Title: Easter Egg Hunt techniques inspired by great detectives Panel 1: Sherlock Holmes. Deduce the exact location of every egg from seemingly unrelated details without leaving your room. Send your amazed sidekick to fetch them. Panel 2: Jack Reacher Hit the garden hard and fast. Take no prisoners Get back on the road. This approach results in a thrillingly intense hunt, but very few intact eggs. Panel 3: George Smiley Meticulously assess documents, people and motives. Then scrupulously collect the eggs and dejectedly wonder if any of it was worthwhile.

My Easter books cartoon for @theguardian.com

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR THE 2026 JOSH AWARD

Applications close at 23:59 on Friday 10th April. If you're an early career science communicator, find out what the award is, what is seeks to recognise and how it could help your career at www.big.uk.com/josh

Even better news: for this month only, the Finite Group is even more finite! If you sign up for a paid membership in April, you can get a 50% discount on your first month using the code 3VMFN. You'll get this month's stream, plus the last three months of recordings, AND a crossnumber. Bargain!

Finite Group Finite Group is a collective of cool maths people who want to have nice conversations about mathematical ideas.

Our next Finite Group livestream will be on 28th April, and will feature me and @mscroggs.co.uk talking about numerical crosswords (and building one live on stream!) Paid members can watch the stream (live or recorded) and access the finished puzzle. More info here: finitegroup.co.uk

Finite Group - Highlights Video 2026 Finite Group is a collective of cool maths people who want to have nice conversations about mathematical ideas. Join our community to support and participate in our live monthly-ish video chats, as…

If anyone would like to join our online maths community, it's free to join our Discord chat, and we have paid memberships at £4/mo which get you access to monthly livestreams/recordings of fun 1-hour maths chats! Here's a video showing some clips from recent streams: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CveA...

Registration is now open for this year's Maths Communication Workshops

@steckl.es and @sparksmaths will teach you the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively, sharing their expertise in delivering interactive and engaging sessions

➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/maths...

@robinbougie.bsky.social on Bluesky G is for Geode. And that's good enough for me.

@alisonatkin.bsky.social Just a lil' geode guy bsky.app/profile/robi...

Hank knows pizza. Copilot knows Excel.

@danthat.bsky.social Nobody tell Hank youtu.be/oBqKKy_MTJ0...

Finite Group - Highlights Video 2026 YouTube video by Finite Group

For a while I've been enjoying hanging out and chatting maths with @steckl.es @ayliean.bsky.social @mscroggs.co.uk at the Finite Group.

Find out what happens at a Finite Group livestream - new highlights video f. @katdoesmaths.bsky.social @jamesgrime.com

How to join: finitegroup.co.uk#join

@drlucyrogers.com It's harder to brew it correctly as you can't see how strong it is.

A Tomy Knitting Machine ('Happiness is hours of fun, making pretty things for everyone') in its bright pink box, sitting on a grey chair with a colourful knitted cushion behind it

Me and my favourite (by which I mean 'most portable') knitting machine will be at MathsWorld in London on Tuesday, talking about The Hidden Maths of Knitting. If you're in the area, come along! Tickets: mathsworld.com/events/Knitt...

@mathsjam.bsky.social on Bluesky Manchester have been playing with multilink cubes, and have had a go at the puzzles on the Shout.

@alisonatkin.bsky.social Just a lil' maths guy bsky.app/profile/did:...

Electromagnetic Field Electromagnetic Field is a non-profit UK camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things.

The next batch of tickets for @emfcamp.bsky.social, which I highly recommend as a fun thing to do, go on sale today at 3pm UTC: www.emfcamp.org

The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring.

Say the Prime We're attempting to get a collection of humans to say every digit of the newly-discovered (and currently largest-known prime number) Mersenne prime M136279841, and hope to achieve this before another…

Got some spare time this weekend? Why not visit saytheprime.com and make a short video of yourself saying some digits of the currently largest known prime number, to help contribute to our collaborative prime-saying project?

