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profsilas.bsky.social
I do math and play Pokemon, and apparently make art sometimes. He/him.
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“I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected. That child deserves our support. Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity.”

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#ARML2025 individual round in progress

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

One of my other favorite parts of ARML: when Bill brings his coffee and shares it with a bunch of us on Saturday morning 🙂

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Grading the Power Question last night. One of my favorite parts of ARML.

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All set up for coaches' meeting!

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This image from HRC goes so hard

submitted 9 days ago • 42 comments

Off to day 1 of #ARML2025! We had a light prep day yesterday (because our site coordinator did so much ahead of time!). Starting this morning with unloading all the stuff we'll need for the rest of the weekend.

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Before I get to Reno, time for an adventure. I've got a 4 hour layover in Vegas, so I'm headed out to my favorite sushi restaurant for lunch. And because this is a very Jet Lag: The Game move, I've dressed appropriately.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

This weekend, over 1500 enthusiastic high school students from around the country and beyond will come together at five different locations for the annual American Regions Math League competition. This was always one of the highlights of my year as a student, and since then I've been fortunate...

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I just saw a good example of what I was talking about with chatgpt being a crackpot generating machine. A guy had started Wheeler's Spacetime Physics, and had a problem on page 2. Wheeler expressed a square root as a power of 1/2. √a = a^1/2. This is basic algebra, not physics.

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

Incidentally, I'm *so* happy that @stlartsupply.bsky.social is my local art store.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Went out into Forest Park today to try to sketch some of the tornado damage. Photos really don't capture how deeply unsettling it is seeing the landscape go from basically normal to obliterated in the span of a couple of city blocks. Maybe art can do a little better. #STL #tornado #art

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Math professors for trans rights

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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

submitted 19 days ago • 17 comments

Found this in the street after today's #tornado. Had to have been carried at least a mile. #stl #stlwx

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Just want to add to that in no way do I blame the security guards for any of this. They're doing the best they can with an annoying and thankless job. Please be nice to them. This is all on Metrolink, a series of utterly baffling decisions to the detriment of the public and the benefit of no one.

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PONTIFICATE CHICAGO-STYLE FOR PLUS RESULT www.yellow5.com/pokey/archiv...

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The new pope has a BS in mathematics from Villanova, which explains how he was so successful at becoming the largest cardinal.

submitted 31 days ago • 7 comments

Love watching Wikipedia scramble to change articles in response to current events.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Drinking a toast in memory of our friend Phoebe, who ran the wine shop down the street from us in #RogersPark. With a glass of wine on Amtrak, of course.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

I tower over the puny Amtrak Midwest trains from my glorious Superliner perch!

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Having a great time at Milwaukee @play.pokemon.com regionals! I didn't do too well in the main event, but I'm having fun sketching people's plushies! (Thanks to folks from @girlpowertcg.bsky.social for some of the models!)

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Americas starter Pokémon

submitted 42 days ago • 170 comments

there has been something of a fox development 🦊🦊🦊

submitted 45 days ago • 436 comments

the orcas have discovered Duolingo and they're using it to radicalize woodpeckers

submitted 45 days ago • 18 comments

Gouache painting of a local stray cat from 2023. I think I want to make this one into a sticker. #art #gouache #cat

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

I’m glad you exist. 🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment