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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · Nov 23

I used to post long #VisualAlgebra threads on #MathTwitter before realizing that I was actually in #TheBadPlace. I'm going to make my debut #MathSky thread today, with visuals that I've never publicly shared. (Can you guess the topic?) I'm excited to show you, and I hope you enjoy!

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a woman is sitting on a couch in front of a wall that says `` welcome ! everything is fine . ''

Alt: "Everything is Fine" opening scene from NBC's "The Good Place", with Kristen Bell.

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 3h

Geoduck

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What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 1d

I heard it from one of our recent university provost candidates in his interview. He was quoting someone, but I didn’t remember who.

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 1d

I heard someone recently say: “AI won’t take your job. Someone proficient with AI will take your job.” I think that might be the most accurate prediction.

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 3d

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 4d

JULIO YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 3d

Clemson has been designated a National Monarch Butterfly City, and there is a public art installation of 20 fiberglass butterflies all around town.

Look closely, one of them appears to have some hidden mathematics on its underside! #IllustratingMath #Mathober

Public art installation from the Butterfly Project in Clemson, SC

Public art installation from the Butterfly Project in Clemson, SC.

From the QR code:

“…textile art to represent both our home in the Blue Ridge foothills and the end point of the monarch's sojourn in Central Mexico. The left wing is inspired by the Tenango,
the traditional embroidery work of the Otomi people. The right wing shows a Cherokee seven point star quilt pattern, representing southern Appalachia's rich quilting history, as well as the indigenous influences upon the art form. In both cultures, such large and detailed textiles often involve family or community members working on a single piece together, making them symbols of
cooperation and unity.”

Public art installation from the Butterfly Project in Clemson, SC, with the butterfly lemma hidden on its underside!

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 6d

I read and re-read this sentence and was very confused, until i realized that it wasn’t about Marjorie Taylor Greene…

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 6d

I’m not a fan of him at all, but he graduated summa cum laude with a double major from the top public school in his state, and then went to Yale Law School. He’s very bright.

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 7d

Unfortunately he’s both

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 7d

Wow. I have no words…

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 9d

Lavazza 2.2 lb bags are $19 on their website. As a Seattle native, I can vouch for its quality.

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 9d

Does that mean that academic administrators will be enjoying the next life while the rest of us will be overburdened with paperwork? 😬

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 10d

I remember him at the Portland Juggling Festival years ago, I think it was 1996 or 97.

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 13d

Someone tell ESPN. This is their "top headlines" 15 minutes after he hit #60. 🙄

ESPN's MLB page, 15 minutes after Cal Raleigh hit his 60th HR (and his 59th). No mention of him, but Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st!

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 14d

Question for #MathSky:

What is your favorite result, trick, or technique involving generating functions?

Whenever I ask a question like this I always learn something new.

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 14d

Departmental colloquium: everyone knows your name, but nobody understands wtf you’re saying.

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 14d

TIL that there is a LaTex coffee stain package! 😍

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 15d

For me, the best argument is simply that beans made from scratch taste SO much better!

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 15d

And yet somehow Mindy St. Claire ended up in the Medium Place…

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 20d

I had the same thought!

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 20d

Congratulations Andrés!

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 21d

Same

Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 22d

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Alt: a black background with 404 not found written on it

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 22d

Curious as to how he’ll address the state’s 6-week abortion ban.

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Matt Macauley @visualalgebra.bsky.social · 23d

More of a comment than a question: Since the far (wide?) right FBI director said “see you in Valhalla” last week, you have to take him in as a Vikings fan. Them’s the rules.