Magnus Borgh
@theborgh.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Physics (AMO, quantum fluids), keeper of parrots, lover of films and classical music, and wearer of hats. English & Swedish.
Because it’s a reason to make this Saturday breakfast. 😊🪿🦅
May 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Because it’s a reason to make this Saturday breakfast. 😊🪿🦅
A chiffchaff decided to join me for coffee at the end of a morning trip out to RSPB Strumpshaw Fen this Good Friday morning.
April 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A chiffchaff decided to join me for coffee at the end of a morning trip out to RSPB Strumpshaw Fen this Good Friday morning.
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This feed is so much fun: all pictures, NO ads, and NO algorithms. Real-time streaming #photography people. I'll keep adding folks to this list. DM me if you want to participate. Please repost — I want more @bsky.app folks to see this! ✌️ 📸
November 30, 2024 at 12:17 AM
This feed is so much fun: all pictures, NO ads, and NO algorithms. Real-time streaming #photography people. I'll keep adding folks to this list. DM me if you want to participate. Please repost — I want more @bsky.app folks to see this! ✌️ 📸
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Great thread. It's not for nothing that I called my book on quantum mechanics Beyond Weird. I am not sure I'm winning the battle to stop folks saying QM is weird or spooky (I'm not sure I haven't been guilty of it myself), but I will keep trying.
Today I was asked in an interview about folks who use the weirdness of ✨quantum✨ to hawk pseudoscience junk. I think that kind of grift proliferates because of a big misunderstanding a lot of folks have about quantum mechanics, which is not really their fault!
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January 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Great thread. It's not for nothing that I called my book on quantum mechanics Beyond Weird. I am not sure I'm winning the battle to stop folks saying QM is weird or spooky (I'm not sure I haven't been guilty of it myself), but I will keep trying.
Vanessa is great! Go work with her on cosmic superfluids and pulsar timing!
Post 1 on cosmic superfluidity:
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Post 2 on pulsar timing:
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Post 2 on pulsar timing:
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Astronomy Group
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (24 months)Post Overview:Applications are invited for the post of a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Astronomy Group as part of the initial hiring process for the recently ...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Vanessa is great! Go work with her on cosmic superfluids and pulsar timing!
Min bekant Jakob bjöd runt jul in mig till att delta i ett litet bloggprojekt för att försöka ge lite insider-outsider-perspektiv på Europa för svenska läsare. Själv ska jag av och till försöka skriva några rader om Storbritannien, dess kultur och samhälle. Och läs @jonsson-niedziolka.pl om Polen!
Men framförallt rekommenderar jag att läsa vad de andra skriver; Karin om Frankrike, Rurik om Finland, Jakob om Tyskland och @theborgh.bsky.social om Storbritannien. Och kanske andra också.
open.substack.com/pub/europapa...
open.substack.com/pub/europapa...
Europa på svenska | Heidbrink Jakob | Substack
Berättelser från våra grannländer. Click to read Europa på svenska, by Heidbrink Jakob, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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January 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Min bekant Jakob bjöd runt jul in mig till att delta i ett litet bloggprojekt för att försöka ge lite insider-outsider-perspektiv på Europa för svenska läsare. Själv ska jag av och till försöka skriva några rader om Storbritannien, dess kultur och samhälle. Och läs @jonsson-niedziolka.pl om Polen!
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If anyone ever asks whether string theory has given us anything, tell them "the ArXiv" which has revolutionised access to scientific publishing. pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Joanne Cohn and the email list that led to arXiv
A strong sense of community led an early-career string theorist to share preprints in a scientifically competitive environment.
pubs.aip.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If anyone ever asks whether string theory has given us anything, tell them "the ArXiv" which has revolutionised access to scientific publishing. pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
Oh, me? Just riding off into the sunset.
January 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Oh, me? Just riding off into the sunset.
#NowSpinning, inspired by @loveinner.bsky.social, Neeme Järvi's cycle of Hugo Alfvén's symphonies and rhapsodies, plus some other works including The Mountain King (arguably a symphony in all but name) and the tone poem "Skärgårdssägen" (Legend of the Skerries).
