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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very true! But definitely a much more complex system to digitally replicate. There is also a big project to create a DT of Earth. That would probably be a great way to model climate and other challenges to preserve our planet destination-earth.eu

Destination Earth

Building a highly accurate digital twin of the Earth Join DestinE's community Destination Earth Destination Earth is a flagship initiative of the

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yes, that’s the idea. Of course not all testing can be done on the DT but some can and then you need to possibly “destroy” less real airplanes in the testing process

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Sep 10

My understanding is if we can do a really good one we can cut costs and,most importantly, waste less material in testing certain structures (like airplanes). Like in this project caelestis-project.eu
Plus a bunch of other things I guess

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 1

"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, 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.

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 29

Unless you cut ties completely (rare).
So the move to industry?
It’s not an event.
It’s a second-order phase transition.
/end 🧵

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 29

That’s how leaving academia feels.
Your contract ends, but projects linger: papers to revise, collaborations to close, responsibilities to hand over.
The “order parameter” (number of open projects) decreases bit by bit.
It approaches zero… but never suddenly.

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 29

Phase transitions (like liquid water freezing into ice) are classified by how an order parameter changes
First-order = abrupt
Like water → ice: symmetry shifts all at once
Second-order = gradual
Like cooling a paramagnet into a ferromagnet: magnetization builds up slowly as temperature drops 🧪⚛️

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

line graph showing number of open projects vs time after leaving academia. The line starts at some number and decreases in jumps, similar to a magnetisation curve (also noted in the graph). At the end, it reaches and stays at xero. This part of the graph has a smily face of a woman with dark hair and on top of her head the word "freedom" in neon blue. The line graph is in mustard yellow as is the title of the picture "Academia to industry: a slow transition". Everything is against a navy background.

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 26

2-years-old are your best friend and your worst enemy all in one too-cute-to-handle package

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 18

I was also unsure of what I saw for a moment but the shape was clearly that of a soliton, so I did some digging to double check it good happen in open waters too. Glad you found it enlightening!

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

Finally someone as excited as I was!

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

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

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 17

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/...

Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

www.anildash.com

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

And yes, my family looked at me weird when I excitedly told them about my sighting. Hope someone here shares my excitement 😁

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

No pictures (sadly), but a lot of excitement — and a story about how physics shows up when you least expect it.

More details on the blog 👉 clioagrapidis.com/2025/08/17/s...

Solitons in Skopelos

How to excite a physicist on a Greek island? By spotting soliton waves!

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

Usually, solitons show up in canals or rivers where the conditions are “just right.”
That’s why I was so surprised to see a pair in the open waters of Skopelos gulf.

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

The first soliton was spotted in 1834 by John Scott Russell, who chased one on horseback for 2 miles!
He called it a “Wave of Translation.”

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

Solitons are fascinating because they behave unlike ordinary waves:
👉 they keep their shape
👉 they don’t fade away
👉 they can even split into pairs of from trains

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yesterday in Skopelos, the sea outside the harbor was so rough that no ships came in all day.
But inside the gulf, I saw two smooth, solitary waves traveling without losing their shape.

That’s the signature of a soliton.

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

How to excite a physicist on a Greek island? 🌊
By spotting soliton waves! 🧪 ⚛️ 🧵

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 17

Not fully up to me unfortunately

Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 16

Update on the anti-vax nominees on the Italian vaccine committee: the committee has been dissolved 🧪

il Post @ilpost.it · Aug 16

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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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 16

Anyway, stay tuned for the physics breakdown while the OA fee drama hopefully sorts itself out 😅⚛️

Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 16

And honestly… why is no one talking about this?
I am sure I am not the only one transitioning to industry while projects are still pending and whose collaborators cannot cover OA fees alone!

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 16

For context: reporting period for this grant is 60 days.

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Cliò Agrapidis @cagrap.bsky.social · Aug 16

No, but really — how do you pay for a project funded by a grant that just finished? Can you still tap into publishing funds, or is that just wishful thinking?

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