Alberto Cappellaro
@albertok.bsky.social
Husband & Dad 💛💚 | Teaching Maths and Physics | Formerly a Theoretical Physicist 📝| Social democracy 🌹
Back in Padova and Treviso, previously a proud member of the Lemeshko group at ISTA.
Back in Padova and Treviso, previously a proud member of the Lemeshko group at ISTA.
Pinned
Environment-limited transfer of angular momentum in Bose liquids
Impurity motion in a many-body environment has been a central issue in the field of low-temperature physics for decades. In bosonic quantum fluids, the onset of a drag force experienced by point-like ...
arxiv.org
There’s some exciting research news on my end—our latest preprint is available online (and to be published soon)!
Most of this work has been carried on in the group of @lemeshko.bsky.social at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria 🇦🇹 #Quantum #SciComm 🧪⚛️🧑🔬
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arxiv.org/abs/2501.16066
Most of this work has been carried on in the group of @lemeshko.bsky.social at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria 🇦🇹 #Quantum #SciComm 🧪⚛️🧑🔬
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arxiv.org/abs/2501.16066
An unmitigated disaster and, unfortunately, a blueprint for many bad-faith actor against research and higher education all around the world.
6 simple steps to reduce American leadership in science
1 - Lay off staff & rotators
2 - Try to reduce IDC
3 - Terminate & freeze grants
4 - Reduce programs & GRFP fellowships
5 - Propose a >50% FY26 budget cut
6 - Run merit review, without enough expert reviewers:
www.science.org/content/arti...
1 - Lay off staff & rotators
2 - Try to reduce IDC
3 - Terminate & freeze grants
4 - Reduce programs & GRFP fellowships
5 - Propose a >50% FY26 budget cut
6 - Run merit review, without enough expert reviewers:
www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
An unmitigated disaster and, unfortunately, a blueprint for many bad-faith actor against research and higher education all around the world.
The kind of hardcore which resonates differently once you don't listen to as much hardcore as in your teenage days.
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Touché Amoré - Hal Ashby (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Touché Amoré
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December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The kind of hardcore which resonates differently once you don't listen to as much hardcore as in your teenage days.
youtu.be/Ijmhb8is-vc?...
youtu.be/Ijmhb8is-vc?...
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Il boom degli studentati privati e dei coliving come indice della finanziarizzazione dello spazio urbano e delle barriere economiche contro i più poveri
Chi abita la città? - Jacobin Italia
Il boom degli studentati privati e dei coliving come indice della finanziarizzazione dello spazio urbano e delle barriere economiche contro i più poveri
jacobinitalia.it
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Il boom degli studentati privati e dei coliving come indice della finanziarizzazione dello spazio urbano e delle barriere economiche contro i più poveri
Heart-breaking.
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Heart-breaking.
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Good government, despite what rich people (and many newspaper columnists) think, is really hard and it’s really, really *particular*. It takes sustained expertise just to keep things from getting worse. Making meaningful improvements that help people’s lives isn’t intuitive.
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Good government, despite what rich people (and many newspaper columnists) think, is really hard and it’s really, really *particular*. It takes sustained expertise just to keep things from getting worse. Making meaningful improvements that help people’s lives isn’t intuitive.
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“Gaza now hosts the largest group of child amputees in modern history.”
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and almost one-quarter of those are children.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7eexx4
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and almost one-quarter of those are children.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7eexx4
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Gaza now hosts the largest group of child amputees in modern history.”
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and almost one-quarter of those are children.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7eexx4
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and almost one-quarter of those are children.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7eexx4
One of the most important storyline of the 21st is half of the american political spectrum losing their goddamn mind and being terminally detached from reality.
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One of the most important storyline of the 21st is half of the american political spectrum losing their goddamn mind and being terminally detached from reality.
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A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A few important points here
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
- Generative AI supercharged data centre growth: lobbyist and substacker lines pretending like this is just streaming are false
- Even when you consider much of the projected growth is speculative, the *likely* projects are still MASSIVE
media.licdn.com/dms/document...
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
L'ennesima dimostrazione della superficialità delle élites europee. Parlando di AI, intendono LLMs (o tecnicamente, slop generators) e ulteriore deskilling e contrazione del potere contrattuale dei lavoratori.
Una bancarotta intellettuale che ormai dura da decenni.
Una bancarotta intellettuale che ormai dura da decenni.
Stesse cose che dice Draghi. Ormai la retorica e la propaganda sull’AI come necessità e insieme salvezza di tutto quanto hanno raggiunto un livello tale che sembra di sentire sempre lo stesso televenditore, solo con cappelli diversi.
www.politico.eu/article/micr...
www.politico.eu/article/micr...
Microsoft CEO: We’re investing in Europe’s tech
Microsoft is investing in Europe, but Satya Nadella says the continent needs to embrace AI adoption and re-skilling to become a global tech competitor.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
L'ennesima dimostrazione della superficialità delle élites europee. Parlando di AI, intendono LLMs (o tecnicamente, slop generators) e ulteriore deskilling e contrazione del potere contrattuale dei lavoratori.