Pi Representation Competition – Think Maths To celebrate Pi Day (14 March) 2026, the (FREE) Think Maths Pi Representation Competition is back!Challenge your students to represent π in any interesting way that they choose. For example, they…

Still a week left to enter the Think Maths Pi Representation Competition - if you're a teacher, get your students creating a beautiful visualisation or representation of π and win prizes! think-maths.co.uk/pi-comp/

weeder @weeder.bsky.social (sea monster bio) You've probably seen my writhing in The Atlantic 8:41 PM • Feb 19, 2026

SciComm Burrito Manchester Sci-comm burrito is a bimonthly-ish gathering of people who work in science communication, outreach or public engagement in Manchester. We normally meet at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens at around…

#scicommburrito is tonight! Who's coming to Tortilla in Manchester Arndale for a burrito and primo sci-comm networking from 6pm? Details and future dates at scicommburrito.co.uk

BEETLESTONE AWARD NOW OPEN!

This award seeks to recognise someone who has already made or is clearly creating a significant impact in communicating science.

Nominations deadline - midnight, Friday 24th April
Applications deadline - midnight, Friday 1st May

big.uk.com/Beetlestone/

Visit 15 Minute Maths's Shop! I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

Do you, or anyone you know, run activities with school-age students? Looking for some good resources for maths engagement activities, including printables, slides and teacher notes, developed by experienced maths communicators? Head to 15minutemaths.com to pick some up for £2.50!

Finite Group Finite Group is a collective of cool maths people who want to have nice conversations about mathematical ideas.

One week until our next Finite Group livestream - join me and @katdoesmaths.bsky.social for an hour of interesting maths chat by joining our Patreon - just £4 a month, including Discord access and live/recorded streams each month. Details at

This month's #scicommburrito is in one week: on Thursday 19th March we'll be meeting at Tortilla in Manchester Arndale (next to Waterstones, near the market) from 6pm-8pm for a burrito and a science communication catch-up! Hope you can join us - details at scicommburrito.co.uk

Select tickets – Rob Eastaway Public Lecture – Schuster Building, Rutherford Lecture Theatre Rob Eastaway Public Lecture – Schuster Building, Rutherford Lecture Theatre, Thu 12 Mar 2026 - Come and listen to Rob Eastaway, author and maths communicator, talk about 'The Maths of Shakespeare's…

If you're in Manchester and fancy watching an interesting maths talk this Thursday evening, Rob Eastaway is giving a free lecture on Thursday about maths and Shakespeare: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

COLLIDERFEST STAND UP COMEDY NIGHT | Comedy Lounge Hull Come along for an evening where science meets stand-up! This is your chance to enjoy brilliant, nerdy comedy from some of the UK’s best science-inspired performers. Expect laughter, clever…

One week to go until this science comedy night I'm speaking at as part of Hull's Colliderfest - Thursday 12th March, tickets £12: www.comedyloungehull.co.uk/events/colli... colliderfest.co.uk

Photo of my arm lying on a table, showing a plaster over my blood donation site, next to an Orange Club and a cup of drink. There is also a rainbow heart sticker

Mmm, chocolate style flavoured coating approximation (but hopefully my blood is actually real and can help someone!)🩸💉🅾️➖ #65 #GiveBlood #NHSBT

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

Pi Representation Competition – Think Maths To celebrate Pi Day (14 March) 2026, the (FREE) Think Maths Pi Representation Competition is back!Challenge your students to represent π in any interesting way that they choose. For example, they…

Do you work in a school, and want a fun activity to do for π day? Zoe's running the incredible Think Maths Pi Representation Competition again this year, and you can enter for free and with prizes! think-maths.co.uk/pi-comp/

Select tickets – Rob Eastaway Public Lecture – Schuster Building, Rutherford Lecture Theatre Rob Eastaway Public Lecture – Schuster Building, Rutherford Lecture Theatre, Thu 12 Mar 2026 - Come and listen to Rob Eastaway, author and maths communicator, talk about 'The Maths of Shakespeare's…

Rob Eastaway is coming to Manchester on 12th March to give a freepublic lecture as part of MIMUC - details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/unive...

Happy 30th birthday to all Pokemons who like dancing to Enya

the-unflappablewolf Who would you trust more? total stranger in a star trek shirt? 94.5% total stranger in a star wars shirt? 5.5% 99.421 Stimmen • Verbleibende Zeit: 2 Tage 23 Stunden thebaconsandwichofregret No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical.

No but this is entirely correct