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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Getting ready to watch tonight's free lecture live from Gresham College: How Does Mathematics Last? Heritage and Heritage Making in Mathematics: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/whats-on/heritage-maths

(Starts at 6pm, still time to register!)

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · 3d

New freelance opportunty 📣

MonLife Heritage, funded by the Anti Racist Wales Culture Fund.

🔗Find out more: gem.org.uk/jobs/freelan...

#GEM #freelancerwrok #museumfreelancer #heritagefreelancer

Freelancer, MonLife Heritage - GEM

Funded by the Anti Racist Wales Culture Fund Brief for Freelancer We are Monmouthshire: Celebrating Cultures past and present Background information MonLife Heritage has been awarded an Anti-Racist ...

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OperaBunny @operabunny.bsky.social · 7d

My #MathsConf39 workshop choices:

1 - Parsa Hassan-Yazdi
2 - @mrlevmaths.bsky.social & Shane Steele
3 - Robin Harris & Greg Thomas
4 - Georgina Green
5 - Jason Yip & @TeaKayB.mathsy.space

Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf39

Complete Mathematics - MathsConf39

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

completemaths.com

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Prescient, Douglas. Prescient.

The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is the primary manufacturer and supplier of androids, robots and autonomic assistants for the known universe. They are known for their catchy jingles and catchphrases, which are supplied by their Marketing Department.

The corporation is not known for the quality of their products, and almost all of their known inventions are faulty.

Their primary claim to fame seems to be constructing just about everything with (unstable) advanced robotics and software. From doors to lifts, to toaster ovens, drinks machines, vacuum cleaners, and "personal massage units"—everything has been built with a full GPP or Genuine People Personality. This means that even a set of airlock doors has emotions, hopes, dreams, intelligence, and worse of all, the capacity for boredom. It should come as no surprise then, that the majority of these devices have a neurotic streak a mile wide.

The company motto is "Share and Enjoy." This is widely adaptable, from synthesised drinks to the company of a robot, or "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with", as their robots are described as by the aforementioned Marketing Department.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes."

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Chip Unicorn @chip-unicorn.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I have a question for mathematicians out there...

Start with a square 100 km on a side.

An inhabitant of this square has two ways to travel: walking, which can be done from any point to any point at a pace $p_w$ seconds per kilometer, or going by a train which needs laid-down tracks but goes […]

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Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 6d

It's that time again when we ask you all for feedback to help us improve #MathsWeekScot 🙏

We have one feedback form for teachers & educators:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/MWS2025-Te...

And one for all other participants:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/MWS2025-Pa...

Deadline to respond is 12 October. Thank you!

A graphic with a pink background showing a rating arch that has a sad smiley face on the left, a neutral face in the middle, and a happy face on the right. A yellow arrow is pointing to the happy face. Underneath it says Survey for Teachers and Educators.

A graphic with a purple background showing a rating arch that has a sad smiley face on the left, a neutral face in the middle, and a happy face on the right. A yellow arrow is pointing to the happy face. Underneath it says Survey for Participants.

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · 6d

📣 New job posting!

The Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival Working Group is seeking a legacy workshop facilitator.

Closing Date: 31/10/25

🔗 Find out more: gem.org.uk/jobs/outer-h...

#GEMjobs #museumjobs #heritagejobs

Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival legacy workshop facilitator - GEM

The Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival Working Group is seeking a stakeholder facilitator who can support the current OHWF Working Group move towards a community ownership model. The role will facilitat...

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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 7d

I've just come up with a sequence I can't believe isn't in the #oeis (#icbinioeis)!

Take cards labelled 1 ... N. Shuffle them.

Repeat this procedure: look at the top card's value, X. Move X cards from the top of the deck to the back, one at a time.

If you ever end up back at your first card […]

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 7d

A quick bit of #maths in #museums: The shape of castles and their keeps and towers.

https://tommaths.blogspot.com/2025/10/maths-in-museums-castle-keeps-and-their.htm

#mathstoday #museumed

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Tommaths (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @teakayb.mathsy.space · 7d

I can't be too upset by people not booking my session at #MathsConf39 because they're all booking sessions that I really want to go to instead!

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 8d

From another review of The Mathematicians' Library (Amazon):

"I’m in no way a maths nerd but I’m engrossed in this book. It is fascinating and I’ve learnt so much from it so far. I’ve actually found myself going online and reading up on some of the more interesting section like fractals as well […]

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10d

My mum's dog (say hello to Dylan) likes to curl up for a sleep behind the curtain, but he does it so often the curtain needs cleaning more often than mum would like, so she made two drawstring bags out of the same material and washes them instead. Genius!

A fluffy dog hiding behind a curtain. The base of the curtain is in a bag made from the same flowery material as the curtain.

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Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 11d

Here's Day 6 of the #StatsInTheWild challenges! Have a go, then head over to our website for more info on the new Stats in the Wild resources >> mathsweek.scot/schools/lear...

#UKMathsChat #MathsToday #EduSky #MathsWeekScot

Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @honeypisquared.bsky.social · 12d

It's Saturday of #MathsWeekScot - a perfect day for some #birdwatching.
Here is our daily #StatsinTheWild challenge. Can you guess the type of finch from the pie chart?
@mathsweek.scot @kateywhyte.bsky.social @altealorenzo.bsky.social @rss-teach.bsky.social

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Christian Lawson-Perfect @christianp.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Numerologists take note: tomorrow, 27th September 2025, is a square date in both US and Everywhere Else notation.

5205² = 27092025 and 3045² = 9272025

This is the last time this will happen for a thousand years!

(from @EdPeggJr on math-fun)

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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈🔜 OpenTranCC @moof.space · 12d

200 years ago today, at roughly 9am, between 450 and 600 people boarded 21 waggons with seats on them at Brusselton, County Durham, England. There were also 8 coal and one flour Waggon attached to the train, and Experiment, a closed carriage.

This train was […]

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An image of the 1857 recreation of Locomotion No. 1 at Locomotion museum, Shildon. Behind it is 43102, an Intercity 125.

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · 13d

📣 GEM London event - The National Saturday Club

Join us to learn about the National Saturday Club and opportunities to get involved in London and the South East.

📅 Wednesday, October 15 · 1 - 2pm
📍 Online
🔗 Book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gem-london...

#GEM #GEMLondon #GEMSouthEast

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Checking the reviews for The Mathematicians' Library on Amazon (I know...), and that someone has chosen to write this has made me feel all tingly:

"It treats mathematics not as a set of dry rules to be endured, but as a living story, interwoven with culture, ideas, and discoveries. By placing […]

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 15d

A lovely evening of #mathsjam fun, and proud to be a member of the MathsJam with its name on this month's Shout (though it was entirely put together by @DavidLyfordTilley ).

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18d

FFS, Euler.

Snapshot of paragraph from a paper saying: "where Euler uses, instead of A, B and C, the astrological symbols, (h-like squiggle), (4-like squiggle) and (circle with a north-east pointing arrow), which are the
symbols for Saturn, Jupiter and Mars, respectively."

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Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 19d

Because we get asked quite often whether #MathsWeekScot is also open to home educated children, we've pulled together an overview of the events, competitions and resources most suitable for home learners mathsweek.scot/news/maths-w...

#UKMathsChat #MathsToday #EduSky 🎓

A collage of stationery items, including a notebook, pencils, erasers, rulers, on a beige background. Above are the words Maths Week Scotland for Home Learners.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 22d

No, you had a silly idea watching the Finite Group livestream on catch-up.

A red dragon curve on a background of green and white, echoing the flag of Wales.

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23d

I rarely post on Instagram but I have a habit of posting a #viewfromahotelwindow when the opportunity arises: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOqXQ8tjBSO/

Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23d

Do I know any #teachers in Worcestershire?

Any stage, any subject.

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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 23d

If anyone's considering signing up to #mathsconf39 (London, 11th October), you might like to further consider choosing the "History of Mathematics themes in #maths Lessons: Why and How?"

There are some great reasons why you might entertain that consideration in the listing, but I'm also playing […]

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Tommaths (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @teakayb.mathsy.space · 23d

Yes, it's true: I'm giving up my birthday weekend to play with maths and history (and Jason) at #MathsConf39. It'd mean a lot if you'd help me celebrate by coming along to our workshop!

#MathsToday

Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · 23d

📣 #MathsConf39: History of Mathematics in Lessons: Why & How? with Thomas Briggs & Jason Yip

Explore research showing History of Maths can boost student attitudes + get tips, stories & strategies to enrich your curriculum.

completemaths.com/community/ma...

#UKMathsChat

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