I do think that any party invitation should have absolutely no ambiguity over whether the party is a murder mystery party or not.
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I do think that any party invitation should have absolutely no ambiguity over whether the party is a murder mystery party or not.
Just an update for: it wasn’t a murder mystery party, it was a mystery-themed talk that was equal parts history of calculus and history of his career The various mystery people were his previous collaborators, and it ended with a beautiful tribute to my dad And I wore a rainbow sweater I knit
Ooh I should send this to my friend who teaches a stats class for her "graphs that say nothing" lesson
Tbh that's the most reasonable excuse. I will mentally add 3 to the number of views to pretend you and Austin and PizzaBaby are there. (They can hear already, right? It counts)
I am so happy to hear that! I'm really optimistic about the speakers we'll be able to get. Chloe's area of expertise on the global debt crisis is one of my personal favorites to learn about so we're already starting out strong
That's still super exciting! If you have any questions for Chloe or anything specific related to the global debt crisis and how it impacts public health and infectious disease (or anything else) submit it and you can hear the answer when you're done with class docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Was coming up with this an excuse to talk to one of the coolest, smartest people I know about something she’s an expert on? I’ll never tell (But y’all better show up or I’ll cry)
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This is solid advice. Maybe I’ll bring my dino bag My dad was also a math prof (hence this event for his bestie) and I really should have known better than to think they’ll care. Maybe I can find a short sleeve plaid button down and blend right in.
Thank you for the reminder that it's a room full of math nerds who really won't care what I'm wearing :)
I'll definitely make it to the next one. Does it need to be a new powerpoint or can I bring an old favorite?
This would be perfect if this event wasn’t tomorrow (I do have a math-themed dress I made that’s stunning but very summer-y)
What do we think the dress code for a mathematics professor's retirement party that seems like it might be a calculus-themed murder mystery but it really isn't clear from the invite is?
One of my least favorite phrases is “if you know, you know” because usually I don’t know but I’m nosy and I want to know, but you’re not telling me and it seems rude to ask
So far she has liked: - Animal Crossing - Pikmin 4 - Donkey Kong Bananza She played the demo for Kirby’s Forgotten Land but wasn’t super into it Mario Odyssey was a little too hard even with help mode on
In an attempt to help the attention span and mental health of the 12 year old in my life I’m hardcore bribing her to play video games. Real ones on the TV, not on her phone Suggestions for engaging and not super frustrating games for the Switch she might be into?
I feel like I have a bunch of good BIFL recommendations in my 30s because so many of my things are hand-me-downs. Other than that stuff, no clue what’s going to last
I understand many of my problems stem from sleeping weirdly, but I don’t exactly know how to fix that because it happens when I’m asleep
As they were meant to be
PIZZA BABY
Pizzamas birthday cancels out “ages ending in 3 are bad” right?
I just want the name of the Etsy witch
It took away all the airplanes I already caught! And the coins only for perfect catches. And the XP penalty for clouds. I can get used to the UI part but they broke my favorite mechanic
low key crashing out over the SkyCards update.... why did they have to go and break something so wonderful?
Another one is bloody urine from kidney damage literally from them just bouncing around inside you. So it's really blood coming out from every direction
I was thinking built in kickstand like a Switch, which again doesn’t make a ton of sense on the short side
It took me way too long to figure out the A and the R weren’t weird looking other iPhones
Clapped my hands and dropped my phone just like you intended
I’m sure there are burnt out retail pharmacists who don’t have one single solitary fuck to give all over the place. Just look for the one with no light in their eyes and hope for the best
Connecticut! It was also the least painful shot I’ve ever gotten. Did not feel it. An icon.
Here is the list of questions this gem of a pharmacist asked me in the process of getting my Covid vaccine today (other than personal information): “Covid-Flu?” “Want Hep B too?” “You feel okay today?” “Want a coupon?” The best.
