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@quantumlex.bsky.social
Theoretical Physics and other science. Quantum mechanic. He/Him/His. #firstgen
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NIH indirects case update:
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
NIH indirects case update:
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
Hearing ongoing now, and I'll try to live tweet some notable exchanges.
Prior to more detailed arguments, Judge Kelley starts off with a few point questions to both sides:
(I'm paraphrasing here)
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Can’t believe I’m typing this but…
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
IF YOU KNOW IF ANYONE PLANNING A SCIENCE RELATED PROTEST IN DC, PLEASE DM ME!
February 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Can’t believe I’m typing this but…
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
FUCK IT IM PLANNING A STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTEST IN DC.
If you want to be involved, be dm me. I’m nervous, I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world.
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Big cuts in US research budgets were recently announced. Summary below, read www.science.org/content/arti... for more.
March 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Big cuts in US research budgets were recently announced. Summary below, read www.science.org/content/arti... for more.
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Yeah but it's haaaaard
March 3, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Yeah but it's haaaaard
Huge!
12.4% 😮 "A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America #NMRchat #NMR 🧲 www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America
For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be joining...
www.cbsnews.com
March 2, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Huge!
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obviously it was pea-hacking
No-one has ever been able to replicate Gregor Mendel's observations of pea plants. They're a little "too perfect", lacking even random statistical noise that would have been expected from small sample sizes.
The big question: was it scientific fraud?
(Art: Harald Ritsch)
The big question: was it scientific fraud?
(Art: Harald Ritsch)
March 1, 2024 at 10:55 PM
obviously it was pea-hacking
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February 28, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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Well, if we're sharing our favorite bad science jokes today:
A hundred kilopascals go into a bar.
A hundred kilopascals go into a bar.
Related: my current favorite bad science joke!
Why are animals from colder regions larger than those from warmer regions?
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They're not. They just appear that way due to the Mercator projection.
Why are animals from colder regions larger than those from warmer regions?
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They're not. They just appear that way due to the Mercator projection.
February 28, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Well, if we're sharing our favorite bad science jokes today:
A hundred kilopascals go into a bar.
A hundred kilopascals go into a bar.
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Hadn't heard of "low background steel" but it really is a great analogy here
February 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Hadn't heard of "low background steel" but it really is a great analogy here
Today in "linguists are not kidding when they say that language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before in the entirety of human history"
February 23, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Currently sitting in a University of Kentucky Board of Trustees meeting with a HUGE faculty turnout.
That's not a coincidence.
The first item on the agenda is a Deloitte consultant recommending that the Board strip the University Senate of much of its authority over academic regulations.
That's not a coincidence.
The first item on the agenda is a Deloitte consultant recommending that the Board strip the University Senate of much of its authority over academic regulations.
February 23, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Currently sitting in a University of Kentucky Board of Trustees meeting with a HUGE faculty turnout.
That's not a coincidence.
The first item on the agenda is a Deloitte consultant recommending that the Board strip the University Senate of much of its authority over academic regulations.
That's not a coincidence.
The first item on the agenda is a Deloitte consultant recommending that the Board strip the University Senate of much of its authority over academic regulations.
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Closing physics programs is short-sighted: our majors pursue careers requiring quantitative and critical thinking skills. Departments without a physics major can't educate students who started college before they discovered physics. UNC Greensboro is facing this
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
‘It’s inescapable:’ UNCG tenure-track professor worries whether her job will survive cuts
A UNC Greensboro physics professor was only months away from tenure when the university announced that it's planning to eliminate 20 departments, including hers.
www.wunc.org
February 21, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Closing physics programs is short-sighted: our majors pursue careers requiring quantitative and critical thinking skills. Departments without a physics major can't educate students who started college before they discovered physics. UNC Greensboro is facing this
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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sorry t-rex but Çatalhöyük was egalitarian and had bodies buried under the floors. Awesome city by any metric
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
February 21, 2024 at 12:29 PM
sorry t-rex but Çatalhöyük was egalitarian and had bodies buried under the floors. Awesome city by any metric
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
I would love this. Instead, grocery stores near me insist on aggressively bland early 90s pop
They really know when I’ll be there. Beastie Boys’ Intergalactic? Yep, someone who likes that would be shopping at 10:45 on a Sunday.
