Sumner
@sumnerh.com
Condensed Matter Theory Postdoc at CNLS. Interests include frustrated magnetism, random circuits, and benchmarking quantum hardware.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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Lmao you can't close ONE of the LIGO sites.
It's like closing one of only two fax machines left in the world. The remaining fax machine wouldn't do anything!
It's like closing one of only two fax machines left in the world. The remaining fax machine wouldn't do anything!
NSF budget would close down one of LIGO's sites. This would be, to put it lightly, a catastrophe for gravitational wave astronomy.
"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
bsky.app/profile/hast...
"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
bsky.app/profile/hast...
May 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Lmao you can't close ONE of the LIGO sites.
It's like closing one of only two fax machines left in the world. The remaining fax machine wouldn't do anything!
It's like closing one of only two fax machines left in the world. The remaining fax machine wouldn't do anything!
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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
We should be allowed to put quotes from referees on the back of papers like movie or book reviews.
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We should be allowed to put quotes from referees on the back of papers like movie or book reviews.
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By popular demand, here is a starter pack of all quantum PhD students on BlueSky that we could find.
go.bsky.app/AUTn1di
go.bsky.app/AUTn1di
November 21, 2024 at 6:28 PM
By popular demand, here is a starter pack of all quantum PhD students on BlueSky that we could find.
go.bsky.app/AUTn1di
go.bsky.app/AUTn1di