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Knitting and yarn collecting are two different hobbies and I enjoy both It’s kind of weird that a plant is watering the plants The Pizzamas joke of the day
My pharmacist is the single most burnt out man on the planet but still finds time to ask customers if there are any vaccines they want to get today. He put up hand-made signs about the link between Hep B and liver cancer because apparently people 19-59 probably weren’t vaccinated. He’s the best.
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers?
“Batman doesn’t even have super powers and honestly if he had been taxed appropriately maybe Arkham Asylum would have been funded properly and all those criminals wouldn’t have wanted to escape and do crime in the first place” - my mom, reporting live from the Bush to Bernie pipeline
This spreadsheet really is one of my best....
rude of mozilla to call me out like that
Even though they showed reverse stockinette stitch when they meant to show stockinette, I love the latest @scishow.bsky.social video on knitting (when the crochet group gets jealous you can do a video on crochet models of hyperbolic spaces I guess)
It’s how my mom refers to my TBFighter and PIH friends sometimes and it’s grown on me
Have we done “John Green from Tuberculosis” yet?
I love this! What’s the pattern?
This is the order I plan to finish them in. I want the first two for vacation in October, the Lyon sweater to match my niece at Christmas, and the baby blanket is due in November
Calling myself out for my knitting works in progress so maybe I’ll finish one of them: WIP 1: Rose Sweater (needs sleeve ribbing only) WIP 2: Take Me Out Sweater (half way through body, needs sleeves and collar) WIP 3: Lyon Sweater (1.5 sleeves and collar) WIP 4: Baby Blanket (50%)
Particle Man was a relatively significant part of my childhood musical landscape. I barely know my own phone number, but those lyrics are still bouncing around my brain I guess
I can’t even believe I have opinions on this but I think Harry would be Universe Man (he’d have a watch with an eon hand), Travis would be Triangle Man (whenever he fights, Triangle wins), Matty is obviously Person Man and I Forgot That You Existed or the Jonas Brother is Particle Man.
Less in that I want it to happen, more in that I don’t think I could handle endless video explainers about Triangle Man being a metaphor for a love triangle between Particle Man, Universe Man and Person Man or some stupid take that I’m sure would come up.
The only way to improve this requires Taylor to cover Particle Man and I just don’t see that happening
Like 17
Theme night at a bar/club called “THEY MIGHT BE GOATS” where it’s heavily implied they’ll be playing music of the artists regularly called “the greatest of all time” but the music is just They Might Be Giants and The Mountain Goats
I’m not going to cast on a new project, I’m just going to do a swatch 🧶 (I just have to finish up some ribbing and I’ll be allowed to start a new project. I can do this)
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Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future (when I’m 80, I hope I have a group of close friends I can peer pressure into doing borderline crime with me like Lily Tomlin in the greatest sports movie ever made: 80 for Brady)
I really appreciate you making an entire video and a game with the message “yes, all your anxieties are completely valid, you’re right to panic”
(By “did this” I mean signed up for Covid + Flu shots at CVS and had them ask for 0 specifics about how I qualify)
I just did this and was about to circle back. Mine also asked if I wanted a Hep B vaccine for extra fun (or probably because they weren’t standard when I was a kid) so that was a fun little bonus offer
I saw somewhere that the list includes a couple of really vague categories that are pretty easy to qualify for (mood disorders including depression and former smoker are the big categories, although I don’t want to risk insurance hitting me with a smoking surcharge somehow)
You either die a 2015 Nate Silver or live long enough to see yourself become a 2025 Nate Silver
I should mention that while the recipe does say “chocolate chip cake” because I’ve sent it to normal people, my family has always called it Booger Cake and none of us know why.
I make this cake once a year because it’s such a pain in the ass, but it’s also one of the best recipes I have. A dead-iversary gift from me to the world.
