Evelyn Lamb
@evelynjlamb.bsky.social
Math and science writer. Complex analysis fangirl.
There should be a reciprocal newspaper membership like with botanical gardens and art museums. If you subscribe to your local paper, you should be able to read a few articles from other local papers. I don't mind newspaper paywalls on principle, but I can't subscribe to every paper.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
There should be a reciprocal newspaper membership like with botanical gardens and art museums. If you subscribe to your local paper, you should be able to read a few articles from other local papers. I don't mind newspaper paywalls on principle, but I can't subscribe to every paper.
But still teaching?? Nauseating. Imagine being a young woman in one of his classes and having to know about the pathetic gutter misogyny he was emailing to his convicted child sex offender friend under a decade ago. Imagine being *anyone* in one of his classes and having to know that!
Breaking news: Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping back from public commitments,” he said in a statement Monday night.
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
A longtime Democratic adviser, Summers has had significant influence over economic policymaking for decades.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
But still teaching?? Nauseating. Imagine being a young woman in one of his classes and having to know about the pathetic gutter misogyny he was emailing to his convicted child sex offender friend under a decade ago. Imagine being *anyone* in one of his classes and having to know that!
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@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
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I can't say enough good things about @cragcrest.bsky.social's Book Proposal Boot Camp! I've been trying to get a proposal done for years, and this helped me get up to speed and actually writing. christieaschwanden.com/the-book-pro...
The Book Proposal Boot Camp, Winter 2026
A workshop to help you do the work. This eight-week workshop takes place virtually, via Zoom. The workshop is aimed at people who either have a book idea that needs more development or who have a d…
christieaschwanden.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I can't say enough good things about @cragcrest.bsky.social's Book Proposal Boot Camp! I've been trying to get a proposal done for years, and this helped me get up to speed and actually writing. christieaschwanden.com/the-book-pro...
Third time in a row my yogurt failed. :( I've been making yogurt almost continuously for about 17 years now, and I think this is the worst run I've had. It's really shaking my confidence, in addition to wasting food and throwing off my morning routine.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Third time in a row my yogurt failed. :( I've been making yogurt almost continuously for about 17 years now, and I think this is the worst run I've had. It's really shaking my confidence, in addition to wasting food and throwing off my morning routine.
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It’s Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s 220th birthday! To celebrate, I have a new recording out of her Sonata in G Minor which you can now listen to on the streaming platform of your choice
Sharon Su - Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Piano Sonata in G Minor - EP
Listen to Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Piano Sonata in G Minor - EP by Sharon Su.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s 220th birthday! To celebrate, I have a new recording out of her Sonata in G Minor which you can now listen to on the streaming platform of your choice
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
beans
thrifting
Shostakovich string quartets
La Croix tangerine seltzer
oolong tea
silk scarves
the smell of autumn leaves
postcards
biocrust
quail chicks
beans
thrifting
Shostakovich string quartets
La Croix tangerine seltzer
oolong tea
silk scarves
the smell of autumn leaves
postcards
biocrust
quail chicks
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
(I challenged myself not to say math…)
frogs
Earl Grey tea
classic horror movies
marigolds
eclectic earrings
Star Trek: The Original Series
beaches
the Granada Sherlock Holmes series
The Beatles
black cardigans
(I challenged myself not to say math…)
frogs
Earl Grey tea
classic horror movies
marigolds
eclectic earrings
Star Trek: The Original Series
beaches
the Granada Sherlock Holmes series
The Beatles
black cardigans
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
Fancy teacups
Red pandas
Sushi
Vintage gothic romance paperbacks
Moonstones and labradorite
Peonies
Bright fuchsia eyeshadow
My Chemical Romance
Goth magazines and clothing catalogs from the 20s - early 00s
Top hats
Fancy teacups
Red pandas
Sushi
Vintage gothic romance paperbacks
Moonstones and labradorite
Peonies
Bright fuchsia eyeshadow
My Chemical Romance
Goth magazines and clothing catalogs from the 20s - early 00s
Top hats
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
beans
thrifting
Shostakovich string quartets
La Croix tangerine seltzer
oolong tea
silk scarves
the smell of autumn leaves
postcards
biocrust
quail chicks
beans
thrifting
Shostakovich string quartets
La Croix tangerine seltzer
oolong tea
silk scarves
the smell of autumn leaves
postcards
biocrust
quail chicks
It's exhausting to be angry all the time about egregious important things. My current outrage about something that doesn't matter at all: LeBron James plays violin. He's 6'9" with a 7-foot wingspan. Why would you waste that on a violin instead of a viola?! He could have such a rich C string sound!
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It's exhausting to be angry all the time about egregious important things. My current outrage about something that doesn't matter at all: LeBron James plays violin. He's 6'9" with a 7-foot wingspan. Why would you waste that on a violin instead of a viola?! He could have such a rich C string sound!
