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Helen @homotoptheory.bsky.social · 15h

love to see an argument broken up into steps, labelled by how mysterious each step is

screenshot of a math paper where you can see a proof outline with three steps. Step 1 is labelled "very natural," step 2 is labelled "much more mysterious" and step 3 is labelled "classical."

Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · 2d

Genuine shout out to the student who submitted a picture of their group theory problem sheet for me to mark that was very clearly taken at the pub

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χle Ormsby @motivickyle.bsky.social · 5d

This is a real sign from a real deli near the Wesleyan math department, and they put it up because the mathematicians were too engrossed in their mathematics discussions to efficiently order sandwiches. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · 12d

This is the answer I wish I had time to give when people ask me what I do for work at parties!

Benjamin Cornish @mathematicians-pod.bsky.social · 12d

I had another delightful maths moment with @hopeiona.bsky.social, where we talked at length on the nature of #infinity. If you'd like to listen in then you can find our interview here.

From ancient history to ZFCs.

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-f4xei-199b19d

#TheMathematiciansPodcast
#MathsTalk
#Mathsky

Episode 44 - The Injectives with Hope Duncan - On Infinity

This week on The Mathematician's Podcast, we take a break from the philosophical and theological debates of the past to chat with an intellectual heavyweight of our own age! In another special "Inject...

www.podbean.com

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arxiv math.LO @arxiv-math-lo.bsky.social · 17d

Peter Holy, Jonathan Schilhan
The Ordering Principle and Higher Dependent Choice
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14821

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · 15d

Today's self care has been going on a run in the rain, doing the marking I've been putting off, and belting radiohead while I made pesto pasta. 10/10 Sunday

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · Aug 6

One way to reduce stress is to meditate. Another way is to not live under a fascist government. This has been wellness tips!

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Benjamin Cornish @mathematicians-pod.bsky.social · 20d

I just had an absolutely delightful afternoon talking about #infinity with @hopeiona.bsky.social, for a special episode of #TheMathematiciansPodcast.

Tune in next Wednesday to hear about the history and the now of infinity.

#talkingmaths
#mathsky
#mathshistory

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · 25d

The problem class I'm teaching that requires speaking to everyone individually is in a sloped lecture theatre with a different door for every row ... I've just spent an hour vaulting over and sitting on tables like I'm trying to be a cool supply teacher

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · Oct 1

lots of pain in the world but sometimes you stumble on a stranger’s obsessive wikipedia table. michelangelo had the sistine chapel, this guy had the “guess who” article. perhaps both sacred

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · 29d

Started using anki again for German vocab which I'm really happy about, but directional and positional verbs are really kicking my ass rn

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Oct 3

Spent today drafting a pre-print, and this evening eating malatang, watching taskmaster and playing Baba is you 🥰

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Kate Orman @kateorman.bsky.social · Sep 25

Have I told you the black hole drinking game? The rules are:

(a) watch a documentary involving black holes
(b) when someone says, "not even light", take a drink.

Easy!

("Not Even Light" was my working title for "The Dead Star" 😁)

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Jared @jaredthfc.bsky.social · Sep 21

Don't forget: if Earth, Wind, and Fire see their shadows tonight we get 6 more weeks of September

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Sep 21

@ar-foluain.bsky.social evidence I'm not slacking on lingule either
#Lingule #1253 "rhwystro": 1/6
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lingule.xyz

Lingule

A fun little language game

lingule.xyz

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Sep 21

Could bandle be my new obsession? Am I just happy I got it in one? Who's to say
Bandle #1131 1/6
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Found: 4/5 (80%)
Current Streak: 1 (max 1)
#Bandle bandle.app

bandle.app

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Sep 21

Maybe this is the year I learn not to play every song I learn on guitar with the same strumming pattern

Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Sep 16

Back from a conference and feeling super grateful for my maths friends - may I never be too caught up thinking about the future to enjoy spending time with them

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Aug 30

Was great to be a guest on un-natural numbers again - this time I talked about some fun tessellations!

Benjamin Cornish @mathematicians-pod.bsky.social · Aug 27

Episode 5 of #Un-NaturalNumbers the maths chat show just dropped. In what is arguably our largest number so far: 5.

Join me, @hopeiona.bsky.social and Jocelyn to discuss our favourite facts about the number 5.

#mathschat
#mathsky
#msthstalk

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Un-Natural Numbers: Episode 5 - Untouchables, Powers of 5 & Tessellation

YouTube video by Un-Natural Numbers

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Aug 26

I have been yapping about starting YouTube for so long I'm so glad to have gotten past the blank page stage

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'll be at @tmip.bsky.social later this week, which gave me the perfect excuse to finally soft launch my YouTube channel, where I learn to be a better maths communicator by analysing some of my favourite YouTube creators!
youtu.be/1UbjqEWc__0?...

E0: Fake it 'till you make it

YouTube video by Hope Duncan

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Aug 20

People love to ask "oh you eat vegan? Do you miss chicken?" No!! I miss easy access to taro flavour bubble tea!!

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Hope @hopeiona.bsky.social · Aug 19

I want maths papers to come with a wine pairing. Or maybe a cheese? Or recommended background music? Other whimsical suggestions are also encouraged.

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Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered @andysaunders-1.bsky.social · Jul 21

Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · Jul 15

Runs up and hands you some good looking math books

Topology via logic by Steven Vickers
Cover is tones of blue, a diamond shape made by different tones of rectangles of varying thickness, looks almost like partially closed blinds. Title,author & publisher are all written diagonally, parallel to the diamond shape in a white San serif font

Modern elementary geometry by j Richard Byrne
Cover is a dusty blue, probably faded, title and author are in white San serif font. In between is a band of repeated pinwheel shapes in black line work

Modular forms edited by r. A. Rankin
Cover is a dusty blue gray with an abstract combination of various polygons in white, pink warmer blue gray and the background. Title is San serif all caps in white and author is in pink

Modules - a primer of the structure theorems by head
Black or dark gray background with linework in light gray or silver of an almost carton like shape that one could fold up in between the author name and the title.

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