Carrie Muir

@cmuirmath

Community college math professor in the PNW (USA). Misses the early bird app, glad to find old friends (and new ones) here. Neurodivergent, queer, spoonie. Nerd, geek, fandoms random. Probably caffeinating. Pronouns in bio: she/her or they/them

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Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· 24d

I recently bought two pendants from Whimsy Station, and I love them. (I wear them as dangly earrings instead of as necklaces.) And there was a cute creature! Anyway, Sara's stuff is great. www.whimsystation.com/product/prid... www.whimsystation.com/category/cla...

Two pendants on chains. They are shaped like stacks of books, in the colors of the pan and bi pride flags, with shiny dangly stars below them.

The same two pendants from the first photo, but now on earring wires, and showing a different angle on the stacks of books.

A cute green clay creature with large ears and gem like eyes. It is holding a rainbow patterned heart.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· 26d

An open heart shaped locket, reading across the two sides, "Math, my beloved".

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· 27d

John Carpenter's "The Thing"

Images of the characters Childs (Keith David) and MacReady (Kurt Russell) from the end scene of "The Thing".

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Jun 8

#BloomScrolling

Closeup of a pink peony blossom that is partway open.

Yellow, purple, and white honeysuckle blossoms, with many green leaves and more blossoms visible behind them.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 23

Opening title for the original Star Trek. There is a green and purple planet to the left, with the Enterprise flying by on the right. In bright yellow text, the title for the episode reads, "Star Trekkin' Across the Universe".

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 20

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 15

If you see this, you are invited to post a STAR TREK.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 15

#BloomScrolling

A five petaled white flower faces forward, with a second blossom in side view. They are against a background of green leaves dappled with sunlight and shade.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Apr 23

NASA landsat imagery of Earth can spell your name! (Or other things.) go.nasa.gov/4ak4Cdu Went with Muir, as appropriate for the week of Earth Day and John Muir's birthday.

The name Muir spelled out with images of natural phenomena.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Apr 18

Enough of angry posts from me for today. Have some pretty flowers instead. #BloomScrolling

Orange and red tulips in front of pink azaleas.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Apr 13

Indeed, sociological research suggests that it is the people who already have considerable money, status, or both that are more likely to win grants, fellowships, and awards, especially more prestigious honors that enhance the cultural cachet of recipients. This tendency exists due to the ways that social networks, cumulative advantages, and access to greater resources play a role in the preparation of the application, recommender solicitation, and ultimate selection process. And, once you’ve won an award, you’re much more likely to win another.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Apr 6

Lots of good points in this piece, including:

The question is, if the weight of evidence points to an exponential increase in excess deaths since 2020, and the recent deaths of multiple WB stars are consistent with this shifted baseline, how are people not noticing? Or, if they are noticing, why are they shifting to the next topic?

One possible reason is a worldwide failure of government agencies to resource an effective long-term public health response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Mar 6

You're trapped in the last TV show you watched. Where are you?

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Feb 25

Post old memes to confuse young people.

A cat appears to be hovering in mid-air, posed like a bike rider, with the caption "invisible bike".

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Feb 3

Everything in this piece, but I'm especially feeling this part right now. #AcademicSky

$State officials also aren’t much of an ally when it comes to pay at public colleges and universities. For one thing, some states have considerable control over compensation but only fund a fraction of institutions’ budgets. On the off chance there is a state-mandated pay increase, institutions must figure out how to cover it in the absence of adequate state funding. The result is either higher tuition and fees or, ironically, layoffs to afford raises. Some compensation absurdities stem from state lawmakers whose main goal is spending less on government in general and on higher ed in particular.$

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Jan 15

Get in, we’re posting boardwalks 🌿 Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge (if I remember correctly), taken several years ago

A boardwalk runs through a shady grove of trees, curving off to the right.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Jan 1

Well, I'd rather not have a (another) year that calls for me to be intrepid, but I'll take it.

Screenshot of the clip in the quoted post. It reads, "Merriam-Webster, Your 2026 word: intrepid."

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Dec 16

Going to be keeping a close eye on how points 1 and 3 are implemented. Fingers crossed for maintaining user agency to kick "A.i." out of Firefox. blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...

As Mozilla moves forward, we will focus on becoming the trusted software company. This is not a slogan. It is a direction that guides how we build and how we grow. It means three things. First: Every product we build must give people agency in how it works. Privacy, data use, and AI must be clear and understandable. Controls must be simple. AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off. People should know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it. Second: our business model must align with trust. We will grow through transparent monetization that people recognize and value. Third: Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software. Firefox will remain our anchor. It will evolve into a modern AI browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Nov 14

Okay, Trek nerds… post a picture from your first #StarTrek movie!

Spock (Leonard Nimoy) from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Oct 31

My spooky Halloween name is: Carrie Muir.

Two newspaper style movie ads. The first is for "Carrie", the second is for "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir".

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Oct 22

An invitation to stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness:

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Sep 23

Rapture?

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Sep 19

tumblr post by @reallyreallyreallytrying fron Jan 9th 2013, with 1,098,326 notes: “average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Aug 1

Follow up.

Exchange of posts in the comment section of Instructure's post about "Product announcements from InstructureCon 2025". Community participant cmuir asks, "Will OpenAI have access to Canvas course content for training purposes? And, if yes, will it make a difference if the course instructor has opted out of all OpenAI integrations?" Instructure employee DeepaPrasad replies, "Hi @cmuir no course content will be used for training purposes by OpenAI, full stop."

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Aug 1

We'll see if I get a useful answer…

A question posted by user cmuir in response to the Instructure "product announcements" post, which asks, "Will OpenAI have access to Canvas course content for training purposes? And, if yes, will it make a difference if the course instructor has opted out of all OpenAI integrations?"

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· Jun 21

Pacific Northwest beach adventures earlier this week. (Deception Pass State Park)

Photo of a view along a beach, with cliffs and tall trees to the left and a stretch of water to the right. There are pieces of driftwood and many pebbles on the sand.

A photo of a tiny red crab on tan and black speckled sand

Photo of a trail curving through a green and mossy forest, with ferns and salal along the ground.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 30

You're invited to take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac... Well, that's quite a quartet.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 27

If you see this, post a flower (if you like). #BloomScrolling #Peony

Close up photo of a peony bloom, a flower with orange stamens in the center, surrounded by many layers of petals. The petals are a deep pink for the outer layer, getting paler moving towards the center.

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 17

If you see this, and are so moved, quote the energy you bring to bluesky.

Spock (Leonard Nimoy) sobs, captioned "sobbing mathematically"

Carrie Muir@cmuirmath· May 3

I was able to see a lot of trillium varieties at a botanic garden last week. Love them. #bloomscrolling