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[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

1) Math knowledge is democratic in character.

2) Math can be used to strengthen democracy.

3) Even if you never use math, it is relevant to you b/c people are using it to make decisions about you.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

https://t.co/LRN4llMOVD

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

Sister's album dropped https://t.co/PosFisVSm9

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

Last @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar of 2025: Zarina Dhillon on evaluating methods to quantify racial segregation. Tomorrow at 5:30pm ET. Sign up here (requires a [free] account): https://t.co/3rc6zmPIcf

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Tomorrow @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar: Dr. Daphne Skipper on geographic access to polling. 5:30pm ET. Sign up here: https://t.co/kyF02OHta9 (make a free account)

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

New @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar: Bailey Passmore of @hrdag on "Public Data & Human Rights". Tonight 5:30pm ET. Sign up here (make a free account): https://t.co/JYRMQHm0nO

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

Another @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar in 80 minutes! Matthew Dahl, "Large Legal Fictions: Detecting Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models" Sign up to view here: https://t.co/XqXF6VAzEx

[Brennan Center @BrennanCenter]

The GOP in Congress is pushing a bill that would require every American to show a passport, birth certificate, or one of a few other citizenship documents every time they register or re-register to vote. But more than 21 million Americans don’t have easy access to such documents. https://t.co/ENRsVv8oIC

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@PVICKERY @BrennanCenter They did, you just had to click through https://t.co/zf9Zosy7l0

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

@NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar is back in effect. First up: Lalitha Sankar, "Understanding Last Layer Retraining Methods for Fair Classification". This coming Monday, 5:30pm ET. Open to the public; sign up here (make a free account): https://t.co/v1DZV09fR8

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helpful info for WI voters

[Ann Jacobs @AnnJacobsMKE]

A brief primer on Election Day registration in Wisconsin! To register on ED, you need 2 pieces of information. 1st a photo ID to prove who you are & 2nd proof of residence (where you live). Let's dig in a little bit! 1/

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

Appreciating @SamWangPhD 's pro-democracy substacking https://t.co/H6p7j1ZvIx

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

Strong recommend for @chrisemdin and @husslington's new podcast https://t.co/GY1uTOnf4N

[Brennan Center @BrennanCenter]

Michigan’s recent reforms ensure that voting is accessible, election subversion is further out of reach, and democracy is strengthened. https://t.co/coKW1ZP5ag

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

This whole thread is lovely (h/t @_onionesque)

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

@LongFormMath ok so basically the Forrest Gump of the 19th century

[Justin Lanier @j_lanier]

Here are 12 dots on a 5x5 grid. No 4 of them make a square. But no matter where you add 1 more dot to this arrangement, a square gets made. (Check it!)

Can you place more than 12 dots on the grid and avoid making any squares?

If you're a teacher & this piques your curiosity...

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

This is tomorrow! Open to the public <- that means you!

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One more @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar, this coming Monday @ 5:30pm ET! Cory McCartan, "Estimating Racial Disparities When Race is Not Observed". Sign up here! https://t.co/0zYE4RnICX (requires a [free] account)

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

I would just like to say that my first and second grade teacher absolutely changed my life (for the better)

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

One more @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar, this coming Monday @ 5:30pm ET! Cory McCartan, "Estimating Racial Disparities When Race is Not Observed". Sign up here! https://t.co/0zYE4RnICX (requires a [free] account)

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[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

There are some days when I push students to demand that their mathematics make sense to them and the results are truly magical.

Today was one of those days.

#MTBoS #iteachmath

[Dr Ben Blum-Smith Black Lives Matter @benblumsmith]

In one hour! See you there?

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Next up in the @NYUDataScience Math & Democracy Seminar: Abigail Hickok and Mason Porter on using topological data analysis to analyze equity in polling place access! Sign up here (requires a [free] account): https://t.co/jLGnjjwTtN