Amie Albrecht
@nomadpenguin.bsky.social
Professor of Math Ed. Dormant mathematician. Thinks a lot about teaching. Pedagogical pragmatist. Tsundoku master. Champion napper. Dirty lefty. Blogging at amiealbrecht.com
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when emailing
it is important
to always assume
some moron
some blundering dipshit
is going to forward the email
you meant for them
to people you didn’t want to have it
it is important
to always assume
some moron
some blundering dipshit
is going to forward the email
you meant for them
to people you didn’t want to have it
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
when emailing
it is important
to always assume
some moron
some blundering dipshit
is going to forward the email
you meant for them
to people you didn’t want to have it
it is important
to always assume
some moron
some blundering dipshit
is going to forward the email
you meant for them
to people you didn’t want to have it
Broome sunsets. Communing with nature and with the others gathered quietly on the beach to enjoy nature’s display.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Broome sunsets. Communing with nature and with the others gathered quietly on the beach to enjoy nature’s display.
A truly illuminating read. Reynolds makes a compelling case that northern Australia’s colonisation was fundamentally different from the south—and could not have been achieved without Chinese, Japanese, Pacific Islander and First Nations people. Essential reframing of Aus history. #read2025
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A truly illuminating read. Reynolds makes a compelling case that northern Australia’s colonisation was fundamentally different from the south—and could not have been achieved without Chinese, Japanese, Pacific Islander and First Nations people. Essential reframing of Aus history. #read2025
The comments are everything you’d expect from Australians.
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The comments are everything you’d expect from Australians.
No filter just incredible views.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
No filter just incredible views.
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no no, a plane orthogonal to the trash
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
no no, a plane orthogonal to the trash
Plane sight. As in, you can see it from a plane?
British authorities are scrambling to work out how an estimated 100 tonnes of garbage could be dumped in plane sight, and they're looking to the underworld for answers.
When this rubbish mountain appeared in England, everyone had questions
British authorities are scrambling to work out how an estimated 100 tonnes of garbage could be dumped in plane sight, and they're looking to the underworld for answers.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Plane sight. As in, you can see it from a plane?
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I used this yesterday with Y7. The number line helped them get their heads around the idea that there is one more "jump" than blanks to fill.
#MathsToday
#MathsToday
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I used this yesterday with Y7. The number line helped them get their heads around the idea that there is one more "jump" than blanks to fill.
#MathsToday
#MathsToday
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
Wordle 1,614 X/6*
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November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wordle 1,614 X/6*
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The RPBP first law of organization: *any* organizational system is the best for as long as you only have little to organize
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The RPBP first law of organization: *any* organizational system is the best for as long as you only have little to organize
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From mid-November on, before you send an email ask yourself if this is really a 2025 problem
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
From mid-November on, before you send an email ask yourself if this is really a 2025 problem
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❤️ Love this ❤️
@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
❤️ Love this ❤️
@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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'The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible' - Pope Leo
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
'The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible' - Pope Leo
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20 LETTERS
In these twenty letters,
we try ten lines. The test
set, we tether sly intent.
We net the stint tersely.
We intently test ethers.
We try the silent tenets—
try the new, tense titles.
Written, the steely nest
settles twenty therein.
We enter its tenth style.
In these twenty letters,
we try ten lines. The test
set, we tether sly intent.
We net the stint tersely.
We intently test ethers.
We try the silent tenets—
try the new, tense titles.
Written, the steely nest
settles twenty therein.
We enter its tenth style.
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
20 LETTERS
In these twenty letters,
we try ten lines. The test
set, we tether sly intent.
We net the stint tersely.
We intently test ethers.
We try the silent tenets—
try the new, tense titles.
Written, the steely nest
settles twenty therein.
We enter its tenth style.
In these twenty letters,
we try ten lines. The test
set, we tether sly intent.
We net the stint tersely.
We intently test ethers.
We try the silent tenets—
try the new, tense titles.
Written, the steely nest
settles twenty therein.
We enter its tenth style.
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Oh I found the winner …
haighs chocolate
haighs chocolate
malls balls
pie floater
(Have never had one though!)
(Have never had one though!)
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Oh I found the winner …
haighs chocolate
haighs chocolate
malls balls
pie floater
(Have never had one though!)
(Have never had one though!)
hook turn
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
malls balls
pie floater
(Have never had one though!)
(Have never had one though!)
hook turn
Butter pie.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
pie floater
(Have never had one though!)
(Have never had one though!)
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Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
Wordle 1,608 2/6*
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An extraordinarily lucky first guess.
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An extraordinarily lucky first guess.
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wordle 1,608 2/6*
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An extraordinarily lucky first guess.
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An extraordinarily lucky first guess.
Wordle 1,607 3/6*
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Nice - also eek on the lack of steps!
I had a version of this: I asked students to imagine that they had a research assistant to do their assignment; then they had to write instructions for their assistant; and then they had to become the assistant and follow their own steps.
I had a version of this: I asked students to imagine that they had a research assistant to do their assignment; then they had to write instructions for their assistant; and then they had to become the assistant and follow their own steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Nice - also eek on the lack of steps!
I had a version of this: I asked students to imagine that they had a research assistant to do their assignment; then they had to write instructions for their assistant; and then they had to become the assistant and follow their own steps.
I had a version of this: I asked students to imagine that they had a research assistant to do their assignment; then they had to write instructions for their assistant; and then they had to become the assistant and follow their own steps.