Tara Taylor (she/her)
@tarataylor.bsky.social
Math professor at StFX, obsessed with geometry/topology/art. Single mom, music lover, book hoarder, feminist, settler in Mi’kmaki.
I had lots of fun doing math arts and crafts with kids at the StFX Connecting Math to our Lives and Communities final celebration.
April 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I had lots of fun doing math arts and crafts with kids at the StFX Connecting Math to our Lives and Communities final celebration.
Love this whole thread.
"Here's the Bridges of Konigsburg problem. Here's the best calculator you can buy *and* a brand new laptop running Matlab, Mathematica, Numpy, and Desmos.
Tell me something about what you think happens if you add one extra bridge anywhere or remove any bridge."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_B...
Tell me something about what you think happens if you add one extra bridge anywhere or remove any bridge."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_B...
Seven Bridges of Königsberg - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Love this whole thread.
There is a local long term care home in town that has asked staff to complete a survey about sick time. Apparently it more than doubled from 2019 to 2024. Hmmmm, what a mystery!
March 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
There is a local long term care home in town that has asked staff to complete a survey about sick time. Apparently it more than doubled from 2019 to 2024. Hmmmm, what a mystery!
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Reading this thread, I’m left aghast - again - that this is the company (OpenAI) and the technology that so many in education seem to be embracing as the future of education.
The empires of AI may not be engaged in the same overt violence and brutality. But they, too, seize & extract resources, from the personal data of billions of people online to the land, energy, and water required to house and run massive data centers. 9/
March 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reading this thread, I’m left aghast - again - that this is the company (OpenAI) and the technology that so many in education seem to be embracing as the future of education.
It’s warm enough to sit outside without a jacket. The sun is glorious ☀️
March 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It’s warm enough to sit outside without a jacket. The sun is glorious ☀️
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Crocus update!
I’m always grateful to my past self (and other people) who plant fall bulbs. I’m desperate for signs of life.
I’m always grateful to my past self (and other people) who plant fall bulbs. I’m desperate for signs of life.
March 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Crocus update!
I’m always grateful to my past self (and other people) who plant fall bulbs. I’m desperate for signs of life.
I’m always grateful to my past self (and other people) who plant fall bulbs. I’m desperate for signs of life.
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OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election.
Canada pledges nearly $100M for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are announcing nearly $100 million in humanitarian relief and governance support for Palestinians, days before a widely expected election.
The 8yo had a really tough day yesterday so last night we played with chalk outside. It reminded me of things we did in spring 2020.
March 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The 8yo had a really tough day yesterday so last night we played with chalk outside. It reminded me of things we did in spring 2020.
Oof this was so good. Still crying.
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Oof this was so good. Still crying.
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Far past time for Canada to issue travel advisories
So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Far past time for Canada to issue travel advisories
Rally for Gaza this Saturday in Antigonish.
March 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Rally for Gaza this Saturday in Antigonish.
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Charlie please share this widely. CANADIANS: there are upcoming protests in front of US consulates & embassies on Canadian soil. Mon March 24th, 4-8 pm. Cities include: Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg.
March 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Charlie please share this widely. CANADIANS: there are upcoming protests in front of US consulates & embassies on Canadian soil. Mon March 24th, 4-8 pm. Cities include: Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg.
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"My country is a ghost,
a mouth trying to say sorry
and it comes out
all smoke, all citizen, and bullet and seed."
—Hala Alyan
▪︎ Palestinian-American poet ▪︎
a mouth trying to say sorry
and it comes out
all smoke, all citizen, and bullet and seed."
—Hala Alyan
▪︎ Palestinian-American poet ▪︎
March 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"My country is a ghost,
a mouth trying to say sorry
and it comes out
all smoke, all citizen, and bullet and seed."
—Hala Alyan
▪︎ Palestinian-American poet ▪︎
a mouth trying to say sorry
and it comes out
all smoke, all citizen, and bullet and seed."
