davetree.bsky.social
Professor, Drosophilist, philosopher, poet, bacon lover, bringer of happiness to millions
👤 Joined on 02 September 2024
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@davetree.bsky.socialToday I spent time updating slides for a class that no-one turned up to. I’m still glad to have done this update done (well, kind of), to be ready for another time - later in the time when hopefully more people have had a chance to realise how useful it would be #OscillatingOctober #Day6
Show PostWealdstone won today so you can go smell your own farts, you big smelly farty fart.
Show PostI love this aspect of the UK university system. Pick basically any university with a maths department, and there will be world-class researchers there. Which is great for students. It’s a big mistake to imagine that top research is all concentrated in a few high-prestige centres of excellence.
Show PostSaoirse is in an afterschool program, and today she excitedly told me all about the SMART test for evaluating the credibility of information (source, motivation, author, review, two-sources). I can think of a lot of adults who would benefit from this class designed for 4th and 5th graders.
Show PostToday would have been Freddie Mercury's 80th Birthday. This is his statue in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, Switzerland, taken by myself in June 2022. #FreddieMercury80 #Queen #Rock #Music
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