Abbas K. Rizi
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Abbas K. Rizi
@abbasrizi.bsky.social
Networks, Epidemics & Social Behavior

Postdoc Researcher at DTU Compute & SODAS
Editor-in-chief & Science Writer at sitpor.org

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Being in #academia as someone not from the global north be like:

#phdchat #phdlife
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“Physicists are very good and famous for getting the right answers for the wrong reasons.” Why? Here’s a clue: noisy philosophizing!

Sean commenting on Nima's talk, Two Cheers for Shut Up and Calculate, at the Natural Philosophy Symposium 2025
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎶 Temporal networks as music? Jari’s audio demo makes temporal networks audible—and it’s oddly mesmerizing.

Wild stuff—hear it for yourself and find more here:
jarisaramaki.fi/2024/03/19/t...

@jsaramak.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social #netsci2025
June 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Writing a paper be like spending 8 hours reading 6 papers to write one sentence citing 2 references—then deleting it the next morning.

"A carpenter does not sit on his shavings. You have to be ruthless with your material! If it takes attention away from [the main message], throw it away at once."
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
F: I never catch colds.
B: Really?

F: I was reading some sickness and accident claims figures. The average New Yorker aged between 20 and 50 has two and a half colds a year.

B: That makes me feel just terrible.
F: Why?
B: If I have no colds a year, some poor slob must have five colds a year.
November 21, 2024 at 12:08 AM