right now I’m miserable
— Krista Kay Bresock (she/her) (@BresockCalculus) Sep 19, 2022
Obviously this will vary for different apps, but for whatever it’s worth, I dropped iOS 14 and watchOS 7 support a few months ago and I heard from literally nobody. None. Zero people said anything. That has never happened with any other OS-requirement change I’ve ever done. https://t.co/zzWMtvBXiW
— Marco Arment (@marcoarment) Sep 12, 2022
The thing is, if you really wanted students not to read books, you wouldn’t ban them. You’d assign them.
— James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) Sep 11, 2022
Talking about the #Lindy effect with his majesty who absoooooolutely gets it. He hates modernist architecture. https://t.co/vpYEUFlaW9
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) Sep 10, 2022
The Queen's new pronouns are he/him.
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Sep 9, 2022
Day to day, I have approximately the same ruggedized tech needs as, say, a sweet potato.
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) Sep 7, 2022
@sonukg4india Graphically: https://t.co/Efz9mdURId
— Snail_Erato (@EratoSnail) Sep 5, 2022
@sonukg4india No! There are 6 solutions. 1 & 4 when x²-5x+5=1 2 & 3 when x²-5x+5=-1 (because x²-11x+30 even) 5 & 6 when x²-11x+30=0 (because x²-5x+5≠0)
— Snail_Erato (@EratoSnail) Sep 5, 2022
Unofficial first day of my PhD (class started at Harvard but MIT doesn’t start yet) https://t.co/JSG7SwO1vY
— Vanessa Sun (@vanessainstem) Sep 1, 2022
@k8lyndevine Corollary: never ask “so when are you due?”
— THEE McWordNerd (@McWordNerd) Aug 31, 2022
Every new teachers afternoon @WillistonNS involves minibus training #gowildcats #watchthecones https://t.co/0Pout3aHPg
— Robert W. Hill (@Hill3Williston) Aug 30, 2022
Did everyone's grandparents have this clock radio, or just mine? https://t.co/nkpbVIba5G
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) Aug 21, 2022
Successfully defended my PhD thesis today!!! https://t.co/rynzpdSIQI
— Dr. Haley Wahl (@hwahl16) Aug 17, 2022
I can't help but hate-read these articles.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/boomers-are-clinging-to-their-jobs-5936546/
I should stop, because it is confirmation bias and bad karma, but I can't help myself.
RT @llassabe: Dear alma mater: I would love to give you more money. I really would. But you won’t even give me remote library access. Please consider throwing that in with the alumni perks. I do not care about the special tent at baseball games.
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Aug 4, 2022
Of course I want you to succeed — just enough to make me look good, not so much that I can’t take credit for your success.
— Associate Deans (@ass_deans) Aug 4, 2022
By the age of 30 you should own, not rent, OWN a bouncy castle. This is a time when you should be building equity. The only way to beat inflation is with inflatables.
— Yer Gal Friday (@FridayInHalifax) Aug 4, 2022
RT @maxhoma23: Why go to law school when u can just download Twitter?
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Aug 4, 2022
Oh my goodness I've got an ISBN number!
— Dr Zoë Ayres (@ZJAyres) Aug 4, 2022
@Variety Please let there be big hair and shoulder pads. 🙏
— JC McCoy (@JBufford3) Aug 2, 2022
Striking works: After 3 years of petitions, marches, pickets, and a 1200 worker strike, IU has announced they will #EndTheFees and raise minimum stipends by $6000. But the fight is still on until we really get a seat at the table: UNION OR STRIKE! #IUONSTRIKE22 https://t.co/QvTNEJjck8
— Indiana Grad Workers Coalition - UE⚡️ (@IndianaGrads) Aug 2, 2022
This is from MIT entrance Exam 1869-70. Can we try them one by one? https://t.co/RqU1NJzbmD
— SQRT (@mathisstillfun) Jul 30, 2022
Asking all of you but really @chadtopaz: How long is too long to spend on deciding on a font for presentation slides?
