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It's a grim day in one of the grimmest weeks in recent memory, but we keep going. We'll be live at 4 PM ET to discuss the apparent demises of Polygon and Giant Bomb, as well as EA layoffs and one recent development we're actually enjoying: Clair Obscur, which rules

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May 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Tutoring sites exist. Amazing ones. Like Purplemath or Khan Academy.

No AI needed.
bphillipsonmp.bsky.social Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · Jan 27
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.

AI can help us do that.

Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
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January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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#academia #phdlife #reading #purplemath
Rachel posts, "Reading for pleasure implies the existence of reading for pain." Neil replies, "They're calling it a PhD "
December 24, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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It's once again time for Thursday to become slightly more bearable: We're going live at 4 PM ET with special guest @aidanis.fun to discuss legendary JRPG Suikoden (he's writing a book about it), as well as developers skipping GDC because of Trump and new Sony/Microsoft AI products nobody asked for
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March 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Sets, logic, and Venn pumpkins.

#Halloween #pumpkins #pumpkinseason #sets #logic #mathhumor #purplemath
October 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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It ain't easy.

#studentlife #studentvisa #f1visa #empathy #purplemath
June 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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#etal #besties #academia #MathHumor #purplemath
Poster "PUEBI Bridgers" suggests: Academia should consider changing "et al" to "& besties"
June 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Oh, nerd *snap*! 😄

#DirectMessage #PhD #dissertation #WeAreNotTheSame #MathHumor #purplemath
Poster "fermion" says, "You're in her dms, I'm in her PhD dissertation acknowledgements. We are not the same."
June 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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#research #study #writing #purplemath
An older woman is shown hugging some sort of werewolf sort of monster. The caption says, "Refusing to delete a crao paragraph because it took so long to research".
January 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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ChatGTP fail

#AI #ChatGPT #ChatGPTFail #decades #half #mathhumor #purplemath
A ChatGPT query is shown. Q: What's half a decade? ChatGPT: Half a decade is 5 years divided by 2, which equals 2.5 years. So, half a decade = 2.5 years.
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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No, but actually yes.

#logic #proof #logicalthinking #contradiction #MathHumor #purplemath
Proof by contradiction be like Okay, assume that was true. lmao! That would be pretty stupid, right? i bet you feel really dumb right now, huh?
June 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Huh.

#paper #sides #stacks #MathHumor #purplemath
"Shower Thoughts" says: "Paper actually has six sides, but we don't realize it until you start stacking it."
June 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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This makes me uncomfortable.

#fractions #pi #exponents #exponential #approximation #purplemath
The fraction [({π}^3)^2] ÷ [({e}^2)^3] equals 9.9998..., or approximately 10.
June 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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#piday #MathHumor #purplemath
Posted by Sridhar Ramesh, in a dig at "Pi Day": "Today, 3/14, is a very special day to mathematicians because 3 + 1 = 4."
March 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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💜💜💜

#mathematics #perseverance #love #purplemath
Mathematics is like love: It's simple, but it can get complicated. The key is to never give up.
June 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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#fibonacci #fibonaccispiral #nachos #mathhumor #purplemath
A texted conversation. "You awake?" "Yes" A picture is then texted, showing a spiral of corn tortilla chips on a blue background. The first speaker then texts: "Fibonacho"
September 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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#english #englishteacher #grammar #verbsinenglish #purplemath
A tombstone is shown, on which is written, "Here lies (not "lays") Billie Woody Robbins Reed; English Teacher; June 3, 1918; Feb. 18, 2014".
June 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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If clocks had been invented in the Southern Hemisphere, they'd have been built backwards from their current form. Why?

#sundial #clock #clocks #clockwise #history #romannumerals #purplemath
A sundial is shown. Because the sundial is in the Southern Hemisphere, the Roman numbers are going from right to left, opposite "clockwise" orientation.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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😉💜😄

#NerdLife #Nerds #purplemath
In the background is an assortment of "Nerds" candies. The text says:. Dear Cool People, They didn't name a candy after you, did they? Sincerely, Nerds
June 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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*facepalm*

#sixtynine #MathHumor #purplemath
A text conversation, beginning with the blue bubble on the right. blue: I'm not good at math gray: Sameer blue: But can we do 27 + 42? gray: 79???
June 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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#averages #math #purplemath #humor
A post by someone named Kit Yates says, "I'm sorry, but you can't *always* be experiencing a higher volume of calls than average. That's not how averages work."
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Yeah, kinda...

#numbers #even #odd #Numberfive #evennumbers #oddnumbers #purplemath
I don't know how to explain this but numbers ending in 5 are a little less odd than numbers ending in 1, 3, 7, and 9.
June 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Works for me.

#periodictable #Mendeleev #tetris #chemistry #purplemath
A partial periodic table is shown. The two gaps in the table have Tetris-shaped blocks of squares above them, which will fill those gaps. The caption above the falling blocks says, "...and this is how, in 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev completed the first periodic table."
June 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Pokémon don't mess around!

#formula #mathematics #complicated #pokemon #pokeball #MathHumor #purplemath
Across the top is a long, involved formula. "stack-of-lime-slime" says: "You think this formula is some advanced math crap? Something used to find the something of the something advanced math? NO. THIS FORMULA IS USED BY POKÉMON GAMES TO CALCULATE THE SHAKEY SHAKEY OF POKÉBALLS WHEN YOU CATCH A POKÉMON".
June 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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#VennDiagrams #mathhumor #purplemath
Two white circles, one directly above the other, are drawn on a black background. The circles neither overlap nor touch. The top circle contains the text, "People who understand Venn diagrams". The bottom circle says, "People who don't understand Venn diagrams".
July 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM