Ayliean

16 red squares in total!

My cute sausagey dog in a car looking bemused as I hold out a puzzle cube themed dog toy. The cube shows three yellow pieces around one corner, two red central cubes and two identical edge pieces.

Nice try human, I’m not wasting time solving that impossible cube.
Treats now.

It’s not too late for the @ima-maths.bsky.social to un-invite them or just entirely bin that conference all together.

It is possible to take a stand, not doing so would be a choice - maths is not neutral.

A screenshot reading “Institute of Maths and its Applications” 8th IMA Conference on Mathematics in Defence and Security Mathematics for Decision Support”

Phillips Payne (BAE Systems) is product technical lead for mission effectiveness at BAE Systems, Air, supporting both current and future global combat air programmes. Based in the Chief Engineer’s Office, she helps ensure next-generation fighter heat integrate cutting-edge technology.

BAE systems. The worlds seventh largest weapons manufacturer, U.K. company BAE Systems manufactures the M109 howitzer, a 155mm mobile artillery system that the Israeli military has been using extensively, firing tens of thousands of 155mm shells into the Gaza Strip. Screenshot from afsc.org

BAE also manufactures electronic missile launching kits and other components for Israel’s F-15, F-16, and F-35 fighter jets, which the Israeli Air Force has used extensively in all of its attacks on Gaza, including in 2023. Screenshot from afsc.org

I don’t think that @ima-maths.bsky.social should be inviting speakers from BAE Systems to speak at their conference when BAE manufactures weapons which are used by Israel in the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

That sounds like Maths being complicit to me.

A screenshot of a Stand Up Maths video with a Matt Parker making a cheeky face up top and then the credits which include “Produced by Nicole Jacobus and Ayliean MacDonald”

It’s ya girls first ✨producer credit✨

Here is the video youtu.be/eqyuQZHfNPQ?... it has all your favourite maths hits: triangle number, square number, cube number, 45 pin bowling…

I am very proud of it 💗

Okay, now I’ve found their “Bagpipe Practice Room” I think Scotrail might just be having us on!

“Whisky Distillery”
On a train?! How? @geofftech.bsky.social

Aww that sucks that you were the only young woman in your class! Hopefully something that changes in future.

For this particular instance I’m not even sure the stat tells an accurate story. Half of all women could have 3 children and half with none and the births per woman would still be 1.5 😂

Maybe it kinda makes it feel like I’m expected to give birth to 1.57 children…

Or like the birth rate is somehow “women’s” responsibility when there are two people involved…?

A Google search result for “UK birth rate” giving a statistic of 1.57 births per woman (2022)

I can’t quite explain it but something about describing a country’s birth rate in “births per woman” feels really misogynistic.

(As well as the obvious erasure of NB n trans peeps who give birth)

Happy Paperback Publication Day @drrageshri.bsky.social

Your writing is so compassionate and forceful.

I believe this book will change the relationship between medical practitioners and patients for the better (and probably already has done) 💗✨

The most surprising part of this post to me was “It’s 2025”, had to do a double take - thought it was a typo!
I’ve never got the hang of time.

Yes…. “finish” the meeting before looking at the adorable cat 😏

(Sometimes my dog comes and sits on my feet under the desk like a cute hot water bottle)

This is another thing I have been doing lately and it’s really fun.

Go get involved maths nerds! 💗

Thanks for teaching me about the “minus AI” thing on Google, I didn’t know about that. However, you cannot take my dreams of being a crab away from me 🦀🦀🦀

One time @maxmatics.bsky.social said “good enough is perfect” and it’s so true I had to write it down on a piece of paper to remind myself forever!

Carlisle ay? So close you can almost taste the deep fried Scottish air!

So fancy, so professional! I hope the leaflet also mentions how much of a nice person you are 🥰

I love seeing fellow Maths nerds resisting authoritarianism and supporting others to do the same 💗
I’ve done a few coordinated phone actions on this side of the pond, it’s hard to feel the impact of the effort and I’d rather be just thinking about prime numbers - but I’m not giving up!
Solidarity ✊✨

I’ve been doing so much stuff lately but I never get time to reflect or share!

Here’s a mini documentary I made about the recent free Community Meal we organised, using veg from a local growing project :)

Tryna live as if it’s the first day of a better world 🌍💗✨🦀

We all know it’s gonna end up as Stormy MacStormFace, but it’s worth a try! 🖤

Name our Storms

Well this is fun. The Met Office are taking suggestions for new storm names.

Sure would be a shame if we named them BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, and Shell 👀 www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...

A Google search result page showing the search “how many Howie Hua” followed by the Google AI overview saying there is one person names Howie Hua.

How many Howie Hua?

Only one Howie Hua.

According to Google AI. How did it count?

(@howiehua.bsky.social’s fun subitising resources “how many” are so great for low barrier prompting of mathematical discussions)

Grime Time with James Games.

Oooh Morse code content!!

Awww sorry :( loooooving the hair and jacket colour combo on this gentlethem though!

Do you pronounce it "google" or "joogle"?

Literally the coolest teacher of geometry around!

I love your diagrams and wisdom 😍

I misread this and wondered why not a single person in the comments was talking about the shoegaze/post-hardcore/chip-ish band ✨Idiot Pilot✨ who were my absolute jam circa 2005

Spent my 12345th day on Earth processing sea grass for a re-wilding project at Loch Craignish. It was awesome!

All the sea grass is safely planted now and hopefully soon there will be a sea grass meadow habitat 🌱🦀🦭🦑🌊