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And Tucker Carlson? Def. rabies.
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And Tucker Carlson? Def. rabies.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
He has actually said some pretty interesting things about his time on the Man Show, and how he has evolved.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
If you can't name the speaker of the Minnesota House nor the Minnesota Senator that were shot dead, then you can shut up about Charlie Kirk.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
“Why do you always charge your expense account to the maximum?” “Carpe per diem.”
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
SERVER: Coffee or Tea? ME: Coffee SERVER: One coffee. Do you take cream? ME: No, thank you. SERVER: No worries. Umm... "No worries?" I wasn't apologizing. I wasn't worried. I wasn't a teeny bit worried. I had less worry than the Libertarian Party has backbone. Nothing. But now I'm kinda worried.
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The future is now for me.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
They named the Washington airport after Reagan, and made him a sacred legend. I am not going to be able to take Trump's elevation to Godhood like the old Roman emporers.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
There is some distortion here - I was very close when I took the picture. The Octosaurus (orange) is NOT this much of a behemoth. But he and Ethan (gray) are officially "we can share the cat tree" friends.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it is fascinating. Thank you for creating it.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh! So they are not suddenly repelling, but overshooting because of the mega strong attraction?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
The gravity one is fascinating, but I'm not understanding what is going on when I restrict it to one color. If there is repulsion, I get what is going on. But if the particles are attracted to each other, why don't they become a singularity?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Here's my take on "nature" vs. "nurture." Some were hurt very badly early in life, and some weren't. Being hurt when growing up affects your personality. That's "nurture." Some become adults who now want to hurt others. And some become adults who are terrified of hurting others. That's "nature"
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
My favorite version of the trolley problem: A trolley is headed to kill 10 people. If you pull the lever, it goes to another track and everyone lives. BUT a cat is sleeping on the lever and you will disturb her if you pull the lever. What do you do?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Welp! Trump did what only Teddy Roosevelt had been able to do - reconcile the Russians and the Chinese. He's done even better; he's united them.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
George Lazenby did a good job
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m thinking about it now. What I would do is get a response system like mental meter where people could answer Pohl questions on their phone and the result would be displayed behind you on the screen. At various points in the panel, you could get the audience to weigh in on their behaviors
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I think this would be a good panel and it would last an hour if you gave audience members the chance to tell their stories
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Removing the blue
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
When I am old, I will… Oh. Damn.
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My opinion: you believe that you are exaggerating, and I believe that you are literally correct
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I just realized it would be great to create a famous recipe for eggplant-peach cobbler because of the hilarious misunderstandings when someone made one and tried to convey it with emojis.
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Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
You run. And you wind up in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
60% of Canadians live south of Seattle
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I loved the whole thing and the ending. I had to watch several times.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Have you ever said to someone, "You know the definition of insanity, right?" and completed the cliche? Have you said it more than once? Has it ever helped a situation? And yet do you continue to say it?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
And now… the 1850s LORD: I ahhm paaaaaaarched. LADY: That is because instead of drinking water, you have been eating paper. LORD: But the label said it was paaaaarchment paper!
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I’m about to feast on ribs. On happiness I have the dibs.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I love that my MMSS class of international mathematically inclined high school students are calling each other “Bro!” when they get excited
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to know its Bacon number and its Red Skeleton number
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Easier: Install a booth labeled "Tell me about your D&D character! $10." And sit and pretend to listen.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
You have that right.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
When a primary election is decided by ranked choice voting and they have to go to a second round, they should call it a secondary.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
“MAGA: Donald Trump thinks you’re stupid.” When Donald Trump is right, he’s right.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Season one episode nine of severance is amazing
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I am good at teaching Graph Theory to high school students in the MMSS program.
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Thank you for posting this.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
FFS. The fuckers did it.
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Thank you.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Not arguing, trying to understand - are those people now Dem primary voters?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Part 1: Trump Voters. It looks like you are comparing Trump's support in a presidential election to your support in a Democratic primary? How is that valid? That data doesn't say anything about converting Trump voters, because they don't vote in Dem primaries. How am I wrong?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I want to see a comedy like murder by death. Someone is dead and it's such a mystery they call Sherlock Holmes. It's such a big mystery they call ALL of them. And all the actors who are still alive that have played Sherlock Holmes or his clones are in it and they all try to solve the murder first.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
The Reps don't trash their extremes. They win elections, get their policies passed, and move the Overton window. Things unthinkable to talk about 40 years ago (torture, overt racism) are in the realm of real debate. Dems exile our left wing, and now increasing the min wage is no longer serious.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Is it too soon for Kool-Aid to adopt the slogan, "Drink the Kool-Aid!" Yes? Another few years maybe?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
When I'm an old man I will... oh damn.
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Bonzos
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
As of now, Tom Arnold has a lower average distance from every other actor then Mel Gibson. (Source: center of the Hollywood universe, reachable from the Oracle of Bacon website)
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I mean this is a terribly named product. Can't your name ANY product "non-aspirin", except of course for aspirin? I mean I can manufacture a line of Allen wrenches branded "non-aspirin."
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
One-celled organisms call one-celled organisms "organisms" and other organisms "two-or-more-celled organisms."
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Sharply!
