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@brianbirgen.bsky.social

Math Professor, Geocacher, Board Gamer, Bicyclist, Father, Exerciser

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I pronounce it as DODGY.

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Billionaires are the modern equivalent of dragons. They hoard wealth, regularly despoil the local environment, and we'd all appreciate a knight slaying them for us.

18.12.2024 20:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hopkins

17.12.2024 04:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also (b-a)^2 - (b-a)(c-a) + (c-a)^2.

02.12.2024 17:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Geocaching is cool #Geocaching #MarylandGeocaching

28.11.2024 13:10 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Knot tiles with the math club this week (inspired by @divbyzero.bsky.social and @anniekp.bsky.social #mathartchallenge day 22). Random numbers, binary, knot theory, probability... so much to talk about. #ITeachMath docs.google.com/presentation...

26.11.2024 17:13 — 👍 51    🔁 10    💬 4    📌 3

But if I had the time
To finish the rhyme
The joke would become apparent.

24.11.2024 23:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Okay math friends, what is "a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - ab - bc -ac" to you? What is the "right" way to think about this?

22.11.2024 16:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The rich shouldn’t fear taxes. They should think of them as an insurance policy vs hungry mobs with pitchforks.

09.08.2023 17:53 — 👍 1285    🔁 195    💬 24    📌 9

I assume you're aware that in the movie The Black Panther, the only two main characters who were White also appeared in The Hobbit. They were the Tolkien White guys.

19.11.2024 02:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'll have the lot.

17.11.2024 05:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They aren't Trumpers. Call them Nationalistic Christians. You know, Nat.C's.

15.11.2024 19:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm seeing all my friends posting their Bluesky accounts, and thinking I should do that.

Oh right, I did that a while ago..

14.11.2024 15:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

How do French speakers pronounce Detroit? Not the same way American sportscasters do.

10.10.2023 02:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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