Marie Charpentier French mathematician. 1st woman to earn doctorate in pure maths in France, 2nd woman, after Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, to get faculty position in mathematics at university in France. b. #OTD 30 Oct 1903 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_C...

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fuck off, sam

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Patrick Stewart story that I've told before: He did a few performances with The Improvised Shakespeare Company, one in New York (for about 15 minutes of the show) and one full show in Chicago. It was the upstairs at iO in Wrigleyville - maybe 100 seats. Nobody knew he would be there.

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An article he wrote about some of his experiences!! These include later shows that were out in places where I wasn't (I was the Chicago lights guy). bsky.app/profile/hogc...

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Things you discover via narrow gauge Facebook groups: a fine clip of Patrick Stewart playing Lenin in a 1974 BBC series, in which Vlad returns to Russia via…the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway. I *think* Llanfair Caereinion stands in for the Finland Station/Gorsaf y Ffindir. youtu.be/urSaGebApQs?...

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