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Spencer Bagley

@sbagley.bsky.social

Math professor, inveterate shitposter, pride is all year round β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œ

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Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

05.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7238    πŸ” 2173    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 52
A handmade linocut stamp that says "Success!!"

A handmade linocut stamp that says "Success!!"

This one turned out fun too!!!

05.03.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A handmade linocut stamp that says "Try Again!" in big bubble letters, along with the first two trial stamps in bright magenta ink, and the linocut carving tool

A handmade linocut stamp that says "Try Again!" in big bubble letters, along with the first two trial stamps in bright magenta ink, and the linocut carving tool

I decided to make myself a lil stamp for grading purposes and I kinda love how it turned out

05.03.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

was this headline written by somebody Owens cut off in traffic or stiffed on a tip? they did the man hilariously dirty here, i love it

05.03.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trib's bsky person is never fucking around lol

05.03.2026 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you smell toast, you might be having a stroke... a stroke of luck that is. It’s toast time.

03.03.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3600    πŸ” 840    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 14

If you still work at Lockheed Martin, you now have been blessed with the opportunity to quit your job at the funniest possible time

04.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

losing a primary by FIFTY points because you backed ICE should tell everyone where the zeitgeist is right now

04.03.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5948    πŸ” 1131    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 37

oops i woke up tired

04.03.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mathematicians too!!!

04.03.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rules lawyering for good lol

04.03.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some bullshit about sandwiches πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

03.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes you just gotta be Reviewer #2

03.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every morning the cats step on me, repeatedly, back and forth, forever. I know it is love but sometimes I want to mail them to another planet.

03.03.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Ik I'm late to this but god damn is Michael Rapaport obnoxious

03.03.2026 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ga zee boh

03.03.2026 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

blubber

03.03.2026 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Four Colors and Teaching Mathematics What the Four Color Theorem and its history tells us about the role of humans and proof in mathematics education.

I wrote about the story of the Four Color Theorem that I remember being told and Terence Tao and generative AI and some of my thoughts on teaching.

www.peter-keep.com/2026-03-02-f...

03.03.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
02.03.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7972    πŸ” 1963    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 20

In my first class, nobody wanted to think;
in my second class, only one person showed up.
I am utterly demoralized.

02.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Prefigure is great and easy to learn!

02.03.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mengele shit

02.03.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
01.03.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4418    πŸ” 1233    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 42

THK is actually pretty easy. The Radiance, on the other hand,

01.03.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nought can Deform the Human Race
Like to the Armours iron brace
When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow
To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow

β€”William Blake, β€œAuguries of Innocence”

01.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have finally, for the first time across three save files, conquered the Trial of the Fool!!!!!

28.02.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The promise of OpenAI and Grok being used in war is that no human can be held accountable for the war crimes it commits, all the way up to where it sits on the chain of command.

The total abdication of any kind of accountability, any kind of "am I following an unjust order" moral hesitation, etc.

28.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1195    πŸ” 465    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 17

Also: Spite. Fuck them.

28.02.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah

28.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0