Muthu A
@tamilthought.bsky.social
Software Engineer, AI/ML Compilers, தமிழ், Quantum & Nonlinear Optics, Dad, Husband, SF Bay Area. Consulting https://calendly.com/photonique/muthu-annamalai-ph-d-consulting
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.
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What a great idea!
Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What a great idea!
David Wineland, Nobel laureate, and active professor at Univ of Oregon at the #FiOLS25. He gave a great talk covering the origins of physical realization of quantum gates (leading to his eventual Nobel prize which he didn't talk about) very self effacing and humor filled presentation #quantum #Denve
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
David Wineland, Nobel laureate, and active professor at Univ of Oregon at the #FiOLS25. He gave a great talk covering the origins of physical realization of quantum gates (leading to his eventual Nobel prize which he didn't talk about) very self effacing and humor filled presentation #quantum #Denve
Another sad obituary is passing of Optica Ambassador and Yale school of Medicine postdoc Dr. Atrouli Chatterjee medicine.yale.edu/news-article... #FiOLS25
Remembering Dr. Atrouli Chatterjee
It is with profound sadness that we mourn the recent passing of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Atrouli Chatterjee. A brilliant postdoctoral associate in the
medicine.yale.edu
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Another sad obituary is passing of Optica Ambassador and Yale school of Medicine postdoc Dr. Atrouli Chatterjee medicine.yale.edu/news-article... #FiOLS25
Saddened to learn photonic crystal pioneer Prof. John Johnopolous from MIT passed away in the last year. #FiOLS25 #Denver 🧪
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October 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Saddened to learn photonic crystal pioneer Prof. John Johnopolous from MIT passed away in the last year. #FiOLS25 #Denver 🧪
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Shape the future of light: PhD opportunity in photonics in the Huisken lab. Apply through the Max Planck School of Photonics. Deadline 1 Dec 2025. Excellent research network. photonics.maxplanckschools.org/apply-now
Apply Now! Max Planck School of Photonics
photonics.maxplanckschools.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shape the future of light: PhD opportunity in photonics in the Huisken lab. Apply through the Max Planck School of Photonics. Deadline 1 Dec 2025. Excellent research network. photonics.maxplanckschools.org/apply-now
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#USYD’s Prof Benjamin Eggleton (PVC Research) hosted a visit by Stanford’s Prof Shanhui Fan to Research & Prototype Foundry, a #USYD Core Research Facility.
Lots of inspiring discussions about the cutting edge of photonics.
Thank you @profbeneggleton.bsky.social
@stanford.edu @sydney.edu.au
Lots of inspiring discussions about the cutting edge of photonics.
Thank you @profbeneggleton.bsky.social
@stanford.edu @sydney.edu.au
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#USYD’s Prof Benjamin Eggleton (PVC Research) hosted a visit by Stanford’s Prof Shanhui Fan to Research & Prototype Foundry, a #USYD Core Research Facility.
Lots of inspiring discussions about the cutting edge of photonics.
Thank you @profbeneggleton.bsky.social
@stanford.edu @sydney.edu.au
Lots of inspiring discussions about the cutting edge of photonics.
Thank you @profbeneggleton.bsky.social
@stanford.edu @sydney.edu.au
Evening Social hosted by Optical society at Denver Art Museum - quite a collection but didn't think I'd meet with Van Goh ... #frontiersinoptics
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Evening Social hosted by Optical society at Denver Art Museum - quite a collection but didn't think I'd meet with Van Goh ... #frontiersinoptics
Boulder, CO seems like a hotspot for Quantum Computing hardware with pedigree of CU, NIST Boulder, and companies like Quantinuum and Atom Computing (startups with war chest funding...) #FiOLS25 #frontiersinoptics #Denver
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Boulder, CO seems like a hotspot for Quantum Computing hardware with pedigree of CU, NIST Boulder, and companies like Quantinuum and Atom Computing (startups with war chest funding...) #FiOLS25 #frontiersinoptics #Denver
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Get ready! 😎
Experts like Nobel Laureate David Wineland, MIT's Wolfe Professor of Physics Vladan Vuletić & Mete Atatüre, head of the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, are coming to #FiO25.
Want to hear the latest in quantum, #MachineLearning & more? We do. https://bit.ly/4nleaK7 💡
Experts like Nobel Laureate David Wineland, MIT's Wolfe Professor of Physics Vladan Vuletić & Mete Atatüre, head of the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, are coming to #FiO25.
Want to hear the latest in quantum, #MachineLearning & more? We do. https://bit.ly/4nleaK7 💡
September 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Get ready! 😎
Experts like Nobel Laureate David Wineland, MIT's Wolfe Professor of Physics Vladan Vuletić & Mete Atatüre, head of the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, are coming to #FiO25.
Want to hear the latest in quantum, #MachineLearning & more? We do. https://bit.ly/4nleaK7 💡
Experts like Nobel Laureate David Wineland, MIT's Wolfe Professor of Physics Vladan Vuletić & Mete Atatüre, head of the University of Cambridge's Department of Physics, are coming to #FiO25.
Want to hear the latest in quantum, #MachineLearning & more? We do. https://bit.ly/4nleaK7 💡
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Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
Frontiers in Optics FiOLS25 tracks on Quantum Networks and progress made in recent years are amazing and speakers are outstanding on Monday program @optica.org #Denver 🧪
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Frontiers in Optics FiOLS25 tracks on Quantum Networks and progress made in recent years are amazing and speakers are outstanding on Monday program @optica.org #Denver 🧪
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
I'll be at the FiO LS 2025 conference in Denver, CO this weekend through mid-week next week to show off my latest paper on tricks to computing Zernike Polynomials; happy to chat about improving process flow management in your wafer fab / device lab using panmo.cloud #Conference #Optica #DOE 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'll be at the FiO LS 2025 conference in Denver, CO this weekend through mid-week next week to show off my latest paper on tricks to computing Zernike Polynomials; happy to chat about improving process flow management in your wafer fab / device lab using panmo.cloud #Conference #Optica #DOE 🧪
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“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
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I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.
There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.
There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
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Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
October 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations to all the runners today at the Chicago Marathon!
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.
I hope you’re taking a moment after crossing the finish line and enjoying all that the best big city in the nation has to offer.