ColinTheMathmo @ColinTheMathmo@mathstodon.xyz

I think I can explain most of the features on this graph, and I don't like the look of any of it. Stay safe, well, put, away from people, and wash your hands!

I genuinely love the subtitles on the Clangers:

Please, please, if you recognise this, *please* don't give it away for anyone else.

Does anyone recognise the "caterpillars" on this ?

Please reply via PM if you get it, but feel free to speculate if you choose.

That moment when opening an image in the gimp takes your machine load to over 17:

41 triple pendulums with 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑡𝑙𝑦 different initial conditions:

https://external-preview.redd.it/Cp2AZd3V52nIuMQ5WiwV8vg7uuLc6UKjRsA3VZH6ObM.gif?format=mp4&s=345404eed06a65d6138df53328bfdd8c193366fc

Found via https://twitter.com/InertialObservr/status/1178455832385605632

From @WTGowers@Twitter.com:

What's interesting about this complicated braid? The answer is that it is trivial, but not trivially trivial. It was found by Patrick Dehornoy, who has just died. I've written a thread about him, but am reposting this because it got buried at the end.

-- https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/1169568402890985473

Repeatedly I am baffled by the Virgin Trains booking site. Here's another example where I'm unable to explain how they do this:

Sure there is ...

So we made a purchase, and it was going to be delivered. The company has been great about keeping us informed. Also, we got this in an email:

Oh look, today *has* started well:

Seen today - hard to disagree:

To the Times:

During my many years in the classroom my colleagues and I rarely noticed if the headteacher was not in school. However, if the tea lady was absent everyone knew.

Dr N Flavell, Sheffield

That's it - MathsJam is about to start. 176 delegates, 52 talks, Cakes, Competition Competition, MathsJamJam, and more : http://www.solipsys.co.uk/images/MathsJamBookings.png

https://www.mathsjam.com/gathering ...

Watch for the #MathsJam tweets.

Here's a nice little challenge - what's the first false positive from this routine?

Found the photo! I've always *hated* selfies, and never look good in them, but here I am with @TheAntonDuBeke - as I say, a lovely man.

Suddenly realised that we are pretty much at the limit for the MathsJam weekend - let me know if you want to come but haven't paid.

Very simple code to generate left-truncatable primes - what would you do differently?

It's ticket sorting time!

To assist @ChurchillHelp - who assure me that there won't be charges when I reply to their survey, here's a screenshot:

Michelle Goldberg writes for the NYT - here's an interview : https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/becoming-a-columnist-in-the-age-or-trump.html : And a screenshot of one reply ...

The Tories claim they will create a meritocracy. Here's a response: