He's a Christian! "Then Jesus said to him, βPut your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.'" - Matthew 26:52 (NRSVA)
30.07.2025 17:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@stablejess.bsky.social
Mathematician, logician, aspiring geometric group theorist, Christian, trying my best to advocate and work for the poor, but always needing to learn.
He's a Christian! "Then Jesus said to him, βPut your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.'" - Matthew 26:52 (NRSVA)
30.07.2025 17:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney
The new general is Irish and he closed with this poem.
Perfection!
youtu.be/E_Fm2t7eRzo
Another act of terrorism against Jews in America. Another violent act of antisemitism. More targeting of & attempted killing of Jews. This must be called out for what it is. It must be condemned. It cannot stand. And all of us must stand with/defend our Jewish brothers & sisters.
01.06.2025 23:16 β π 346 π 52 π¬ 24 π 0Ursula von der Leyen, "The diary of Anne Frank."
"A painful reminder to Europe to be vigilant and unyielding towards all those who see hatred and want to divide our society"
"Europe knows this path all too well. And never, never again must we embark on this path"
βHistory repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.β
β Karl Marx
Quote from Paul Lockhart : "A proof, that is, a mathematical argument, is a work of fiction, a poem. Its goal is to satisfy. A beautiful proof should explain, and it should explain clearly, deeply, and elegantly. A well-written, well-crafted argument should feel like a splash of cool water, and be a beacon of light β it should refresh the spirit and illuminate the mind."
"A proof, that is, a mathematical argument, is a work of fiction, a poem. Its goal is to satisfy. A beautiful proof should explain, and it should explain clearly, deeply, and elegantly. A well-written, well-crafted argument should [...]" β Paul Lockhart
#quote #mathematics #math #maths
My favorite edit is the "Filibooker"!
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
call me a buzzkill but I feel wary about making βpropagandaβ a meaningless meme word when so many people already lack the critical thinking skills to discern when real propaganda is working on them.
24.05.2025 02:42 β π 23 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Which recent court documents does this refer to?
25.05.2025 02:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's a good thing the stuff about elections (and many other fearmongering bullet points) aren't in the bill!
Read the actual text: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
This is overblown, and much of what is claimed to be in the bill is not found in the bill.
Read the actual text: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
12.05.2025 19:14 β π 36592 π 9248 π¬ 1501 π 1095eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
06.05.2025 13:20 β π 33315 π 5224 π¬ 651 π 321Communicating right now is fraught. Here is some advice on framing in turbulent times:
1. Frame messages around shared, enduring values.
2. Use clear language and consistently highlight solutions.
3. Shift from jargon to concrete explanations.
4. Donβt rebut; reframe.
@frameworks.bsky.social
"Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If man had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would have never begun." - C.S. Lewis
02.04.2025 23:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0how does decapacitating the centers for disease control help any american?
01.04.2025 21:23 β π 479 π 85 π¬ 46 π 2The Trump administration illegally deported this Maryland father, who was here legally, by "accident" to El Salvador and now they have no way of getting him back. Whoever is responsible for this should be held criminally liable for destroying this person's life.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...