Arun Mannodi Kanakkithodi
@mannodiarun.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Purdue. Computational materials scientist. I would write so many more proposals and papers if I didn't waste so much time watching sports.
Sometimes good things happen
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Sometimes good things happen
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AP calls it for Mamdani!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
AP calls it for Mamdani!!!
I’m in Mexico for work and pleasure.
August 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’m in Mexico for work and pleasure.
Jesus Christ. If you're not constantly speaking out against this, you are part of the problem.
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ICE releases Purdue student after five days detained
Yeonsoo Go, a rising sophomore at Purdue University, was released Monday after getting detained by ICE for five days. This news comes after many friends and family rallied together in support of her r...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Jesus Christ. If you're not constantly speaking out against this, you are part of the problem.
www.purdueexponent.org/campus/gener...
www.purdueexponent.org/campus/gener...
Spent a few days in Santa Fe, NM, at the LANL-Purdue AI/ML workshop. Always love being in New Mexico as I can throw in a few quick hikes.
July 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Spent a few days in Santa Fe, NM, at the LANL-Purdue AI/ML workshop. Always love being in New Mexico as I can throw in a few quick hikes.
RIP. One of my all time favs.
July 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
RIP. One of my all time favs.
This is an absolutely lovely read.
At the newsletter: I tried to avoid having any feelings about this year by getting a dog. He's a good dog. It's a bad year: jude-doyle.ghost.io/living-with-...
Living With the Black Dog
On a dog that is afraid of everything, and a year when everything is scary.
jude-doyle.ghost.io
July 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is an absolutely lovely read.
Attending the NIST AIMS workshop in Rockville, MD. I gave a talk on my group’s DFT-ML work.
www.nist.gov/news-events/... Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop | NIST
www.nist.gov/news-events/... Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop | NIST
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Attending the NIST AIMS workshop in Rockville, MD. I gave a talk on my group’s DFT-ML work.
www.nist.gov/news-events/... Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop | NIST
www.nist.gov/news-events/... Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop | NIST
I long for the good old days of a few years ago when this insane sentence would not have existed
xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:
Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed to be 'politically incorrect'
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July 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I long for the good old days of a few years ago when this insane sentence would not have existed
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
Sometimes, very occasionally, things are good!
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Sometimes, very occasionally, things are good!
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NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
June 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.
Curated collection of computational materials science papers featuring one of my recent review articles: iopscience.iop.org/journal/2515...
Computational Materials Science - Journal of Physics: Materials - IOPscienceSearch
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June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Curated collection of computational materials science papers featuring one of my recent review articles: iopscience.iop.org/journal/2515...
Indiana Pacers absolutely running riot here. If only they had held on to their lead in game 4!
June 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Indiana Pacers absolutely running riot here. If only they had held on to their lead in game 4!
Breaking bonds, breaking ground: Advancing the accuracy of computational chemistry with deep learning www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
Using deep learning to increase the accuracy of computational chemistry and density functional theory
Microsoft researchers achieved a breakthrough in the accuracy of DFT, a method for predicting the properties of molecules and materials, by using deep learning. This work can lead to better batteries,...
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June 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Breaking bonds, breaking ground: Advancing the accuracy of computational chemistry with deep learning www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/g... Big turnout at Lafayette ‘No Kings’ protest, stays peaceful | City & State | purdueexponent.org
Big turnout at Lafayette ‘No Kings’ protest, stays peaceful
Several thousand people showed up at Tapawingo Park as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests. The event went on Saturday morning without a hitch as the crowd protested actions by President Donald...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/g... Big turnout at Lafayette ‘No Kings’ protest, stays peaceful | City & State | purdueexponent.org
Feel bad about visiting two weeks ago and adding to this chaos…
www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/s... Louvre shuts its doors, overwhelmed and understaffed – a warning sign for global overtourism | CNN
www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/s... Louvre shuts its doors, overwhelmed and understaffed – a warning sign for global overtourism | CNN
Overwhelmed and understaffed, the Louvre shuts its doors – a warning sign for global overtourism | CNN
The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institu...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Feel bad about visiting two weeks ago and adding to this chaos…
www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/s... Louvre shuts its doors, overwhelmed and understaffed – a warning sign for global overtourism | CNN
www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/s... Louvre shuts its doors, overwhelmed and understaffed – a warning sign for global overtourism | CNN
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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Beautiful scenes from Lafayette, Indiana- absolutely massive protest against the fascist republicans, against ICE, against transphobia, against attacks on science, against funding war and genocide. No kings, no tyrants.
June 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Beautiful scenes from Lafayette, Indiana- absolutely massive protest against the fascist republicans, against ICE, against transphobia, against attacks on science, against funding war and genocide. No kings, no tyrants.
RIP to one of the greats.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82 | Brian Wilson | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82 | Brian Wilson | The Guardian
Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
RIP to one of the greats.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82 | Brian Wilson | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82 | Brian Wilson | The Guardian
Love being in a new country and learning a new word
June 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Love being in a new country and learning a new word