Thanks to Chris Addison, James Charbonneau and Nolan Bett for discussing UBC’s Science One Program with me. I’m very impressed and look forward to engaging more with the program.

UBC mathematicians demonstrating in front of the office of Science Dean to request an adequate building for the Math department.

A white person shared this true tea on Facebook. So I'm sharing it here.

New benchmark lattice QCD determination of the nonperturbative strong-interaction scale parameter: Λ=341 (12) MeV go.aps.org/2f90WR8

Droplets propelled with a catapult - ejection velocity depends on deformation & the catapult acceleration dynamics go.aps.org/2f9Fvzw

TIL this cute proof of the fact that the exterior angles of a convex polygon add up to 2pi. (From Dave Richeson's book Euler's Gem.)

Me: I like the funny horse cartoon Bojack: you inherit your parents' trauma but you will never fully understand it Me: haha the cops a cat

Trying out TunnelBear so I can browse privately from my ISP tunnelbear.com/apps .

This something out of a Cormac Mcarthy novel. The former director of the FBI sharing this little stream wearing at the lava imprinted with the ancient hoof prints of the devil. x.com/comey/status/9…

⚡️ “Free Speech and the Classroom” x.com/i/moments/9346…

Spectacular Sun halo display, with a 22° halo, parhelic circle, sundogs and a tangent arc as well as 44° parhelia (sundogs) and 46° halo, spotted in Vemdalen, Sweden on December 1, 2017 bit.ly/2iEnWwj

University of British Columbia physicist Gary Hinshaw wins prestigious 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

14,000 years ago, illuminated by animal fat lamps, two bison were expertly modelled in wet clay in the dark recesses of Le Tuc d'Audoubert cave in southwest France. The bison still show markings traced by the sculptor’s fingernails #IceAgeArt

Loeb's Rules of Medicine: 1. If what you're doing is working, keep doing it 2. If what you're doing is not working, stop doing it 3. If you don't know what you're doing, do nothing 4. Never make the treatment worse than the disease Robert F. Loeb, 1895-1973

Probably unintentional, but that's even a picture of the Science One class! x.com/UBC_CTLT/statu…

Found in the pockets of the 4 yr-old's winter coat before washing. #lucky #spring

Hilarious comment from today's student teaching capstone presentations: "I learned teaching is exhausting. Before this, I worked in construction. I could pour concrete all day and still come home and get stuff done. After a day of teaching, all I could do was stare at the wall."

If someone ever criticises your tidiness, show them this, the New York Review of Books office.