rickiiii
@superpositionist.bsky.social
UC Berkeley '24. 🏳️🌈 He/Him. Physics and math enthusiast. Love to read when I got the time https://fable.co/pinsay-887215996000
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The #DarkEnergy result from the DESI Survey is one of @quantamagazine.bsky.social's top #physics breakthroughs of the year! Get the recap here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhG5...
2024's Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The #DarkEnergy result from the DESI Survey is one of @quantamagazine.bsky.social's top #physics breakthroughs of the year! Get the recap here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhG5...
Just finished Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, and it is by far my favorite historical fiction this year. Homegoing traces the generational impact of colonialism and slavery in Ghana and America across 250 years. Showing us its residual effects longer after it was abolished. Amazing read
#books #booksky
#books #booksky
December 9, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Pachinko is an epic historical saga that follows a Korean family over four generations as they fight for survival. At its core, the book is a tribute to the immigrant experience and the desire in all of us to find a place where we can call home and truly belong. A great read
#books #booksky #bookrec
#books #booksky #bookrec
December 4, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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🧪Constrained optimization tiling of the Cal bears logo, using simulated differential phase-contrast imaging of strontium titanate atoms.
🔬 Captured for @molecularfoundry.bsky.social #Nano Art Contest.
📷 Georgios Varnavides, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
More: foundry.lbl.gov/2024/10/21/a...
🔬 Captured for @molecularfoundry.bsky.social #Nano Art Contest.
📷 Georgios Varnavides, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
More: foundry.lbl.gov/2024/10/21/a...
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
🧪Constrained optimization tiling of the Cal bears logo, using simulated differential phase-contrast imaging of strontium titanate atoms.
🔬 Captured for @molecularfoundry.bsky.social #Nano Art Contest.
📷 Georgios Varnavides, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
More: foundry.lbl.gov/2024/10/21/a...
🔬 Captured for @molecularfoundry.bsky.social #Nano Art Contest.
📷 Georgios Varnavides, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
More: foundry.lbl.gov/2024/10/21/a...
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🔬This a selected area diffraction image of a disordered rocksalt cathode material, LMTOF, in the 100 zone axis. The image shows short range order in between the main reflections. 🧪
📷 Meghan Shen, Karen Bustillo, Chengyu Song, John Turner, Mary Scott
@molecularfoundry.bsky.social
📷 Meghan Shen, Karen Bustillo, Chengyu Song, John Turner, Mary Scott
@molecularfoundry.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 10:39 PM
🔬This a selected area diffraction image of a disordered rocksalt cathode material, LMTOF, in the 100 zone axis. The image shows short range order in between the main reflections. 🧪
📷 Meghan Shen, Karen Bustillo, Chengyu Song, John Turner, Mary Scott
@molecularfoundry.bsky.social
📷 Meghan Shen, Karen Bustillo, Chengyu Song, John Turner, Mary Scott
@molecularfoundry.bsky.social
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Gonna disappear into a book for a bit. Highly recommended.
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Gonna disappear into a book for a bit. Highly recommended.
Finished Killers of the Flower Moon earlier this year and it's a fantastic nonfiction. Grann crafts a perfect balance between detailed historic info and a compelling narrative. Must read for fans of true crime and anyone interested about the dark corners of American history
#books #booksky #review
#books #booksky #review
November 24, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Currently in the mood for historical fiction. After learning more about Korean history, I couldn't put down Pachinko
November 23, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Currently in the mood for historical fiction. After learning more about Korean history, I couldn't put down Pachinko
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DESI scientists mapped how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history. Their observations line up with what Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/11/19/n...
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/11/19/n...
November 20, 2024 at 1:10 AM
DESI scientists mapped how nearly 6 million galaxies cluster across 11 billion years of cosmic history. Their observations line up with what Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/11/19/n...
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/11/19/n...
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Like Skype to Zoom
Threads blew a 3-1 lead
November 21, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Like Skype to Zoom
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick is a fascinating insight into the economy, social dynamics and political landscape of North Korea. So full of heartbreak and trauma but also of love and the beautiful complexity of human connection. A must read
#BookSky💙📚
#Books #reading #review
#BookSky💙📚
#Books #reading #review
November 22, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick is a fascinating insight into the economy, social dynamics and political landscape of North Korea. So full of heartbreak and trauma but also of love and the beautiful complexity of human connection. A must read
#BookSky💙📚
#Books #reading #review
#BookSky💙📚
#Books #reading #review
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
November 22, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains
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When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit.
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
November 22, 2024 at 4:32 AM
When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit.
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.
Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
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Trans people just want the right to exist safely as their true selves, like everyone else.
But they’ve become easy scapegoats for the GOP, who vilify them and threaten to criminalize their very existence.
It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.
But they’ve become easy scapegoats for the GOP, who vilify them and threaten to criminalize their very existence.
It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Trans people just want the right to exist safely as their true selves, like everyone else.
But they’ve become easy scapegoats for the GOP, who vilify them and threaten to criminalize their very existence.
It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.
But they’ve become easy scapegoats for the GOP, who vilify them and threaten to criminalize their very existence.
It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.
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Please read books. I’m begging you.
November 21, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Please read books. I’m begging you.
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Researchers have developed a new theoretical framework that makes it possible to treat all 30 of the different B meson decays simultaneously. The framework reveals statistically significant inconsistencies whose resolution might require new particles, new fields, or other new physics.
Sharpening the B-Meson Anomalies
A new analysis of B-meson decays strongly hints that they harbor physics beyond the standard model.
physics.aps.org
November 21, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Researchers have developed a new theoretical framework that makes it possible to treat all 30 of the different B meson decays simultaneously. The framework reveals statistically significant inconsistencies whose resolution might require new particles, new fields, or other new physics.
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it disgusts me the national democratic party barely pushes back at this attempt from the right to wind back LGBTQ rights decades after claiming to be the party of LGBTQ rights
November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
it disgusts me the national democratic party barely pushes back at this attempt from the right to wind back LGBTQ rights decades after claiming to be the party of LGBTQ rights
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SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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Quantum field theories (QFTs) are the most successful theories in the history of physics.
Unfortunately the success and implications of QFTs are less known outside of physics (compared to e.g. string theory or general relativity).
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Unfortunately the success and implications of QFTs are less known outside of physics (compared to e.g. string theory or general relativity).
🧵 1/9
November 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Quantum field theories (QFTs) are the most successful theories in the history of physics.
Unfortunately the success and implications of QFTs are less known outside of physics (compared to e.g. string theory or general relativity).
🧵 1/9
Unfortunately the success and implications of QFTs are less known outside of physics (compared to e.g. string theory or general relativity).
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Pillars of Creation. 💛✨
November 17, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Pillars of Creation. 💛✨
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MAGA’s embrace of RFK Jr’s “Make America Healthy Again” is so funny because these same people CRUCIFIED Michelle Obama for daring to suggest that American kids should have access to healthy lunches in school.
November 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM
MAGA’s embrace of RFK Jr’s “Make America Healthy Again” is so funny because these same people CRUCIFIED Michelle Obama for daring to suggest that American kids should have access to healthy lunches in school.