Katie Steckles

@stecks

Mathematician/maths communicator. Talks about maths. Non-hair-coloured hair. Auntie Dweeb. She/her.

Manchester, England
Joined January 2009

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  1. Retweeted
    15 Nov 2013

    Did you know? You're never more than 98 feet away from becoming a centipede.

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  2. Jan 30
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  3. Jan 30
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  4. Jan 29

    Spent 35 minutes sat in this café window, the first 20 of which were in blissful ignorance that this was anything other than a pillar I could see to either side of, until a bike went past and just VANISHED, scaring the crap out of me

    Looking out of a cafe window, where there's a pillar in the middle but the left half is actually a mirror
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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    I don't make the rules sorry

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    Jan 28

    +, Σ, and ∫ are just different evolutions of the same Pokémon

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    Jan 25

    Things I have encountered (mostly on Twitter) that look like typos but aren't: • A shelf portrait • A pubic health initiative • A hated towel rail • A statue of limitations • A poutine enquiry

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  8. Jan 24

    Reinvigorated by a group chat that's strayed on to "Which is the best text editor" to brighten my morning. I am hanging around with the right people.

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  9. Jan 20

    Fancy an afternoon of chats, tea, cake and making stuff? Come to crafternoon, bring your own crafts and have an excuse to work on that thing you're perpetually half way through!

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  10. Jan 17

    This evening you can hear me on BBC World Service radio from 8.30pm - or listen again afterwards on this page:

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  11. Jan 16

    I recommend this! It's a good chance to look through some interesting blog posts, and drive some traffic to your maths blog!

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  12. Jan 15
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  13. Jan 13

    Currently at the second-biggest table in for this month's . The biggest table just became free, but I'm too tired to get up and move. Come join me for erudite lively chat!

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  14. Jan 13

    Who's coming for a tonight? We'll be at on Piccadilly Gardens from 6.30pm - details at

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    Bought a Rolex second hand for £120. Now I just need to get the rest of the watch.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jan 7

    If 1024 fair coins are each tossed 10 times, chances are good (> 63%) that at least one will come up heads 10 times in a row; and that coin will be proud to explain how its skill, faith, guts & determination made its achievement possible, and how that combo can work for you too.

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  17. Jan 6

    One week until in Manchester - meet up with other science communicators and have a burrito! Details at .

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  18. Jan 3
    My arm, with a plaster on from donating blood, pictured next to a cup of tea, an orange Club and a sticker reading "Be nice to me / I gave blood today"
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  19. Jan 2
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