Watched University Challenge with my dad last night for the first time in about 20 years.

Was pleased with myself for getting the maths questions right.

Then I remembered I am a professor of mathematics.

Took the shine off.

Putting out a call to Star Trek fans here on Mastodon. Does anyone have an extra 2022 Hallmark Star Trek Replicator mug they're willing to part with? I'll pay for it and shipping. Our cat destroyed mine tonight and it was my favorite mug and my ritual to drink from it when watching Trek.

#starTrek #friendsofdesoto

Another day, another supply chain attack, this time Axios: https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/10604

Makes me glad I'm lazy and intentional about dependency updates. But it's a worrying trend. Soon we'll be tracking these things by the hour.

One of the most under-studied aspects of human cognition is variance in "internal monologues."

Minds are not just machines made of simple parts that are shipped in via anatomy and turned on, they are individually generated from experience and cellular interaction.

This is perhaps most easily seen in research looking at the vast differences in how people think. Some have voices that never stop, others think holistically and avoid sentence-style extrusion. https://www.sciencealert.com/we-used-to-think-everybody-heard-a-voice-inside-their-heads-but-we-were-wrong

Happy international transgender day of visibility!

#TransrightsAreHumanRights #tdov