February 20, 2024 at 5:05 AM
I would love this. Instead, grocery stores near me insist on aggressively bland early 90s pop
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The defunding of basic science and basic science training continues 🧪
Some people may be wondering—if the collections are going to end up in another herbarium, what is the big deal? The specimens and their data will still be protected, right? But that isn't the whole story... 1/n
I was just forwarded communications from Duke admins that this is true: one of the largest and most active herbaria in the United States is being closed in the middle of an extinction crisis, because Duke leadership does not wish to support the infrastructure costs.
February 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM
The defunding of basic science and basic science training continues 🧪
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For the NSF DEB community - see the new solicitation for the core programs.
What’s to note?
SG (Small Grants) changed to STAR - new acronym with more $, now $400k. Great for theory, synthesis, postdoc initiated ideas, etc. Only 10 pages too.
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
What’s to note?
SG (Small Grants) changed to STAR - new acronym with more $, now $400k. Great for theory, synthesis, postdoc initiated ideas, etc. Only 10 pages too.
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Division of Environmental Biology
new.nsf.gov
February 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM
For the NSF DEB community - see the new solicitation for the core programs.
What’s to note?
SG (Small Grants) changed to STAR - new acronym with more $, now $400k. Great for theory, synthesis, postdoc initiated ideas, etc. Only 10 pages too.
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
What’s to note?
SG (Small Grants) changed to STAR - new acronym with more $, now $400k. Great for theory, synthesis, postdoc initiated ideas, etc. Only 10 pages too.
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Let's talk about James A. Harris, the co-discoverer of Rutherfordium and Dubnium, elements 104 & 105.
He was the first African-American to be involved in the creation of a new element.
Born Waco, TX in March 1932 BS in Chemistry at HBU Hutson-Tillotson College in Austin, TX.
He was the first African-American to be involved in the creation of a new element.
Born Waco, TX in March 1932 BS in Chemistry at HBU Hutson-Tillotson College in Austin, TX.
February 16, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Let's talk about James A. Harris, the co-discoverer of Rutherfordium and Dubnium, elements 104 & 105.
He was the first African-American to be involved in the creation of a new element.
Born Waco, TX in March 1932 BS in Chemistry at HBU Hutson-Tillotson College in Austin, TX.
He was the first African-American to be involved in the creation of a new element.
Born Waco, TX in March 1932 BS in Chemistry at HBU Hutson-Tillotson College in Austin, TX.
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This is Just to Say
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
February 11, 2024 at 9:26 PM
This is Just to Say
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
I have used up
the patience
that was in
the glovebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for the children on roadtrips
Forgive me
I was in traffic
And other drivers were so stupid
and so wrong
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Norad has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
You can follow along here for Taylor’s trip to the Super Bowl.
February 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Norad has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
It's on mine for sure
February 10, 2024 at 12:32 AM
It's on mine for sure
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i alluded to this last night but it is genuinely wild to see these antifederalist dudes basically ask supporters of the constitution, "what if there is a trump?" here's patrick henry at the virginia ratifying convention.
February 8, 2024 at 2:31 AM
i alluded to this last night but it is genuinely wild to see these antifederalist dudes basically ask supporters of the constitution, "what if there is a trump?" here's patrick henry at the virginia ratifying convention.
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Let's do this.
If you take away nothing else, take this:
Even the most advanced LLM is human-driven.
They're all the George Carlin AI. The Wizard of Oz. Mechanical Turks.
Just some guy.
Except it's thousands of guys.
Let's talk about a million monkeys with a million typewriters.
Let's go.
🧵
If you take away nothing else, take this:
Even the most advanced LLM is human-driven.
They're all the George Carlin AI. The Wizard of Oz. Mechanical Turks.
Just some guy.
Except it's thousands of guys.
Let's talk about a million monkeys with a million typewriters.
Let's go.
🧵
Would y'all be interested in a thread on the data drought in the field of large language models, and why the current standard for LLM algorithms is 100% a dead end as far as both human-level language use and AGI, and doomed to ever-more-expensive and consumptive failure?
February 1, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Let's do this.
If you take away nothing else, take this:
Even the most advanced LLM is human-driven.
They're all the George Carlin AI. The Wizard of Oz. Mechanical Turks.
Just some guy.
Except it's thousands of guys.
Let's talk about a million monkeys with a million typewriters.
Let's go.
🧵
If you take away nothing else, take this:
Even the most advanced LLM is human-driven.
They're all the George Carlin AI. The Wizard of Oz. Mechanical Turks.
Just some guy.
Except it's thousands of guys.
Let's talk about a million monkeys with a million typewriters.
Let's go.
🧵