Math Avenger

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Cover of the book Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. It is a red background with a blue-grey square in the middle that resembles a window. A yellow circle is peeking through the upper-right corner of the square.
A chart titled "Young voters swing against Trump" showing the change in Trump's net approval between fall and spring polls by the Yale Youth Poll. Young voters have the lowest net approval of Trump while voters 45-64 (and men over 65) have the highest net approval. The biggest changes between the fall and spring polls are among women 18-22, men 30-24 women 35-44 who have dropped their net approval and among men 35-44 and men 45-64 who have increased their approval.
A stacked bar chart showing trends in University of California per student average expenditures for education by source. It shows that State General Funds have been flat at roughly $10,000 per student from 2010-11 to 2023-24. During that period UC General Funds increased in 2017-18 but have been generally constant around $3,000. Tuition and fees have increased from $6,370 in 2010-11 to $7,230 in 2023-24.
A line chart showing General Fund spending per student at the University of California and California State University from the 1980s to the 2010s. Per capita spending has dropped from over $20,000 to just over $10,000 for UC and from over $10,000 to under $7,000 at CSU. Source is from the California Budget Project report "From State to Student."
A image from the Malta Book Festival promoting "An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer" for an interview and book signing.