Cliò Agrapidis
@cagrap.bsky.social
EU Project Consultant, Physicist, Mom, SciComm wannabe
“My science is different”
No, sir, yours is not science if you refuse to look at the actual evidence. (And if you don’t believe dyslexia exists) 🧪
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
No, sir, yours is not science if you refuse to look at the actual evidence. (And if you don’t believe dyslexia exists) 🧪
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“My science is different”
No, sir, yours is not science if you refuse to look at the actual evidence. (And if you don’t believe dyslexia exists) 🧪
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
No, sir, yours is not science if you refuse to look at the actual evidence. (And if you don’t believe dyslexia exists) 🧪
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Last month, I was lucky enough to celebrate my birthday at the Vienna quantum Tech days. I wrote about the key takeaways on the @rtds-group.bsky.social blog. Bringing research to the market is the main challenge for a quantum Europe. It’s also what RTDS does best.
More here tinyurl.com/yjpkme8b ⚛️🧪
More here tinyurl.com/yjpkme8b ⚛️🧪
Quantum Act 2026: Europe’s Next Leap Forward
This year's Vienna Quantum Tech Days offered a clear signal: Europe will take its next major step with the Quantum Act, due to be launched in 2026.
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Last month, I was lucky enough to celebrate my birthday at the Vienna quantum Tech days. I wrote about the key takeaways on the @rtds-group.bsky.social blog. Bringing research to the market is the main challenge for a quantum Europe. It’s also what RTDS does best.
More here tinyurl.com/yjpkme8b ⚛️🧪
More here tinyurl.com/yjpkme8b ⚛️🧪
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(1/2) Marie Skłodowska-Curie, the first woman Nobel laureate and the only person awarded in both Chemistry and Physics, opened new frontiers in science.
Her spirit inspires researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme that supports excellence and collaboration across borders 🧪
Her spirit inspires researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme that supports excellence and collaboration across borders 🧪
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
(1/2) Marie Skłodowska-Curie, the first woman Nobel laureate and the only person awarded in both Chemistry and Physics, opened new frontiers in science.
Her spirit inspires researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme that supports excellence and collaboration across borders 🧪
Her spirit inspires researchers through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme that supports excellence and collaboration across borders 🧪
Perks of being a EU-projects consultant: getting to experience the local culture while attending consortium meetings
October 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Perks of being a EU-projects consultant: getting to experience the local culture while attending consortium meetings
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"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Changing from academia to industry is often referred as transitioning. But how does this transition look like? From a physics point of view, I'd say it' a second order phase transition. 🧪👩🏻🔬 ⚛️ 🧵#AcademicSky
August 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Changing from academia to industry is often referred as transitioning. But how does this transition look like? From a physics point of view, I'd say it' a second order phase transition. 🧪👩🏻🔬 ⚛️ 🧵#AcademicSky
2-years-old are your best friend and your worst enemy all in one too-cute-to-handle package
August 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
2-years-old are your best friend and your worst enemy all in one too-cute-to-handle package
Even people who know that Substack is bad news still think of it as their only alternative. It’s not.
@anildash.com lists some and makes a great point: call it your work. Your writing.
Thank you for clarifying my thoughts even to myself, now I know how to counter argument to substack use
@anildash.com lists some and makes a great point: call it your work. Your writing.
Thank you for clarifying my thoughts even to myself, now I know how to counter argument to substack use
It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Even people who know that Substack is bad news still think of it as their only alternative. It’s not.
@anildash.com lists some and makes a great point: call it your work. Your writing.
Thank you for clarifying my thoughts even to myself, now I know how to counter argument to substack use
@anildash.com lists some and makes a great point: call it your work. Your writing.
Thank you for clarifying my thoughts even to myself, now I know how to counter argument to substack use
How to excite a physicist on a Greek island? 🌊
By spotting soliton waves! 🧪 ⚛️ 🧵
By spotting soliton waves! 🧪 ⚛️ 🧵
August 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How to excite a physicist on a Greek island? 🌊
By spotting soliton waves! 🧪 ⚛️ 🧵
By spotting soliton waves! 🧪 ⚛️ 🧵
Update on the anti-vax nominees on the Italian vaccine committee: the committee has been dissolved 🧪
È stato sciolto il gruppo di esperti sui vaccini in cui erano stati nominati due scettici sui vaccini
È stato sciolto il gruppo di esperti sui vaccini in cui erano stati nominati due scettici sui vaccini
Lo ha deciso il ministro della Salute Schillaci dopo giorni di polemiche: ora il comitato andrà rinominato
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August 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Update on the anti-vax nominees on the Italian vaccine committee: the committee has been dissolved 🧪
Paper accepted 🎉
Except… grant just ended and I’m out of funding… OA fees anyone? 🧪 #AcademicSky 🧵
Except… grant just ended and I’m out of funding… OA fees anyone? 🧪 #AcademicSky 🧵
August 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Paper accepted 🎉
Except… grant just ended and I’m out of funding… OA fees anyone? 🧪 #AcademicSky 🧵
Except… grant just ended and I’m out of funding… OA fees anyone? 🧪 #AcademicSky 🧵
There is much less fuss around this news than around any RFK related one (and it makes sense, in a way). Still, I find it very frightening that Italy has appointed two renowned no-vax supporters in its vaccine experts committee, an organism which collaborates with the WHO. 🧪🧵
August 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There is much less fuss around this news than around any RFK related one (and it makes sense, in a way). Still, I find it very frightening that Italy has appointed two renowned no-vax supporters in its vaccine experts committee, an organism which collaborates with the WHO. 🧪🧵
Discussions shape us.
But papers do it too.
For me, one that shaped the way I think was:
🧠 Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions by Leijnse & Flensberg.
I read it during my master’s thesis—10 years ago!—and it just clicked. 🧵🧪⚛️
But papers do it too.
For me, one that shaped the way I think was:
🧠 Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions by Leijnse & Flensberg.
I read it during my master’s thesis—10 years ago!—and it just clicked. 🧵🧪⚛️
July 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Discussions shape us.
But papers do it too.
For me, one that shaped the way I think was:
🧠 Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions by Leijnse & Flensberg.
I read it during my master’s thesis—10 years ago!—and it just clicked. 🧵🧪⚛️
But papers do it too.
For me, one that shaped the way I think was:
🧠 Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions by Leijnse & Flensberg.
I read it during my master’s thesis—10 years ago!—and it just clicked. 🧵🧪⚛️
Did not have “toddler waking up with pink eye” on my July bingo card…
July 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Did not have “toddler waking up with pink eye” on my July bingo card…
How do you navigate transitioning out of academia while also on vacation? I mean, how do you deal with those open projects very close to completion? #AcademicSky
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How do you navigate transitioning out of academia while also on vacation? I mean, how do you deal with those open projects very close to completion? #AcademicSky
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Former EU high representative Josep Borrell accused the European Commission and European Council of failing to act over crimes committed by U.S. mercenaries in Gaza.
Borrell accuses EU institutions of inaction over Gaza
Brussels recently found Israel guilty of human rights abuses and plans to revisit its association agreement with the country.
www.politico.eu
July 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Former EU high representative Josep Borrell accused the European Commission and European Council of failing to act over crimes committed by U.S. mercenaries in Gaza.
Let’s remember that one of von der Leyen’s pony was killed in a wolf attack. Is the push for downgrading protection for wolves a coincidence? I doubt it.
I wrote about it in Italian few months back, with my scientist view and some political glasses on top 🧪 medium.com/@cliagrapidi...
I wrote about it in Italian few months back, with my scientist view and some political glasses on top 🧪 medium.com/@cliagrapidi...
July 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Let’s remember that one of von der Leyen’s pony was killed in a wolf attack. Is the push for downgrading protection for wolves a coincidence? I doubt it.
I wrote about it in Italian few months back, with my scientist view and some political glasses on top 🧪 medium.com/@cliagrapidi...
I wrote about it in Italian few months back, with my scientist view and some political glasses on top 🧪 medium.com/@cliagrapidi...
