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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D.

@aedansarchive.bsky.social
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I am a physicist who works with quantum sensing ⚛️ I also do art in my spare time 🎨 I also like books, gardening, and buying supplies for new crafts wonders.physics.wisc.edu/quantum/qu… He/him

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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
wonders.physics.wisc.edu/quantum/quan...
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Quantum Computing Coloring Book
To answer the most intricate questions about nature, we need a computer to simulate nature down to the very atoms themselves. Quantum computers offer a way to use the very building blocks of the world...
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The Quantum Computing Coloring Book is here! ⚛️📖🖍️ You can now order physical copies and color all the qubits! (The link is also in my bio) #art #science #quantumcomputing #coloringbook #coloring
The front cover of the Quantum Computing Coloring Book on a metal optical table and optical tools surrounding itOne of the pages from the Quantum Computing Coloring Book, on a metal optical table and optical tools surrounding itThe "Solid State Defects" page from the Quantum Computing Coloring Book colored in with colored pencilsThe page of scientist Nia Pollard from the Quantum Computing Coloring Book colored in with colored pencils
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A freebie to one place leads to a bogo at another, which then reminds us that we have a coupon to another place -- and next thing you know, we have a whole feast! 👑 #inktober day 6
A black and white drawing of my spouse, questioning how we ordered all this food, saying "I kind of give-a-mouse-a-cookie'd my lunch"
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We're actually really proud of our garden -- we grew sweet corn for the first time, and it was delicious! #inktober day 5
A black and white drawing of my spouse, celebrating our huge garden, saying "I'm a f*cking farmers market!"
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 06/10/2025
The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here For more like this: tiktok.com/@drewharwell instagram.com/bydrewharwell
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Last winter, one of our ducks was attacked in the evening by an opossum and Jody rushed her to an emergency vet (tucked under their arm in a canvas bag). She spent the next three weeks in our bathtub as we cleaned her wounds and gave her antibiotics, and made a full recovery 🙌🦆 #inktober day 4
A black and white drawing of my spouse, carrying a duck in a canvas bag, saying "one second you're young and carefree... And then next you're taking your pet duck to the emergency vet because she's family"
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The sun should still be afraid of lawsuits, because Jody gets sun burnt very easily ☀️🔥 #inktober day 3
A black and white drawing of my spouse, holding an SPF sun shirt from a store rack, saying "it makes getting a sunburn illegal -- I can literally sue the sun!"
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Aarón Cantú @aaroncantu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
NEW INVESTIGATION California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030 A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
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The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#Inktober day 2
A black and white drawing of my spouse cleaning their ears after a shower, saying "ear swabs are the reward to showering"
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#Inktober Day 1 Not related to any prompt, but just illustrating cute and silly things my spouse has said throughout the years ❤️
A black and white drawing of my spouse holding a floral button up shirt intended for pets, asking the question "but should I spend money on clothes for my cat?"
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dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Across the top of the image is a fractured black rectangle where the left half is labeled "Frame: F is happening!" and the right side is labeled "Negation: F is not true!" 

left side of the box: "AI*" is so useful, it's revolutionizing everything. *massive, generative commercial "AI" models.

right side of the box: "AI" capabilities are overblown, it's mostly slop. 

Below the box is a large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "Frame F" fragment. In a box next to Kirby is the text: Kirby. K is happening. That's why they're saying F.

In the pink box is the text: "AI" is functioning to fuel mass surveillance, exploitation of workers & the environment, and the consolidation of wealth and power on a massive scale.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!! reactormag.com/reading-rain...
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Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 21/09/2025
LMAO WUT
theguardian.com
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 19/09/2025
JUST NOW — Our reporters are at the Broadview ICE facility (outside of Chicago) where protestors have been demonstrating since 5:00 a.m. As a cargo van left the facility, a federal agent on the roof started shooting what seems to be pepper balls at protestors just before 9:00 a.m. 🎥: The TRiiBE
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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Reposting an old journal comic because it’s been so rewarding/cool to see me getting better and better at taking care of myself these past months
Panel 1: a character eats a piece of bread and egg while holding a cup of coffee in a kitchen and says “I’m worth it”

Panel 2: same character watched clothes getting soapy and wet in a washing machine and says, “I’m worth it”

Panel 3: character exhaustedly runs on a path by the woods and says, “I’m worth it”

Panel 4: character sits in a bathroom painting their nails while wearing a face mask and says, “I’m worth it”

Panel 5: character sits in a deep bubbly bath smiling and says, “I’m worth it”

