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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 1d

In Finnland hätte ich einmal als Opponent bei einer Defensio Frack tragen sollen. Dunkler Anzug war dann aber auch ok.

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 4d

Nice visitor this morning.

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Erich Neuwirth @neuwirthe.bsky.social · 4d

Zeitgenössische Philosophie in Comics

Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5d

[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]

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SOCRATES:
Plato..

PLATO:
Yes Socrates?

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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?

PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates

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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?

PLATO:
Um, yep

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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then

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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]

SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?

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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel

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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.

PLATO:
No.

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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]

So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?

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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really

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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?

PLATO:
‘Spose not.

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[Bleak pause]

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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock

SOCRATES:
Yeah

[ends]

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 5d

Great to welcome some really talented high school students from Ukraine 🇺🇦 to @esi-vienna.bsky.social and share a bit about the institute and our research.
mmf.univie.ac.at/simons-scien...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall 😢
youtu.be/mpi6zAg_OII?...

Remembering legendary conservationist Jane Goodall

YouTube video by Good Morning America

youtu.be

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Mario Krenn @mariokrenn.bsky.social · 7d

📢Several PhD and Postdoc positions in my group (focusing on AI for Scientific Discovery in Physics) at @unituebingen.bsky.social

If you are excited about using AI to design new ways for observing the universe, please apply here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2...

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Ganna (Anya) Gryn’ova 🇺🇦 @grynova.bsky.social · 7d

Due to popular demand, I am sharing my slide deck on #environmental costs of #ML in #compchem & #materials_science www.grynova-ccc.org/other.html - incl. work by @skepteis.bsky.social @pschwllr.bsky.social and others.
Please send any other relevant resources my way, I’ll be maintaining this deck.

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3. G. Gryn’ova , T. Bereau, C. Müller, P. Friederich, R. C. Wade, A. Nunes-Alves, T. A. Soares, K. Merz Jr., EDITORIAL: Chemical Compound Space Exploration by Multiscale High-Throughput...

www.grynova-ccc.org

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 7d

Werden wir wissenschaftlich abgehängt? Ein Kommentar von Prof. Ulrike Diebold, Vizepräsidentin der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Lesenswert!

Spitzenforschung kommt aus China. Wo bleiben wir?

Chinesische Forschenden übernehmen die Vormacht. Europa und die USA drohen abgehängt zu werden. Es geht um eine Richtungsentscheidung: Wollen wir wieder mitmischen oder uns selbst verzwergen?

www.derstandard.at

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 7d

Machen gute Initiativen für die Studis.

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 7d

First day of the semester at @univie-physik.bsky.social, welcome new students! The journey won’t always be easy, but it will be worth it.

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 9d

Impressive!

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 9d

Enrico Fermi, one of the foremost physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD in 1901. While most physicists focus on either experiment or theory, Fermi excelled at both.

Now, estimate how many new physicists will be born today. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 (1/n)

Image: New York Public Library

A black and white photo of Enrico Fermi standing at a blackboard, explaining a scattering problem. He is wearing a charcoal wool three-piece suit, with a striped tie and a light-colored shirt. Fermi is looking to the right of the photographer, smiling at someone in the audience.

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Oliver Hahn 🇪🇺 @cosmohahn.bsky.social · 12d

Everything has to end. Many exciting talks and discussions how to extract maximum information about #cosmology from #galaxy-surveys and realise the promise of full #field-level-inference during our workshop @esivienna.bsky.social .... videos here (more to come): www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Markus Deserno @markusdeserno.bsky.social · 12d

I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪

Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360

PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!

Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:

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Tenure-track Position in Biophysics at Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Open Date: Sep 19, 2025

Description
The Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics. The appointment is intended to be at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates at a higher level may also be considered. We seek outstanding candidates with a strong record in cellular and subcellular biophysics. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, uncovering how key characteristics of living systems arise from the interplay between supramolecular cellular structures, how the emergent cellular circuitry defines goals and enables robust decision making, and how metabolic resources are allocated. This encompasses understanding of how information is learned, stored, transduced, and processed across subcellular structures. Applicants with theoretical, data science, or experimental backgrounds within biological physics are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will strengthen and extend research programs of current biophysics faculty in the Department of Physics and collaborate with broader life science activities across many departments at CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area.

More details on Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/174360

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Franz aus Ostwestfalen @franz-owl.bsky.social · 12d

Genau diese Rede von Schauspielerin Maria #Furtwängler sollte man sich antun und vor allem auch für die #Nachwelt abspeichern!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHBc...

Keynote von Maria Furtwängler | ZEIT WISSEN Kongress 2025

YouTube video by Holtzbrinck Berlin

www.youtube.com

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Özden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 13d

www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentli...

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 13d

Alwyas fun to hear about the projects of our brilliant doctoral students.

Faculty of Physics - University of Vienna @univie-physik.bsky.social · 13d

Today the Faculty holds the FÖP - the Public Presentations at the Faculty .

Early PhD students present their research plan to the Faculty’s community, opening the door to discussion and exchange of ideas.

More details here: a29.at/bsoHxR

Step 1: Public Presentations at the Faculty

a29.at

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations!!!

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TACO: Taming Complexity in Materials Modeling @taco-oxides.bsky.social · 14d

Right now, our project members enjoy a retreat at Steinschaler Dörfl, Lower Austria, and have intense scientific exchanges during talks and poster sessions. The happy faces in the workshop photo prove that the meeting is very fruitful!

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 15d

Some scientists in the fog (and other creatures) at the retreat of @taco-oxides.bsky.social in Frankenfels, Lower Austria.

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Tobias Hürter @thuerter.de · 19d

Achtung, Nerd-Content. Auf einer Glastür im Department Mathematik der Uni Erlangen steht diese 2x2-Determinante mit römischen Ziffern: X·I–II·IV=II. Wenn man die Tür von der anderen Seite sieht, stimmt die Gleichung auch: II=VI·II–X·I. Es ist ein Spiegel-Ambigramm.

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 17d

Zur Abwechslung wieder einmal Göller.

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Patrick van der Wel @pcavanderwel.bsky.social · 18d

Job opening for University Assistant Professor in theoretical chemistry in Cambridge: www.ch.cam.ac.uk/job/52637 Deadline end of Oct. #chemjobs
#theoreticalchemistry

University Assistant Professor | Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Applications are invited for a University Assistant Professor to work in the area of theoretical chemistry, broadly defined, to be taken up in October 2026 (or earlier, by agreement). The successful a...

www.ch.cam.ac.uk

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Misha Lemeshko @lemeshko.bsky.social · 18d

Ein Ig Nobel Preis an Niederösterreich! Frau Mikl-Leitner, wir sind fast da 😂 @istaresearch.bsky.social

Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 19d

Congrats to #IgNobel Prize in Physics winners Bartolucci, Busiello, Ciarchi, Corticelli, Di Terlizzi, Olmeda Revignas, and Schimmenti, "for discoveries about the physics of #pasta sauce, especially the phase transition that can lead to clumping, which can be a cause of unpleasantness."

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

“Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect

pubs.aip.org

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Christoph Dellago @chhdellago.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations!!