Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, LA 1992. Found it here: www.foxnews.com/us/las-black...

LA’s Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal

Tensions have increased among the Latino and Black communities in Los Angeles after a recording of the City Council President making racial remarks was leaked

www.foxnews.com

1 2

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 2d

Can tile the plane! (Was talking about this yesterday with a 5th grader I'm working with, with a side trip to Escher's Metamorphoses.)

1 1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 3d

Equangular, equilateral (one does not imply the other, in general!).
Has zero/one/two pairs of parallel sides
All vertices can lie on a circle (e.g., cyclic quadrilateral). All triangles are cyclic.
All angles acute. All angles obtuse. Contains both obtuse and acute angles.
Regular.
Good luck!

4

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 9d

Also @maddow.msnbc.com

1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 11d

I open to seeing potential applications of AI in the math classroom, and what the existance of AI might mean for what we teach and how we teach it.

That said, I've yet to see any evidence to support "AI...reshaping and transforming traditional teaching methods at a breakneck pace."

3

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 11d

Where? When? Who? What? Give these so we can figure out the Why.

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 13d

Easy call! When does early voting start? :)

1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 14d

We live in a world where there are so many stories about unmarked ICE officers taking away people by mistake that it's hard to keep them all straight. That's a statement in and of itself.

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 14d

I re-listened to the pod, and it sounds very much like this case. I'd put money on it being the same person. It's the September 8 episode of The Daily from NYT, about 23 minutes into the episode. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/p...

When the National Guard Comes to Town

www.nytimes.com

1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 14d

Was this the person discussed in the NYT Daily podcast a couple of weeks ago?

1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 15d

* When the government has a stake in the information, don't trust what officials say, particularly high-level partisan ones in the present administration.

8

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 20d

Great exercise!

Have you assessed whether all the reported distances are computed "as the bird flies" (i.e. great circle) regardless of roads, vs looking at distances found if one were to actually build a GPS path?

1

Reposted by Tim Corica

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

2.5K 16K 45K

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 27d

For combinatorics & probability probs my method is:

Step 1 - Find a method to get an answer that you feel confident abt.

Step 2: look for other, maybe more efficient or elegant solns and check against step 1.

Step 3: If not match, dig deep to figure out which is wrong and why!

1 1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 27d

Did not mean to cause such distress. I have a hair-trigger for falsehoods online from either side. It appears that you and I are in agreement about many/most things (incl. Kirk and the right of "big gay homos" to live free), so it was not my intent to have such an effect on you.

Be well.

2

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · 27d

The "stoned to death" quote seems to be a false attribution. deadline.com/2025/09/step...

Stephen King Apologizes After Claiming Charlie Kirk “Advocated Stoning Gays To Death”

Stephen King, the renowned American horror author, has apologized after claiming that Charlie Kirk "advocated stoning gays to death."

deadline.com

1 1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · Sep 9

100%!

Interestingly, that set of 4 values appears in the window (I checked) but not on the website. It says "A place to grow, play, and learn through hands-on, inquiry-based science."

Maybe they contracted out the window design.

brooklynpreschoolofscience.com

Pre Kindergarten Centers Brooklyn | Brooklyn PreSchool

Discover top-quality learning at pre kindergarten centers Brooklyn, where young minds grow in a fun, safe, and nurturing environment.

brooklynpreschoolofscience.com

1 2

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · Sep 9

Johnson would say that he was working undercover for the NYPD.

AND,

No, Trump wouldn’t lose any supporters.

1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · Sep 9

Pirro would ask for compensation for Trump’s hand injury sustained while shooting.

AND

Bondi would call for prosecution of the victim posthumously, as well as his family.

AND...

1 1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · Sep 9

Noem would say it was fine because the victim was “the worst of the worst”

AND

Rubio would say “it’ll happen again” and Trump had authority “under exigent circumstances to eliminate imminent threats to the United States.”

AND....

1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · Sep 9

DJT: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible."

If he did:

Hegseth would say the victim was a narcotrafficker and would praise Trump for his “lethality”.

AND...

1 1

Tim Corica @tcorica.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cell phones are essentially useless when they are not plugged in.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Sep 7

Couldn’t have said it better myself…

2

Reposted by Tim Corica

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · Sep 8

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area

The decision prompted liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to say in dissent that she would not "stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost."

www.nbcnews.com

7 59 130

Reposted by Tim Corica

Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · Sep 8

Gift link to an excellent column by @willbunch.bsky.social share.inquirer.com/329Lm0

“If Trump’s “Department of War” is serious about staging its first battle on the shores of Lake Michigan, it picked the wrong fight.” #WinninUgly

Trump wants to make war on Chicago. He picked the wrong fight | Will Bunch

President Trump's stunning online threat against America's third-largest city will test the power of the resistance.

share.inquirer.com

4 39 85

Reposted by Tim Corica

Nancy French @nancyfrench.bsky.social · Sep 7

'Every person who pumped his fist at Trump’s news conference should pause and think very hard about letting him, or any president, expand the definition of war until due process dies.' - @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | It Doesn’t Seem Wise to Let Trump Decide What War Is

www.nytimes.com

8 60 280