Director of Communications at Institute for Mathematical Innovation, host and producer of Carry the Two and Relatively Prime Non-Binary Cyclist🏳️‍⚧️ Database Developer PodcastRE and Media History Digital Libraryhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3m33pge2dss2gI can’t wait to finally have a twin of my own! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Oct 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33pge2dss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lzok4j3jzc2ySeeing the amazing imaging work being done by these folks, especially the Single Photon Avalanche Diode imaging and effects was a real highlight for me reporting this season [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzok4j3jzc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lylftxdwl22iCome for the math, stats, and computational science, but definitely stay for the donuts [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lylftxdwl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lwgretwnic2iI learned so much reporting this episode. Please give it a listen! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwgretwnic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lvbyvvalrk22I learned so much reporting this episode about quantum computing and information. Not least of which is that the speed of light is possibly less constant than I think it should be https://bsky.app/profile/imsi.institute/post/3lvbyskzcgk22 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbyvvalrk22https://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lrvgll6b7s2wAlso, remember the reason they are doing all of this. They are scared of us because we are fucking magic. We know who we are and refuse to conform just because people want us to. That gives us a power that they can never imagine, the power to be wholly and truly ourselves!18 Jun 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvgll6b7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lrvczqdhls2dCombine this with Skermetti and I am so scared for trans youth out there today and tomorrow and until we can all agree in this country that we will actually respect the right for people to live as their whole selves https://bsky.app/profile/maggieastor.bsky.social/post/3lrv67o6pw227 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvczqdhls2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lpmxvt2ovc2rHere is a chance to help Palestinian scientists! They are looking to organize a Science in Palestine conference and a Quantum Physics summer school, as well as archive efforts to erase Palestinian academia, among other goals https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-science-with-scientists-for-palestine20 May 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmxvt2ovc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lp2sb6vgtc2qNot messing with librarians is always good advice, they are much harder than you think they are https://www.lawdork.com/p/dont-mess-with-librarians13 May 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2sb6vgtc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lp2nold2xc2oWell that explains Dr Hayden’s firing archive.ph/kvvh113 May 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2nold2xc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lp2nbdoyz22oVocal refusal to take part in the dismantling of our federal knowledge and information systems has never been more vital https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/ (h/t to @chanda.bsky.social for originally point me to the article)13 May 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2nbdoyz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lorlwlpqps2eThis restructuring is a disaster beyond imagining. Start with the major lose of jobs continue with the draining of expertise both organizational and scientific and end with everything being lumped into five applied areas with no space for basic and theoretical work https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-slashes-number-rotators-and-well-paid-managers-part-restructuring09 May 2025 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lorlwlpqps2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lolug2o3ik2xNo piece has more accurately expressed my currently feelings about our information world than this one https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/my-brain-finally-broke Also, the writing is just exceptional: "the past has vanished, the future is inconceivable, and my eyes are clamped open to view the endlessly resupplied now."07 May 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolug2o3ik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lo56qwsfys2vMy first ever Nobel Laureate interview! https://bsky.app/profile/imsi.institute/post/3lo56k6zg222v [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo56qwsfys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lngj7fjggs2oFuck off you genocidal assholes https://bsky.app/profile/motherjones.com/post/3lngf6vnuk22t [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2025 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngj7fjggs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lma62mwjkk2hFor everyone else who would love to go back to the world where google just provided you a list of links, there is a way. Just go into your browser settings and change the default address bar search to the following https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14 And may I be the first to welcome you back to 200507 Apr 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma62mwjkk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3llwqq57ytk25There we go, got my 1st notification of a grant being cancelled. Not the biggest one & it was mostly spent off, but DOGE can still fuck right off. We are just sharing & archiving some of the best video work of the past 50 years. Y’all are just jealous because nothing you will ever do is this cool03 Apr 2025 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwqq57ytk25https://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3llphlb2qps2nWell, dammit. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services31 Mar 2025 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3llphlb2qps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3ll7uynnfzs2eSo excited to share a BRAND NEW episode of Relatively Prime! This one is a conversation about funding in mathematics with @mathprofcarrie.bsky.social, @drew-lewis.com, and Jude Higdon from @qside.bsky.social Listen here: relprime.com/rpsf/25 Mar 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7uynnfzs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lkvokrrm6k2qLoved the most recent Stadio (like I have all the others) but I have a different answer to @okwonga.bsky.social’s question at the end than @ryanhunn.bsky.social, I would either sub Bendtner for Eduardo in the 2nd minute against Birmingham 2008 or Rosicky for Ramsey at 55 minutes against Stoke 201021 Mar 2025 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvokrrm6k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lkt7mssn2c24This was a really fun one, I know so much more about quantum computing now (or in other words I know now at least a couple things about quantum computing) https://bsky.app/profile/imsi.institute/post/3lkt2bd6srs2i [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt7mssn2c24https://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lkghcpwhe22rLibraries provide people free access to both information and experts who can help them parse that information, of course this administration is going to try and destroy the Institute of Museum and Library Services. What assholes!15 Mar 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkghcpwhe22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lk77nsaor22uThe 3 steps to get a scholar removed: 1 Start a website 2 Algorithmically create text about how a scholar supports terrorism 3 Post that text That's it, those 3 things are enough to scare an Ivy League institution into placing a scholar on leave. This is horrific https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/us/yale-suspends-scholar-terrorism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3U4.ZP2w.6o3RxRqs8nvk&smid=url-share12 Mar 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk77nsaor22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lk4daf67l22xI am excited about the new episode of @imsi.institute's Carry the Two featuring an interview I had with Frank Wolak on playing energy games, the importance of economist and engineer collaboration, and why physics will always win! https://www.imsi.institute/podcast/frank-wolak-on-engineering-and-electricity-market-design/11 Mar 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4daf67l22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lifsh6jlps2m@ryanhunn.bsky.social @okwonga.bsky.social 3 goals, a missed penalty, 2 red cards, and another Antony revenge tour goal, and only 1 minute for Betis Sociedad? Come on, I watched extended highlights just so I could follow what I expected would be a solid 20 minutes on that match 🤪17 Feb 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifsh6jlps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3li5shyzodk2lTurns out sun screen is not only for protecting from UV rays. It can also help you out when it is so cold out that the humidity level is at -10% and your hands are cracking from lack of moisture.14 Feb 2025 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5shyzodk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3li5jn3kuak24Great that the Statisticians are here, but I have to ask where are the mathematicians? AMS, MAA, SIAM did you not get the call? https://bsky.app/profile/aaberhe.com/post/3lhzrfftxt227 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2025 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5jn3kuak24https://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lhz6k2jpjs2vEarlier this week I gave a talk to the OSU Spectra student org about the importance of mathematical belonging and identity and how storytelling can help make a space for everyone in the story of mathematics. Now I am happy to share my slides with y'all! tinyurl.com/osuSpectra https://tinyurl.com/osuSpectra12 Feb 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz6k2jpjs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lhz4lqwm6c2wThis was such a fun episode to do https://bsky.app/profile/imsi.institute/post/3lhz4eckvb22w [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2025 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhz4lqwm6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sam.mathcomms.com/post/3lh3agbp7fk2d“words are calories measured in the amount of heat they give a flame.” Wow, just wow, what a goddamn poem! Can’t wait to come back again and again, there are so many layers I haven’t event started to uncover https://web.archive.org/web/20250126233654/https://emilygorcenski.com/post/the-time-of-cowards/ (h/t to @okwonga.bsky.social for the original link)01 Feb 2025 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:2fvbmejuzs674vwn6yzpjm2j/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3agbp7fk2d