Alfven: Symphonies and Rhapsodies (The)
Hugo Alfvén · Album · 2004 · 36 songs
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January 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#NowSpinning, inspired by @loveinner.bsky.social, Neeme Järvi's cycle of Hugo Alfvén's symphonies and rhapsodies, plus some other works including The Mountain King (arguably a symphony in all but name) and the tone poem "Skärgårdssägen" (Legend of the Skerries).
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Morning. Happy New Year.
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
January 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Morning. Happy New Year.
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
A while ago I ran a series of daily tweets about birdsong. The idea was to encourage people to pay attention to the natural sounds around them, and learn to identify birds from their sounds alone (which, after all, is often the only clue you get to their presence).
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When the quantum revolution happened, top European universities were at the frontiers. But a historic breakthrough came from a physicist far away from the action.
Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, discoverer of Bose statistics, was born OTD in 1894. My article in The Hindu (from last year) ⚛️
Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, discoverer of Bose statistics, was born OTD in 1894. My article in The Hindu (from last year) ⚛️
January 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
When the quantum revolution happened, top European universities were at the frontiers. But a historic breakthrough came from a physicist far away from the action.
Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, discoverer of Bose statistics, was born OTD in 1894. My article in The Hindu (from last year) ⚛️
Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, discoverer of Bose statistics, was born OTD in 1894. My article in The Hindu (from last year) ⚛️
Good morning sky-people! For the first non-holiday day of the year, #A-Haydn-A-Day has reached my (current) favourite Haydn symphony, No. 22 "The Philosopher". Its appeal to me comes in no small measure from it's unusual scoring for cor anglais, horns and strings. Starting with Fischer and the AHHO.
#A-Haydn-A-Day 🎶
Symphony 22 follows the Sonata di Chiesa outline so the opening movement is an "Adagio" - and what a beautiful one it is too!
Another Haydn discovery for me that I suspect will stay in regular rotation on my player once this listening project ends.
#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic
Symphony 22 follows the Sonata di Chiesa outline so the opening movement is an "Adagio" - and what a beautiful one it is too!
Another Haydn discovery for me that I suspect will stay in regular rotation on my player once this listening project ends.
#NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic
January 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Good morning sky-people! For the first non-holiday day of the year, #A-Haydn-A-Day has reached my (current) favourite Haydn symphony, No. 22 "The Philosopher". Its appeal to me comes in no small measure from it's unusual scoring for cor anglais, horns and strings. Starting with Fischer and the AHHO.
Hyvä Suomi!
Also, let’s be clear: From the criteria, ”Level 1” seems to mean meeting the absolute minimum hygiene criteria. I’m not sure the publishers are doing themselves any particular favours by complaining that they should be Level 1.
Also, let’s be clear: From the criteria, ”Level 1” seems to mean meeting the absolute minimum hygiene criteria. I’m not sure the publishers are doing themselves any particular favours by complaining that they should be Level 1.
MDPI: we are a legitimate scientific publisher.
Finland: lol, nope.
Finland: lol, nope.
Finland Publication Forum will downgrade hundreds of Frontiers and MDPI journals
A committee of scholars in Finland has decided to downgrade 271 journals from Frontiers and MDPI in their quality rating system, in a move that may discourage researchers from submitting manuscript…
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December 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Hyvä Suomi!
Also, let’s be clear: From the criteria, ”Level 1” seems to mean meeting the absolute minimum hygiene criteria. I’m not sure the publishers are doing themselves any particular favours by complaining that they should be Level 1.
Also, let’s be clear: From the criteria, ”Level 1” seems to mean meeting the absolute minimum hygiene criteria. I’m not sure the publishers are doing themselves any particular favours by complaining that they should be Level 1.
So it is.
December 25, 2024 at 5:17 PM
So it is.
It has been some year, people, but tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I’ve been slowly curating a list of Christmas songs I actually enjoy. Now is the time to sit back and relax and remember the good in life.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5ey...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5ey...
December 23, 2024 at 7:16 PM
It has been some year, people, but tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I’ve been slowly curating a list of Christmas songs I actually enjoy. Now is the time to sit back and relax and remember the good in life.
open.spotify.com/playlist/5ey...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5ey...
Fourth Sunday of Advent. Traditionally a day devoted to the Virgin Mary – Pulcherrima Rosa.
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December 22, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Fourth Sunday of Advent. Traditionally a day devoted to the Virgin Mary – Pulcherrima Rosa.
youtu.be/PAYzSHwc62o?...