One thing we don’t talk about enough is how collaboration in academia is highly affected by personal priorities: maybe you’re making time to finish up something so your colleagues can take over and do their part, but when they do they are actually busy with something else #AcademicSky
July 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
One thing we don’t talk about enough is how collaboration in academia is highly affected by personal priorities: maybe you’re making time to finish up something so your colleagues can take over and do their part, but when they do they are actually busy with something else #AcademicSky
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“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.”
ht: @timmiller.bsky.social
www.nola.com/news/politic...
ht: @timmiller.bsky.social
www.nola.com/news/politic...
Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home
Federal agents arrested an Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for more than four decades outside her Lakeview home Sunday.
www.nola.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.”
ht: @timmiller.bsky.social
www.nola.com/news/politic...
ht: @timmiller.bsky.social
www.nola.com/news/politic...
Today we had the online graduation ceremony, closing this year with @scicommtrento.bsky.social.
It was bittersweet to see my classmates one last time all together after this very intense year.
Congratulations everyone, let’s keep telling science stories #SciComm
It was bittersweet to see my classmates one last time all together after this very intense year.
Congratulations everyone, let’s keep telling science stories #SciComm
June 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today we had the online graduation ceremony, closing this year with @scicommtrento.bsky.social.
It was bittersweet to see my classmates one last time all together after this very intense year.
Congratulations everyone, let’s keep telling science stories #SciComm
It was bittersweet to see my classmates one last time all together after this very intense year.
Congratulations everyone, let’s keep telling science stories #SciComm
What a list of accomplishments! What a barrier breaker! We should all celebrate Cecilia Payne 👩🔬🧪⚛️
"Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE:"
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #History
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LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE:"
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #History
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June 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What a list of accomplishments! What a barrier breaker! We should all celebrate Cecilia Payne 👩🔬🧪⚛️
“To counter the new normal’s assault on normalcy, we must double down on our duty to know, to speak up and to remember“ www.scientificamerican.com/article/weve...
We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality
We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick our head in the sand and why we need to pull it out, fast
www.scientificamerican.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“To counter the new normal’s assault on normalcy, we must double down on our duty to know, to speak up and to remember“ www.scientificamerican.com/article/weve...
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Innenminister Dobrindt will sich mit seiner Flüchtlingspolitik über geltendes Recht hinwegsetzen, andere greifen sogar Verwaltungsrichter an.
Das ist inakzeptabel und untergräbt die Gewaltenteilung.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/dobr...
Das ist inakzeptabel und untergräbt die Gewaltenteilung.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/dobr...
Dobrindts Attacken auf Asyl-Richter sind inakzeptabel
Weil seine Migrationspolitik von einem Gericht gestoppt wird, stellt er es in Frage. Das ist gefährlich für den Rechtsstaat
www.sueddeutsche.de
June 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Innenminister Dobrindt will sich mit seiner Flüchtlingspolitik über geltendes Recht hinwegsetzen, andere greifen sogar Verwaltungsrichter an.
Das ist inakzeptabel und untergräbt die Gewaltenteilung.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/dobr...
Das ist inakzeptabel und untergräbt die Gewaltenteilung.
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/dobr...
1/7 This week, two women asked me why I studied physics.
I said: “Because I liked it.”
They were surprised. ⚛️👩🔬🧵
I said: “Because I liked it.”
They were surprised. ⚛️👩🔬🧵
June 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
1/7 This week, two women asked me why I studied physics.
I said: “Because I liked it.”
They were surprised. ⚛️👩🔬🧵
I said: “Because I liked it.”
They were surprised. ⚛️👩🔬🧵
Reviews are in for a manuscript. Both reviewers write "this is solid work, it should be publish as is. But first answer these questions", then proceed making the most unhinged requests that would require at least 6 more months of calculations and be enough for a second paper 🧪👩🏻🔬⚛️ #AcademicSky
May 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reviews are in for a manuscript. Both reviewers write "this is solid work, it should be publish as is. But first answer these questions", then proceed making the most unhinged requests that would require at least 6 more months of calculations and be enough for a second paper 🧪👩🏻🔬⚛️ #AcademicSky