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Kate Ertmann

@katelovesmath.bsky.social

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Researcher, explorer, writer, whisperer, and speaker on #MathIRL 💖 - w/ an occasional sprinkle of nascar & mlb. Long Island’r by birth, Oregonian 4life 🌊🏎️⚾️ #SmashThePatriarchy 🔗 katelovesmath.com

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 19d

I wrote about how to recognize when a regime - yes, even an authoritarian one - is about to slip into a period of vulnerability, for @damemagazine.bsky.social

I mean, 🌈The More You Know ⭐️

What Entropy Can Predict About the Future of Authoritarianism - Dame Magazine

“And now we must act in complete unity, strongly against anyone who is trying to shut down our strength, the unity of our nation!” The crowd of thousands gathered, against the backdrop of a grey sky i...

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

Why don't you take a stab at writing it?

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

It's totally in the same vein as how Lorentz "discovered" chaos theory (recounted here in his obit)
www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/u...

Edward N. Lorenz, a Meteorologist and a Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90 (Published 2008)

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

😕😖
“…earthquake scientists suggest that the two faults could have an intertwined fate. Their paper suggests that Cascadia earthquakes of the recent geological past have triggered earthquakes along the San Andreas fault too.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/s...

One ‘Really Big One’ After Another

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I got to go see a performance of Oregon Ballet Theatre’s DRACULA - along with @camikaos.bsky.social & @semaphoria.bsky.social - and
it was lovely and gothic and #highlyrecommend

www.obt.org/event/dracula/

The characters of Dracula and his bride, Flora. Dracula stands behind Flora with his arms holding Flora’s arms open, the shades of pink and purple showing in the under part of his cape. Flora is on point with one leg extended and wearing a draping short sleeve white effervescent gown. They are both very pale, which makes sense since they are, technically dead, though immortal.

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Oregon Black Pioneers @oregonblackpioneers.org · Aug 6

Elena Carter Richardson was a ballet dancer and instructor who was one of the most recognizable figures in the Pacific Northwest dance community for a quarter century. Read all about her in this Oregon Black History Spotlight!

Photo: Oregon Ballet Theatre

Black History Spotlight - Elena Carter Richardson - Oregon Black Pioneers

This Oregon Black History Spotlight is on Elena Carter Richardson, a ballet dancer and instructor who was one of the most recognizable figures in the Pacific Northwest dance community.

oregonblackpioneers.org

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

put the phrase in the same file as “witch hunt” 😐

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

word to this 💛

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

😕 or mathematics hasn’t historically been taught as a practical tool ☹️
What a bummer.

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

awww the brave souls who full on committed to the ‘naked’ in the Naked Bike Ride during the hard rain we had yesterday 🙌🍑🍆🚲🪧

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

The US federal attack on Portland has resulted in the best advertisement for a city that I have ever seen. Round-the-clock joy, community solidarity and silliness that much of the West has lost and longs for.

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

oooh, this is a cool thing 🧐

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 1d

oh wow, I didn’t know that.

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 2d

I love reading a positive piece like this ✊ - by @luxalptraum.com

“…mifepristone… has removed at least some of the fear that’s long surrounded abortion safety, changing it from a procedure that should be “safe, legal, and rare” to one advocates proudly declare should be free and on demand.”

Mifepristone Reaches a Milestone Amid a Hostile Environment - Dame Magazine

Twenty-five years ago, as September 2000 drew to a close, the FDA made a controversial announcement: A French medication that had been developed in the 1980s, then called RU-486 but now more commonly ...

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 2d

An incredibly factually informative thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️🎯

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

There's one huge difference between the 2025 Portland protests & the ones in 2020. Today, the ~100 anti-fascist protesters at the ICE facility are sandwiched between the feds who have MAGA-friendly media embedded w/ them, and ~15 MAGA-friendly content creators/counter-protesters out in the crowd.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As President Trump tries to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, conservative influencers are working to support his claim that the city is burning with viral clips from one block. https://wapo.st/4q5HM0n

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 2d

See, now, that’s an ideal situation 😀

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 2d

argh, I wish I had access to radio anncrs for these games. We’re so limited during playoff season when the major networks have all the broadcast rights - especially in our tv market 🙃.

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 2d

We always mute the commercials but yeah, it’s a dice-throw w those anncrs - especially now in playoffs when we can’t listen to local
anncrs nor have access to the radio peeps.
Before the MLB app was refined, during commercial breaks, they’d leave the mics hot and you could hear the crowd 😊

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 3d

no, announcer to thousands of people during this major league baseball game, you are wrong, the pitcher did not “strike out the side.”. He struck out two people and inbtw PCA flew out to center.
I hate broadcast sports announcers.

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 3d

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“…Polanco lashed the game-winner, through the right side off a Tommy Kahnle changeup, Crawford shimmied off third with a spin. It was over. Crawford, the longest-tenured Mariner, all but tiptoed his way to the plate, savoring a 90-foot yellow brick road to Toronto, where the ALCS begins on Sunday”

Tyler Kepner @tylerkepner.bsky.social · 3d

‘It just continues’: A new generation of Mariners heroes craft a baseball classic in Seattle

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

‘It just continues’: A new generation of Mariners heroes craft a baseball classic in Seattle

Still seeking the first pennant in team history, the Mariners are headed to the ALCS for the first time since 2001.

www.nytimes.com

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 4d

lolololol price per ticket lolololol

a screenshot of SeatGeek prices for MLB ALCS game three tickets starting at lowest price available at 315 dollars per ticket lololol

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 4d

allright let’s see if I can get some ALCS tix 👽🪡

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Emily Andras @emandras.bsky.social · 4d

I don't remember a time before this baseball game

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 4d

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Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 4d

and this 😂

Roger Cormier: Built for Fall @yayroger.bsky.social · 4d

ADAM AMIN: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
ADAM AMIN: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
ADAM AMIN: oh god yes
AJ PIERZYNSKI: shoulda bunted

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 4d

💯 to this thread.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

Playoffs so far are just dueling battles of deep offensive ineptitude

Kate Ertmann @katelovesmath.bsky.social · 4d

prove it