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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih

@tienchihmath.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Oxford College of Emory University. Father & Husband. Wannabe Cook. I like to teach/do/spread math as I can. (He/His)

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · Oct 23

Hi followers! I'm Tien Chih and I'm an Assist. Prof of Math at Oxford College of Emory. My research is about the intersections of homotopy theory and combinatorics. Just as importantly, things I'm into are undergrad research, IBL, alt grading, and supporting math teaching with tech.

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Colm Mulcahy @cardcolm.bsky.social · 8h

Music and maths are inextricably intertwined:

That’s Maths: "he equal-tempered scale is a substantial gift of mathematics to music" by Peter Lynch @thatsmaths.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

Music and maths are inextricably intertwined

That’s Maths: the equal-tempered scale is a substantial gift of mathematics to music

www.irishtimes.com

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American Mathematical Society @amermathsoc.bsky.social · 17h

There’s still time to apply for partial travel support for the 2026 JMM! Undergraduate and Graduate student grants available. Deadline for all grants is tomorrow, October 17. Link in comments.

AMS Student Travel Grants offer partial funding for attending the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings, encouraging student participation.

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Drew Lewis @drew-lewis.com · 1d

The application deadline for this is today!

Drew Lewis @drew-lewis.com · Sep 10

Are you ready to align your grading practices with your values?

Join us December 17–18 for the Alternative Grading Institute (online), which will bring together faculty from across higher education for a two-day, hands-on experience in standards-based, specifications, and collaborative grading.

Alternative Grading Institute

www.centerforgradingreform.org

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ACelestialBloodWitch 🩸 @acelestialbody.bsky.social · 8d

the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata in the Expanse

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 3d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 4d

His pallet is finally starting to open up, so some onion/garlic powder and some paprika.

Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 4d

Its this: www.seriouseats.com/ingredient-s... but with extra seasoning and bacon.

3-Ingredient Stovetop Mac and Cheese Recipe

This creamy, homemade macaroni and cheese has fewer ingredients than the boxed version, and comes together in the same amount of time.

www.seriouseats.com

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 4d

Made 👹 favorite Mac n cheese today.

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 4d

Made Tara’s favorite chicken yesterday.

Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 4d

Folding a fitted sheet.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’m curating an exhibition of Mathematical Art at the Australian Mathematical Society meeting in December. If you’re coming to the meeting and you create art with mathematics, please think about being involved. More information to appear at the conference website.

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 7d

There’s a Clipse feature, you can find it online already, it’s as good as one would think.

But I’ll tell you if the albums good in the morning.

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 7d

Vet: "So 74 lb is overweight, does she get a lot of treats?"

Me: *remembering unending cavalcade of cheese, chips, rice, sausage, ham, peanut butter and that one praline.*

Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 7d

#HoagieHomies

Anna Strolenberg @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org · 8d

Today the EU parliament voted to ban the word burger if they are made with plant protein, instead of animal protein. 🤦🏻‍♀️

They claim it’s to stop consumers being ‘confused between meat and plant products’ - solving a problem that nobody had!

This new rule leaves a bad taste in the mouth…

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August, like the month @month-of-august.bsky.social · 8d

Hey #mathsky, would it be too nerdy if @bookshop.org branded their Anti-Prime free shipping deal "Composite"? Asking for a friend.

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Tien "Waffle Party at the Waffle House" Chih @tienchihmath.bsky.social · 8d

I grew up in Hawaii so like any Hawaiian word.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

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

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Matt Salomone @matthematics.com · 8d

*waves hands generally at a rich professional network of scholars that I might not otherwise have met*

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 9d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 8d

the irony is that what the right offers is a kind of kabuki masculinity that signals gender anxiety and immaturity more than anything.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8d

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Dr. Ruth is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 10d

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arXiv math.GT Geometric Topology @mathgt-bot.bsky.social · 9d

Vaibhav Gadre, Joseph Maher, Catherine Pfaff, Caglar Uyanik: Singularity of Cannon-Thurston maps https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04350 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.04350 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.04350

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MathTech.org @mathtech.org · 9d

Here @tienchihmath.bsky.social shares with us how he uses programming and randomization in his OER statistics materials, powered by SageCell.SageMath.org!

mathtech.org/2025/10/01/r...

True Randomization in an Introductory Statistics course

For about a decade now, I’ve been teaching on and off some form of introductory statistics for a wide variety of students across different institutions. This is an immensely popular course at the und...

mathtech.org

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Prof Christelle Vincent @xl772.bsky.social · 10d

If you missed the talk today you can still check Lurch out at lurch.plus

I was super impressed by the demo we saw, I strongly invite people who teach proofs to undergrads to check it out!!

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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 10d

The book—out this spring, and hence based solely on preorder—is <drum roll> #1 in public policy on Amazon WHAT IS HAPPENING. I am glad people are excited about the message and hope you will be too. Preorder link in comments.

Unlocking justice shown as #1 in public policy on Amazon

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Prof Christelle Vincent @xl772.bsky.social · 11d

Ever wanted to have your undergrads write computer-verified proofs but without having to learn all of Lean? Come check out Lurch!

October 6, 3pm Eastern

#MathSky

code4math Community @code4math.org · 11d

Join us tomorrow 3pm Eastern on Zoom for our October 2025 Concerning.

preview.scholarlattice.org/events/77211...

Ken Monks will be sharing about the Lurch Plus project: write natural language proofs that are verified by computer?! lurch.plus

Lurch Plus!

This is the home page for lurch.plus, the home of the Lurch proof assistant, plus additional content.

lurch.plus

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