very very very good video on probably my biggest academic pet peeve. well worth the 20 minutes:

looking more into Fermat’s Last Theorem and it’s kinda bullshit that Wiles “solved it”. Frey and Ribet did the part that is actually relevant to the classic Fermat formulation. Wiles gave a partial solution to a different problem after they proved what such a solution would imply. so I guess I’m just grumpy about that now. thoughts welcome.

very cool new math channel I found:

Vibe Coding, but, like, for everything ... a smallish essay on the economics of how this time isn’t different and p(doom)=0. with thanks to @calle, @Gigi, @PABLOF7z, and @jack: View Article →

if I am only now introducing you to Sofiane Pamart, you’re welcome: