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Mathematician. STEM Communicator 🌎

Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2023
With the TikTok ban in January looking likely, be sure to sign up for my monthly newsletter to stay up-to-date on news about my new sci-fi series “The Iron Dreamers” which comes out summer 2025! (Website, publishing date, and cover art coming soon) linktr.ee/modernday_eratosth…
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What are the cliches and overused tropes of science fiction, and how can we write more realistic worlds? Join me in this 1 hour lecture on September 10 to learn more about avoiding the common pitfalls in sci-fi literature ✍️ secure.clarionwest.org/np/cl…
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Getting mad at singers for not writing their own songs is like getting mad at ballet dancers for not choreographing their own dances. The job is the performance. Writing is an entirely different skill set
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10/10 recommend ✨ What a great dive into the misunderstandings of math, and how to take another look with fresh eyes The U.S. education system has truly dropped the ball on this one
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Statistics gets more hate from the math world than anything else, but nothing changed my perception of reality more
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Honesty without tact is cruelty No need to be a dick about it
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Nothing can prepare you for how many people in Los Angeles don’t know how to swim
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Does Folgers coffee taste like motor oil, or is the packaging a coincidence
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I would go to a Taylor Swift concert just for the girl vibes
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Usain Bolt liked my video about my walk to school growing up. My life is complete
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My favorite part about being right is how often it happens
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And with Mars’ low gravity, these tubes might be much larger and less likely to collapse
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Do we care about the new Star wars series The Acolyte?
40%Absolutely
60%The what?
10 votes • Final results
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Deformable screens have a long way to go, but I’m here for the ride
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