Michael Weiss

Math & Math Education, occasional Torah talk. Son of an immigrant refugee. He/Him/His.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

By what point in time do you think Trump will start arresting and/or executing his political enemies?

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

@Adsbadge @dieworkwear As an adult have you ever looked up what that process is, and discovered that it literally does not exist?

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

@jonathancoulton may be interested to learn that the @UMich Math Dept annual meeting launched with a live performance of "Mandelbrot Set" performed by an alum

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

@tingFTW As far as I can tell (having spoken with tech support on the phone and via live chat online) SMS messaging is out for a sizable chunk of your customer base. Any idea when it will be restored?

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

I am thrilled that @JocelynBenson is running for Michigan's governor, and plan to do all I can to campaign for her. But I have to say I am feeling a lot of despair right now.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

The problem, Senator -- as you surely know -- is that Republicans use the claim of "protecting homeland security" as a fig leaf for denying fundamental human rights without due process. "I'll work with them" provides cover for their abuses

[Senator Gary Peters @SenGaryPeters]

There’s nothing more important than keeping Michiganders and Americans safe.

I’ll work with anyone — Republican or Democrat — at any time to protect our homeland security.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

Congratulations, @MichiganEGLE, you successfully ran out the clock and now all of the funding for this program that you spent two years developing procedures for has been withdrawn by executive order and nobody will ever get to take advantage of it

[Michigan EGLE @MichiganEGLE]

@profmweiss The pilot launched last week with 50 households in Marquette County and Holland. The statewide launch is set for early 2025. You can find more info in the press release. https://t.co/neu1mD3VOQ

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

If you're a Democrat, your mission over the next four years can be easily condensed to a single line: make sure every single thing Americans hear about their federal government, and the state of the country, is bad.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

I cannot express how disheartened I am that both of Michigan Democratic senators, @SenGaryPeters and @SenatorSlotkin, voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act, which will enable ICE to put migrants in detention without due process and empower states to block visa programs. Shameful.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

"Why aren't you at the Hague?" is not, in fact, a question, any more than "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" is.

[Mohamad Bazzi @BazziNYU]

Why aren’t liberal journalism critics and academics — who constantly lecture us about the press giving Trump a “free pass” and “anticipatory obedience” — bothered by @samhusseini getting dragged out of a State Department briefing for asking tough questions?

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

This looks like @ryanqnorth wearing a fake mustache, but of course there's no reason at all to suspect that he is secretly either Joseph Stalin or D.B. Cooper, who I mention only as a second famous example of a bank robber and not of course for any other reason

[NPRmageddon @NPRmageddon]

Fun fact: Joseph Stalin isn’t just a Soviet dictator—he’s also history’s most successful bank robber. In 1907, he masterminded a Tiflis heist, stealing 341,000 rubles (worth $3.4M today) to fund the revolution. No masks, no vaults, just revolutionary vibes. 🏦🔫 #History

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

⁦@Indigo_Girls⁩ is this the real Emily on Bluesky, or an imposter account?

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

Mathematician here: ChatGPT *routinely* gets our homework assignments wrong. It's not able to sustain attention on anything long-term so on any problem that has multiple parts or aspects to it tends to wander off into total nonsense

[Omar El Fares 🇵🇸 عُمَر الفارس @3lfares]

ChatGPT is good if you wanna understand some simpler or already coded stuff like mathematics and physics, but I would stick to the most easy tasks there and double check with actual sources if it has some crucial bearing

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

Important Chanukah fried foods update:

Medhu vadha with sambar >> sufganiyot and latkes

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

I need a @dieworkwear breakdown of this picture

[Ken Opalo @kopalo]

This picture of Obasanjo and Carter is something else.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

@TheWapplehouse @FalconryFinance I was a high school teacher in 2001 and our school (in Metro Detroit) dismissed early.

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

@levidmorrow

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

And that’s not even taking into account all of the fascism and hate speech

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

The degree to which this website has been rendered unusable in the past year is really breathtaking

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

My entire Notifications tab is now filled with posts by people I don’t follow. It’s like a shittier “For You” feed that I can’t opt out of

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

My entire Notifications tab is now filled with posts by people I don’t follow. It’s like a shittier “For You” feed that I can’t opt out of

[Michael Weiss @profmweiss]

@___CBK @UMich The thing is "NCRC 520" means something, but "NCRB 520" does not -- there are no 'numbers' within the NCRB.