Graeme Smith
@graemesmith.bsky.social
Theorist in Waterloo. Quantum information, quantum computing, science, parenting. https://gsbsmith.ca
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Is there anything better than to have to be somewhere for a meeting and then the meeting is cancelled and it turns out you don't have to go? I think not.
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Is there anything better than to have to be somewhere for a meeting and then the meeting is cancelled and it turns out you don't have to go? I think not.
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Every now and then I see a post and think ‘oh no, you don’t do your thinking with those concepts do you? Those are posting concepts, not thinking concepts’ and I think this tracks a meaningful distinction.
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Every now and then I see a post and think ‘oh no, you don’t do your thinking with those concepts do you? Those are posting concepts, not thinking concepts’ and I think this tracks a meaningful distinction.
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French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigation
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Europe live – latest updates
Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.
“A search is under way by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office, the national police cyber unit and Europol,” the Paris prosecutors’ office said in a post on X on Tuesday, adding that it would no longer be publishing on the network. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
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There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it
The Trump administration is no longer trying to get cash from Harvard as it seeks a settlement. At this point, the White House seems happy to get a signature on anything they can call a compact.
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it
February 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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whatever you do don’t ask their age
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 AM
whatever you do don’t ask their age
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I have never in my life been more confident in a product prediction than I am that Optimus robots will be a huge flop and I remember the NFT craze
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I have never in my life been more confident in a product prediction than I am that Optimus robots will be a huge flop and I remember the NFT craze
By connecting broadband detection directly to the integrated quantum Fisher information (see our previous work: journals.aps.org/prapplied/ab...), we give a geometric explanation of the lower bound.
Opportunities and Limitations in Broadband Sensing
Detecting a signal at an unknown frequency is a common task, arising in settings from dark-matter detection to magnetometry. For any detection protocol, the precision achieved depends on the frequency...
journals.aps.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
By connecting broadband detection directly to the integrated quantum Fisher information (see our previous work: journals.aps.org/prapplied/ab...), we give a geometric explanation of the lower bound.
New paper with Anthony Polloreno! We show that the Grover-like lower bound for broadband sensing is actually the familiar metrological fisher information constraint! We also find it can be saturated with a simple randomized SSH Hamiltonian---no QC needed! scirate.com/arxiv/2601.1...
Opportunities and Limitations in Broadband Sensing
Detecting a signal at an unknown frequency is a common task, arising in settings from dark-matter detection to magnetometry. For any detection protocol, the precision achieved depends on the frequency...
journals.aps.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
New paper with Anthony Polloreno! We show that the Grover-like lower bound for broadband sensing is actually the familiar metrological fisher information constraint! We also find it can be saturated with a simple randomized SSH Hamiltonian---no QC needed! scirate.com/arxiv/2601.1...
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Your father is choking your brother. What do you do?
Well, if your father is choking your brother, it is necessary to stop your father. You'd probably stop trusting somebody who said it wasn't necessary; anyway, I'd hope so.
There are a lot of ways to stop your father.
Well, if your father is choking your brother, it is necessary to stop your father. You'd probably stop trusting somebody who said it wasn't necessary; anyway, I'd hope so.
There are a lot of ways to stop your father.
January 28, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Your father is choking your brother. What do you do?
Well, if your father is choking your brother, it is necessary to stop your father. You'd probably stop trusting somebody who said it wasn't necessary; anyway, I'd hope so.
There are a lot of ways to stop your father.
Well, if your father is choking your brother, it is necessary to stop your father. You'd probably stop trusting somebody who said it wasn't necessary; anyway, I'd hope so.
There are a lot of ways to stop your father.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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By my friend, the amazing cartoonist @mikedawson.bsky.social
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
By my friend, the amazing cartoonist @mikedawson.bsky.social
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
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A lot of faculty nearly died, so UW reconsidered the policy. And all it took was a historic storm!
(48 years ago today, I think)
(48 years ago today, I think)
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
A lot of faculty nearly died, so UW reconsidered the policy. And all it took was a historic storm!
(48 years ago today, I think)
(48 years ago today, I think)
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My apologies to everyone who has heard this story before.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
My apologies to everyone who has heard this story before.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
The university @uwaterloo.ca is closed for a snow day today!
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The university @uwaterloo.ca is closed for a snow day today!
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
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I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
fuck. off.
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
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Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
it’s not eccentric it’s normal
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 AM
it’s not eccentric it’s normal
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Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.
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ⓘThis user is British
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ⓘThis user is British
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Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it
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Tenure-track faculty position in quantum info at Perimeter Institute.
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Tenure-track faculty position in quantum info at Perimeter Institute.