Dr. Diaz Eaton up to Good Trouble

Really excited to announce a joint symposium between Africana and Digital and Computational Studies at Bates May 14 (evening) & 15th (all day). There is a CFP up for oral and poster abstracts with the option to apply for funding for early career researchers. Pls share! www.bates.edu/afroalgorhyt...

We need a physics that does not have space for elevating fascism!

WTF is happening here? AMS is listed as a partner... do they know what is happening? I say this in the most gracious way because I was part of a math working group for this early pilot work, and it was the opposite of everything Heritage Foundation stands for & @cdelawalla.bsky.social has receipts!

When people are like "WhY WoUlD TrUmP ShUt DoWn DaTa CoLleCtIoN?" it's because the data doesn't lie like the Trump administration. When people in power compromise independent data collection, THE FIRST QUESTION should be "WHAT THE HELL DO THEY WANT US TO NOT SEE???"

Yet more context to evaluate this week's announcement of NSF investment in "foundational" research. It is hard to build a foundation when the administration is actively undermining NSF capacity to issue awards and support use-driven basic research at institutions nationwide.

At the #Mathfest SPECTRA town hall, sneaking in a few minutes before my former student/alum, Paige gives a talk at 10. So much fun to see all these wonderful people here. Fills my heart! #MathCommunity

#Mathfest Community-Engaged Learning in Math panel. PIC Math has been mentioned several times. A lot of people utilizing CEL for capstone courses. Great for authentic career experiences.

Such a fun idea y'all! #Mathfest

You all, I feel so VIP right now!! #MAAAwards #Mathfest26 #SwagBag

Reminder for #mathfest26

Stopping Vought’s proposed rule will be critical to save science and future cures. @standupforscience.net created an action center to help you comment and contact Congress. Time to get loud! fight2win.standupforscience.net

Lots of good points in this piece. In addition, the scolds saying people shouldn't advocate against data centers are missing an important point -- there is widespread, bi-partisan anger about the way data center developers are doing these projects, and it makes organizing easy. 1/

This is a good reminder. A lot of people have been looking at the content and not as much at the big picture. @timnitgebru.blacksky.app reminds us that we need to beware the ethics washing and understand the histories and motivations of these organizations.

Wow... tech has tried to close libraries for ages, yet they stick as community centers. To see such an extraordinary shift, likely in response to mounting budget pressures and the rise of LLMs, is really saddening.

I really related to a lot of this. I don't know @grahamformaine.bsky.social myself. My family in Sullivan knows him, though, and is excited to support him. I have been really excited but have been trying to check my bias. 🤣 But I resonate a lot with what @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social says here.

We need more conversations, not less. More public engagement, rather than hiding and hoping that the threat will dissipate. More frank discussions of the ongoing harm and the missed opportunities to transform our world for the better. And we cannot wait until 2029.

Behind every data point captured in this survey is a person whose life, career, and well-being were impacted by the illegal probationary employee firings in February 2025.

When Johnny DuPree won his Mississippi Senate seat in November 2025, it marked the first time Hattiesburg residents would have a Black senator representing them in Jackson, even though 51% of the city’s population is Black. The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the ruling that made that possible.

I continue to be befuddled at how many supposedly novel "applications" of these technologies amount to doing a solved problem less accurately.

AI nonsense aside, the Gowers post links to an article titled "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Problems in Additive Number Theory". I looked at it, curious what the author had to say about equity and inclusion in number theory, or in math more broadly. Spoiler: Nothing

I don't want this to get buried by other news today

free speech on campus going well, I see.

Join us on April 21 @ 2PM ET for: "OCTOPUS Project: Integrating open pedagogical practices in the teaching of open science" More info and Register here -qubeshub.org/community/groups/oee/osub Part of the Open Education Ecosystem Research Coordination Network - qubeshub.org/community/groups/oee

Great panel right now at the ADSA Leadership Summit on Data Science and AI on Responsible AI and public engagement. @kstsosie.bsky.social will you be here? Miss you!

Come teach critically-focused data courses for students from all backgrounds & disciplines: Bates College is hiring a 1 year FT visitor, primarily teaching intro programming (R and python). The R course is @callingbullshit.bsky.social intro to data/info literacy and STS. apply.interfolio.com/182792

No, turning over activities designed for your learning to a bot does not free you. Undermining online learning hurts access to learning, especially for the not-wealthy. Had a great discussion with @mjgault.bsky.social of @404media.co about Einstein and other online course autocomplete systems.

By the way, STEM education is literally being slashed and REDIRECTED to AI. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Reporting on GRFP applications returned without review.

Y'know, people keep making lists of people seen in the #EpsteinFiles, so I wanna be positive and list people NOT in the #EpsteinFiles. Alex Hirsch Jack Black Jack Nicholson Stephen Hillenburg Hunter Biden Scott Cawthon Toby Fox Kamala Harris Kyle Gass Adam Gontier Matt Walst Brad Walst Barry Stock

Maine. Snow a lot, but cool. But the ice... not cool.

Listening to @benblumsmith.bsky.social - Math and Democracy is a big tent & there are many ways to get involved. Was just talking to @victorpiercey.bsky.social about wanting to expand math and democracy convos beyond voting apportionment (though that is also important!) #jmm2026

god fucking dammit

They had cake. #USAIDsaveslives

Intro to qualitative #MetaMath work with @rachel-roca.bsky.social includes our #DisruptJMM analysis with @drew-lewis.com @nativemath.bsky.social and Stefanie Marshall. What do influencers do? Turns out there are different types - Shapers, Thought leaders, and Netweavers.

Here for it! #disruptJMM

Also done with last day of class. So feels especially happy to see friends and bask in their awesomeness. Just have a virtual pile of grading.