— Stephanie (@SitDownPee) Jul 28, 2022
Found out recently that of the many reasons for my MFA rejection, two were "not dressing professionally" and "visible tattoos." May I present a photo of me, a 40yo single mom who's about to be a NYT bestseller and inspiration for a TV series, in Carhartts & with visible tattoos: https://t.co/jrpc46PV5b
— Stephanie Land (@stepville) Jul 28, 2022
Finally had a paper achieve what I consider to be the grand slam of negative reviews: (1) “Too implausible to be true,” (2) “We already knew that,” and (3) “Novel and convincing but too incremental”
— David Melnikoff (@DEMelnikoff) Jul 28, 2022
goodmorning, look at this insane block obi-wan does here https://t.co/hnJIhYhZX8
— vye ⟡ (@anihuggingpadme) Jul 28, 2022
Have they tried writing better novels? Maybe starting their own publishing company? Focusing on more relatable characters? https://t.co/ufUGG77f64
— Kaitlin Byrd: Apocalypse Diarist (@GothamGirlBlue) Jul 24, 2022
@mrjohndarby He ran into my knife 10 times.
— ❤🧡💛 prawninator 💚💙💜 (@prawnination) Jul 22, 2022
Better yet--eliminate admissions essays.
— James S Murphy (@James_S_Murphy) Jul 20, 2022
RT @eatinerni: Follow me for more recipes https://t.co/kmFfycsVEQ
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jul 21, 2022
#Math before #asleep https://t.co/2HdHGzVAFq
— SKG (@sonukg4india) Jul 20, 2022
@rhymeswspecimen A thing you use to count cute bunnies https://t.co/aOC8YHUl3I
— Cenobyte🦑🧲⚫🐸 ֍ (@cenobyte3) Jul 19, 2022
Just wanted to share some good news that the NSF grant I'm co-PI on moved to the next stage, from "Pending" to "Recommended" 😃 Hopefully I'll have an even better update on this soon 😋
— Vanessa Sun (@vanessainstem) Jul 19, 2022
@roddreher The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin.
— qcsottovoce (@qcsottovoce) Jul 19, 2022
@roddreher Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron
— Ambie Bullocks (@AmosBullocks) Jul 19, 2022
@rauchway Sure, it doesn’t work in theory, but does it work in practice?
— Joe Ro (@joero3) Jul 18, 2022
I want to love anything as much as Drew Barrymore loves everything. Perfection. https://t.co/Of3eptyp45
— michael brown (@boyinquestion) Jul 17, 2022
RT @SahilBloom: A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision making. The most powerful razors I’ve found:
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jul 18, 2022
A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision making. The most powerful razors I’ve found:
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) Jul 17, 2022
"Game of Thrones" s02e01 - s02e10 in one Saturday. An achievement on par with singlehandedly consuming my first 12-pack. Really super wholesome stuff.
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) Jul 17, 2022
@neilcybart Warby Parker has been fantastic for years. Progressives work great. Single vision are inexpensive and fantastic. Style is good but Warby Parkish
— Kevin Miller (@kevm) Jul 15, 2022
It’s official: This first-generation previously undocumented Latina scholar who started at community college is now a tenured math prof at an R1 that also happens to be my alma mater! @UWM https://t.co/vhZ9OPBO2v
— Pamela E. Harris, PhD (@DPeharris) Jul 14, 2022
It has taken more than a year, but I have finally finished my 5-color permutation blanket. All 120 possibilities. https://t.co/3nk3eT7Dz5
— Annie Perkins (@anniek_p) Jul 14, 2022
When I wake up tomorrow morning there will be dozens of the best golfers in the world playing the most important golf course in the world on TV and it will be firm and fast and breezy and I’ll get to watch it the next four mornings and it’s pretty much just like Christmas, Amen.
— Tim Gavrich (@TimGavrich) Jul 14, 2022
Could collaborating on a tweet lower my erdos number https://t.co/S4xzvAjYUV
— Vanessa Sun (@vanessainstem) Jul 13, 2022
RT @ethan_kruse: Ok, JWST is cool and all, but let's not forget all the OTHER space telescopes. For instance, @TESSatMIT can observe Stephan's Quintet too! Look! *insert Pam "they're the same image" meme* I dare you to tell me which is which. https://t.co/IJGEoSFoDe
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jul 13, 2022
@Nancy_Pearl Librarians for the sizzle!
