Julie R Wright

Blaise Pascal invented public transit in the 1660s. As the greatest mathematician of his age, he saw the math problem that only transit would solve. I wrote about this amazing story here. humantransit.org/2024/12/one-...

I dont want to hear shit about how trans people need to accept "reasonable compromises" puberty blockers instead of hrt for minors *was* the compromise 2 years hrt and hormone testing requirements for trans women athletes *was* the compromise taking more of our rights away is not "reasonable"

AI execs: “Our product is going to kill you 🥰😘” the general populace: “we don’t think you should do that” AI execs, dancing on a yacht powered by orphans: “Yooouuurre gonnnaaa diiiieee🎶🎵” everyone else: “i really don’t like this” AI execs, frolicking atop a mountain of skulls: “Why so hostile??”

Ruin a book by adding a word: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Thatcher

This is a fun one! If you like Nonagrams/Pic-a-Pix, it's basically an elegant implementation of those.

I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing.

My heroes! www.erininthemorning.com/p/police-cal...

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

parallels and transversals in amazing home DIY video www.tumblr.com/mathhombre/8...

It is an affirmative, positive choice by those in charge to use this method. To have it behave this way. They have seen the results and they accept them. It is THEIR CHOICE.

The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.

The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.

Okay, NOW I'm panicking

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

but andrew polls show voters disagree “voters have been bombarded on this issue with hateful rhetoric for the last decade by people like you. polling shows they have ‘concerns’ but theyre not voting on that issue and i refuse to throw a marginalized community under the bus to try and win votes”

so youre in favor of trans kids playing high school sports? “i find it absolutely disgusting and weird how obsessed you are with children’s genitals. but yes, i believe children should be allowed to play high school sports, a thing that has been happening for decades without issue or controversy”

but people have concerns “none of the people i talk to ever bring this up, just republicans and the journalists like you who regurgitate any republican attack in an attempt to both-sides an election”

andrew what do you think about trans kids playing high school sports? “i actually dont think about childrens genitals, what a bizarre question”

Oh COME ON, Spelling Bee. You can't give us DI-----D as a pangram and then claim it's not a word. That's just mean.

In #MathsToday - Pie charts! Love this as a starting point for pie charts. Why can you work out what flag they are? Because of your ability to reason with proportion. You could make your own version of this using this flags tool shaheeilyas.com/flags/

Gender-affirming care saves lives, respects the rights of patients, and reflects that healthcare is supposed to be between providers and patients, not between providers and the Trump Administration. (1/3)

Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.

For anyone who has ever struggled with putting IKEA furniture together, this is for you. These two pictures (apparently real IKEA ads at some point) are currently on display at Someset House, as part of an actual Esher art exhibition.

What's up in October? The Northwest Mathematics Conference is back in Portland, Oregon! Spread the word! @ddmeyer.bsky.social @bcamt.bsky.social @mathedleaders.bsky.social @nctm.org ##MTBoS #iteachmath #elemmathchat #educoach octm.wildapricot.org/Northwest-Ma...

I don't think it should be controversial to say, "we will not provide financial or military assistance to a country where the Minister of National Security brags about popping people's dreams of 'food' and 'education' then sending them to a prison where they are starved."

“Dr. James Borchers, chief medical officer for the Big Ten, said gambling has risen to the top of the list of concerns for schools, alongside or even above alcohol.”

"We have one goal right now, to win Michigan, and given the fact my opponent is Mike Rogers, who you agree is a beta, it probably shouldn't be very hard" -- Abdul El-Sayed more than held his own against Jesse Watters, who tried to trip him up on loaded culture war questions. Here's whole interview:

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

not sure the grassroots advocacy enthusiasm for transit in the portland region has been this strong in decades. i hope whatever touching-of-the-stove our region experiences from these hideous service cuts is enough to force politicians to respond in kind and restore/expand service in the years ahead

If you see this cat, post a cat

The first iPhone was introduced in 2008 and we had a nationwide wild west for cell phones in schools until about two years ago. Hopefully y'all don't wait 16 years before banning perv glasses.

New in PN: Transgender athletes are a red herring "None of this discourse happened bc there is a new high-profile trans athlete in the news. Instead, Republicans are starting a culture war to rile up their base, co-opt Dems into agreeing with them, & push trans people out of public life altogether"

Abolishing ICE is now the official position of the Democratic Party

it's just objectively true that of the statements "children should not die of preventable diseases" and "black guys should not be allowed to have smart guy jobs" the media cares about and believes much more ardently in the latter

Éclipse totale du chat.

this is excellent. by @kuber.studio ht @RockyC@fosstodon.org kuber.studio/cookie/

A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo???? Pinch me, am I dreaming????

Let's be extremely clear: in doing this, they aren't just mocking trans women. This is just as much about making fun of women's basketball and denying that it's a real sport. www.foxnews.com/outkick-spor...