—Hala Alyan
▪︎ Palestinian-American poet ▪︎
Grateful to my 8yo for explaining to me that “rizz” is just short for charisma. Huh.
March 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Grateful to my 8yo for explaining to me that “rizz” is just short for charisma. Huh.
Same.
I, shamefully, have never been aware of Greenland’s flag until now.
It is cool as hell.
It is cool as hell.
March 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Same.
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Don’t go to the U.S.
It’s too risky and they certainly don’t know how to treat people.
It’s too risky and they certainly don’t know how to treat people.
More stories of Canadians experiencing customs struggles and being threatened with detention now.
This is Cree music composer Andrew Balfour's post from today on Facebook.
This is Cree music composer Andrew Balfour's post from today on Facebook.
March 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don’t go to the U.S.
It’s too risky and they certainly don’t know how to treat people.
It’s too risky and they certainly don’t know how to treat people.
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Attacks on universities are attacks on democracy and human progress. “University leaders would help themselves, and the country, by emerging from their defensive crouches and making a forthright case for inquiry, research, science and knowledge.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Attacks on universities are attacks on democracy and human progress. “University leaders would help themselves, and the country, by emerging from their defensive crouches and making a forthright case for inquiry, research, science and knowledge.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...
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On top of everything else to be sad about, Sesame Street has been absorbed by a hedge fund and is now on Airbnb.
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
They Sold Out Big Bird, and They’ll Sell Out the Rest of Us Too | The Walrus
The spirit of uplift that gave us Sesame Street, the CBC, and public schools is under threat
thewalrus.ca
March 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
On top of everything else to be sad about, Sesame Street has been absorbed by a hedge fund and is now on Airbnb.
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
thewalrus.ca/death-of-big...
I’m comfortably sitting on my porch after a run, the snow is almost all gone from the yard, birds are chirping, it’s almost 6 and there is still light in the sky. The world may be a dumpster fire but spring is still coming.
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’m comfortably sitting on my porch after a run, the snow is almost all gone from the yard, birds are chirping, it’s almost 6 and there is still light in the sky. The world may be a dumpster fire but spring is still coming.
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Lee Valley is a beloved Canadian business.
If you need tools, gardening stuff and all sorts of other things, please consider ordering in person or online.
#elbowsup
ottawacitizen.com/business/lee...
If you need tools, gardening stuff and all sorts of other things, please consider ordering in person or online.
#elbowsup
ottawacitizen.com/business/lee...
How Ottawa businesses (like Lee Valley) plan to deal with Trump tariffs
One-fifth of Lee Valley's business is direct to U.S. customer sales. But with Trump's tariffs, it’s hard to predict what will come next.
ottawacitizen.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Lee Valley is a beloved Canadian business.
If you need tools, gardening stuff and all sorts of other things, please consider ordering in person or online.
#elbowsup
ottawacitizen.com/business/lee...
If you need tools, gardening stuff and all sorts of other things, please consider ordering in person or online.
#elbowsup
ottawacitizen.com/business/lee...
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‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
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Elbows up!
We are Canadian.
YouTube video by Average Joes
youtu.be
March 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Elbows up!
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Do this now: Check if your university / college participates in UniForum. It might seem like a simple "benchmarking" initiative or a survey, but actually appears is an initiative run by a shady management consultant firm, resulting in million dollar contracts and the shuttering of programs.
#academicsky, if you're worried about your unis hiring consultancy firms like Nous, which have amassed up to a 70% profit margin, start by seeing if you all are subscribing to "Uniforum." It all starts with a survey. York, u of c, dal, Queen's, u of guelph, McMaster, u of , SFU and ubc is on it. /1
March 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Do this now: Check if your university / college participates in UniForum. It might seem like a simple "benchmarking" initiative or a survey, but actually appears is an initiative run by a shady management consultant firm, resulting in million dollar contracts and the shuttering of programs.
Phew
Holy shit, dodged a bullet disqualifying this quack.
February 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Phew