Una bancarotta intellettuale che ormai dura da decenni.
Una bancarotta intellettuale che ormai dura da decenni.
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like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like big tobacco funding cancer research
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Friedrich Engels once wrote that he played “second fiddle” to Marx.
On the 205th anniversary of his birth, we should remember the profound influence that Engels had on his friend and comrade, as well as his own theoretical contributions.
On the 205th anniversary of his birth, we should remember the profound influence that Engels had on his friend and comrade, as well as his own theoretical contributions.
Friedrich Engels Was More Than Second Fiddle to Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels once wrote that he played “second fiddle” to Marx. On the 200th anniversary of his birth, we should remember the profound influence that Engels had on his friend and comrade, as well as his own theoretical contributions.
jacobin.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Friedrich Engels once wrote that he played “second fiddle” to Marx.
On the 205th anniversary of his birth, we should remember the profound influence that Engels had on his friend and comrade, as well as his own theoretical contributions.
On the 205th anniversary of his birth, we should remember the profound influence that Engels had on his friend and comrade, as well as his own theoretical contributions.
Hopefully, at a certain point in the future, there will be severe accountability for all the pain brought upon working people by these goons...
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hopefully, at a certain point in the future, there will be severe accountability for all the pain brought upon working people by these goons...
New bubble in plain sight?
D-Wave CEO and CFO dump $29 million worth of shares of their own company. Quantum pump and dump in action!
www.newscase.com/d-wave-quant...
www.newscase.com/d-wave-quant...
D-Wave Quantum Shares Slide Following Executive Stock Disposals | NewsCase
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) experienced a notable decline in its share price, dropping 3.6% during yesterday's trading session. This downward movement c
www.newscase.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New bubble in plain sight?
This story sounds incredibly italian 😱
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This story sounds incredibly italian 😱
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And of course we get the brain-dead political analysis. The biggest crisis of public education (and the greatest threat to kids with mental illness) is the Republican Party's funding cuts. But guess who gets blamed in the conclusion of the article?
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And of course we get the brain-dead political analysis. The biggest crisis of public education (and the greatest threat to kids with mental illness) is the Republican Party's funding cuts. But guess who gets blamed in the conclusion of the article?
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I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Magical thinking applied to the systemic failure of European political élites.
The snake oil they're trying to sell us, unbelievable.
The snake oil they're trying to sell us, unbelievable.
"We thought AI would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year." — Ursula von der Leyen
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Magical thinking applied to the systemic failure of European political élites.
The snake oil they're trying to sell us, unbelievable.
The snake oil they're trying to sell us, unbelievable.
The second von der Leyden's term continues to be an unmitigated disaster on all fronts...
This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
In 2026 will continue simplifying ↓
Over a half of our legislative proposals will focus on making EU laws easier to apply and implement faster.
Over a half of our legislative proposals will focus on making EU laws easier to apply and implement faster.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The second von der Leyden's term continues to be an unmitigated disaster on all fronts...
A case of terminally centrist brain at the FT. Terminally in the sense that such advices has plunged Labour into an almost irreversible crisis... Zombie party.
the Greens surge on an affordability crisis platform, Labour government bleeding support for embracing New Labour, and Martin Wolf's advice: stay New Labour
www.ft.com/content/b88e...
www.ft.com/content/b88e...
The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour
In education, labour and housing we risk going back towards what we know will not work
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A case of terminally centrist brain at the FT. Terminally in the sense that such advices has plunged Labour into an almost irreversible crisis... Zombie party.
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Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen
Open letter criticises the Commission President for remarks earlier this year – when she anticipated AI would “approach human reasoning” in 2026
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen
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The same day Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would have a flying car next year (?), SpaceX hypeguy and editor of Ars Technica(wtf???) Eric Berger uncritically promoted a Musk 'Data Center in Space' scam that defies everything that is known about thermodynamics and newtonian physics
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The same day Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would have a flying car next year (?), SpaceX hypeguy and editor of Ars Technica(wtf???) Eric Berger uncritically promoted a Musk 'Data Center in Space' scam that defies everything that is known about thermodynamics and newtonian physics
Another example of the political and ideological bankruptcy of the Labour under Starmer.
Honestly, i cannot see how this party can survive the next election cycles in its current form. A zombie party.
Honestly, i cannot see how this party can survive the next election cycles in its current form. A zombie party.
November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Another example of the political and ideological bankruptcy of the Labour under Starmer.
Honestly, i cannot see how this party can survive the next election cycles in its current form. A zombie party.
Honestly, i cannot see how this party can survive the next election cycles in its current form. A zombie party.
Very important point.
Let me try to answer this...
To be a scientist means to assume that there is more good than evil in the world, for why would you dedicate your life to inventing tools that will surely end up in bad people's hands as well? 🧵
To be a scientist means to assume that there is more good than evil in the world, for why would you dedicate your life to inventing tools that will surely end up in bad people's hands as well? 🧵
why's that?
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Very important point.