Sam Yusim
@syus.bsky.social
she/her
I'm obsessed with math and I used to program video games and I live in Montreal.
30 years old but starting a math PhD at McGill university in January!
Blog: https://friday.party
I'm obsessed with math and I used to program video games and I live in Montreal.
30 years old but starting a math PhD at McGill university in January!
Blog: https://friday.party
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Sam Yusim
@syus.bsky.social
· Nov 28
On Foucault's Pendulum
"Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another."
friday.party
Just wrote the first post for me and my friends' new blog friday.party/on-foucaults...
It would mean a lot to me if you read/shared it!
It would mean a lot to me if you read/shared it!
Just took a 3 hour nap thank God I'm not an American who has to do any awful Thanksgiving stuff
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just took a 3 hour nap thank God I'm not an American who has to do any awful Thanksgiving stuff
Was looking at grillz online and they apparently have black metal ones and honestly I that would be so sick on me. Weird I know but oh well I guess I'm weird lol
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Was looking at grillz online and they apparently have black metal ones and honestly I that would be so sick on me. Weird I know but oh well I guess I'm weird lol
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, What Is to Be Done?
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, What Is to Be Done?
Every time I think of this diagram it makes me want to read more of this book. Absolute masterpiece
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Every time I think of this diagram it makes me want to read more of this book. Absolute masterpiece
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Now this is a good diagram
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now this is a good diagram
maybe you cant see rational points on a curve, book, but im built different
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
maybe you cant see rational points on a curve, book, but im built different
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once you know even 10% of Marxist-Leninist fundamentals, 99% of arguments you face are just going to have you reacting like, at best, "not this bullshit again, we already went through this over 100 years ago" but more likely "this person has literally no idea what they're talking about".
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
once you know even 10% of Marxist-Leninist fundamentals, 99% of arguments you face are just going to have you reacting like, at best, "not this bullshit again, we already went through this over 100 years ago" but more likely "this person has literally no idea what they're talking about".
Lookin for part time jobs rn to supplement my meagre student income. So far I have applied to 2 book stores, 2 tattoo/piercing places, and a card shop. If you have any ideas/recs lmk! I just want something low key and part time, although I realize that might be a pretty rare thing to find so yeah.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Lookin for part time jobs rn to supplement my meagre student income. So far I have applied to 2 book stores, 2 tattoo/piercing places, and a card shop. If you have any ideas/recs lmk! I just want something low key and part time, although I realize that might be a pretty rare thing to find so yeah.
Went to the weird stuff store today and bought this mudkip custom keycap
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Went to the weird stuff store today and bought this mudkip custom keycap
Burned out during my master's in math so I bailed and became a video game programmer. Finished my master's somehow on the side. Got to move to Montreal for work, which is a massive win. Then burned out working so I decided to go back to math and apply for a PhD at McGill lol. I start in January 😤
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Burned out during my master's in math so I bailed and became a video game programmer. Finished my master's somehow on the side. Got to move to Montreal for work, which is a massive win. Then burned out working so I decided to go back to math and apply for a PhD at McGill lol. I start in January 😤
Learning infinite Galois theory right now as a first step toward class field theory and it's really cool but some proofs require some really annoying topology I learned years ago and never needed until now. Guess I gotta go learn Tykhonov's theorem again...?
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Learning infinite Galois theory right now as a first step toward class field theory and it's really cool but some proofs require some really annoying topology I learned years ago and never needed until now. Guess I gotta go learn Tykhonov's theorem again...?
In between Max constantly begging me for attention I've been studying algebraic geometry occasionally. Anyway this random proof feels really elegant to me.
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In between Max constantly begging me for attention I've been studying algebraic geometry occasionally. Anyway this random proof feels really elegant to me.
Pickled banana peppers: good
Peppered banana pickles: not good
Makes you think
Peppered banana pickles: not good
Makes you think
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pickled banana peppers: good
Peppered banana pickles: not good
Makes you think
Peppered banana pickles: not good
Makes you think
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Holy cannoli the latex integration in anki is so annoying to manage the moment you need to do something as complicated as *checks notes* including a package.
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Holy cannoli the latex integration in anki is so annoying to manage the moment you need to do something as complicated as *checks notes* including a package.
Today I am making algebraic geometry flashcards because holy moly this stuff requires a lot of obtuse definitions. Maybe once I memorize them they'll feel less obtuse.
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today I am making algebraic geometry flashcards because holy moly this stuff requires a lot of obtuse definitions. Maybe once I memorize them they'll feel less obtuse.
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i'm like actually losing my mind over this. they were aware! company email accounts were used!! a decade's worth of evidence of some of the most inhumane bullshit lived on their serves.
but someone saw a tranny once and it made them feel some type of way so that's what they focused on.
ghouls.
but someone saw a tranny once and it made them feel some type of way so that's what they focused on.
ghouls.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
i'm like actually losing my mind over this. they were aware! company email accounts were used!! a decade's worth of evidence of some of the most inhumane bullshit lived on their serves.
but someone saw a tranny once and it made them feel some type of way so that's what they focused on.
ghouls.
but someone saw a tranny once and it made them feel some type of way so that's what they focused on.
ghouls.
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"In one way or another, all official and liberal science defends wage-slavery…To expect science to be impartial in a wage-slave society is as foolishly naïve as to expect impartiality from manufacturers on the question of whether workers' wages ought not to be increased by decreasing the profits..."
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"In one way or another, all official and liberal science defends wage-slavery…To expect science to be impartial in a wage-slave society is as foolishly naïve as to expect impartiality from manufacturers on the question of whether workers' wages ought not to be increased by decreasing the profits..."
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Pizza, Pretzel, Donut, Dog
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Pizza, Pretzel, Donut, Dog
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Still skipping the hell out of these webinars, but also wtf is the current Gmail interface?? Why can I only see *two letters* of the sender's name??? And why are the buttons at the bottom so huge?? Lmao
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Still skipping the hell out of these webinars, but also wtf is the current Gmail interface?? Why can I only see *two letters* of the sender's name??? And why are the buttons at the bottom so huge?? Lmao
Max has decided I don't get to study right now because she has to clean herself right in front of me
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Max has decided I don't get to study right now because she has to clean herself right in front of me