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Kate Ertmann

@katelovesmath.bsky.social

Researcher, explorer, writer, whisperer, and speaker on #MathIRL πŸ’– - w/ an occasional sprinkle of nascar & mlb. Long Island’r by birth, Oregonian 4life 🌊🏎️⚾️ #SmashThePatriarchy πŸ”— katelovesmath.com

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woke up
CHARGED up
to complete some #poetry this morning, and I wonder:
Do you type or handwrite your creations?

04.08.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sweet fancy moses no

04.08.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

im quicksand’ing. Oy vey. πŸ™ƒ

04.08.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that Jones kid

03.08.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ooooh, ok, honest eval. Thank you. Appreciate that.

03.08.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Blonde gal with a blue Indy 500 hat and a Dale Earnhardt shirt on a beach in Oregon

Blonde gal with a blue Indy 500 hat and a Dale Earnhardt shirt on a beach in Oregon

Meanwhile, I took Dale to the beach today and I think he enjoyed it.

03.08.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a solid yes to this

03.08.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

is it good enough if i’m looking to escape heat, eat β€œfresh” popcorn, and be mildly entertained?

03.08.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’•

03.08.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this bristol motorspeedway mlb thang is hella messy πŸ€ͺ A 2hr+ rain delay, its B1 and it’s raining So Hard again

03.08.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lolololol etc

02.08.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ŒIt’s a good one, Kera, reminding us all that there’s multiple ways to process our anxiety in these times.

02.08.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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even jeter is like β€œugh, a-rod, shut it”

02.08.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

me tooooo (as far as first movie remembering seeing in the theater)

02.08.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ipad showing the broadcast of the bristol racetrack mlb pre-game of two bball players waving to crowd from back of pickup truck circling on racetrack

ipad showing the broadcast of the bristol racetrack mlb pre-game of two bball players waving to crowd from back of pickup truck circling on racetrack

oh hi my two fave profesh sports are nascar & mlb and omg the baseball is conflating w the racing and the players are on trucks driving around the Bristol track waving to the crowd?

02.08.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

omg this thread and this info is πŸ€“ nirvana, especially if you live in a tsunami zone (which I do πŸ˜…)

02.08.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀯

02.08.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.

02.08.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 999    πŸ” 239    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 16
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Everyone Wants to Be a Rock Star. Including These Comedians.

Yes! Music+Laughter via @kerabolonik.bsky.social
β€œAs soon as David told people to come over, I muscled my way in and didn’t leave until he kicked us all out,” said Mr. Marino, who has a karaoke room in his home. β€œI wouldn’t let anybody else go to the mic,” which is how he became MADJB’s lead singer.

02.08.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why not a 4D (four dimensional) printer?

02.08.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Read Dame. Subscribe to Dame.

Support non-billionaire-controlled media.

01.08.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brewers solve logjam of big-league starters by trading Nestor Cortes to Padres The Brewers opened their trade deadline day with a late deal to send Nestor Cortes to San Diego

Best news of the morning: my baby, Nasty Nestor, is coming to the west coast πŸ€—βšΎοΈπŸ₯Ή

01.08.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of β€œwe actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”

01.08.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8681    πŸ” 3256    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 48

_to_ me, not β€˜for’ me. πŸ™„
:pours more coffee β˜•οΈ:

01.08.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.

cool cool, so, the infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can act like an accelerant and β€˜wake up’ dormant tumor cells, cool cool

oh pardon me, β€œβ€¦and flu” - great. Good to know 😐

01.08.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t stress this enough

These rates are the result of magic β€œmath”

And they’re being done on the whim of a guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

31.07.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2359    πŸ” 505    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 15

yeah yeah yeah! Yet, off-center from that.

01.08.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s 830am PDT on August 1, 2025 and the word β€˜capitulation’ has shown up in three different articles (on three different news stories) this morning and this just doesn’t bode well for me.

01.08.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Can someone please β€˜like’ this skeet to validate its existence bc I visit it every few days bc I still think I dreamt it all

01.08.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great article that makes it make sense and more. A unique and enlightening take.

31.07.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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