Jeffrey Tate
@hyp3rgr4ph.bsky.social
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. Research in Plasma Physics, Photonics, Data Science, Quantum Mechanics. IEEE Life Member. Interests: No Mans Sky, Gaming, Art, Music, Anime 📡🎧🛸🖼️🎮
www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-tate-ph-d-02183930
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Very shortsighted. Obeying in advance. Truly unfortunate.
Admission to Africana studies, Asian studies, data analytics, disability studies, Middle East studies, philosophy, religious studies, Spanish and women’s and gender studies programs has been suspended starting with the 2025-26 school year “in compliance with SB1."
19thnews.org/2025/04/univ...
19thnews.org/2025/04/univ...
University suspends nine gender, disability and ethnicity majors under new Ohio law
The law, set to take effect this summer, bans diversity efforts and regulates classroom discussion.
19thnews.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Very shortsighted. Obeying in advance. Truly unfortunate.
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This so directly out of the Nazi playbook. The very obvious plan is to get rid of the independent accreditors and put all universities under jurisdiction of the federal government. This is how Hitler took over German academia and made it a wing of his party.
They're going after the accreditation of universities and threatening to revoke the ability of accreditors if they don't crack down on DEI and LGBTQ people in academia.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This so directly out of the Nazi playbook. The very obvious plan is to get rid of the independent accreditors and put all universities under jurisdiction of the federal government. This is how Hitler took over German academia and made it a wing of his party.
This.
disparate impact might be the closest legal acknowledgement of structural racism we have. so, of course they're going to attack it because denying structural racism is at the core of colorblindness, white innocence, victimhood, and nostalgia, racism, resegregation, and whitewashing history
April 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This.
This is what happens when folks think the Heritage Foundation is just playing at things. I wouldn’t be surprised if a future EO doesn’t enshrine slavery in flowery language. Seems like that is where we’re headed.
One of the wilder political things in recent history is that Project 2025 publicly released a 900 page document laying out their plans to roll back 100 years of human progress and then during the campaign Republicans just said "no we're not :)" and then they won and now they're doing it all.
April 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This is what happens when folks think the Heritage Foundation is just playing at things. I wouldn’t be surprised if a future EO doesn’t enshrine slavery in flowery language. Seems like that is where we’re headed.
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Abnormal versions of synchronization patterns known as “Arnold’s tongues” have been observed in a femtosecond fibre laser that generates oscillating light pulses. So what's an Arnold tongue, what does it usually look like and why does the new result matter? 🧵(1/n)
🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/abnormal-a...
🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/abnormal-a...
Abnormal 'Arnold's tongue' patterns appear in a real oscillating system – Physics World
Ultrafast laser sheds new light on complex synchronization phenomena
physicsworld.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Abnormal versions of synchronization patterns known as “Arnold’s tongues” have been observed in a femtosecond fibre laser that generates oscillating light pulses. So what's an Arnold tongue, what does it usually look like and why does the new result matter? 🧵(1/n)
🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/abnormal-a...
🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/abnormal-a...
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Third party assholes have been fucking this country for decades.
Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality.
Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.
Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.
April 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Third party assholes have been fucking this country for decades.
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
Thread.
Neil deGrasse Tyson went on Rogan which is a huge bummer but the good news is that there are lots of cool Black 🔭 #scicomm out there and @blackinastro.bsky.social even made a starter pack! 🧪https://go.bsky.app/6nFQdRC
April 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thread.
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Galileo claimed that “mathematics is the language in which the book of nature is written”, and no more is this apparent than in quantum field theory. | iai.tv/articles/is-...
But Timothy Nguyen argues that predictive success along is not enough for a fundamental theory of reality.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
But Timothy Nguyen argues that predictive success along is not enough for a fundamental theory of reality.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
Quantum fields, mathematics and the search for rigour | Timothy Nguyen
Galileo claimed that “mathematics is the language in which the book of nature is written” and no more is this apparent than in our most successful theory of nature, quantum field theory. As the…
iai.tv
April 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Galileo claimed that “mathematics is the language in which the book of nature is written”, and no more is this apparent than in quantum field theory. | iai.tv/articles/is-...
But Timothy Nguyen argues that predictive success along is not enough for a fundamental theory of reality.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
But Timothy Nguyen argues that predictive success along is not enough for a fundamental theory of reality.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
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📣 OPN's May issue is now live 📣
The latest issue has stories about topological light waves, squeezed light, the history of laser research funding and so much more!
Check it out: bit.ly/3YEOHBq 💡🧪⚛️
The latest issue has stories about topological light waves, squeezed light, the history of laser research funding and so much more!
Check it out: bit.ly/3YEOHBq 💡🧪⚛️
April 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📣 OPN's May issue is now live 📣
The latest issue has stories about topological light waves, squeezed light, the history of laser research funding and so much more!
Check it out: bit.ly/3YEOHBq 💡🧪⚛️
The latest issue has stories about topological light waves, squeezed light, the history of laser research funding and so much more!
Check it out: bit.ly/3YEOHBq 💡🧪⚛️
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Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.
April 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.
Good question.
My question to Americans: How does it feel to be on the same side as Russia and North Korea at the UN? Does it feel like you're heading in the right direction?
February 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Good question.
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“If we only teach what makes people feel good, we aren’t teaching the full truth. The history of this country includes painful and unjust moments. It’s our responsibility to make sure students learn from that.”
wordinblack.com/2025/02/eras...
wordinblack.com/2025/02/eras...
Erasing Black History? These Unions Say Not on Their Watch
The heads of the Florida Education Association and Georgia Federation of Teachers talk advocating for kids and fighting censorship.
wordinblack.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“If we only teach what makes people feel good, we aren’t teaching the full truth. The history of this country includes painful and unjust moments. It’s our responsibility to make sure students learn from that.”
wordinblack.com/2025/02/eras...
wordinblack.com/2025/02/eras...
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Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!
a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background
ALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!
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“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” — Angela Davis
(Happy Birthday, Professor Davis!)
(Happy Birthday, Professor Davis!)
January 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” — Angela Davis
(Happy Birthday, Professor Davis!)
(Happy Birthday, Professor Davis!)
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Increasingly desperate hypotheticals to spin a use case for the tech they've invested tens of billions of dollars in that no one seems to actually want outside of some (relatively) niche use cases
what a grim and honestly unimaginative idea of what the future could hold www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
January 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Increasingly desperate hypotheticals to spin a use case for the tech they've invested tens of billions of dollars in that no one seems to actually want outside of some (relatively) niche use cases
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Physicist Polykarp Kusch was born #OTD in 1911. His measurements of the magnetic moment of the electron revealed that its value disagrees with naive predictions by a tiny amount — about 0.1%.
Quantum Electrodynamics offers a marvelous explanation of this minuscule discrepancy. 🧪 ⚛️
Image: AIP
Quantum Electrodynamics offers a marvelous explanation of this minuscule discrepancy. 🧪 ⚛️
Image: AIP
January 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Physicist Polykarp Kusch was born #OTD in 1911. His measurements of the magnetic moment of the electron revealed that its value disagrees with naive predictions by a tiny amount — about 0.1%.
Quantum Electrodynamics offers a marvelous explanation of this minuscule discrepancy. 🧪 ⚛️
Image: AIP
Quantum Electrodynamics offers a marvelous explanation of this minuscule discrepancy. 🧪 ⚛️
Image: AIP
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Maths locations - I'll start... #UKMathsChat #iTeachMath
January 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Maths locations - I'll start... #UKMathsChat #iTeachMath
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the findings are fascinating, but it's also a masterclass of thread explaining a new paper 💯
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
the findings are fascinating, but it's also a masterclass of thread explaining a new paper 💯
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If you have a professor/teacher who impacted you in a positive way, send them a short email and let them know and tell them what you’re doing these days.
Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.
Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.
January 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you have a professor/teacher who impacted you in a positive way, send them a short email and let them know and tell them what you’re doing these days.
Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.
Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.
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Watching Run Lola Run in 4k
January 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Watching Run Lola Run in 4k
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Mark, with all due respect. Sit down and visit with some folks who are intimately familiar with the NIH, the scientific process, how grants are handled and funded.
The NIH is not a business. There are no shareholders. There is no mandate for profit. This is not a business model and should not be.
The NIH is not a business. There are no shareholders. There is no mandate for profit. This is not a business model and should not be.
Trump is doing what you do after you acquire a company. Crazy I know. But reality. The Dir of NIH should reach out to DOGE and offer to bring them in to remove inefficiencies.
There are always some and the Director know what they are.
DOGE gets a win. NIH gets back to work.
There are always some and the Director know what they are.
DOGE gets a win. NIH gets back to work.
Hi Mark, how do you feel about cancer research being canceled.
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mark, with all due respect. Sit down and visit with some folks who are intimately familiar with the NIH, the scientific process, how grants are handled and funded.
The NIH is not a business. There are no shareholders. There is no mandate for profit. This is not a business model and should not be.
The NIH is not a business. There are no shareholders. There is no mandate for profit. This is not a business model and should not be.
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January 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM