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Katie Steckles

@stecks

Mathematician, robot fan, auntie and unstoppable thingdoer from Manchester, she/her. Much more likely to post on @[email protected] finitegroup.co.uk

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Do you know anyone who teaches maths, or runs activities with young people and would like more ideas for running mathematical ones? Check out our webshop at 15minutemaths.com where you can buy PDFs of maths activities taking 15 minutes (or stack them into 1-hour sessions).

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Tomorrow is #scicommburrito from 6.30pm at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens! Join us for science communication chat and Mexican cuisine! More info at scicommburrito.co.uk

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I'm still part of the Finite Group, an ephemeral cloud of mathematicians with a free Discord community and monthly livestreams with interesting people about fun bits of maths. Our next livestream is Tuesday 29th April, and I'll be on it! Find out more at finitegroup.co.uk

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Do you like saying integers aloud? We're still going with our collaborative online project to get people to say digits of the most recent Mersenne prime, in the hope we can say all 41 million digits before someone discovers a new largest prime! Details at saytheprime.com

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Do you know anyone who likes maths and might enjoy watching monthly livestreams of people chatting about interesting maths? You can buy a gift membership to our Finite Group community to give someone livestream access for a number of months of your choice! patreon.com/FiniteGroup/gi…

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Inspire your Y7 -10 students this June and July with Summer Celebration: Mathematical Surprises, a virtual show with Zoe Griffiths. Interactive Zoom show at specific times, or watch a recorded version at any time. More at: think-maths.co.uk/summer-celebra…

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FYI: I'm part of the Finite Group, a friendly bunch of mathematicians with a free Discord community and monthly livestreams about cool bits of maths. Our next is 23rd May, when I'll be chatting with Ayliean about maths & Rubik's cubes! Join us at finitegroup.co.uk

FYI: I'm part of the Finite Group, a friendly bunch of mathematicians with a free Discord community and monthly livestreams about cool bits of maths. Our next is 23rd May, when I'll be chatting with Ayliean about maths & Rubik's cubes! Join us at finitegroup.co.uk
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Ooh, my next episode of @Lateralcast is out - visit lateralcast.com to hear me trying to work things out using my brain, alongside some other cool people!

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Do you have a spare 3-4 minutes to be part of a daft online thing? We're collecting YouTube videos of people saying digits of the newly discovered Mersenne prime - and we'll keep going until we've got them all (or they find another one). Find out more at saytheprime.com

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Do you, or anyone you know, want to improve your maths communication skills? Me and Ben Sparks are running our one-day maths comm training course, in Edinburgh on 11th June and online on 24th June, and tickets are just £15. More info and sign up here: ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathema…

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The next #scicommburrito in Manchester will be on Monday 2nd June - we'll be meeting at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens from 6.30pm, and having a burrito and chatting about science communication! You're welcome to join us - for more details visit scicommburrito.co.uk

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Did you know that I've got an online shop of fun maths activity resources? Me and Alison Kiddle are sharing our favourite 15-minute maths activities as printable resources (including slides, presenter notes and equipment lists) at 15minutemaths.com

Did you know that I've got an online shop of fun maths activity resources? Me and Alison Kiddle are sharing our favourite 15-minute maths activities as printable resources (including slides, presenter notes and equipment lists) at 15minutemaths.com
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#SciCommBurrito is tonight! Join us from 6.30pm at Barburrito on Piccadilly Gardens to meet other science communicators who also like to eat burritos! Who's coming?

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I'm part of the Finite Group, a free Discord community for maths people, with the option of monthly livestreams about maths. Our next livestream is on Weds 25th June, and we'll be joined by special maths pal guest James Grime! Find out more and join at finitegroup.co.uk

I'm part of the Finite Group, a free Discord community for maths people, with the option of monthly livestreams about maths. Our next livestream is on Weds 25th June, and we'll be joined by special maths pal guest James Grime! Find out more and join at finitegroup.co.uk
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There are still spaces available on this all-day maths comm training course I'm running with Ben Sparks next week in Edinburgh - join us for just £15 to pick up tips on speaking & presenting, hands-on maths activities, storytelling & other useful skills: ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathema…

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I'll be speaking at the Innovation and Creativity in Teaching Mathematics conference this month, organised by the wonderful FMSPW - join us on 11th July at Cardiff University: furthermaths.wales/icmt-2025/

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In case you missed it: I'm part of the Finite Group, a connected graph of mathematicians with a free Discord community and regular monthly livestreams with great people about cool bits of maths. Our next livestream is tomorrow! Find out more and join at finitegroup.co.uk

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According to mersenne.org, the 49th Mersenne prime (found in 2016) has now had all the numbers between it and the one below checked and confirmed non-prime. Why not visit saytheprime.com to recite some of the 52nd Mersenne prime, before the computers catch up?