— Brad Craft (@UsedbuyerBrad) Jul 12, 2022
Turn James Webb Space Telescope on something closer that can be seen insanely sharply. Guarantee you will get more whoas.
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Jul 11, 2022
The completionist in me hates not finishing things but I had to proclaim podcast bankruptcy and delete several hundred unlistened to episodes today
— Tony Sindelar (@TSindelar) Jul 10, 2022
“Annihilation” (2018) https://t.co/kcEbsutRIB
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) Jul 10, 2022
RT @TimBrzezinski: Not a new concept. Yet here, a tangible real-life example that shows why 2^0 = 1. #MTBoS #ITeachMath #algebra1 #math #MathChat #exponents https://t.co/I1hbHgPpNs
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jul 11, 2022
im high as hell and just discovered i can fit way more dino nuggets in my air fryer if i put them vertically https://t.co/bvTiNEWszR
— rose (has to pee) (@roselightheart) Jul 8, 2022
dropped the kid off at day-care and filed twice before noon… https://t.co/BnkmTqf3Pa
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) Jul 8, 2022
I think this is what you'll regret at 80. That you aren't 20.
— Dave Winer (@davewiner) Jul 8, 2022
Life cycle of the blackberry... https://t.co/GePemAhurB
— Mark Stephens (@MarksLarks) Jul 6, 2022
Come for the photos. Stay for the photos. https://t.co/Vwvzw7AKbe
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Jul 5, 2022
RT @TansuYegen: Slow motion of 17-year-old Mondo Duplantis' record-breaking jump... https://t.co/n0sNwDtouB
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jul 5, 2022
“everything is dishwasher safe if you don’t care enough about it” - my husband 😂
— sophia sopaipilla (@phiamenina) Jul 4, 2022
The woman running is a breast cancer survivor who spent months training for a 10k but the organizers shut it down when she was only seconds away from the finish. I don't know her but I'm proud of her and I want the world to see her accomplishment. https://t.co/1a4ybrt4F7
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) Jul 3, 2022
Well said @Venuseswilliams https://t.co/VZRInKlCV3
— Michael B. Horn (@michaelbhorn) Jul 2, 2022
@chadtopaz I have that lunch box! Forget that I’m a 51 yr old woman… Best comment “is that your lunch or do you really have a human organ in there?” I shrugged “who can say… could be both”
— hedda1113 (@hedda1113) Jun 28, 2022
@PissedOffLawyer @imillhiser "Finally, my time has come! I'm the only one that can embed an image in a WordStar document!"
— Feed me scanlines (@devnetsecops) Jun 27, 2022
I would watch that movie. https://t.co/ntsx8aKIZW
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jun 27, 2022
Saw one of the new homepod pros in the wild https://t.co/YMm0Rn8BFQ
— padraig (@Padraig) Jun 27, 2022
Photo courtesy of a certain local teen near the Pride parade. https://t.co/vak3urb4pM
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) Jun 26, 2022
"You have meddled with the primal forces of nature Mr Beale and I won't have it." https://t.co/9HbgIrWog4
— dave.rss (@davewiner) Jun 26, 2022
I genuinely thought Charles Murray was dead til I saw him tweeting.
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) Jun 26, 2022
@sbagley dishyphus
— Jessamyn Dukes (@rhymeswspecimen) Jun 26, 2022
I just subscribed to Rob’s Newsletter and you should too. He’s a deceptively good writer, a humble and attentive student of the human condition, and gently provocative to his readers. (I wrote that last sentence, not Rob.) https://t.co/ZJ8eiPlKlG
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jun 25, 2022
I was in my freshman year in geology school when I asked my instructor; “can you touch the edges of tectonic plates? Is it possible?” I cried today. I WALKED IN THE RIFT VALLEY IN ICELAND. (1/2) https://t.co/3EK8J9FupX
— Carolina Rojas, M.S. (@LatinaGeologist) Jun 23, 2022
We need a breakaway Catholic Church of America powered by cool Jesuits. https://t.co/FJwGN8GpQl
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Jun 19, 2022
The Southern Hills/The Country Club/The Old Course rotation for the 2022 moveable majors is not likely to be beaten for a while. https://t.co/8zofybhGNv
— Tim Gavrich (@TimGavrich) Jun 19, 2022
Wins! https://t.co/Ndd6ri953C
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Jun 14, 2022
Well, it finally happened. I got Wordle in one.