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
My brain is short circuiting tonight over how pathetic this email is. Really got em with that "I implied women are only 50/51ths as intelligent as men" zinger. If I were the 63 yo former secretary of the treasury, I'd definitely think it was a cool & clever thing to email to my convicted pedo buddy.
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My brain is short circuiting tonight over how pathetic this email is. Really got em with that "I implied women are only 50/51ths as intelligent as men" zinger. If I were the 63 yo former secretary of the treasury, I'd definitely think it was a cool & clever thing to email to my convicted pedo buddy.
Gonna tell my kids this was Cats (2019).
coming home in this outfit to see if it helps me finally impress my cat
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Gonna tell my kids this was Cats (2019).
Listening to an Elizabethan era album today and feeling this meme deeply. (As I do often because this meme captures my very essence.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Listening to an Elizabethan era album today and feeling this meme deeply. (As I do often because this meme captures my very essence.)
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via @xaqwg.bsky.social a good NYT article on the great Moon Duchins www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s... #gerrymandering
Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
via @xaqwg.bsky.social a good NYT article on the great Moon Duchins www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s... #gerrymandering
Tfw the book you’re reading cites you. 😆 Hi, @drmichaelbrooks.bsky.social, glad you liked my blog post about a silly way to draw a lute. www.scientificamerican.com/blog/roots-o...
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Tfw the book you’re reading cites you. 😆 Hi, @drmichaelbrooks.bsky.social, glad you liked my blog post about a silly way to draw a lute. www.scientificamerican.com/blog/roots-o...
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Sharing this here now because I promised I would and I shared it earlier this week in my newsletter and we're half full already.
Join Mariame Kaba and Danica Savonick for a two-hour virtual discussion of Savonick's book Open Admissions:The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College.
Sunday Feb 1st from 3-5PM EST.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sharing this here now because I promised I would and I shared it earlier this week in my newsletter and we're half full already.
These yogurt flatbreads are way too good smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/laye...
I make my own yogurt and sometimes a batch isn't quite right. My most recent batch must not have fermented all the way or something and was really runny and developing off flavors. Still worked great in this recipe!
I make my own yogurt and sometimes a batch isn't quite right. My most recent batch must not have fermented all the way or something and was really runny and developing off flavors. Still worked great in this recipe!
layered yogurt flatbreads
A tender, stretchy, yeast-free flatbread that gently puffs with an inner accordion of layers.
smittenkitchen.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
These yogurt flatbreads are way too good smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/laye...
I make my own yogurt and sometimes a batch isn't quite right. My most recent batch must not have fermented all the way or something and was really runny and developing off flavors. Still worked great in this recipe!
I make my own yogurt and sometimes a batch isn't quite right. My most recent batch must not have fermented all the way or something and was really runny and developing off flavors. Still worked great in this recipe!
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October 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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I'm sure someone ( #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky ) has a go-to CSS color palette for accessible text on a website... Any pointers?
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm sure someone ( #MTBoS #ITeachMath #MathSky ) has a go-to CSS color palette for accessible text on a website... Any pointers?
All can be measured by the standard of the capybara.
Everyone is lesser than or greater than the capybara.
Everything is taller or shorter than the capybara.
Everything is mistaken for a Brazilian dance craze
more or less frequently than the capybara.
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Everyone is lesser than or greater than the capybara.
Everything is taller or shorter than the capybara.
Everything is mistaken for a Brazilian dance craze
more or less frequently than the capybara.
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
August 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
All can be measured by the standard of the capybara.
Everyone is lesser than or greater than the capybara.
Everything is taller or shorter than the capybara.
Everything is mistaken for a Brazilian dance craze
more or less frequently than the capybara.
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Everyone is lesser than or greater than the capybara.
Everything is taller or shorter than the capybara.
Everything is mistaken for a Brazilian dance craze
more or less frequently than the capybara.
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Inexplicable thrift store find OTD: a framed ceramic tile illustration of the E8 lattice. (Yes, I’m moving in less than a month. No, I should not be acquiring new knick-knacks. Yes, I bought it anyway.)
August 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Inexplicable thrift store find OTD: a framed ceramic tile illustration of the E8 lattice. (Yes, I’m moving in less than a month. No, I should not be acquiring new knick-knacks. Yes, I bought it anyway.)
You would call the "time and temperature" number to reset your clocks after the power had gone out (or if you didn't know if they were right for some other reason).
What’s a real thing from your childhood that kids these days would find completely foreign?
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
Like, how we used to be able to walk right up to the gate to meet our family coming off a flight.
Or how we had to pick a spot to meet at the theater BEFORE we went.
July 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
You would call the "time and temperature" number to reset your clocks after the power had gone out (or if you didn't know if they were right for some other reason).