Uffe V. Poulsen
@uffe1974.bsky.social
Physicist with a passion for science, higher education, and AaB. Father of three.
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From the Far Side collection
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
From the Far Side collection
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Jeg har broderet en dybhavsfisk på jagt. Den er endt præcis som jeg havde forestillet mig den. Bagsiden har en tænd/sluk-knap. #Forsattan et lækkert stykke fisk ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Jeg har broderet en dybhavsfisk på jagt. Den er endt præcis som jeg havde forestillet mig den. Bagsiden har en tænd/sluk-knap. #Forsattan et lækkert stykke fisk ❤️
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This has been a favourite #1920s dress for a long time but I had never before seen the more detailed images of the arrangement of the beaded shapest. I have a whole new appreciation for Poiret’s design choices and the hands sewing the beads #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This has been a favourite #1920s dress for a long time but I had never before seen the more detailed images of the arrangement of the beaded shapest. I have a whole new appreciation for Poiret’s design choices and the hands sewing the beads #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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The forensic audio analysis by Rob C. Maher of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. This is great news for visual and audio investigations! aes2.org/publications...
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The forensic audio analysis by Rob C. Maher of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. This is great news for visual and audio investigations! aes2.org/publications...
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We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
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Curaçao 🇨🇼 are the smallest nation to ever qualify for a World Cup, with a population of 155,826. For comparison, here are some larger U.S. cities:
• Murfreesboro, TN
• Killeen, TX
• Surprise, AZ
• Shreveport, LA
• Sioux Falls, SD
• Des Moines, IA
Simply incredible!
• Murfreesboro, TN
• Killeen, TX
• Surprise, AZ
• Shreveport, LA
• Sioux Falls, SD
• Des Moines, IA
Simply incredible!
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Curaçao 🇨🇼 are the smallest nation to ever qualify for a World Cup, with a population of 155,826. For comparison, here are some larger U.S. cities:
• Murfreesboro, TN
• Killeen, TX
• Surprise, AZ
• Shreveport, LA
• Sioux Falls, SD
• Des Moines, IA
Simply incredible!
• Murfreesboro, TN
• Killeen, TX
• Surprise, AZ
• Shreveport, LA
• Sioux Falls, SD
• Des Moines, IA
Simply incredible!
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❤️ Love this ❤️
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
❤️ Love this ❤️
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
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In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
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Happy misinformation Friday everyone
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Happy misinformation Friday everyone
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The UCSD math department administered a test to 138 students in a remedial math class, and 25% of them got this question wrong:
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The UCSD math department administered a test to 138 students in a remedial math class, and 25% of them got this question wrong:
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On this day 55 years ago, Oregon blew up a beached whale with 20 cases of dynamite.
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
The infamous exploding whale incident occurred Nov. 12, 1970, in Florence, Oregon. A whale washed ashore on the Oregon beach and with no other means to dispo...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
On this day 55 years ago, Oregon blew up a beached whale with 20 cases of dynamite.
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Please read this on Jim Watson, by his most thorough biographer
Okay, here are some first reflections on Watson.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
Watson's life is a tragedy, really of Shakespearean proportions. He did not, as most bios will tell you, do one great thing when he was young and then collect laurels for it for the next 60 years. His career arc was unlike any in science.
November 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Please read this on Jim Watson, by his most thorough biographer
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It is possible to recognise that Watson's treatment of Franklin was despicable and at the same time to acknowledge that Matthew is right.
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It is possible to recognise that Watson's treatment of Franklin was despicable and at the same time to acknowledge that Matthew is right.
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James Watson has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
James Watson has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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“On the Bench in the Bois” (detail)
Giovanni Boldini - 1872
Young Italian artists Boldini & De Nittis arrived in Paris soon after Franco Prussian War & violence of The Commune.
Their art reflected a “desire for lightness”.
“Belle Époque” exhibition.
Palazzo Blu, #Pisa #Italy
#Art #BelleEpoque
Giovanni Boldini - 1872
Young Italian artists Boldini & De Nittis arrived in Paris soon after Franco Prussian War & violence of The Commune.
Their art reflected a “desire for lightness”.
“Belle Époque” exhibition.
Palazzo Blu, #Pisa #Italy
#Art #BelleEpoque
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“On the Bench in the Bois” (detail)
Giovanni Boldini - 1872
Young Italian artists Boldini & De Nittis arrived in Paris soon after Franco Prussian War & violence of The Commune.
Their art reflected a “desire for lightness”.
“Belle Époque” exhibition.
Palazzo Blu, #Pisa #Italy
#Art #BelleEpoque
Giovanni Boldini - 1872
Young Italian artists Boldini & De Nittis arrived in Paris soon after Franco Prussian War & violence of The Commune.
Their art reflected a “desire for lightness”.
“Belle Époque” exhibition.
Palazzo Blu, #Pisa #Italy
#Art #BelleEpoque
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In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
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Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Bertrand Russell to Oswald Mosley. Perfection.
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Here’s the link to the full @royalsociety.org report on UK researcher visa costs compared to other countries
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
UK immigration costs: an international comparison of skilled worker, researcher and student visas in 2025 | Royal Society
2025 update to the Royal Society's analyses of upfront immigration costs in the UK and 17 other leading science nations.
royalsociety.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Here’s the link to the full @royalsociety.org report on UK researcher visa costs compared to other countries
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
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“The trouble with libertarianism is eventually you run out of the USA’s money,” as Thatcher so nearly said.
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention on.ft.com/48FKy6a
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention
Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of crucial election for president Javier Milei
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October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“The trouble with libertarianism is eventually you run out of the USA’s money,” as Thatcher so nearly said.