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Me:
Bench: 195
Squat: no
Deadlift: also no

TBH, the 23% for the US is a lot lower than I would have expected. The 3% for Germany is surprising, but I bet it's in line with the number of people in the US that have never left their own state.

50 minutes goes by very fast. I find that in 75-80 minutes I can usually lecture and give students a chance to practice for 10-15 minutes in groups. But it depends on how much content is in the course.

Book #15 of 2025: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig @matthaig.bsky.social. Interesting concept that explores the nature of regret and the different paths our life can take.

Burning them is bad for the environment. Have you considered just eating them?

It's hard to take a paper seriously when 10 of the 12 references are self citations.

Cover of Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut with a cute little hamster in the background.

Book #14 of 2025: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. Probably my third or fourth read of this book. I need to make a more regular habit of getting to the Granfalloon in Bloomington every year. Last time I went I caught a fantastic concert by the Flaming Lips.

Go Hoosiers!

AMS does this in Notices.

Picture from an ad of a red truck in front of a house advertising Duct Cleaning. At the bottom it says "Topless Service"

Oh, so now my wife thinks we need to get our air ducts cleaned.

"You will become good friends with C[x_1,...,x_n], and friendly acquaintances with F_p[x_1,...x_n]." And then there is H[x_1,...,x_n], which is like the weird noncommutative uncle that sometimes shows up to family gatherings.

Book cover made to look like classic children's book. Title is "Everything I don't like is WOKE: A book for basic dickheads." Cover shows a boy pointing to the engine of a car saying "This engine is woke."

What I think every time I see one of these "Cracker Barrel is woke" posts

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Had a couple fun days in Chicago doing #math, then capped it off with a fantastic @nin.com show! #nothingcanstopmenow #NIN

Yeah, I think that was the point, so maybe an exclamation mark would be better!

Mathematics degree? Not sure I understand the question mark. #mathsky

Book #13 of 2025: We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Such a fantastic writer. He lays out in full view the lingering effects of slavery today. Also be sure to check out his Black Panther run. #booksky

Screenshot of text. The relevant part is "Note we are using the convention that pq means p then q; be aware that some savage barbarians use the opposite convention." There is a footnote marker by "savage barbarians." The footnote: "you know who you are"

Trying to understand a theorem led me back to one of my favorite bits of math writing. There are two ways to compose paths in a quiver and my confusion traced back to the fact that the authors were using function notation. #mathsky

Stack of 6 CDs Jack White "No Name" Jay-Z "Vol 2...Hard Knock Life" and "The Blueprint 3" The Wailin Jennys "Firecracker" The Cars "Greatest Hits" 2Pac "Greatest Hits"

Visited @landlockedmusic.com in Bloomington last week. The Jack White album was the one I came in for, the others were 5 for $10 in the discount bin. #score #cds

BTE is still around. Saw them at Summerfest last year and there was quite the crowd.

I might be a bit of a fanboy though.

Stack of CDs: Zac Brown Band "The Foundation" Linkin Park "Minutes to Midnight" Dixie Chicks "Home" blink-182 "Greatest Hits" Matthew Sweet "Girlfriend" Outkast "ATLiens" Outkast "Aquemini" Green Day "Kerplunk!"

CD haul from my local library booksale. Nice selection of genres represented here. #CDs

This is what I say to myself anytime I sit down to do research.

I really thought PJ was going to pick up Josh Freese!

White cover with pixelated image of a girl in a hospital bed with a small red heart overhead. Posed in front of a bunch of CDs.

Book #12 of 2025: Girlfriend in a coma by Douglas Coupland. I think I missed the point. Also I've been slacking on summer reading. Too much #math. #booksky

I’m excited to bring my memoir to Asheville Sept 20! #writing #writingcommunityofinstagram #authorsofinstagram #literaryfestival #literaryfestival #punchbucketliteraryfestival #asheville #ashevilleevents #booklovers #bookstagrammer #bookcommunity #memoirs #memoirsofmotherhood #memoirwriting

Congratulations! The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is pleased to inform you that you have been named as a recipient of an AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grant for Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Faculty.

Kind of over-the-moon about this. This was my third attempt at this (plus many other grant attempts that didn't work out). We need more grant opportunities like this to support mathematicians in the US. Thanks to @amermathsoc.bsky.social and @simonsfoundation.org! #mathsky #academicsky

The Weyl algebra and its friends: a survey - São Paulo Journal of Mathematical Sciences We survey several generalizations of the Weyl algebra including generalized Weyl algebras, twisted generalized Weyl algebras, quantized Weyl algebras, and Bell-Rogalski algebras. Attention is paid to ...

Some time ago I wrote a survey article on the Weyl algebra and its generalizations. It's now published and available open access. It has jokes. #mathsky

Caught @ginblossomsaz.bsky.social at Rose Music Center. Such a great band. Little one rocked out as well.

It's log, it's log,
It's big, it's brown, it's wood,
It's log, it's log,
It's better than bad, it's good

My marriage can legally drink! Happy 21st anniversary to @lauragaddiswriter.bsky.social!