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SURFMOSS @surfmoss.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

We are very happy that during the last week Torsten and Florian from ELMITEC GmbH installed in our LEEM a TVIPS GmbH XF216 camera for direct electron detection, funded by the Comunidad de Madrid. The microscope use is offered through the labrg.iqf.csic.es at the @iqf-csic.bsky.social .

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The only time to walk around Madrid in the summer: at sunset!

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SURFMOSS @surfmoss.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

IBERLEEM conference in Madrid / 15-17 october 2025 /REG OPEN The IBERLEEM conference is devoted to low-energy electron microscopy in Spain. Registration is now open: iberleem.iqf.csic.es

iberleem.iqf.csic.es

IBERLEEM 2025

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Proud of Spain. There is a 10 hours really bad blackout: crime goes down, people help each other, enjoy the afternoon if possible.

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SURFMOSS @surfmoss.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

And a new publication, together with Anna Mandziak and Pawel Nita at the Solaris synchrotron. Enjoy: www.iqf.csic.es/es/investiga...

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Structural and magnetic properties of the Fe3O4 (110) surface

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SURFMOSS @surfmoss.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In the framework of the MSCA Cofund project ALLIES, we are seeking motivated postdoctoral candidates aiming to lead the development of Artificial Intelligence algorithms to interpret and refine Mössbauer and Raman spectra. aihub.csic.es/en/all15/

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Ok, stupidity reaches a new level. What will the world look like in three years? At least, in the 30s they increased tariffs in a misplaced attempt to recover from a crisis. This time, stupidity created the crisis. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?

Trump’s tariffs are a disaster. His policy process is worse.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Usually, photos pale compared to the real world. But now and then, the opposite can happen

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Too true. I am tired of NY Times saying that Zelensky did not handle Trump correctly. But I guess they said the same of the Checoslovaquian president at the Munich accords.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I understand that what would be most useful for Ucrania at this stage is for Europe to defend the ucranian skies with their planes. Other than material support and to help the ucranian UAV and war production as much as possible. Is this correct?

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Agreed. I am really happy with the car (Tesla 3, nearly four years old, 135.000km and counting). However, the technical service through the app is quite annoying and very slow. Plus some stupid things (like pretending to charge 1200$ for the steering wheel even if I contacted them under warranty).

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Correct. It seems European leaders can only see as far as their own navels.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Now they are in reasonable good terms.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Si. Pero yo me acuerdo cuando jugué al lunar lander en un ZX81 😉

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Tengo que decir que estoy francamente sorprendido. Y ahora quiere llamar al golfo de México golfo de America? El Mundo Today no es capaz de alcanzar tales cotas.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

And a quite true observation: politicians seem to be more brazen in taken advantage of their positions. This is certainly true in Spain. No need to say anything about the US. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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MAGA has Built a Castle of Lies, But it is Grounded on Two Truths

Unless the Truths are Dealt with, The Damage may be Irreversible

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I am wondering how much of this is true in every modern country. Purchasing government stuff is a complete nightmare. And technically my research institute is part of our country administration, so it applies to us. Reforming it would be a welcome improvement. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/o...

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Opinion | How to Fix the Way U.S. Government Spends Billions (Gift Article)

The system has been criticized for being too prescriptive and ponderous. Now states and local governments are finding new ways to make the process work.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The full episode should be required viewing. Hopefully not yet in history classes

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

🎮 Finished the Secrets of the Maw DLC in Little Nightmares, after doing the I and the II. Really looking forward the third part.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Well, I only got it in exchange of my PS4 when a) I found it would run basically everything, b) got a decent offer for the exchange. Still annoyed that they do not run the PS3 games.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Google Maps was indicating that a highway on my way home was closed to traffic. It was false. Is it possible to hack Google Maps?

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What happened? I have move recently also.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Are the days of review papers ending?. My take is that due to AI their days are counted. They are usually very well cited. However, they are often used to boost journals IF and while some are very useful which select good references from noise, many are not.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Crazy. However, what I advocate instead is for routinely (pre)screening papers using AI, followed by regular peer review.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Mine are also older, and one is autistic, which greatly complicates things. But I agree with the general idea. A friend of mine used to say that kids need to learn to be bored 🙂

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

My kids are older, but this is pretty interesting, and I agree with it… www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/o...

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Fun at the Light-Matter Interaction at Nanoscale today at the Instituto de Qumica Fisica Blas Cabrera: lightmatterinteraction.eu A new poster method: flash-talks. 4 minutes to give the most relevant info of what you want to show. Successful so far. More tomorrow.

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LMI 2024

LMI congress 2024

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

Well, different rules. Yours have disadvantages, as well as advantages.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

After a week of a beamtime at the synchrotron in Poland, now on my way back.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Voted on the european elections. However, in Spain I have not heard much about Europe, just local politics. Of which the discussion is pretty low level. I miss real European parties discussing European problems. Of which we have many to choose from. But I also miss more integration...

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

No, only here. I am relatively new to bluesky, but surprisingly enough also to Twitter. But I am finding the latter quite toxic.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

Missing this place so much. Too much of my life, to many friends here

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

Kind of overwhelmed in some way. War with Russia (Europe should enforce a no fly zone ASAP), the US elections (a crazy guy that makes me understand why Hitler won, at least intellectually), the Spain's president melodrama (which is basically soap opera)... And AI being real after all this time.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Today is Autism Day #AutismoCercaDeTi. Greetings from me and my son Daniel, who is autistic.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

Después de un paseo por Lavapiés...

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Finished reading "Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World", from Peter Goodman. Of course, we are still wondering how this story will end.

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Juan de la Figuera @juandelafiguera.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

After six years, the hard disk of our low-energy electron microscope died suddenly. Big pain. Yes, no backup of the configuration (data is fine). Oh, well. After one day everything is running again, thanks to Uwe@Elmitec for all the help!

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