Alison Ross
@euphemiross.bsky.social
Philosopher Monash University
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Everyone!
The winner of the #DanceYourPhD comp. (physics) is sooooo worthy!
Great original track (ear worm!), and awesome vid.
Congrats Arfor Houwman, University of Innsbruck: “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”
Cannot recommend this enough — what a great form of #SciComm 🧪
The winner of the #DanceYourPhD comp. (physics) is sooooo worthy!
Great original track (ear worm!), and awesome vid.
Congrats Arfor Houwman, University of Innsbruck: “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”
Cannot recommend this enough — what a great form of #SciComm 🧪
Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms | Dance Your PhD 2025 [Physics & AI/Quantum Winner]
YouTube video by Arfor Houwman
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May 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Everyone!
The winner of the #DanceYourPhD comp. (physics) is sooooo worthy!
Great original track (ear worm!), and awesome vid.
Congrats Arfor Houwman, University of Innsbruck: “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”
Cannot recommend this enough — what a great form of #SciComm 🧪
The winner of the #DanceYourPhD comp. (physics) is sooooo worthy!
Great original track (ear worm!), and awesome vid.
Congrats Arfor Houwman, University of Innsbruck: “Collective Phenomena in Ultracold Dipolar Quantum Gases”
Cannot recommend this enough — what a great form of #SciComm 🧪
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So we are back to where we were three months ago: the war will be over when the Russians stop fighting
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Washington will scale back role in Ukraine-Russia peace talks, US says
The State Department announcement marks a significant shift in Washington's approach and comes after months of stalled diplomatic efforts to get Kyiv and Moscow to agree to a deal to end Russia's thre...
www.euronews.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So we are back to where we were three months ago: the war will be over when the Russians stop fighting
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Balmoral 2.5km swim for cancer
April 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Balmoral 2.5km swim for cancer
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So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So: Russia flatly rejected one Trump envoy (Kellogg), made the next one (Witkoff) wait for eight hours, rejected the ceasefire, and instructed Trump that his job is to give Russia what it wants. That’s what Trump means by "respect" I guess.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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"I decide who is a Jew"
Donald Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I am concerned. He has become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He is not Jewish anymore. He is a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"I decide who is a Jew"
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of course
SCOOP: The new DOGE official seeking private taxpayer information at the IRS has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch considered part of Putin's inner circle.
Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud.
www.rollingstone.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
of course
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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Alternative universe is calling
February 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Alternative universe is calling
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These are research grants awarded through evaluation of their merits by scientific peers, in which the investigators are carrying out important, ground-breaking work. They're being targeted because, as required by NSF guidelines, they include some investment in benefits for the broader community.
Ted Cruz released a spreadsheet of NSF grants found to be "questionable projects that promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda."
There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
There are more planetary sci grants here then I expected. Are you here?
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
www.commerce.senate.gov
February 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
These are research grants awarded through evaluation of their merits by scientific peers, in which the investigators are carrying out important, ground-breaking work. They're being targeted because, as required by NSF guidelines, they include some investment in benefits for the broader community.
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Trump: "Release Bane, Lex Luthor, Magneto and the Joker from jail."
AG Bondi: "Mr. President, these are not real people."
Trump: "OK, get Kash to do it."
AG Bondi: "Mr. President, these are not real people."
Trump: "OK, get Kash to do it."
January 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump: "Release Bane, Lex Luthor, Magneto and the Joker from jail."
AG Bondi: "Mr. President, these are not real people."
Trump: "OK, get Kash to do it."
AG Bondi: "Mr. President, these are not real people."
Trump: "OK, get Kash to do it."