The Rat
@magicrat1091.bsky.social
Mathematician, educator, dynamicist, human.
Asian Folk Metal! Fusion exploration at its very best!
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Asian Folk Metal! Fusion exploration at its very best!
The ability of Nature to stun is unbounded. This is just off-the-charts beautiful!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The ability of Nature to stun is unbounded. This is just off-the-charts beautiful!!!!
I remember Sam Goody stores well. One could browse in there for hours.
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I remember Sam Goody stores well. One could browse in there for hours.
I choose to believe that everyone who is still around tomorrow has been rejected by the rapture. Imagine all of those falsely pious individuals having to answer questions about why they are still here. 😆
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I choose to believe that everyone who is still around tomorrow has been rejected by the rapture. Imagine all of those falsely pious individuals having to answer questions about why they are still here. 😆
Sorry Charlie! If you spouted hate while alive, the system cannot force love on you afterwards. Even if they try.
September 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sorry Charlie! If you spouted hate while alive, the system cannot force love on you afterwards. Even if they try.
Mathematics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat with a flashlight, and more than happy to give a shout out at all the other really cool things found in that room.
September 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mathematics is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat with a flashlight, and more than happy to give a shout out at all the other really cool things found in that room.
I just cannot let this pass without passing it around! It took me out of a rather deep doomscroll.
It’s just pure human joy!!!
It’s just pure human joy!!!
This made my day!!! I love seeing people get creative. Who says life can’t be spontaneous like a musical?
Part 2 in comments.
Part 2 in comments.
September 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I just cannot let this pass without passing it around! It took me out of a rather deep doomscroll.
It’s just pure human joy!!!
It’s just pure human joy!!!
I find this read fascinating. Like verifying things you long thought were true but never really knew.
Beneath the surface of daily life lie patterns that quietly steer our choices and connections.
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50 Psychology Facts That Reveal How the Mind Really Works
open.substack.com/pub/tagabuki...
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50 Psychology Facts That Reveal How the Mind Really Works
open.substack.com/pub/tagabuki...
50 Psychology Facts That Reveal How the Mind Really Works
Hidden quirks, survival wiring, and everyday patterns that shape our thoughts, actions, and connections.
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I find this read fascinating. Like verifying things you long thought were true but never really knew.
Random number generators on a computer cannot produce random numbers. Computers suck at such basic human concepts like randomness, making zero, and solving mathematical models. When computers finally attain imagination, THEN maybe they can compete on these front with us.
Card dealers create a unique deck with each shuffle, something computers cannot replicate
How the Math of Shuffling Cards Almost Brought Down an Online Poker Empire
Card dealers create a unique deck with each shuffle, something computers cannot replicate
www.scientificamerican.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Random number generators on a computer cannot produce random numbers. Computers suck at such basic human concepts like randomness, making zero, and solving mathematical models. When computers finally attain imagination, THEN maybe they can compete on these front with us.
I identify with Jungleland down to my core. To this day, I can sing Clarence's sax solo down to the note. Still gives me shivers just running through the song in my mind.
Reflecting on the making of "Born to Run," in 2009, Bruce told James Henke, “The sound I heard in my head was not one that was physically reproducible.” Undeterred, he took six months to record the title track — and guided Clarence Clemons’ iconic solo on “Jungleland,” singing it phrase by phrase.
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I identify with Jungleland down to my core. To this day, I can sing Clarence's sax solo down to the note. Still gives me shivers just running through the song in my mind.
Diving into a math problem is like deep-sea diving. One has to disregard the entire outside-world for a time to devote the entirety of one's brain to the problem. I call it "going deep" as a means of telling others that I will be non-responsive for a spell.
I so get this great article!
I so get this great article!
People in prisons and jails have contributed to some of the greatest ideas in mathematics
Four Remarkable Stories from the History of Math Behind Bars
People in prisons and jails have contributed to some of the greatest ideas in mathematics
www.scientificamerican.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Diving into a math problem is like deep-sea diving. One has to disregard the entire outside-world for a time to devote the entirety of one's brain to the problem. I call it "going deep" as a means of telling others that I will be non-responsive for a spell.
I so get this great article!
I so get this great article!
I have to say: It is great to say that Fallout 2 is coming. It sucks to say that I have to wait until December to carry on with it.
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have to say: It is great to say that Fallout 2 is coming. It sucks to say that I have to wait until December to carry on with it.
Muppet Springsteen! There can be no better tribute. ❤️
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Muppet Springsteen! There can be no better tribute. ❤️
Statehood for DC now!!!
August 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Statehood for DC now!!!
Spot on!!! I will use this quote in my classroom this fall and beyond. Thank you, Ted Chiang!
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
August 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Spot on!!! I will use this quote in my classroom this fall and beyond. Thank you, Ted Chiang!
Next time, listen to Horton when he says he hears something, eh?!?
Vector graphics at work. Check this Mega Zoom. 😇
-Credits: Jesse Martin
-Credits: Jesse Martin
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Next time, listen to Horton when he says he hears something, eh?!?
There is a level of intelligence and consciousness here that we really do need to better understand.
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There is a level of intelligence and consciousness here that we really do need to better understand.
A nice example of “inner” space, no?
If the three quarks in a hydrogen atom were each the size of a garden pea, the hydrogen atom would be 1000 miles across.
August 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A nice example of “inner” space, no?
Hear, hear.
Mathematical intelligence is not about calculus or topology any more than musical intelligence is limited to a particular genre or instrument. It is a system for making us better thinkers and problem solvers, using the proven tools of mathematics. J. Mubeen, Mathematical Intelligence, 2022, p. 5.
August 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hear, hear.
Thank you, Mr. Jackson. More, please!
July 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thank you, Mr. Jackson. More, please!
Non-abstract art. Simply allow nature to speak to you.
July 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Non-abstract art. Simply allow nature to speak to you.
Natural abstract art.
June 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Natural abstract art.
Where sea meets sky, the thinnest of borders….
June 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Where sea meets sky, the thinnest of borders….
A part of my yesterday.
Whispers of the secrets of the universe can be heard in falling water.
Whispers of the secrets of the universe can be heard in falling water.
June 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A part of my yesterday.
Whispers of the secrets of the universe can be heard in falling water.
Whispers of the secrets of the universe can be heard in falling water.