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) Jun 14, 2022
RT @howie_hua: Math person meme https://t.co/idoWXGiC0V
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jun 14, 2022
successfully moved to a different apartment https://t.co/Xu7F8jsUBN
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) Jun 13, 2022
People against taxing unrealized capital gains should not be so upset when an overvalued market corrects.
— J.R. McGrail (@JRMcGrail) Jun 13, 2022
Somehow packed up the contents of an apartment whose adult occupants have lived there for, respectively, ten and eight years, over the course of three days… tomorrow, we set down our Crown, descend the Heights, and watch as our efforts bear fruit in Lefferts.
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) Jun 12, 2022
Breaking news: I actually used the Pythagorean Theorem outside of the classroom! I used it to find the length of the diagonal of my wall since using a tape measure might've been too inaccurate.
— Howie Hua (@howie_hua) Jun 12, 2022
I was having a very bad early morning. Then, arriving in England, I went to Cambridge, and heard these lads sing at Kings College Chapel. I was touched by divinity in their voices, and everything was much better. Deo gratias! https://t.co/eogmEYT9M1
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) Jun 12, 2022
How I help my kid with algebra. https://t.co/Mb3uuPHayG
— Chad Topaz (@chadtopaz) Jun 12, 2022
One thing I like about the train is that you get to see the back of everything — the storage yards, the parking lots, all the forgotten machinery, the written-down and depreciated, the mess. It’s a glimpse into how the world really works, no matter what the front door tells you.
— Greg Knauss (@gknauss) Jun 12, 2022
RT @nktgill: I share this brilliant poem a lot because I want everyone in the world to read it. Thank you @maggiesmithpoet. https://t.co/RP3Yc3oU9W
— Douglas Allen (@DouglasHAllen) Jun 12, 2022
always trying to reconcile the fact that everything is bad with the fact that there are still evening patio cocktails with music and family, and iced coffee in the morning sunshine on the porch with your shirt off, and lemon thyme fresh in your garden,
— Dr Spencer Bagley 🏳️🌈 (@sbagley) Jun 12, 2022
Border Collie herding ducklings to the water.. https://t.co/cgNNAnOor8
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) Jun 11, 2022
@madintangibles At 1x the entire world sounds stoned.
— Trace Urdan (@Trace_Urdan) Jun 10, 2022
Wonderful poem https://t.co/XWRm3I7WXN
— Nancy Pearl (@Nancy_Pearl) Jun 10, 2022
Welp, in many spaces I am not accepted as a “real” mathematician. But today, I showed up for a dentist appointment 4 weeks, 6 days, 1 hour, and 15 minutes early. So how do ya like me now.
— Chad Topaz (@chadtopaz) Jun 10, 2022
Judy Garland No notes. https://t.co/Nqhygqn8D1
— Jamie DuMont (@jamiedumont) Jun 10, 2022
MY KID SLEPT 8 STRAIGHT HOURS LAST NIGHT CAN I GET A W
— Jay Cummings (@LongFormMath) Jun 10, 2022
Congratulations to Moses Brown’s Class of 2022! The MB community gathered in the Field House this morning to celebrate and send off our seniors. We wish you all the best of luck as you embark on your next adventures! #Classof2022 https://t.co/MnZRlhzliC
— Moses Brown School (@MosesBrown) Jun 9, 2022
I was waiting for the host to start the zoom meeting. As it happens... it's me. I'm the host.
— Chad Topaz (@chadtopaz) Jun 9, 2022
This will never stop being my favorite part of Apple Park. (Photo credit: @cabel) https://t.co/LeopAqIT6x
— John Gruber (@gruber) Jun 9, 2022
FWIW, Marco begins a sentence with "What I want…" so often that I've had to take Siracusa to task for always letting it go by.
— Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) Jun 7, 2022
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