@fluxonium.bsky.social
Physics (condensed matter + quantum computing), basketball
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
The simple machine that visualised atomic orbitals
In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to the Schrödinger equation
www.chemistryworld.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In the early days of quantum chemistry, before we had computers to calculate the shapes of electron orbitals, one man invented a mechanical machine that simulated their shapes. My latest column for @chemistryworld.com
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/the-...
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These people can only conceive of win-lose situations, and so they forgo win-win arrangements in favor of lose-lose arrangements
August 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
These people can only conceive of win-lose situations, and so they forgo win-win arrangements in favor of lose-lose arrangements
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Every NBA franchise has had at least one podcast host on their roster.
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From the nba community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the nba community
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July 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Every NBA franchise has had at least one podcast host on their roster.
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This wacky SCOTUS opinion could be used against teaching any kind of science, history, or critical reasoning more generally, which might pose "a very real threat of undermining" religious beliefs. Even if it doesn't actually, there's the threat!
June 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This wacky SCOTUS opinion could be used against teaching any kind of science, history, or critical reasoning more generally, which might pose "a very real threat of undermining" religious beliefs. Even if it doesn't actually, there's the threat!
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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
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The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The champions of Free Speech are now forcing scientists to retract submitted publications until they can be checked for the appearance of “forbidden terms.”
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1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
January 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
1/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce".
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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Getting started in design of superconducting #quantum circuits?
What are your favorite references? Here's a few to start:
A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits
https://buff.ly/4irOZ6Y
Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
https://buff.ly/4irqnv2
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What are your favorite references? Here's a few to start:
A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits
https://buff.ly/4irOZ6Y
Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
https://buff.ly/4irqnv2
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A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits
The aim of this review is to provide quantum engineers with an introductory guide to the central concepts and challenges in the rapidly accelerating field of su
pubs.aip.org
December 7, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Getting started in design of superconducting #quantum circuits?
What are your favorite references? Here's a few to start:
A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits
https://buff.ly/4irOZ6Y
Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
https://buff.ly/4irqnv2
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What are your favorite references? Here's a few to start:
A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits
https://buff.ly/4irOZ6Y
Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
https://buff.ly/4irqnv2
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"All authors contributed equally."
December 1, 2024 at 11:24 AM
"All authors contributed equally."
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"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him
Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:38 AM
"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...
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This will be about our fifteenth year running when we’ve either had (in a restaurant) or cooked duck rather than turkey for Thanksgiving. So much better.
I see so much stuff like this every year—and Thomas is very serious indeed about food—and it makes me feel so weird because I have a pretty simple turkey method and it rules and I love it and I feel like that makes me wrong, somehow. But it's good! I dunno!
I have done a bunch of different Thanksgivings, to varying success, and have reached only two firm conclusions: (1) turkey is bad (you probably have to do it anyways) and (2) course out dishes as they're ready, serving 1-3 at a time, rather than putting everything on the table/counter at once.
November 22, 2024 at 10:28 PM
This will be about our fifteenth year running when we’ve either had (in a restaurant) or cooked duck rather than turkey for Thanksgiving. So much better.
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1/N. Why antiparticles exist (a thread)
November 16, 2024 at 4:35 AM
1/N. Why antiparticles exist (a thread)
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This week's NOVA is Decoding the Universe: Quantum. I am one of the talking heads!
I think physicists are going to struggle talking about quantum mechanics as long as we think of the quantum state - not our observational outcomes - as representing what is real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06a...
I think physicists are going to struggle talking about quantum mechanics as long as we think of the quantum state - not our observational outcomes - as representing what is real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06a...
Decoding the Universe: Quantum | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM
This week's NOVA is Decoding the Universe: Quantum. I am one of the talking heads!
I think physicists are going to struggle talking about quantum mechanics as long as we think of the quantum state - not our observational outcomes - as representing what is real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06a...
I think physicists are going to struggle talking about quantum mechanics as long as we think of the quantum state - not our observational outcomes - as representing what is real.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06a...