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Mahdieh

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•A kid in love with learning •PhD candidate @TUDarmstadt (Non-equilibrium Quantum Mechanics)✨🌌 🖖•They/She• https://mahdiehebrahimii.github.io

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Holodeck Four @holodeckfour.bsky.social · 2d

The Collective ❤️🖖

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Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · 8d

It is aligned with my experience!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 8d

That's quite the chart annotation.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A chart of "Major concerns of PhD candidates." The top text says, "Financial pressures top the list of concerns faced by PhD candidates, but concerns differ among the sexes. Those studying in the United States rank the political landscape as their main worry." The chart shows that in the full survey, political landscape is the biggest concern for about 20% of students (a bit higher for women than men) but there's an annotation saying "In US PhD students, this rose to 64%". Overall, the highest-rated concern was financial pressures at around 40%.

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James Harvey @keepof4worlds.bsky.social · 15d

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

www.bbc.com

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Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · 15d

Happy finding Neptune!

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · 19d

Wow 🤩🤩🤩

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · 20d

Happy happy day!

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · 21d

I am in need of a Holodeck!

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 22d

I haven’t seen nearly enough clips from The Sting being shared around here.

youtu.be/BAF9OAO4TtA?...

The Sting (1/10) Movie CLIP - World's Easiest Five Grand (1973) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · 22d

Honestly I was really lucky with my supervisors, they are both really kind

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Sep 5

My first phd paper is now available in Physics D:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dynamics of localised states in the stochastic discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We revisit aspects of dynamics and stability of localised states in the deterministic and stochastic discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation. By a com…

www.sciencedirect.com

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Sep 5

It feels like Halloween more and more everyday!

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Sep 5

I like the third season of foundation more than the others, specially one YouTuber changed the name of brother day to brother dude and it makes me smile every time :)

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Aug 31

The foundation is getting more and more interesting

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Me too 🫩

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Juan José García-Ripoll @jjgarciaripoll.bsky.social · Aug 25

The IX edition of the QUOST conferences in Chile has been announced. It will take place in Valparaíso, November 5-7, 2025

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · Aug 24

Picard management tip: It's okay to be gentle and kind.

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Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Aug 23

Gorgeous 😊

Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Aug 15

Here the poem of the day, and I wonder why I am sad!

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · Aug 13

I keep seeing this circulating, and I'm disappointed in my colleagues in the natural sciences who think if they can "shed" enough of their humanity they will some how be protected from fascism.

Scientists who are bending to jingoism to try and protect funding aren't asking the right questions.

Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · Aug 13

In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.

“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”

Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities

Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?

thedispatch.com

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Mahdieh @mahebr.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wow 🤩

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Dr Jake Taylor @astrojake.bsky.social · Aug 13

I updated my website to have an interactive webpage where you can plot the exoplanet population, select different parameter spaces to explore, and overlay the observed and planned JWST observations. I think this will be a useful tool for proposal planning: www.astrojake.com/exoplanets

Exoplanets

www.astrojake.com

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · Aug 12

I can’t remember…when a guy offers you a wish for your soul, is he nice or mean

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Aug 10

Tyranny is not born overnight. It’s built one compromise at a time.

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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · Aug 6

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. Ok, so we're out in a forest and everyone is dressed like they're doing Robin Hood cosplay. In the background is Worf and Crusher. Crusher is tending to Worf's arm, so he probably has an ouchy. Worf, who is sulking, is wearing a red fancy getup, and Crusher's looking Renaissance festivally, with a pheasant feather in her green hat. Up front is Geordi. He's sitting on a big rock wearing orange tights with sword in the belt loop, in an orange and yellow checkered tunic top and a 3 musketeers shaped feather hat. He's playing a mandolin and smiling big like Leah Brahms just said yes to his friend request on the facebook. Closed caption reads, "(playing badly)"

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