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Tim Hsu

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SJSU math prof living in SF. Too old to spend this much time on comic books and music. He/him

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Imagine going back in time 10 years and telling your previous self that in 10 years, you'll be starting Internet posts with "Occupation of Washington DC aside...."

19.08.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man says i owe you an apology on a tv screen Alt: Shaq saying "I owe you an apology, I wasn't familiar with your game"

Apologies, I didn't know about Brown Sharpie! Now I *gotta* see this syllabus when it's done

18.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

18.08.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is actually not far off from conference by income bracket, which would never happen but would be pretty amusing

18.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant! If it's online you could just make it an old-school HTML "click here if you ask Chat GPT to do your HW"

18.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How to Fold a Mini Comic
YouTube video by Stig G-M How to Fold a Mini Comic

Nick's page has a lot of great minicomic ideas and patterns:

spinweaveandcut.com/making-tools...

Such as this helpful cut-and-fold video:

youtu.be/ZEcOGNg3A4E?...

Anyway, if you have dozens (as opposed to hundreds) of students, the copying and production shouldn't be too onerous

18.08.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

woops, didn't mean to subtweet (subskeet) Nick there

18.08.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you thought about maybe a minicomic? This guy is a professional but I took his class and I know he'd encourage you to do it yourself, whether you think of yourself as a drawer of things or not
bsky.app/profile/nsou...

17.08.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
17.08.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this was happening in any other country, it would be covered as β€œpedophile warlord sends troops into national capital for no reason”

17.08.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1829    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 11

Wait, you know who would become psychotic instantly it exposed to the sycophantic Chat-GPT?? The Grifter-In-Chief. He’s already batshit crazy, but this is an ideal solution – just program that thing to blow smoke up his ass & convince him to destroy his own administration

16.08.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

LOL there are too many bad things to choose from

16.08.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

to be fair, they were really happening the year before in Denver

16.08.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#MathSky is everyone excited to go to the Joint Math Meetings in 2026?

16.08.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

What the fuck

15.08.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reliable. I know people who know lawyers working on the suit, and I'm adding my name

14.08.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn't this like 5 years behind the state of the art? I remember seeing a talk (prob Moon Duchin?) featuring hypothetical nicely rounded districts for a real state (maybe PA?) that were gerrymandered to the hilt

14.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That's, like, their opinion, man

14.08.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

huh! who made it?

13.08.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

+1 for the :):

13.08.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump accepted a $400M luxury jet from Qatar.

But for Trump to use the plane, it has to be secure.

What will it cost to modify and take the plane apart? At least $1 BILLION from taxpayers.

Trump’s hiding that by using funds from one of our nuclear programs.

I’m pushing back.

13.08.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1249    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 17

cool!

13.08.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's another good example of an entire era of a genre filtered through one person (and not necessarily for the better)? Or a field of mathematics or science?

11.08.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MathFest attendees playing with puppies

MathFest attendees playing with puppies

Puppies! at #MAAthFest

08.08.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even if the world is not so festive right now, looking forward to #MathFest!

07.08.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid? Immigration law can be tricky, but here's what you should know.

Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents. While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⬇️

05.08.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2053    πŸ” 1146    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 84

Jokerfish! My fave 70s Batman story

04.08.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together.

With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection.

If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq

03.08.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15006    πŸ” 5841    πŸ’¬ 496    πŸ“Œ 254
Kathryn Hahn in a good beige suit. Honestl good. Masc-y & blocky but with her hair being all femme-y & pre-Raphaelite, I’m like, β€œyas,” but in a sophisticated way.

Kathryn Hahn in a good beige suit. Honestl good. Masc-y & blocky but with her hair being all femme-y & pre-Raphaelite, I’m like, β€œyas,” but in a sophisticated way.

Kate Berlant in a red catsuit & red translucent trench. Red pumps. Red lipstick. Okay we get it, Kate. Again with the pre-Raphaelite hair & the bone structure. Was there a sale or something?

Kate Berlant in a red catsuit & red translucent trench. Red pumps. Red lipstick. Okay we get it, Kate. Again with the pre-Raphaelite hair & the bone structure. Was there a sale or something?

Good morning! As I woke, shaft of sunlight across my torso, I realized that we needed a Kathryn Hahn & Kate Berlant show about social worker/assassin sisters (like, they both do both), set in Philadelphia, that would just slap us across the face for like sixteen weeks in a row.

02.08.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Another thought about this week's indignities to U.S. mathematics: How can ICM 2026 be held in a host country that has defunded the (Fields medal-winning) chair of one of its main organizing committtees?

www.mathunion.org/icm/icm-2026

01.08.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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