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Utah Senator Mike Lee posted some really horrible stuff after a congressman was killed by a MAGA person. But don't worry - the Democrats are on it: ---- NYT: Senator Chuck Schumer of New York sharply condemned his Republican colleague’s rhetoric in the aftermath of the shooting.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
What would we say if a journalist thought New York City was the capital of New York? They get the states they care about correct.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Voice recognition thought my name was drug shop
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
And the libertarians were silent
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Watch the actual clip and tell me that Democrats have their act together
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
This is it. In a nutshell. I don't have to make up a hypothetical This is an exact quote that illustrates what I I'm talking about regarding Democratic communication.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Very rare I can read one sentence on social media that changes my views. You just did it. This is on the money.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Am I the only one who feels this way: Spotify is a huge platform. Everyone has at least one friend who uses it exclusively. Why is the user interface so bad? Example: If you want to look at a prolific artist's discography good luck. Add your complaint in the comments, or just tell me I'm not nuts.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
If that was a rhetorical question I'm sorry sometimes those go over my head
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Well for the first month it's probably laziness. After I ran for school board I was called by someone from the city council saying it was my responsibility to make sure everybody took all the signs down. But I think a lot of people view politics like a sports event and you're rooting for your team
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Walmart raising prices to account for dumbass's stupid fucking tariffs but not raising their prices so their employees earn a liveable wage and not have to rely on SNAP benefits is peak America.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I've just started to notice this. What don't you like about it? I've noticed the navigation is very cumbersome especially when I am driving even if I can use voice commands. Simple things like"the nearest gas station on the way" doesn't give me that information as the first result
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I am against AI in principle. In practice, I want it to advance to the point where I can watch Archer with perfect AI Don Adams and AI Barbara Feldon doing the voices, and then I will be against it again.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for being honest enough to admit that. Do you believe the United States have a right to exist?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not building anything. The country of Israel is much older than I am. So you are saying no the country of Israel has no right to exist?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm asking you if you believe that the country of Israel has the right to exist. I'm not trying to convince you of anything I'm asking you to answer a direct question.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree no regime should have a right to rule. That's not what you said we were talking about a country's right to exist. I would like to watch a remake of Saw starring netanyahu and Trump. But nobody is saying Saudi Arabia has no right to exist but people are saying Israel has no right to exist.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
It is not a colony, it is a country. Does Afghanistan have a right to exist? I work with young (female) students there. I haven't learned anything that isn't available to all people. They make Netanyahu look like a pacifist. Does Afghanistan have a right to exist? Does Saudi Arabia? Does the US?
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Gaza - and whether or not Israel has a right to exist. Ask an anti-Zionist whether or not Israel has a right to exist, and you don't usually get an unqualified, "yes."
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Not too late at all! Send photos of the results
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
I hope Laugh In is never forgotten.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Look at what I've kept alive for a long time!
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Wouldn't that be an amazing scene? A lightsaber battle on tatooine at the enemy just force dumps a shitload of sand on Vader and he starts waving his lightsaber around and suddenly you hear this kind of creaking and shit in his arm is frozen in position as the sand gets in the gears
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
He absolutely cannot unilaterally do massive damage. He has to have cooperation from the legislative and executive branches which are both enabling him. When he's gone Republicans will say that he did it and they couldn't stop it. Don't let them.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
What if Sand was like Vader's Kryptonite? Obi Wan hid Luke and himself on Tattooine because Vader hated sand. Had they realized it, they could have defeated him by dumping sand on him.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
A student in my calculus class came up to me all excited because he's going to try to get into a quantum computing class next semester I asked him who was teaching it. He said he wasn't sure because they aren't sure whether it's going to have enough students to run. I made the obvious joke.
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Can you imagine if this was Biden what the reaction would be?
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These two posts appeared next to each other on my bluesky feed. The world is trying to tell me something. (names and photos removed)
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You are channeling Princess Donut from DCC!
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Tribute bands: they have to put in the same untold hours of practice as the original. Probably even more practice because the originals have a certain talent and are not as motivated to exactly replicate. They tour with less luxury. And will never be famous famous. They must love that music.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
If Man had four fingers on each hand, we wouldn't say that octopuses had tentacles. We would say that tentapusses had octaples. Keep sharing and following, kids.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Saw this thought on Reddit. I was saving it for the right time. But it seems like there are so so many things happening that are "the right time". So mentally apply this to wherever appropriate: "The dildo of consequences rarely comes lubed."
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what people voted for. This is what anti-vaxxers chose. I'm out of sympathetic feelings.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
The Republicans did this. They could stop it.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Sinful thoughts. God knows.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
Fuck Cory Booker. He didn't filibuster earlier when it actually could have stopped or delayed something. Cory Booker is the kid on the playground yelling insults at the bullies after they have left the playground laughing and can no longer hear him.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck that guy. He didn't filibuster at any point when it counted, when it would have prevented something from happening, he's just doing it now to get in the papers. He is the kid on the playground yelling insults at the guy who bullied him after he's walked away laughing and can no longer hear
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Generation Jones! Call your agent!
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Costello: What does IYKYK stand for? Abbott: If you know, you know. Costello: I don't know that's why I'm asking you!
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social)
If you see this, post your lock screen.
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This is not my normal genre of music. But amazingly talented is amazingly talented. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHY_...
mle292.bsky.social (@mle292.bsky.social) reposted
If you go to a National Park and ask the Federal employee at the counter "Where is good to eat around here?" they are restricted from making any recommendation, because it might appear to be an endorsement on behalf of the government. Not sure why that comes to mind, but here we are.
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3) The whole movie rested on the premise that Kay Eiffell was a Great Author writing a Great Novel. But it wasn't that well written. "Little did he know" indeed. They should have gotten a legit great writer to write those parts.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
2) I never bought Ana falling for Harold.
Prof Shaw - The Math Prof Who Loves You (@dougshaw.bsky.social) reply parent
1) Emma Thompson was miscast as the author Kay Eiffel. She was too young. They tried to make her look older but it didn't work.