Carrie Muir
@cmuirmath.bsky.social
Community college math professor in the PNW (USA). Misses the early bird app, glad to find old friends (and new ones) here. Neurodivergent, queer, spoonie. Nerd, geek, fandoms random. Probably caffeinating. Pronouns in bio: she/her or they/them
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Back in the early days of the Modern Internet (mid to late 90's, early 00's), I was a part of the font-making world. I didn't design any fonts directly but I did chat with lots of font designers, and one of my ideas was used to make this, which you can still get.
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
Code of Life (BRK) Font | Ænigma Fonts | FontSpace
Free download of Code of Life (BRK) Font. Released in 2001 by Ænigma Fonts and licensed for personal-use only. Click now to create a custom image with your own words that you can download.
www.fontspace.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Back in the early days of the Modern Internet (mid to late 90's, early 00's), I was a part of the font-making world. I didn't design any fonts directly but I did chat with lots of font designers, and one of my ideas was used to make this, which you can still get.
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
www.fontspace.com/code-of-life...
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if your company sells a toxic product, the poison may be what kills people, but it's still your company's fault
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
if your company sells a toxic product, the poison may be what kills people, but it's still your company's fault
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also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
also, there are plenty of text to speech tools that just record and don't analyze and they've existed for nearly my entire life. we've got to stop allowing people to conflate direct, non-generative tools with genAI when they have a financial incentive to do so
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Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
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the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education is currently accepting proposals for upcoming Special Issues -- and we want your ideas to lead the next big conversations in the field.
More info:
www.nctm.org/JRMESpeciali...
#iteachmath #AcademicSky
More info:
www.nctm.org/JRMESpeciali...
#iteachmath #AcademicSky
JRME Call for Special Issues Proposals - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
“Strengths Based Research at the Intersection of Mathematics and Disability” Special Issue Editors Rachel Lambert and Jessica Hunt Neurodivergent, Deaf and or students with disabilities are mathemati...
www.nctm.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education is currently accepting proposals for upcoming Special Issues -- and we want your ideas to lead the next big conversations in the field.
More info:
www.nctm.org/JRMESpeciali...
#iteachmath #AcademicSky
More info:
www.nctm.org/JRMESpeciali...
#iteachmath #AcademicSky
"But then much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you."
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"But then much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you."
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Big Red showing off
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Big Red showing off
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Somebody needs to tell @schumer.senate.gov to stop playing with his imaginary friends and listen to real voters.
The Baileys aren't real, but people missing their SNAP payments and about to have their insurance doubling or more? They're real.
Don't cave, Chuck. For once in your life, don't cave.
The Baileys aren't real, but people missing their SNAP payments and about to have their insurance doubling or more? They're real.
Don't cave, Chuck. For once in your life, don't cave.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Somebody needs to tell @schumer.senate.gov to stop playing with his imaginary friends and listen to real voters.
The Baileys aren't real, but people missing their SNAP payments and about to have their insurance doubling or more? They're real.
Don't cave, Chuck. For once in your life, don't cave.
The Baileys aren't real, but people missing their SNAP payments and about to have their insurance doubling or more? They're real.
Don't cave, Chuck. For once in your life, don't cave.
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It me! My story! I dun writ it! 🧪🔭
Some asteroids spin smoothly. Others tumble chaotically. Understanding their differences could help us learn more about asteroid history and improve planetary defense measures.
What Tumbling Asteroids Tell Us About Their Innards - Eos
Data from the Gaia space observatory reveal that many slowly spinning asteroids rotate chaotically. A new theory links that chaos to their inner structure and history.
eos.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It me! My story! I dun writ it! 🧪🔭
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It’s time to live another day as a radical extremist with unpopular opinions, like that all humans deserve food, healthcare, bodily autonomy, civil rights, a home, and clean air.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s time to live another day as a radical extremist with unpopular opinions, like that all humans deserve food, healthcare, bodily autonomy, civil rights, a home, and clean air.
Same.
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Same.
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No one can tell me a single good use for it, for me. I have asked. Not a one.
What am I supposed to use it for? To summarize my emails? Too long, wrong. To write things? Too long, wrong. To plan trips? Planning is FUN and why would I outsource that? I played with it a bit six months ago, it was meh.
Also, I hate its enshittification of search results with my whole soul.
Also, I hate its enshittification of search results with my whole soul.
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
No one can tell me a single good use for it, for me. I have asked. Not a one.
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Random thoughts on ICE trauma porn: For years Black folks on social media have been asking people to not share videos of police violence. Now people are sharing videos of ICE violence. Terrible, traumatic moments in people’s lives shared often without consent.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Random thoughts on ICE trauma porn: For years Black folks on social media have been asking people to not share videos of police violence. Now people are sharing videos of ICE violence. Terrible, traumatic moments in people’s lives shared often without consent.
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Free talk idea: a lineup of math faculty take turns standing at a microphone and confidently saying outrageous but true things about concepts in introductory math classes until they're heckled off stage, when it becomes the next person's turn.
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Free talk idea: a lineup of math faculty take turns standing at a microphone and confidently saying outrageous but true things about concepts in introductory math classes until they're heckled off stage, when it becomes the next person's turn.
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
Called, "Sure, but You Can't Just SAY That!"
William Reinhardt and Jan Mycielski were both incredibly kind and supportive, even if their questions at my thesis defense were terrifying. 😅 #MathSky #AcademicSky
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
William Reinhardt and Jan Mycielski were both incredibly kind and supportive, even if their questions at my thesis defense were terrifying. 😅 #MathSky #AcademicSky
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Flaws and glitches are minor concerns easily dismissed. Being “mid” is fine because someone can promise this will get less mid and plenty of people are willing to believe. GenAI isn’t mid. It’s linear algebraic sociopathy.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Flaws and glitches are minor concerns easily dismissed. Being “mid” is fine because someone can promise this will get less mid and plenty of people are willing to believe. GenAI isn’t mid. It’s linear algebraic sociopathy.
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Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Identifying flaws in GenAI unfortunately offers a pretext for claims that perfecting the product is just a matter of time & money. So pointing to chatbots’ role in,say, suicides can only go so far if we don’t also identify the systemic, irresolvable lack of Gen AI’s human commitment bc math has none
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Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch
In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.
techcrunch.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Indefensible to argue this belongs in schools.
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"Viruses don’t take vacations. The longest government shutdown ever puts everyone’s health at greater risk because the data and reports that are essential for monitoring the spread of diseases haven’t been updated for weeks." — me in @huffpost.com
Experts Warn The Government Shutdown Is Affecting You In A Major, Unexpected Way
This lapse is leaving doctors and the public dangerously in the dark.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Viruses don’t take vacations. The longest government shutdown ever puts everyone’s health at greater risk because the data and reports that are essential for monitoring the spread of diseases haven’t been updated for weeks." — me in @huffpost.com
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I teach this article EVERY time I teach philosophy of tech.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I teach this article EVERY time I teach philosophy of tech.
This and crab raves on tumblr give me all the updates I need on some topics…
I love this website, where “this person died” is swiftly followed up by “shame he was a racist motherfucker”
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This and crab raves on tumblr give me all the updates I need on some topics…