Rafael Bailo

The key is to just keep having visitors. Then you never have to think about bureaucracy... Right? RIGHT??? 🥲

vic...tor...

Sign at the White House says "The Presidential Walk of Fame." The "T" and "h" in the first letter are slightly off in spacing when compared to the "h" and "e."

crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

I'm still preparing it, it will take place next week. I'll keep you posted! 😊

A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society A statement from Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society, regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.

Deeply disappointing. Once again the @royalsociety.org has avoided explaining how *actions* by Elon Musk that clearly repudiate the Society's values are consistent with the code of conduct that Fellows must adhere to. royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

Elon Musk is still a Fellow of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org/people/elon-...), despite everything he has done to stop science from flourishing. Shame on them!

On 15th Sept, billionaire & Royal Society fellow Elon Musk called for political & interethnic violence, to pre-empt (ie, begin) a civil war. ("Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."). A fortnight later, the Society expresses its disapproval

A very good thread making key points the Royal Society has missed.

Gangs of youths are organizing themselves and creating needless Javascript frameworks. I'm glad that action is being taken to stop it at the source 😂

I find that the only cure for the "summer is dying" sadness is to embrace autumnal cuisine! At long last it's not too hot to make soups, creams, or spend forty minutes over a pot stirring rice. 🤤

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

The story of applying for disability living allowance to help pay for some of the 12yo's needs - the benefit allegedly 'given away so easily'.
Weeks -8 to 0. Fill in a complex 90-page form, collect multiple pieces of evidence, get written expert testimony to support the claim.
Week 0, send it in.

Hay un señor que se ha inventado una cura falsa para el autismo, pero nadie va a cuestionar su salud mental ni su idoneidad para destrozar su país porque un puñado de ricos muy ricos lo han puesto ahí para que los haga más ricos todavía.

Pero el “verdadero problema” son los GUOKES. Claro que sí.

In full: Statement announcing UK's recognition of Palestinian state

In full: Statement announcing UK's recognition of Palestinian state

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewnn8qe7wro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Thank you so much, this is very useful! I'll let you know how it goes 🙂

Hi Iris, thank you for the selection of quotes! Would it be alright if I showed parts of your thread in class? I have to speak to my students about AI in the context of an upcoming coursework.

🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:

📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

1/🧵

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

If there is something more disgusting than a blackboard next to a toilet I don’t want to know what it is.

Note: I love blackboards! But, I also know what a toilet plume is.

Igitt

The time comes to us all...

Thinking of changing my name to It'sOnTheSyllabus.

It's me! Grammar Girl just released the bonus segment from my interview from earlier this year.

It's very refreshing to read a reasonable take on "AI in maths" for a change!

AI at IMO 2025: a round-up Setting the scene The 2025 International Mathematics Olympiad has come and gone. Reminder: this is an exam for high-school kids across the world (each country typically sends six kids), comprising …

Thoughts on AI and the IMO.

xenaproject.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/a...

“I’ve made some bread from an ancient dense grain!”

“Spelt?”

The Royal Society has obfuscated and evaded the issues at the core of their Musk problem and tried most recently to draw a line under the affair. But as Phil’s thread puts it so succinctly, the problem won’t go away—and their reputation will remain tarnished—unless they face up to it properly.

The debate around Musk and the Royal Society is just so frustrating. If those who think it is right to retain him as an FRS were to say "Here, despite his having been a direct accomplice to the dismantling of scientific institutions, destruction of scientific data, spreading of...

Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

I am advertising for 4 post-docs to come to Imperial and formalize, in Lean, *statements* of theorems from recent issues of the top generalist pure mathematics journals.

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Positions are for 2 years, start date 1st Oct this year. Deadline 15th August.