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@averypickford.bsky.social

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In my [REDACTED] year of #iteachmath. The way I teach ≠ the way I was taught. Wondering if #mtbos should now be #mbbos. May also find me talking about photography, the outdoors, traveling, sports, SF, & hanging with my kids. Not necessarily in that order.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · Nov 15

Made a Starter Pack of *current* K-12 math classroom teachers. Let me know if you should be added (or removed).

go.bsky.app/35M7izP

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 7d

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I'm also looking for work, but trying to take advantage of the time and work on some projects. Take some time to process, but call me if you want to chat/brainstorm.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 11d

Bitwarden will also do this. I'm definitely a fan of password managers.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 11d

One issue is when comparing, say, the evens and odds. Neither is a subset of the other, but it still feels like we might want to be able to compare the size of the two sets.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 11d

Now I'm seeing in your second doc that this is still an open question. This is fascinating to me, because we *could* define equal in such a way that a proper subset is less than. The deeper question is what are the ramifications of this definition (vs a definition centered on 1-to-1 correspondence).

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 11d

Very cool. I'm curious if you defined the relationship between equal size & one-to-one correspondence, whether students came to this on their own, or whether the definition of "equal sized" is still being debated.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 14d

What are some different ways to see that there are the same number of popped and raised bubbles in the below Pop It toy? ♾️

A high-angle shot of a square, rainbow-colored Pop It toy on a dark, textured surface. The toy is diagonal to the frame, with a shadow visible on the right. The Pop It has six rows of colorful, silicone bubbles: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Each row has six bubbles, where bubbles are alternately raised and popped.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 19d

@sfmta.com Am I overreacting by being upset by this?

A parking enforcement employee almost ran me over at a crosswalk, after dropping my kids off at their school bus stop. When I clapped my hands to get his attention he gave me the middle finger as he continued to drive through the intersection.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 20d

This assumes this video is real, which is also extremely problematic.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 20d

I actually feel a little bad for the engineers that are going to get fired over this spectacular fail, but what a perfect example of the current state of AI (it doesn't work particularly well, and even if this did work it's more of a "that's kind of cool" versus an actually useful tool.

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 21d

Mark Zuckerberg reacts to failed LiveAI recipe and Meta Ray-Ban Display video call demos at Connect 2025 #Meta #AI #MetaConnect

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 21d

I did (at least temporarily)! Currently working on some projects, doing stay-at-home dad stuff, and looking for work.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 21d

I tend to be skeptical of "X will be the end of education" platitudes (printing press, pencils, radio, tv, calculators, internet) and it's impossible to know the future, but personally...teaching felt different enough the past few years that I left the classroom after 25 years.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 22d

Nice! This was a new problem for me, and it felt like a mashup of the chicken mcnugget problem and broken calculator problems.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 22d

Say more (if you'd like).

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 22d

Couldn't this argument be made for any good infrastructure project? I don't think anyone believes that enshittifying SF is going to be the thing that makes housing affordable (as much as conservative media has been trying).

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 22d

This is a car-brain headline. Beloved highway?

Picture of NY Times Braking News headline: "Voters on San Francisco's West side outed a politician who helped close a beloved highway and turn it into a park."

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 24d

A while ago I spent more time than I'd like to admit wondering whether someone has registered that # with a bunch of stores and now gets thousands of dollars in free stuff every month (along with thousands of prank calls and people trying to call the # someone gave them at a bar, I'm sure).

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 26d

Wondering if this is the first time a former MVP pitcher has started a game by facing three straight former or current MVPs.

Go @sfgiants.com #BeatLA

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 27d

More than 20 years ago I wrote one of my first math lessons based on the art of @sollewitt.bsky.social (which included a trip to @momanyc.bsky.social to see some of his work), so it was a wonderful surprise to see @3blue1brown.com most recent video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BrF...

Exploration & Epiphany | Guest video by Paul Dancstep

YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 28d

My governor, who wants nothing more than to become President, could use some moral clarity. Continue his work??? His work spouting hate that gay people should be stoned to death?

Skeet from Governor Newsom: "the best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work..."

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 28d

I have no idea what was truly in his heart, but he made a career of treating the most vulnerable among us like trash, and today is a reminder that when it comes to guns we are all vulnerable.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · 28d

Charlie Kirk is a terrible person and Charlie Kirk doesn't deserve to be murdered is actually a consistent and reasonable morality.

Nothing good will come of this.

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Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is incredible.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Michigan football team and the Oklahoma Special Teams are pretty evenly matched with the rest of the Oklahoma football team.

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pseudo-experiment of the week:

Without parental restrictions, my two kids and I will eat the following amount of fruit in one week:

A flat of strawberries
5 pounds of peaches
5 pounds of plums
5 pounds of nectarines
5 pounds of apples
1 quart of raspberries (I'm not a millionaire after all)

Avery @averypickford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Math is so cool!

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/s...

Newly Discovered Origami Patterns Put the Bloom on the Fold

www.nytimes.com

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