Tara Taylor @tara_taylor_stfx@qoto.org
Math professor at StFX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Obsessed with geometry/topology/fractals/connections to art. Single mom, music lover, book hoarder, feminist. Settler in Mi'kmaki. She/her.
"Tsundoku," the Japanese Word for the New Books That Pile Up on Our Shelves, Should Enter the English Language
So I didn’t even check this for about 6 months. Twitter is toxic, not sure about Threads. Guess I’ll try again 😊
One if my favorite random #math facts is that the probability that gcd(n,m) = 1 (the probability of two random numbers being relatively prime) is exactly \( \frac{6}{\pi^2} \).
I keep forgetting to check this. It’s good to know it is here though.
First real winter run in Antigonish today, had to go slow and steady on the icy sidewalks.
Wow! Meet the Afghan Canadian artist who designs intricate textiles in *Microsoft Word*! https://torontolife.com/culture/im-in-touch-with-afghanistan-when-i-touch-these-carpets-meet-the-afghan-canadian-artist-who-designs-intricate-textiles-in-microsoft-word/ via Toronto Life #YYZ #Canada #art
Dear Twitter ex-pats. When we all flounced out of Twitter loudly proclaiming we were going to Mastodon this sent a message to trolls, nazis that they could set up servers & come here.
If anyone gets harrassed with hatespeech pls note that that is not the culture of Mastodon. Please report & block those users. If you notice a pattern from the same weird domain, block that domain, write a post of the server name w/ a hashtag fediblock so your server admin can follow up & block it for everyone.
@Mathmom236 yes, I’m scrambling to find people before everything collapses. I’ve been so grateful to make connections and don’t want to lose them. I have felt pretty isolated, Twitter was a lifeline to help me not feel so alone dealing with Covid and academic life.
@petersmithca thanks! this is all so new to me, I really have no idea what I'm doing. I do share a lot of random math stuff, I love sharing the beauty and surprising connections.
Maybe I should do some #Introductions.
First of all, I am a settler in Mi'kmaki.
I am a mathematician who teaches university #math (calculus, geometry, abstract algebra, real analysis) and does research in math (fractals, geometry, connections to math). I'm interested in #highered and #matheducation. I teach at a small undergraduate university in a small town in a small province of Canada.
I'm a single mom of 3 kids (23, 13, and 5). My youngest child has been officially diagnosed as #autistic so I have been learning about #neurodivergency.
I am anti-fascist, anti-racist, inclusive feminist, still masking, vegetarian.
I sometimes rant about things that piss me off but I am often sharing little moments of joy and wonder and humour.
@neilmacfarlane Where's the like button? Haha
I caved. I have no idea what I'm doing.
Math professor at StFX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Obsessed with geometry/topology/fractals/connections to art. Single mom, music lover, book hoarder, feminist. Settler in Mi'kmaki. She/her.
