Colin Wright (@[email protected])

It amazes me that people think of 'do-gooder' as an insult, that always blows my mind -- Kevin Bacon

@AnneLouiseAvery Thank you ... your work is wonderful.

The last advent candle for @ColinTheMathmo with love from Rachel xxx #OldFoxAdventCalendar

The Twenty-first Window. At twilight, Old Fox found his sturdiest lantern and made his way to the Sheep Church up on the Downs, a wild and lonely place, little visited. A great fog had come in with the rising tide, & the land was so dammered & dimmed, he could barely see the snow-heaped lane ahead of him. Out at sea, the melancholy boom of a coaster's fog horn sounded somewhere by Watchhouse Point. But in the church, an ancient peace reigned in the Midwinter darkness and when he lit the last Advent candle, it flared bright and merry and clear. This one is for Love, he told the ghosts gathering there, for Love.

I don't know if @RoyalMail will see this, or if they will response but I just got a: "Package was not available when we called." You never called. We were in We were watching the front door You never called. You take our money, and then lie.

@juliet_turner6 @OxfordBiology @NewCollegeOx BTW ... I only saw this by accident because I'm usually on mathstodon.xyz and rarely visit this site. With the replies you've received, I'm pleased I've (mostly) left, and enraged on your behalf. Stay strong ... you've done a brilliant thing ... congrats again.

@juliet_turner6 @OxfordBiology @NewCollegeOx Fabulous !! Congratulations ...

🎊 I passed my viva exam! After ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my thesis. You can call me Doctor 😎

@DrFrostMaths Hey Jamie! Nice to have met you yesterday. It's pure chance that I saw your follow, I almost never open this site, and don't have it on my phone. I now spend all my time on Mathstodon.xyz ... feel free to join us there, and ask any questions. Or email me.

A Mastodon instance for people who love maths. It is operated voluntarily by Christian Lawson-Perfect and @ColinTheMathmo. Go @joinmastodon! mathstodon.xyz/about

@tara_taylor Consider creating an account on mathstodon.xyz as a bolt-hole ...

Not sure why my account was temporarily locked out and I lost all the accounts I was following. Might be time to finally leave.

@jimalkhalili Someone pointed me at this ... I'm basically not on this platform any more. So I've posted it on Mastodon for you to help increase the reach.

I don't tend to post much on X these days, but I thought I would let my UK followers know that I have a new TV offering: a 2-part Horizon special on BBC2 going out on 29th Sep and 6th October. It is called Secrets of the Brain. See bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

@murderousmaths There are a few people I would regret losing contact with, and they've stayed here. I drop in occasionally to check up on them and saw your post, and this reply. But I don't post, don't check the feeds, and generally don't engage. I made an exception for you because I know you.

@ColinTheMathmo Ooh this is weird. You're not on Twitter but you have mysteriously appeared. This must be your Twitter ghost. 😱

Saturday's puzzle 🎠

@murderousmaths If nothing else it's an extra audience.

@murderousmaths I'm not on Twitter any more, and I know a lot of people who have moved. Can I suggest you post these on Mathstodon? I can help ...

@CmonMattTHINK The radius if the incircle of a Primitive Pythagorean Triangle is an interesting thing, and there are some non-trivial questions that arise naturally from this. I give an entire workshop on it.

Weird how half of me is like, “Uh, that just means the radius is 1, which, DUH,” and other half is like, “WHOOOAAAA… That IS really cool!!!”

@Bobby_Seagull In particular, Graham Brightwell, and Imre Leader.

@Bobby_Seagull Two of my PhD siblings, one of whom I shared an apartment with, were UK champions. Yes, I've heard of it. (PS: I'm effectively never here, it's unlikely I see a reply. Find me on mathstodon, or on t'internet)

I had never heard of the existence of the board game Othello until this week's #UniversityChallenge. Anyone played it before?

@ChadNauseam @tqbf That rings true ... I'm going to keep it in mind next time I try to wake through the comments to find any useful insights. Thank you.

@tqbf it has been said that HN comments are not for discussing the article, but merely a canvas upon which to project one's own tastes and aesthetic

It happened: on the gigantic orange thread about the AI post, someone attempted an argument premised on Disney's "abuse" of copyright.

@michael_foskett Hah! Found your email ... sent you a ping there. 👍

@ColinTheMathmo Thank you 🙏😁

@michael_foskett Happy Birthday !! I have a note in my diary to ping you today, but I think this is my only way to contact you. I'm basically never here now ... find my on Mastodon or email. Have a good one !!

@littmath Lotsa 'bots. Every time I visit here from Mathstodon I have to remind myself of just how many 'bots are here.

Some pretty odd responses to this!

Anecdotal but starting to see some impact of the change in the US’s global standing: a number of mathematicians in Canada and Europe have told me they’re cancelling near-term scientific travel to the US.

@ScuderiUrsula Hello!! It was lovely to meet you, entirely by chance. I'm not often here on Twitter, but happy to stay in touch. Cheers!!