We all know that having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card
I live in a place with a Memory Lane, a Thunder Mountain Ridge and a Dingletown Road so Binglebongle Court is totally fine with me actually
He’d absolutely love “practice maximum enthusiasm” too 💕
They beat Man City 2-1. Potentially John is a strategic genius? All the subs at once, just like the pros
Thanks John, that means so much. And thanks for contributing to increasing the number of nerds in the world on a daily basis
For it truly to be like Dad they really need to not care about it at all
If you don’t want to or can’t give money to a math summer camp for nerd kids, I’d love it if you participated in some of his other favorite activities, which included: 1) math 2) running 3) beer or tea 4) cornering someone and forcing them to listen to a long explanation of your special interest
3 years ago today my dad died, and while I’m mostly processing that with soccer and baked goods (two of his favorite things) One of his other favorite things he ever did was teach at this math camp. So if anyone wanted to support them, that would be really cool.
They just scored against Man City so he could actually be onto something
Brighton Hove Albion taking a page out of the @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social fifa playbook and making 4 substitutions all at once in the 60th minute
Nail girl never misses
Only if the books are friends!
Yeah man
Cool Runnings remains one of the best sports movies of all time
Ethical non-monogamy but it’s my knitting projects (I’m working on two but i think they’re friends)
I will never not support a barista fucking with people
Shoulders are a PROBLEM. There’s no good way to get rid of them though
Hear me out: I think Camilla would be an excellent English teacher
Andrew Garfield and Elmo talking about death is definitely the one that has stuck with me. Was Swedish Chef and Animal singing Danny Boy in the last 25 years?
I snuck in a “the only way to begin is by beginning”
Must’ve just missed it…
I work with a great Canadian who is an Edmonton Oilers fan, so I’ve adopted them (passively) The real draw is that oiler is a homophone for my favorite mathematician Leonhard Euler, which is as good a reason as any to pick a team
It's being reported (by Sarah at Taylor Swift Styled, who I trust on this topic) as a custom Kindred Lubek of Artifex Fine Jewelry, and estimated at 10 carats, somewhere between $500k and $1MM.
Just dropped a "how do you guys wanna do this" so I think it's time to get off the internet entirely
My angle was "they took away the serifs and any semblance of data privacy"
Can the F1 Nerdfighters teach a class for the non-F1 Nerdfighters and just generally onboard us into the fandom or something? Maybe we can kick off the 2026 season together, do a fantasy league or something. But I need help catching up
Times New Roman stopped being the Microsoft default immediately before the 2008/2009 financial crisis and subsequent rapid decline of everything, and I'm not saying the two events were related but I'm not ruling it out.
I've been watching too much Dropout content. I've started every call and email today with "hey gang"
“Better pizza than 49.5 states” doesn’t work well on a sign though
Yeah, and much like upstate New York we cling to it because we just need SOMETHING “We’re better at pizza than like 49 states. And most of upstate New York” just doesn’t work well on a sign and we don’t want to be associated with the bicameral legislature anymore
I am still so impressed with how quickly @pubs.acs.org goes from proof to online publication - this one was a tour de force by Lauren Ames - awesome #WomenInStem #Tuberculosis 🦠🧪
Never have, never will. Fully intend to celebrate the Gazoonkaversary in December.
Gazoonkas.
This could be a hot take, but I think as a society we committed too hard on the sans-serif fonts. Every time I see a serif it feels like a little treat.
This post is brought to you by my shoulder hurting a little bit. Not a lot, just like, a little annoying amount
I strongly believe the human back and neck is one of the worst designs of anything ever, but I’m starting to think shoulders are included. The entire human torso was just a mistake.
I’m suddenly understanding why parents talk about baby ages in terms of months. This 22 month old baby is a completely different kid than she was 3 months ago. She’s like…a person now
The words of someone who’s never been in a mid-size SUV on a highway built in 1908 in a snowstorm trying to get to the home of a relative while their mom and grandma argued about which bridge to take
The scariest mode of transportation in New York is a non-compact car on the Belt Parkway. Or certain parts of the Bronx River Parkway. The subway is nothing compared to the BQE in the pouring rain.
While Elon Musk prepares to sue Apple because he says it’s impossible to get Grok to #1 on the App Store, here’s a picture of me with @bobabria.bsky.social, the sole developer of the app that hit #1 on the App Store yesterday.
