Spencer Bagley
@sbagley.bsky.social
Math professor, inveterate shitposter, pride is all year round
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Dear My University,
Thank you for suggesting that I should consider how to "choose [my] impact on Giving Tuesday." I am choosing to grade two classes' worth of quizzes tonight as well as a lot of reassessments. Oh, that isn't what you had in mind? Huh.
~Me
Thank you for suggesting that I should consider how to "choose [my] impact on Giving Tuesday." I am choosing to grade two classes' worth of quizzes tonight as well as a lot of reassessments. Oh, that isn't what you had in mind? Huh.
~Me
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Dear My University,
Thank you for suggesting that I should consider how to "choose [my] impact on Giving Tuesday." I am choosing to grade two classes' worth of quizzes tonight as well as a lot of reassessments. Oh, that isn't what you had in mind? Huh.
~Me
Thank you for suggesting that I should consider how to "choose [my] impact on Giving Tuesday." I am choosing to grade two classes' worth of quizzes tonight as well as a lot of reassessments. Oh, that isn't what you had in mind? Huh.
~Me
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while I appreciate the suggestions in this thread, a paper conference mtg would not have protected this grad student from anti-trans harassment, which is what this is.
the undergrad didn’t go to the media *only* because of perceived “religious persecution” — she did it to harass the grad student.
the undergrad didn’t go to the media *only* because of perceived “religious persecution” — she did it to harass the grad student.
This is a terrible story--both because of the trap that was set (either in advance or ret-conned to seize a moment) for this graduate student but also because the student's department failed her. The 1st problem is easy to see, but I want to explain the 2nd one. 1/x
btw, every "reasonable" person who's own posting stuff like "well, the prompt was unclear," or "she actually kind of did the assignment OK so maybe the TA overreacted"--you are also part of the problem! You're laundering the deliberate targeting of a TA and a blatant abrogation of academic freedom!
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
while I appreciate the suggestions in this thread, a paper conference mtg would not have protected this grad student from anti-trans harassment, which is what this is.
the undergrad didn’t go to the media *only* because of perceived “religious persecution” — she did it to harass the grad student.
the undergrad didn’t go to the media *only* because of perceived “religious persecution” — she did it to harass the grad student.
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball and kicked the turf, Jaxson Dart can't believe it
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball and kicked the turf, Jaxson Dart can't believe it
Question: "What's 746264 * 17152?" Bitch, I'm a mathematician, not a calculator.
Statement: "Oh I haaaaaated math in school"
Statement: "Oh I haaaaaated math in school"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Question: "What's 746264 * 17152?" Bitch, I'm a mathematician, not a calculator.
Statement: "Oh I haaaaaated math in school"
Statement: "Oh I haaaaaated math in school"
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The academic discourse today is like “would the trans TA not have been institutionally murdered if she had given 5 points out of 25 instead of 0 points out of 25”
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The academic discourse today is like “would the trans TA not have been institutionally murdered if she had given 5 points out of 25 instead of 0 points out of 25”
I have already flipped off my computer four times so that is what kind of day it is going to be
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I have already flipped off my computer four times so that is what kind of day it is going to be
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Cis friends, parsing rubrics and assignment instructions as if this is a good faith disagreement rather than the latest episode of targeted harassment of trans academics is not the way.
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cis friends, parsing rubrics and assignment instructions as if this is a good faith disagreement rather than the latest episode of targeted harassment of trans academics is not the way.
don't WANNA get up :[
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
don't WANNA get up :[
oof
one thing i take for granted but am grateful for is that all of my children's grandparents have decent political beliefs and we can have happy relationships with them. it really is awful how much damage the GOP has done to "the family" as a set of connections across generations
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 AM
oof
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
I AM CACKLING
AMAZING DEFENSE
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I AM CACKLING
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What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
What if we razed every Data Center to the ground and salted the earth where they stood
Fuck and yes.
Sooo here's a little public records request I just made to the University of Oklahoma.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Fuck and yes.
I hate this god damn AI generated commercial with the god damn little boy picking out his god damn little Christmas tree and don't even get me started on the god damnedest AI coke commercial
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I hate this god damn AI generated commercial with the god damn little boy picking out his god damn little Christmas tree and don't even get me started on the god damnedest AI coke commercial
Screaming crying and throwing up about needing to grade these calculus exams today
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Screaming crying and throwing up about needing to grade these calculus exams today
I watch The Repair Shop a lot bc it is excellent background television, and it turns out that there is a particular music on one of the earlier seasons that gives me *instant* flashbacks to quarantine lockdown summer
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I watch The Repair Shop a lot bc it is excellent background television, and it turns out that there is a particular music on one of the earlier seasons that gives me *instant* flashbacks to quarantine lockdown summer
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The South Korean government spent most of a billion dollars on an AI textbook program that failed immediately, by which I mean, the teachers' union sued the government about it after less than four months.
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The South Korean government spent most of a billion dollars on an AI textbook program that failed immediately, by which I mean, the teachers' union sued the government about it after less than four months.
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
Happy turkey congee day to all who celebrate
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Happy turkey congee day to all who celebrate
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I do a ten-minute speech at the start of the semester on why using AI is bad, and affirming that I will catch them if they do, and vowing to flunk them for a first offense, and promising that cheating and giving up are the only ways to fail my course, and begging them not do do either.
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I do a ten-minute speech at the start of the semester on why using AI is bad, and affirming that I will catch them if they do, and vowing to flunk them for a first offense, and promising that cheating and giving up are the only ways to fail my course, and begging them not do do either.
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"When you wrote this, what did you mean?"
-- ancient academic proverb
-- ancient academic proverb
"It's impossible to tell definitively if someone is using AI!"
—Someone who has never contemplated the plagiarism-detection mechanism of, for instance, asking a student what a word they used in their paper means.
—Someone who has never contemplated the plagiarism-detection mechanism of, for instance, asking a student what a word they used in their paper means.
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"When you wrote this, what did you mean?"
-- ancient academic proverb
-- ancient academic proverb
Happy turkey wings for dinner day to all who celebrate
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Happy turkey wings for dinner day to all who celebrate