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@andrewhardy.bsky.social

UofT Condensed Matter Physics PhD studying quantum systems // it's not my whole life yet

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Incredible!

16.05.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For people less versed in MtG lore, would you be willing to list the name of the card / artist or the Scryfall link for these? Incredible work btw.

16.05.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

25.04.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60715    ๐Ÿ” 20857    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 611    ๐Ÿ“Œ 840
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

08.04.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13493    ๐Ÿ” 4465    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 645    ๐Ÿ“Œ 258

i hear that you and your lab have sold your chalkboards and bought compute credits

i hear that you and your lab have sold your compute credits and bought chalkboards.

i hear that every theorem that *you* know is more relevant than every theorem that *i* know

01.04.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come see my talk on how simple Hubbard physics can contribute to strangeness in metals at #MarchMeeting on Monday @5PM!

15.03.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"A scientist undertaking high-risk calculations in the Hazardous Mathematics Laboratory"

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A scientist wears an armoured hazmat suit. His face is intense and sweat drips from his brow. His hands are encased in heavy duty gloves which reach into a metal box. He peers into the box through heavy-duty perspex at a notebook in which he is making complex calculations with a biro.

Caption "A scientist undertaking high-risk calculations in the Hazardous Mathematics Laboratory" Image A scientist wears an armoured hazmat suit. His face is intense and sweat drips from his brow. His hands are encased in heavy duty gloves which reach into a metal box. He peers into the box through heavy-duty perspex at a notebook in which he is making complex calculations with a biro.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com #science #mathematics

04.03.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1144    ๐Ÿ” 259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

This is just stupid. Surely, getting rid of the ORI will have no negative consequences. SMH.

28.02.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 1965: After five years and seventy million dollars we have invented a new type of plastic that prevents communists from being able to climb ladders too fast
FEDERAL RESEARCH LAB SCIENTIST IN 2025: My cure for cancer was shelved because it might benefit Hispanics

23.02.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17252    ๐Ÿ” 3090    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

As a young researcher, I find this legacy of dubious claims disheartening. Nobody wants to dedicate the beginning of their career to work that might be based on bogus results. This steers a lot of people away from what could otherwise be a very productive field.

20.02.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some strong criticism of ล mejkal et al.'s work on altermagnetism and its potential for spintronics.

12.02.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US science in chaos as impact of Trump's executive orders sinks in โ€“ Physics World US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences

Donald Trumpโ€™s second term as US President has begun with staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences in what some see as a new "dark ages" ๐Ÿงชโš›๏ธ physicsworld.com/a/us-science...

12.02.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 303    ๐Ÿ” 135    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

@quantamagazine.bsky.social always manages to find problems I had never considered. Very curious to see some consequences, especially Schmalian's hope for infinite T SC!

12.02.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

University of Kentucky president just put out statement that Trumpโ€™s proposed NIH cuts โ€œwill cost UK tens of millions of dollars annually,โ€ and hurt local economy and its work to advance health of the state โ€” โ€œincluding cancer, heart disease, childrenโ€™s health, Alzheimerโ€™s and opioid use disorder.โ€

10.02.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

you know what's a good idea as the climate changes, is firing the people working on crop yields

09.02.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 323    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation โ€œThis kind of cut would kill American science and boost China.โ€โ€ฆ

๐Ÿงช โš›๏ธ Congress doesnโ€™t have to follow the presidential budget request, and frequently doesnโ€™t, but that this is even being floated is terrible. Remember, NIH and DOE Office of Science will likely face similar โ€œrecommendationsโ€.

07.02.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Man this account was mostly going to be about science, but here we are ๐Ÿ˜ญ.

05.02.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America
YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America

Amongst all the insanity these days, this seems like an appropriate framework to understand their ill-intents.

05.02.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.

๐Ÿงชโš›๏ธ Holy cow. Threats to layoff 25-50% of NSF (!!!). This would be a complete disaster. Anyone who thinks cutting the workforce at a $9B/yr agency by this much will lead to greater efficiency is just out of their mind. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

04.02.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 72    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Moment's Peace: Can we stop the posts please guys. Can we all cool it with the gags, riffs, spoofs, and epic shit. People are trying to do mental health

Moment's Peace: Can we stop the posts please guys. Can we all cool it with the gags, riffs, spoofs, and epic shit. People are trying to do mental health

23.01.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now we just need @apsphysics.bsky.social to start posting journal updates here as well!

26.01.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enhanced Strange Metallicity due to Hubbard-$U$ Coulomb Repulsion A model of electrons that has a particular Coulomb repulsion and is coupled to a 2D bosonic bath shows a quantum critical point where traditional Fermi-liquid physics breaks down, resulting in a so-ca...

Excited to see my work from my time at CCQ-Flatiron out as an Editors Suggestion in Physical Review Letters
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

26.01.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Share the decks you two built!

25.01.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curious if there's a decision process for picking cards?

25.01.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

something really freshing about seeing someone doodle something on a $50 card. Magic the way it was meant to be enjoyed.

22.01.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."

Earlier that day:

02.01.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8064    ๐Ÿ” 1027    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 100    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70

follow me back so I can send you skeets

13.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Made this while procrastinating

โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿงฎ ๐Ÿงช

25.11.2024 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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