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Carolyn Ownbey, PhD @carolynownbey.bsky.social · 1h

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 2h

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 19h

Definitely bring snacks and more than snacks.. The train will have a cafe car that let’s you get something more substantial but they may sell out of that thing you want, so nest to not rely on it.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 1d

Of course, it’s hard to say without knowing the thickness of the crust, as it’s not actually linear, but in my experience smaller pizzas also tend to have thicker crusts too.

James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 1d

Wrong, the 6” slice gives you more crust, which is worse.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 1d

The real tragedy of AI is now the phrase “pics or it didn’t happen” is useless.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 1d

The traditional fifth anniversary gift is wood, so Dũng got me a board game that is 100% wood - even the box.

The game Hexapolis, in a wooden hex box with stacks of wooden hex pieces.

Our finished game state, with Dũng’s piece on a tall 4 tower surrounded by walls, with various other connected hexes. Dũng crossed arms visible in the background.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 1d

Woe indeed.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 1d

I mean, a BEC is for sure better on a roll, but it’s not my bagel order. Then I like bacon and cream cheese on sesame.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 2d

I think it’s more accurate as an oblique asymptote.

James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 2d

What greater feeling is there for a teacher than to be completely caught up on their grading? (I’m sure there are others, but it’s the one I am feeling now and it’s great.)

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 3d

And towards littering!

James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 3d

I literally almost just slipped on a banana peel, like some kind of cartoon.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 4d

The fact that Wikipedia uses the same Tennessee Capital example for all voting methods is really not good. Like, I get why they do, but because that example has a Condorcet winner, it's not very good at explaining how Condorcet methods work.

James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 5d

Oh, interesting one! Might be trickier this early in the year, but it could still work.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 5d

I'm currently working on a new geometry game and could use some brainstorming help. Suppose I wanted a list of properties some shapes have that others don't, like "Has a right angle" or "Has a pair of congruent sides." What might be some interesting other properties?
#MTBoS #iTeachMath

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 6d

Weeks 3-4 of Discrete Math & Democracy, because I forgot to write them separately. jclevelandtran.com/2025/10/06/d...
#MTBoS #iTeachMath #iTeachCivics?

Discrete Math & Democracy, Weeks 3-4

I totally purposefully combined these two weeks because they were short due to holidays, and not because I forgot about week 3. Yep. First was our first quiz on what we covered in the first 7 days.…

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 6d

The classic swap to 40% of 45, which is 2/5s, so two 9s, so 18.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 10d

Congrats and also boo!

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 10d

Well, you can have verse novels, like the Black Flamingo.

James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 13d

Yeah, in the history of the calculator we switched from relays to vacuum tubes for this exact reason.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 13d

(This kind of reminds me of how apportionment used to happen, before we locked in at 435 - they always picked a House size that agreed in both the Hamilton method and the Jefferson/Webster method.)

James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 13d

I wonder if anyone's proposed a meta-level election system, where you run the results through multiple systems and whoever wins in the most different systems is the overall winner.

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James Cleveland-Tran @jclevelandtran.com · 13d

I feel like the morning sessions, with their continuity, were always the standout.

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