Panel 6: in their office, character shuts their laptop closed and says, “I’m worth it”
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Okay but imagine a whole catering table of curly fries!
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W. Brian Lane (he/him), PhD @wbrianlane.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I have amazing #ITeachPhysics and #TTRPG news to share! Adventures with Emmy (AwE), a STEM education tabletop roleplaying game, has been AWARDED FUNDING by the National Science Foundation. In AwE, mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether invites you to learn science by exploring imaginative worlds.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2025
Gen Z in Nepal burned down the parliament, burned down the homes of government officials, forced the prime minister to resign, and paraded the finance minister through the streets nearly naked.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
Americans' Views on Immigration's Effect on the U.S.
On the whole, do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for this country today?
— % Good thing - - % Bad thing
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The percentages who volunteer that the effects are "mixed" or who do not have an opinion are not shown.
GALLUP®
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Ahhh, I'm so glad to hear that! I ADORE the music and art from the first one, and so glad they continue that in the second! Now I just need to finish up my current game so I can get to it!
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I love your excitement for Silksong 😄 I'm so excited to play it too! 🪡
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
And I hope your flare up goes down soon! 🙁
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Oh no! Is your dog okay :(
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Nameling: a comic 3/3
The "Anitta-Kin" city park sign, surrounded by grass and trees and light shining down.
Text: names are so amazing because everyone's name is *theirs*In the foreground, the guardian of one of the kids is messaging a co-worker on her phone, while the children play in the background.
Text: and while that name has been used thousands of times by so many peopleScene of the children, the boy handing a toy bus to the girl and saying "My name is Alex, wanna play?"
Text: right then and there it is their name
and their name alone.Screenshot of the original quote that inspired this comic
bro not to start again on names but u ever think abt how some names have been used for centuries, millenniums even... like how many times has the earth heard a mother calling, 'alexander!'... how many times have the starts caught a lover whispering, 'freyja'... how many times has the ground we've walked on and cntinue to walk on felt vibrations of a friend excitingly yelling, 'mary!'
names are so amazing because everyone's name is *theirs* but that name has been used thousands of times by so many people but right then and there is is *their* name and theirs alone
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Nameling: a comic 2/3
A scene of multiple colosseums and ancient Greece-like landscape, with a mother calling out to her son in the distance
Text: like, how many times has the earth heard a mother calling...Scene of Indo-Islamic and Mughal architecture and a garden, with two lovers nestled in a pergola, and one of them is whispering the other's name.
Text: how many times have the stars caught a lover whispering... PriyaScene in a 19th century train station, where two friends are running towards each other, one shouting out the others name.
Text: or, how many times has the ground we've walked on - and continue to walk on - felt the vibrations of a friend excitedly yelling... May!
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Nameling: a comic I finished this about a year ago, based off a tumblr quote that stuck with me about names, and how special they are, and how so many people have shared our names, but your name is still uniquely yours #hopecore #comic #illustrations 1/3
Drawing of dapled light on grass, and who white butterflies. 
Text: 
Nameling (noun) (rare, archaic) Any group of people sharing the same name. A comic. Illustrated by Aedan Gardill. Text by @h-isforhome (tumblr)Scene of a playground, two parents are watching their children play. A park sign reading "Anitta-Kin city park".
Text: not to start again on names -The two children interact, the boy on the ground playing with toy busses.  The girl says "Hi! My name is Maryam - What's yours?"
Text: do you ever think about how some names have been used for centuries -
millennia even
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Thank you!!
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Already some beautiful coloring of the Quantum Computing Coloring Book! 🖍️
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
wonders.physics.wisc.edu/quantum/quan...
wonders.physics.wisc.edu
Quantum Computing Coloring Book
To answer the most intricate questions about nature, we need a computer to simulate nature down to the very atoms themselves. Quantum computers offer a way to use the very building blocks of the world...
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Want to color qubits? ⚛️ Now you can! @scientistsarah.bsky.social and my coloring book is up on the web! (Link below 👇) There are 24 illustrated coloring pages, along with descriptions, so anyone can discover something new about Quantum Computing! (Physical copies coming soon!!)
The cover for The Quantum Computing Coloring Book, featuring the title and authors, Aedan Gardill and Sarah Parker, in the center. Surrounding the title are colorful designs of a circuit board and atoms.A drawing depicting six proposed uses of quantum computing. Starting in the top left: provide more secure encryption, find more effective materials for battery composition, improve current models of climate change, solve traffic problems more efficiently, assist to find new medicine, and help identify new fertilizer compounds. The background is a tiled pattern, with atoms at the center of each hexagon.A drawing depicting topological qubits, with two bands on the top and bottom containing electrons that are topologically connected together through the drawing. 1990s reminiscent shapes are scattered in the background, representing "noise" to the qubitsIllustration of scientist Nia Pollard holding a flask and pipette. She is a chemist and uses quantum computing algorithms to better model molecules, showcasing one of the applications of quantum computing. To her right is a larger flask with a depiction of a molecule inside.
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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Maybe not quite comedy, but the classic Wallace and Grommet shorts are always so wonderful
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17/08/2025
It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news Please get off Substack 😭 www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
anildash.com
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The more we get the word out, the better! I unsubscribed from people on substack, and eventually want to have my own newsletter and know that I want to use an alternative!
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
"welcome to AI mode" fuck off
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/08/2025
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
scrippsnews.com
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🎉✨🎉
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Brett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Oh yeah, GPT-5 has PhD-level intelligence? Well, can it do THIS?! *cries like a baby while revising a single sentence then watches YouTube and anxiety naps for 7 hours*
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/08/2025
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) —dragged at his own town hall. He should have known when it kicked off w/constituents reciting the Pledge of Allegiance w/extra emphasis on “justice for all.” Then came the truth: “I don’t think you’re the right fit for us anymore.” Even telling him it’s time to step down.
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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2025
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-internation…
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 02/08/2025
If you see this, post a #castle 🏰
A digital illustration, a low angle showing Link and Zelda facing away. Link has his hands on his hips, Zelda is tilting her head looking at a map. In the background is Peach's Castle, from the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario, in his boxers, is jumping angrily from the castle's bridge toward Link and Zelda. Peach is on the castle balcony looking shocked with her hand over her mouth.
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Jenny Dolfen ✨MCM AA M-19✨ @jennydolfen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
DuckDuckGo search filters out AI slop even from image searches??? 💖💖💖
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Aedan Gardill, Ph.D. @aedansarchive.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I've been in a bit of an artist block, and it felt really good to sit down and paint yesterday! 🦆
Small watercolor paintings of ducks, with the paint and paintbrush off to the right, with sun shining on the table.
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Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
she has spoken
A doodle of a cat saying AI sucks
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cassie willson @cassiewillson.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
PLANTS & TREES IN THE WIND Pt 2! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just send “Magazine, please!” to ThinkDraw@yahoo.com #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #illustration
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