Kenny Higginbotham
@qgkenny.bsky.social
Postdoc at Perimeter Institute • Using HEP theory and quantum info to understand quantum gravity • BS: Georgia Tech • PhD: CU Boulder
So long CU! Thanks for the wonderful adventures 🦬
July 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So long CU! Thanks for the wonderful adventures 🦬
Baby’s first single-author paper!
...or is it? Turns out testing for baby universes in your AdS bulk is trickier than expected.
Check it out:
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05337
...or is it? Turns out testing for baby universes in your AdS bulk is trickier than expected.
Check it out:
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05337
July 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Baby’s first single-author paper!
...or is it? Turns out testing for baby universes in your AdS bulk is trickier than expected.
Check it out:
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05337
...or is it? Turns out testing for baby universes in your AdS bulk is trickier than expected.
Check it out:
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05337
My 7th grade biology teacher once lit germ-x on fire to demonstrate that it was “alive” based on our textbook’s definition.
Needless to say, the demo really stuck with me!
Needless to say, the demo really stuck with me!
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
We do not actually have a consistent, agreed-upon definition for what, specifically, differentiates living systems from non-living ones. For every category rule you can think of, there's seemingly an exception.
We do not actually have a consistent, agreed-upon definition for what, specifically, differentiates living systems from non-living ones. For every category rule you can think of, there's seemingly an exception.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Almost all of the bugs and problems and breakage in the software you use is known to the engineers, we just aren't allowed to fix it. Gotta ship new features.
Almost all of the bugs and problems and breakage in the software you use is known to the engineers, we just aren't allowed to fix it. Gotta ship new features.
June 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My 7th grade biology teacher once lit germ-x on fire to demonstrate that it was “alive” based on our textbook’s definition.
Needless to say, the demo really stuck with me!
Needless to say, the demo really stuck with me!
The summer after graduation is the perfect time to finally organize my Overleaf projects. Feels so good!
June 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The summer after graduation is the perfect time to finally organize my Overleaf projects. Feels so good!
I learned so much from the international students I studied alongside at Georgia Tech and CU Boulder. They made me a better physicist — and a better citizen of the world.
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Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students
International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I learned so much from the international students I studied alongside at Georgia Tech and CU Boulder. They made me a better physicist — and a better citizen of the world.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Discovered a new isometry last week!
V = U ( 𝟙 ⊗ |PhD〉)
V = U ( 𝟙 ⊗ |PhD〉)
May 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Discovered a new isometry last week!
V = U ( 𝟙 ⊗ |PhD〉)
V = U ( 𝟙 ⊗ |PhD〉)
Reposted by Kenny Higginbotham
a massage isn’t enough I need to be spaghettified by a black hole
May 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
a massage isn’t enough I need to be spaghettified by a black hole
Does that mean the walls are CFTs??
April 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Does that mean the walls are CFTs??
Delayed post, but I passed my defense on Tuesday!! So thankful to all who helped make this dream a reality
April 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Delayed post, but I passed my defense on Tuesday!! So thankful to all who helped make this dream a reality
Thank you @booker.senate.gov. Truly inspiring!
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thank you @booker.senate.gov. Truly inspiring!
Sad that I wasn't able to join, but so good to see Coloradans showing up. Thanks @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov for making a few stops in colorful CO!
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sad that I wasn't able to join, but so good to see Coloradans showing up. Thanks @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov for making a few stops in colorful CO!
Thesis submitted to committee ✅
Doctoral final examination form submitted ✅
Defense announcement form submitted ✅
T-18 days till defense!
Doctoral final examination form submitted ✅
Defense announcement form submitted ✅
T-18 days till defense!
Applied for graduation ✅
Scheduled defense ✅
Reserved room ✅
April 8th, here we come!
Scheduled defense ✅
Reserved room ✅
April 8th, here we come!
March 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thesis submitted to committee ✅
Doctoral final examination form submitted ✅
Defense announcement form submitted ✅
T-18 days till defense!
Doctoral final examination form submitted ✅
Defense announcement form submitted ✅
T-18 days till defense!
And it's live! arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09681
What's our role as observers in the universe? We discuss how observers might be included in holographic codes. A 🧵... (1/9)
What's our role as observers in the universe? We discuss how observers might be included in holographic codes. A 🧵... (1/9)
March 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
And it's live! arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09681
What's our role as observers in the universe? We discuss how observers might be included in holographic codes. A 🧵... (1/9)
What's our role as observers in the universe? We discuss how observers might be included in holographic codes. A 🧵... (1/9)
Coming tomorrow to an arXiv listing near you!
March 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Coming tomorrow to an arXiv listing near you!
Bummer! I used TeX for Gmail all the time. Any suggestions for an alternative?
March 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bummer! I used TeX for Gmail all the time. Any suggestions for an alternative?
This one hits close to home. My first exposure to research was at the LSU REU program in the summer of 2016. I learned so many skills I still use today - Python, Mathematica, and the basics of how to do research - and published my first paper as a result. Truly a loss for our young scientists
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
Cancellation megathread
www.reddit.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This one hits close to home. My first exposure to research was at the LSU REU program in the summer of 2016. I learned so many skills I still use today - Python, Mathematica, and the basics of how to do research - and published my first paper as a result. Truly a loss for our young scientists
Me when I code (no matter how many comments I leave myself!)
Museum work is being frustrated that the instructions left for me are not detailed enough; and the person who wrote those instructions was me, four months ago.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Me when I code (no matter how many comments I leave myself!)
That’s my Representative!
Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics
February 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
That’s my Representative!
Applied for graduation ✅
Scheduled defense ✅
Reserved room ✅
April 8th, here we come!
Scheduled defense ✅
Reserved room ✅
April 8th, here we come!
February 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Applied for graduation ✅
Scheduled defense ✅
Reserved room ✅
April 8th, here we come!
Scheduled defense ✅
Reserved room ✅
April 8th, here we come!
When you get assigned hot pink in the new shared Overleaf document...
February 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
When you get assigned hot pink in the new shared Overleaf document...
Reposted by Kenny Higginbotham
Preparing my 2025 Day of Light outreach lectures, I bought a glass sphere and made a rainbow. But I saw some odd things, and so here’s a thread with some photos and raytracing pictures. There may well be mistakes so tell me and I'll fix them. First the basic setup showing the primary bow.
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Preparing my 2025 Day of Light outreach lectures, I bought a glass sphere and made a rainbow. But I saw some odd things, and so here’s a thread with some photos and raytracing pictures. There may well be mistakes so tell me and I'll fix them. First the basic setup showing the primary bow.
Let the thesis writing begin!
February 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let the thesis writing begin!
Very well said. Also loved the shoutout to @staceyabrams.com’s Assembly Required podcast. Another great resource!
I wrote up some thoughts on how DEI is a deep part of the experiment of America, how we have become divided, and what I'm going to do about it.
I'm no expert, but I have thoughts.
#dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky
danny.hellmo.space/posts/our-di...
I'm no expert, but I have thoughts.
#dei #edusky #physicssky #astrosky
danny.hellmo.space/posts/our-di...
our division has been engineered; what do we do about it?
I am going to start this post by some massive caveats. I am not an expert in political science; I’m not a communications expert; I’m not a historian. Frankly, I’m barely a physicist. 😂
But, I have wor...
danny.hellmo.space
January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Very well said. Also loved the shoutout to @staceyabrams.com’s Assembly Required podcast. Another great resource!
Nothing like a good Lego date night. Y’all take care of yourselves out there 🌹
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Nothing like a good Lego date night. Y’all take care of yourselves out there 🌹