@BoydMath

Posts ∈ {education}∪{mathematics}∪{politics}. I live in Mi’kma’ki. He/Him. [email protected] https://xitter.cf/t.co/CpYlrhC9uO

 Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined March 2012
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A reminder as we are in the midst of a peaking respiratory virus season that every school just crammed every student and staff member into one room for a 40min assembly and no one mentioned current public health advice to wear a mask in crowded settings. covid19resources.ca/covid-ha…
Image of Canadian COVID-19 forecast for this week showing NS at very high risk as well as every province.

ALT Image of Canadian COVID-19 forecast for this week showing NS at very high risk as well as every province.

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Hallowe'en Histogram 2025 #MathOrTreat #Halloween2025 Total of 51 (24% decrease over last year), cloudy skies, temperature 12°C after dark. Also notable: the earliest arrival since recording began, at 5:30pm. Link to 2024: xitter.cf/BoydMath/status/185214…
A histogram showing the times different numbers of trick-or-treaters arrived. First group (of 3) at 5:30pm, 5~6:00pm, 5~6:20pm, 2~6:30pm, 6~6:40pm, 3~6:50pm, 3~7:10pm, 10~7:30pm, 3~7:40pm, 5~8:00pm, 1~8:30pm, and then 5 ~8:40pm, for a total of 51.

ALT A histogram showing the times different numbers of trick-or-treaters arrived. First group (of 3) at 5:30pm, 5~6:00pm, 5~6:20pm, 2~6:30pm, 6~6:40pm, 3~6:50pm, 3~7:10pm, 10~7:30pm, 3~7:40pm, 5~8:00pm, 1~8:30pm, and then 5 ~8:40pm, for a total of 51.

A bar graph showing number of trick or treaters each year. 2014: 27, 2015: 27, 2016: 38, 2017: 51, 2018: 51, 2019: 27, 2020: 40, 2021: 44, 2022: 31, 2023: 53, 2024: 67, 2025: 51.

ALT A bar graph showing number of trick or treaters each year. 2014: 27, 2015: 27, 2016: 38, 2017: 51, 2018: 51, 2019: 27, 2020: 40, 2021: 44, 2022: 31, 2023: 53, 2024: 67, 2025: 51.

Adam Boyd (boydmath.bsky)@BoydMath1 Nov 2024
Hallowe'en Histogram 2024 #MathOrTreat #Halloween2024 Total of 67 (26% increase over last year), clear skies, temperature 16°C after dark. Link to 2023: xitter.cf/BoydMath/status/171950…
A histogram showing the times different numbers of trick-or-treaters arrived. First group (of 2) at 6:10pm, 5 ~6:30pm, 10 ~6:50pm, 10 ~7:00pm, 3 ~7:20pm, 13 ~7:30pm, 4 ~7:40pm, 3 ~8:10pm, and then 17 ~8:20pm, for a total of 67.

ALT A histogram showing the times different numbers of trick-or-treaters arrived. First group (of 2) at 6:10pm, 5 ~6:30pm, 10 ~6:50pm, 10 ~7:00pm, 3 ~7:20pm, 13 ~7:30pm, 4 ~7:40pm, 3 ~8:10pm, and then 17 ~8:20pm, for a total of 67.

A bar graph showing number of trick or treaters each year. 2014: 27, 2015: 27, 2016: 38, 2017: 51, 2018: 51, 2019: 27, 2020: 40, 2021: 44, 2022: 31, 2023: 53, 2024: 67.

ALT A bar graph showing number of trick or treaters each year. 2014: 27, 2015: 27, 2016: 38, 2017: 51, 2018: 51, 2019: 27, 2020: 40, 2021: 44, 2022: 31, 2023: 53, 2024: 67.

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No @sobeys. Too soon.
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Replying to @duane_linton @mssinenomine
Statistics Canada. First Google result. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/dail…
Image of the linked website from statistics Canada

ALT Image of the linked website from statistics Canada

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Politicians don’t get to dictate what is taught and researched at Canadian colleges and universities. Research and institutional funding shouldn’t come with political strings attached. #StopNSBill12: ansut.ca/bill-12/
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Replying to @Nova_Thistle
It’s not that I disagree and that seems to me to be implied by the source but here’s last year vs this year.
Canadian COVID-19 forecast early Feb 2024 showing NS at 11.6 severe

ALT Canadian COVID-19 forecast early Feb 2024 showing NS at 11.6 severe

Canadian COVID-19 forecast early Feb 2025 showing NS at 9.1 high

ALT Canadian COVID-19 forecast early Feb 2025 showing NS at 9.1 high

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What’s this nonsense. Automatic tax filing works well in many countries and would save citizens time and money. This “taxpayer” group is out of touch with normal citizens.
Ad from “taxpayer dot com” saying stop the CRA power grab etc.

ALT Ad from “taxpayer dot com” saying stop the CRA power grab etc.

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Wanted: newspapers not beholden to billionaires (The Globe and Mail is owned by the Thomson family)
Screenshot of tweet from the Global mail that says wanted: a Prime Minister who cares about business

ALT Screenshot of tweet from the Global mail that says wanted: a Prime Minister who cares about business

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Replying to @rightonyukon
Zoom out just a little, whoever you are
Screenshot of bottom of tweet that says who can reply? accounts @Boydmath follows or mentioned can reply.

ALT Screenshot of bottom of tweet that says who can reply? accounts @Boydmath follows or mentioned can reply.

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Argues with me, makes no sense, thinks I’m in US then doubles down. Can’t click on links or look at a profile and assumes “Halifax” is in UK despite prices being in dollars. Has a fit at being called out and blocks me when he started the nonsense. Gotta love blue check geniuses.
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David Dingwall on CBC this morning regarding CBU, remember he was in cabinet when Crétien/Martin massively cut federal funding for post-secondary education. This along with provincial cuts led PSE institutions to seek other funding like expanding international student recruitment
Graph from CUPE showing dramatic drop in post secondary funding around 1993 from almost $3500 per student to $1000 per student. It rose back to $2000 per student by 2014-15 at the end of the graph.

ALT Graph from CUPE showing dramatic drop in post secondary funding around 1993 from almost $3500 per student to $1000 per student. It rose back to $2000 per student by 2014-15 at the end of the graph.

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Never forget this was Dr. Strang 2020: "They [NSGEU] are frankly using fear, fear mongering and hyperbole in terms of the way they're describing this situation [at Northwood]." Then 53 people died.
CBC reporter Paul Withers tweet April 22, 2020. Nova Scotia chief medical officer of health Dr Robert Strang accuses NSGEU of fear mongering about conditions at Northwood. Says Union’s claims about poor infection control at long term facility have “no validity”

ALT CBC reporter Paul Withers tweet April 22, 2020. Nova Scotia chief medical officer of health Dr Robert Strang accuses NSGEU of fear mongering about conditions at Northwood. Says Union’s claims about poor infection control at long term facility have “no validity”

CBC Nova Scotia@CBCNS19 Dec 2024
Judge certifies Nova Scotia COVID-19 lawsuit as a class action ift.tt/Uirmyh2

Judge certifies Nova Scotia COVID-19 lawsuit as a class action | CBC News

A Nova Scotia judge has certified a class action lawsuit against Northwood, a company that was described as at the epicentre of COVID-19 deaths in the province at the height of the pandemic in 2020....

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“But government can only do so much” - Tim Houston #nspoli
Adsum for Women & Children@adsumforwomen13 Dec 2024
For less than $900, a senior woman avoided eviction today while also struggling with treatment for a serious illness. Actively preventing evictions, or diverting someone to their home community and supports, is an effective way to stem the flow into homelessness.
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Next time he says there’s no money for something, that government can’t fix everything, that we can’t afford to help people, remember he caused the problem by giving the people who have the most to spend a discount on their discretionary spending. #nspoli
Screen capture of CTV debate in last election. Key phrase from Tim Houston: “but government can only do so much”

ALT Screen capture of CTV debate in last election. Key phrase from Tim Houston: “but government can only do so much”

Tim Houston - Premier of Nova Scotia parody@DimHouston10 Dec 2024
Here I am comforting an old person who doesn’t have anyone to change their catheter. Oh yeah, HST is now 14%. #nspoli
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Replying to @BoydMath @CMUnderhill
Council doesn’t like the traffic at Payzant/Wentworth but now they want a fence so no one would want to walk - it’s a long way around. It doesn’t make sense. A letter won’t fix poor planning. A 30min walk is ridiculous when the straight line distance is half.
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“But government can only do so much” - Tim Houston
Picture of Tim Houston

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CBC Nova Scotia@CBCNS27 Nov 2024
Some kids in N.S. don't eat on weekends. These volunteers are changing that ift.tt/kAKI28a

Some kids in N.S. don't eat on weekends. These volunteers are changing that | CBC News

Programs in Amherst, New Minas and Truro, N.S., send bags of food home with hundreds of students every Friday. It's meant to help kids who might not otherwise have much to eat over the weekend.

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The PCs said they’re fixing healthcare. They just won the election. I just drove by the hospital in Windsor. Emergency dept CLOSED. Of course. #nspoli
Sign emergency main entrance closed. This is an old picture, but it looks the same today.

ALT Sign emergency main entrance closed. This is an old picture, but it looks the same today.

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I don’t know how many people voted but it wasn’t enough. Every vote matters people! #nspoli
Screenshot as of midnight Nov 27 (election night) showing three close races. Yarmouth “it’s a tie”, Clayton Park West 1 vote lead for PC, Annapolis 3 vote lead for Liberal

ALT Screenshot as of midnight Nov 27 (election night) showing three close races. Yarmouth “it’s a tie”, Clayton Park West 1 vote lead for PC, Annapolis 3 vote lead for Liberal

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“Government can only do so much” -Tim H #nspoli
Nova Scotia NDP@NSNDP25 Nov 2024
Not very Make It Happen, Tim.
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