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As darkness falls, rolling the Christmas meat balls to the tunes of renaissance madrigals is a very zen experience.
open.spotify.com/album/3b53Nd...
open.spotify.com/album/3b53Nd...
December 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
As darkness falls, rolling the Christmas meat balls to the tunes of renaissance madrigals is a very zen experience.
open.spotify.com/album/3b53Nd...
open.spotify.com/album/3b53Nd...
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I'll note that unless you awaken at sunrise, this being the shortest day of the year isn't a big deal. What's probably more important to you is when the Sun *sets*, and for most of us at 40°N or so the earliest sunset happened a few weeks ago. So things are already brighter than you thought!
Happy solstice! At 09:20 UTC today the Sun reached the southernmost point in its annual latitudinal motion. From now on the amount of daylight in the northern hemisphere will increase until the June solstice.
December 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I'll note that unless you awaken at sunrise, this being the shortest day of the year isn't a big deal. What's probably more important to you is when the Sun *sets*, and for most of us at 40°N or so the earliest sunset happened a few weeks ago. So things are already brighter than you thought!
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H/T to Crimbo tunes sensei, @andrewmale.bsky.social – can't stop playing this insane cover of Little Drummer Boy by Kenny Burrell.
Sounds like David Axelrod's band for Lou Rawls with Django Reinhardt covering Ravel's Bolero. GET ON IT.
youtu.be/eVi09c2kPlA?...
Sounds like David Axelrod's band for Lou Rawls with Django Reinhardt covering Ravel's Bolero. GET ON IT.
youtu.be/eVi09c2kPlA?...
The Little Drummer Boy
YouTube video by Kenny Burrell - Topic
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December 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM
H/T to Crimbo tunes sensei, @andrewmale.bsky.social – can't stop playing this insane cover of Little Drummer Boy by Kenny Burrell.
Sounds like David Axelrod's band for Lou Rawls with Django Reinhardt covering Ravel's Bolero. GET ON IT.
youtu.be/eVi09c2kPlA?...
Sounds like David Axelrod's band for Lou Rawls with Django Reinhardt covering Ravel's Bolero. GET ON IT.
youtu.be/eVi09c2kPlA?...
This is why I’m a bit concerned about the apparent demise of the traditional library with large, immediately accessible collections of physical books. Of course libraries can, should and must adapt to the times. For many of us, most of our library use is now accessing journals online. (1/3)
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 1:18 PM
This is why I’m a bit concerned about the apparent demise of the traditional library with large, immediately accessible collections of physical books. Of course libraries can, should and must adapt to the times. For many of us, most of our library use is now accessing journals online. (1/3)
All right, settle in, people! Pour yourself a big mug of something hot and comfortable. This what you need to read today. Yes, all of it. No distractions until you get to the end. And remember the Old Knowledge and Skills.
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni...
Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...
December 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
All right, settle in, people! Pour yourself a big mug of something hot and comfortable. This what you need to read today. Yes, all of it. No distractions until you get to the end. And remember the Old Knowledge and Skills.
Auta i lóme! Aurë entuluva!
December 21, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Auta i lóme! Aurë entuluva!
Marika puts words on my own experience here. I first came across op. 132 as a student, is always a place I return to for calm, solace, comfort and hope. It has been a light through the darkest days of my life, but also an expression of gratitude and happiness when life is at its best.
When things are tough, there's always Beethoven's music that feels like seeing weak but unfading light in the thick darkness, music that resembles a direct conversation between a man pleading for strength to overcome & god himself (even if you're an atheist like me).
open.spotify.com/track/7msFme...
open.spotify.com/track/7msFme...
Heiliger Dankgesang from Quartet op. 132
Ludwig van Beethoven, A Far Cry, David Krakauer · Dreams And Prayers · Song · 2014
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December 20, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Marika puts words on my own experience here. I first came across op. 132 as a student, is always a place I return to for calm, solace, comfort and hope. It has been a light through the darkest days of my life, but also an expression of gratitude and happiness when life is at its best.
Pay attention, students! Checking order of magnitude in your answers is not optional.
It's nearly time to reveal my Quote Of The Year 🥳
In preparation, here's last year's one: a corker, from The Guardian 🤣
In preparation, here's last year's one: a corker, from The Guardian 🤣
December 17, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Pay attention, students! Checking order of magnitude in your answers is not optional.