Cooper
@aacooper.bsky.social
I'm here to make dick jokes and teach math. And class is out of session.
Picture of the staff who operate my account:
January 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Picture of the staff who operate my account:
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NE PA is a big trump area now, and the general explanation of that sort of thing is working class economic anxiety...but I suspect the much more relevant factor is that coal mines were closed to Black people and so the area was overwhelmingly white. 1
yeah, I grew up in a former coal mining area (NE PA) and this very much tracks.
The story, time and again, is that gains are broad and small and losses are localized and deep.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NE PA is a big trump area now, and the general explanation of that sort of thing is working class economic anxiety...but I suspect the much more relevant factor is that coal mines were closed to Black people and so the area was overwhelmingly white. 1
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I'm canceling my one man modern dance show "GG Allin: A Biography" due to be held at The Kennedy Center.
December 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm canceling my one man modern dance show "GG Allin: A Biography" due to be held at The Kennedy Center.
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
Technically that would be a manoball. The manosphere is merely the crust on the outside.
I'm still upset that "manosphere" doesn't refer to men who have been crushed and formed into a perfect orb.
December 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Technically that would be a manoball. The manosphere is merely the crust on the outside.
Bartók sez: sound the Christmas alarm! This is not a drill!
December 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bartók sez: sound the Christmas alarm! This is not a drill!
Last year I got my now-11-yo an electronic drum kit for Christmas.
Now my 7 yo has woken up at 2am on Christmas to absolutely wail on it.
Love my little weirdos.
Now my 7 yo has woken up at 2am on Christmas to absolutely wail on it.
Love my little weirdos.
December 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Last year I got my now-11-yo an electronic drum kit for Christmas.
Now my 7 yo has woken up at 2am on Christmas to absolutely wail on it.
Love my little weirdos.
Now my 7 yo has woken up at 2am on Christmas to absolutely wail on it.
Love my little weirdos.
I didn't know what my doctoral adviser's whisky taste was. So I bought him a Macallan 12 year.
He told me my taste in Scotch was rivaled only by my taste in mathematics.
He told me my taste in Scotch was rivaled only by my taste in mathematics.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I didn't know what my doctoral adviser's whisky taste was. So I bought him a Macallan 12 year.
He told me my taste in Scotch was rivaled only by my taste in mathematics.
He told me my taste in Scotch was rivaled only by my taste in mathematics.
It's about ethics in torture-prison journalism.
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's about ethics in torture-prison journalism.
Rosemary's Glaring Gap In The Bates Numbers
The photo below was included in DOJ's data dump yesterday. Once people noticed that Trump was pictured with young girls--children--the photo was deleted.
Not only is Trump's DOJ flagrantly violating the Epstein files law, this shows how cynical they are, and how stupid they think Americans are.
Not only is Trump's DOJ flagrantly violating the Epstein files law, this shows how cynical they are, and how stupid they think Americans are.
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Rosemary's Glaring Gap In The Bates Numbers
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Li'l Nazgûl X
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
December 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Li'l Nazgûl X
Well. The Racism Department of this antiques store is well-stocked, I'll give them that.
December 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Well. The Racism Department of this antiques store is well-stocked, I'll give them that.
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go
I never did understand the ancient Roman practice of damnatio memoriae. Starting to get it now.
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I never did understand the ancient Roman practice of damnatio memoriae. Starting to get it now.
Me when I get emails from students asking me to raise their grade.
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Me when I get emails from students asking me to raise their grade.
Just enjoying a quick cup.
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just enjoying a quick cup.
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She would’ve made an incredible mathematician
going back in time for the express purpose of giving Hildegard von Bingen DMT
December 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
She would’ve made an incredible mathematician
IAN. IT'S STILL AVAILABLE @evilpowermaster.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
IAN. IT'S STILL AVAILABLE @evilpowermaster.bsky.social
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
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Even for an immigration judge this is lawless as hell.
A federal judge ruled Thu morning that no order of removal for Abrego Garcia had ever existed. By Thu evening, an immigration judge had conjured a “Immigration Court’s Sua Sponte Order Correcting Scrivener’s Error," Abrego Garcia's lawyers tell the judge in the emergency overnight filing:
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Even for an immigration judge this is lawless as hell.
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XPN fam, let us introduce your no. 1 song on the 885 Greatest Cover Songs... "All Along the Watchtower" by the late-great Jimi Hendrix!!! #XPNCountdown
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
XPN fam, let us introduce your no. 1 song on the 885 Greatest Cover Songs... "All Along the Watchtower" by the late-great Jimi Hendrix!!! #XPNCountdown
Unlike the previous snowfalls, which did not behave additively with respect to disjoint union.
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Unlike the previous snowfalls, which did not behave additively with respect to disjoint union.
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Coming soon to an academic institution near you
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Coming soon to an academic institution near you
Post from a different era in your life.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Post from a different era in your life.