The Analyst

A thought by @elliottdowning.bsky.social ...

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Sorry to take so long to thank you for going out of your way for a request, like that. Didn't mean to be rude like that.

Life has gotten a little overwhelming, lately.

Thank you.

We heard back. He was OK.

Bigly.

They all know that down deep, we all wish we could fly, and that "getting on an airplane" thing just doesn't cut it.

Ha ha.

But I seriously doubt it.

Adrienne (@adrienneleigh.bsky.social) Only the fire-born understand blue.

Somebody put me on this list.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

"Bigoted (excrement)heads, Genocide and/or Rape Apologists"

I softened some profanity. For the record: I'm against rape, genocide and racism and always have been. I don't know why @adrienneleigh.bsky.social would do such a thing.

Caption "A scientist undertaking high-risk calculations in the Hazardous Mathematics Laboratory" Image A scientist wears an armoured hazmat suit. His face is intense and sweat drips from his brow. His hands are encased in heavy duty gloves which reach into a metal box. He peers into the box through heavy-duty perspex at a notebook in which he is making complex calculations with a biro.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com #science #mathematics

I wanted to name my bookmarking account @math-is-for-boys-too.bsky.social, but we're not allowed to use that many characters.

"Feminist" does not mean "hater of men." Of course, I provide the same encouragement to my male students that I do to my female ones.

So there is no misunderstanding ... my handle has nothing to do with "misandry." I took it to push back against a regressive attitude that I've seen being pushed aggressively of late - that girls should be discouraged from studying Math and Science because "those jobs are for boys."

Continuing ...

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(former handle removed) was my bookmarking account. Nobody was being impersonated on it and there was no "misleading information" posted through it, but the facts didn't matter.

(Note: receipt of email removed)

Hi, Elliott. Looks like I might have to leave this site. This screencap of an email I was sent by Bluesky should explain why.

Below, you will see a replacement bleet ...

Yes, @primacy-of-reason.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/prim...

is me, too. You MIGHT want to follow that account, but you probably won't, for reasons I will explain.

In the course of writing a piece, I will often have a great many sources to check. My bookmarks outnumber my original works. For this reason, I'm splitting my bookmarking activity off from my other work, and sending it off to an account of its own (this one).

I appreciate followers, but be sure you mean it. This, at times, is going to be a heavily used account. Following it might mean that you'll get floods of new bleets, followed by long dry spells during which I'll be off doing schoolwork, or spending time with my fiance.

I appreciate followers, but be sure you mean it. This, at times, is going to be a heavily used account. Following it might mean that you'll get floods of new bleets, followed by long dry spells during which I'll be off doing schoolwork, or spending time with my fiance.

Yes, @primacy-of-reason.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/prim...

is me, too. You MIGHT want to follow that account, but you probably won't, for reasons I will explain.

My banner is a detail of an image found at

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Avatar image credit.

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"This fictional portrait of Hypatia by Jules Maurice Gaspard, originally the illustration for Elbert Hubbard's 1908 fictional biography, ..."

Good question.

Let's go to Email.

Curiouser and curiouser. Whips can do real damage.

25 days later, I still haven't heard back from Bluesky. At this point, I doubt that they'll reply, but at least both of my accounts are still here. That's a good sign.

Maybe whatever this was is over. I can always hope.