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Dr Laura Clark

@beamsontoast.bsky.social

Royal Society University Research Fellow Developing computational imaging in STEM Own views

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Has anyone yet written a package so I can listen to 4D-STEM? (Maybe @cophus.bsky.social would know?)

Some of the datasets must be delightfully polyphonic

17.08.2025 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is your regular reminder that EVERYONE who speaks has an accent.

17.08.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've had to flag to some colleagues that on leave I will not have email access and so they do actually need to get paperwork to me in advance.

It can be tricky crossing the e-cultural barrier.

17.08.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

ruse = ๐Ÿฅธ

rues = ๐Ÿ˜ญ

roos = ๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜

06.08.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1080    ๐Ÿ” 150    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

๐Ÿค“ hummingbird hawk moth, in Yorkshire!

03.08.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the one hand, I'm sad to be missing M&M this year and I hope you're all having a blast ๐Ÿ’œ

On the other, this is the traffic I'm currently dealing with ๐Ÿฅฐ

29.07.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My mother has saffron in her cupboards that saw the fall of the Berlin wall.
No occasion has yet been deemed fancy enough.

22.07.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There was a year where I was regularly commuting between ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ and ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. I have dozens of photos from the east coast mainline between Newcastle and Edinburgh- every single week, blazing sun in the toon, and gloomy grey as soon as you hit the border.

I took it as a sign to move a little to the south ๐Ÿ˜…

21.07.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Green Corridors Scythe Fest - St Nicks Get Scything with Green Corridors York this summer! Join our team for a series of drop in 'have-a-go' sessions to learn the heritage skill of scything this August.

Uh oh. I fear I'm increasingly close to acquiring a scythe
www.stnicks.org.uk/events/green...

I am not someone in need of another distinct hobby..

21.07.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not that person ๐Ÿ™‚

But I do think genuinely having no hobbies or interests outside of work is sad (not in the haha-loser sense, but in that it's a huge shame)

21.07.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This brought to you by my recent thoughts on taking up scything, (there's a course near Whernside)

I've chosen against it for now, as the patch of ground I look after is next to a graveyard and I think (on balance), that a loud strimmer is less upsetting than strolling along with a scythe ๐Ÿ˜…

21.07.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In a previous job, the lab-head welcomed us with "you have no time for hobbies now, science is your hobby"

I laughed, at what I thought was obvs a joke

Please, have hobbies and passions beyond work. It doesn't mean you're lazy or profligate, it means you experience more of what it is to be human.

21.07.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Found it ๐Ÿ˜Š (on the key hook, of all places, where *I* definitely didn't put it ๐Ÿ˜…)

19.07.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay, for ten points, where have I put my bike key?

It's somewhere in my house (bike locked in shed, key only comes out if locked), not in usual place (raincoat pocket), bike panniers, with house or work keys, or on the handy corner of the worktop.

I need to find it by 6.30pm!

18.07.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The sizzling history of the democracy sausage Barbecue snags and voting explained.

Then I really hope step three is introducing the Democracy Sausage to the UK ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜…

www.moadoph.gov.au/explore/demo...

17.07.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe I'm slightly cynical this week, but a risk they end up being a how-to-guide to bully someone most effectively?

17.07.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The world's best beach ๐Ÿ’š

17.07.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Electron Ptychography Electron ptychography describes a family of algorithms which are used to enable the reconstruction of complex specimen transmission functions of a sample in order to obtain both phase and amplitude in...

Did I go on a whole diversion just for the joy of the pronunciation and etymology?
Yes, of course, yes ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š

arxiv.org/abs/2503.10917

15.07.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha, yes, my phone tries to autocorrect el- anything to electron microscopy ๐Ÿ’š

15.07.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can never spell "physics" correctly at the first go.

And yet, "ptychography" is just fine? ๐Ÿคฏ

14.07.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Science: it's a girl thing! A viral fiasco | Curt Rice Curt Rice: The European Commission's teaser to persuade young women to become scientists is risible. Surely we can do better?

This gives me terrible flashbacks:
www.theguardian.com/science/blog...

13.07.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can get tick removal tools that are credit card sized. One lives in my handbag (I walk through woodland most days), as earlier removal helps.
They cost pennies.

11.07.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cardboard box that says " box of shame currently " ALT: a cardboard box that says " box of shame currently "
10.07.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ why do I have to be called out like that?

10.07.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EPSRC fellowships These opportunities will be closed from 12 December 2024.

Not sure if that's better or worse than the EPSRC approach which was just to close fellowships..
www.ukri.org/what-we-do/d...

10.07.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A soft crocheted geode made of yarn and pink beads on the inside to imitate crystals

A soft crocheted geode made of yarn and pink beads on the inside to imitate crystals

A soft crocheted geode made of yarn and pink beads on the inside to imitate crystals. It is shown from the side to show the outside โ€œrockโ€

A soft crocheted geode made of yarn and pink beads on the inside to imitate crystals. It is shown from the side to show the outside โ€œrockโ€

A soft crocheted geode made of yarn and pink beads on the inside to imitate crystals. It is sitting on a marble counter

A soft crocheted geode made of yarn and pink beads on the inside to imitate crystals. It is sitting on a marble counter

Crocheted a geode, like you do ๐Ÿงถ #crochet

09.07.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5399    ๐Ÿ” 1189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 149    ๐Ÿ“Œ 91
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Phase Imaging Methods in the Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has become an essential tool for investigating materials, providing detailed characterization at nano and atomic scales. By combining subangstrom resol...

Very pleased to be able to share a recently published mini-review on phase related applications of 4D-STEM methods:
Phase Imaging Methods in the Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope, with Gabriel Sanchez-Santolino, Satoko Toyama, Tekehito Seki and Naoya Shibata
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

08.07.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I may have spoken too soon, and angered the flight delay gods ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Have managed to walk 15k steps around the airport while waiting, aiming to find the longest route without self intersecting (just shy of 1km)

07.07.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Woohoo! Congratulations ๐ŸŽŠ

07.07.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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