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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Suraj has a point.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Results are about to start being announced in France. Read my thread for city by city context. And use my spreadsheet to follow the results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
New preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2602.10882 We measure anti-bunching and witness quantum non-Gaussian states from high-harmonic generation. High-harmonics are generated in a strong field process with unique properties, distinguishing it from the established quantum light sources.
Bernie Meme: High-Harmonic. I am once again asking, are you classical or not?
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LIGO Scientific Collaboration @ligo.org · 11/02/2026
10 years ago today, we told the world "We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!" Relive the moment we shared our result with the world www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJ... #GW10Years #OTD 🔭🧪⚛️ 🎂
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[LIVE] FIRST Gravitational Waves Detected | LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory)
YouTube video by National Science Foundation News
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵
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Stephan Anpalagan @stephananpalagan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Vor ziemlich genau 8 Jahren hat Jörg Meuthen, ehem. Vorsitzender der AfD, gesagt, er sehe in den Innenstädten "noch vereinzelt Deutsche". Die Vorsitzende der CDU, Angela Merkel, hat ihm umgehend widersprochen. Friedrich Merz hat heute die Sprache und Position der AfD übernommen.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14/10/2025
“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … We are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D’Angelo, has been called home." More on D'Angelo's life and legacy: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New article out
Mask reveal meme. Man with mask is labeled with 'SHHG emission=coherent state'. Another man is lifting the mask: "Let's see who you really are." Second picture: Man with uncovered mask now labeled as: Non-classical correlations and squeezing signatures.
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New article out
Mask reveal meme. Man with mask is labeled with 'SHHG emission=coherent state'. Another man is lifting the mask: "Let's see who you really are." Second picture: Man with uncovered mask now labeled as: Non-classical correlations and squeezing signatures.
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Laboratoire d'Optique Appliqée (LOA) @labooptappl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
High-order harmonics are non-classcial! This has recently been further substantiated by @kittenstate.bsky.social and his colleagues of the QUANTUM group at LOA. loa.ensta-paris.fr/2025/09/09/q... Their observation of a displaced squeezed state is now published in @physrevresearch.bsky.social.
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Quantum Features of High-Order Harmonics – Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée
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sam henri gold @samhenri.gold · 06/09/2025
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
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Andreea Lefterovici @andreealefterovici.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Are you a student or early-career researcher in quantum computing or quantum information? Then the following is for you. We're organising a focused, community-driven conference at Leibniz Universität Hannover, hosted by Prof. Robert Raussendorf. 🗓️ Save the date: August 27–29, 2025
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Spending a lovely afternoon of writing and watching tour de france
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Nature study: when do girls fall behind in #maths? During their 1st year at primary school. 4 yr study, 2.6M French children. By comparing kids born a month apart but in diff school years they show it's education, not age, that triggers the gap☹️ 🧪👩‍🔬 ℹ️: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 👇Excellent 🧵
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Title:  WATCH THE MATHEMATICS GENDER GAP EMERGE The school environment triggers a gender gap in mathematics. Test results
from all children in France who started school in 2018 reveal the trend.

Graph 1: Start of first year of school.  Boys and girls show similar performance in maths test results.

Graph 2:  Four months into first year
We see more boys are now starting to achieve the higher grades with girls getting more poorer grades

Graph 3:  Start of second year at school
Gender gap is now exaggerated with boys twice as likely to get the top marks than their female counterparts.

From https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01831-4
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eartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Fuck. RIP to Sly Stone. One of the greatest ever.
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Wow - I don't remember seeing Magnus choking like this. Props to Gukesh for playing on and sensing the opportunity to take down his predecessor for the first time in classical control. #NorwayChess
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
After correcting tens of unintended features in my code, I finally arrived at finding yet another one
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
1.8% was enough for Dallas. Lucky for them, they will draft the tall guy and possibly win their fan support back
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Now replacing the lofi girl with the Vatican chimney cam. Same vibes, just with a bit more suspense.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in DenverZoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 14/01/2024
They probably will only start to worry when the size of funds will be cut under new government
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Vinnie winnin'
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
As a sphere, I couldn't handle the social pressure exhibited by unit spheres. Unrealistic stereotypes also exist in the world of spheres.
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Bimmelbahnschlingel @lukasoag.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Klasse, Habeck ein Buch geschrieben, in dem er das BWV durcharbeitet schön mit Harmonieanalyse und allem drum und dran, dem Titel nach zu urteilen. Werde ich mir auf jeden Fall geben!
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
No chatbot will ever trigger the same feelings in me as clippy did
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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
A team led by physicist Chien-Shiung Wu obtained the first experimental confirmation of “parity violation,” in the decay of Cobalt-60, #OTD in 1956. Her theory colleagues received a Nobel for the prediction, but she was left off the prize. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Image: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Chien-Shiung Wu standing behind the beam line of her apparatus. She is wearing a white lab coat and smiling at the camera.
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Dan Yocum. Ugh. @yocum137.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
In 1994 when I worked at Kitt Peak National Observatory, @todlauer.bsky.social made an off-hand comment about grape plasma in the microwave. Being an experimental physicist (read as “nerd”) I immediately tried it during night lunch. Who knew it was come to this? 🧪🔭⚛️
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Grapes double sensor magnetic power in an epic quantum breakthrough
Grape pairs boost quantum sensor performance by enhancing magnetic fields, aiding compact and cost-effective sensor development.
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Chess is now taken over completely by the youth. Amazing
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camwing @camw.ing · 05/12/2024
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
A screenshot of PayPal's terms of service. Big wall of legalese text, which I will be pasting in below. You don't need to read it, here's the important part: 

"The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop."


Here's the whole paragraph: 

We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”
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Leif Malone @thetroops.fightins.online · 05/09/2024
I like friends. Having them, etc.
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ꭓle Ormsby 𓆙 @e-infinity.space · 03/12/2024
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦. 1 + 3 + 5 + ⋯ + (2n−1) = n². 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐭. 🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪 🟧🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🧮
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Science bluesky is so serious - feels more like LinkedIn sometimes. I am also not helping though
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Data data data
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Laboratoire d'Optique Appliqée (LOA) @labooptappl.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
LOA's QUANTUM group, with @kittenstate.bsky.social as lead author, have ou published a Phy.Rev.X Quantum-paper, proving high-harmonic-generatio to produce non-classical light states. loa.ensta-paris.fr/2024/11/12/e... doi.org/10.1103/PRXQ...
Of schematic illustration of an infrared laser pulse generating a broadband harmonic spectrum of entangled photons in a thin semiconductor
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Können die bei phoenix mal zu linder rüberschalten? So Champions League Konferenz mäßig
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
New pre-print out! Following up on our most recent work, we analyse the nonclassical state from high-harmonic generation. Estimation of the squeezer distribution and Schmidt number further confirm HHG as a promising quantum source of light. arxiv.org/abs/2411.02311
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Observation of a Multimode Displaced Squeezed State in High-Harmonic Generation
High harmonic generation is a resource of extremely broad frequency combs of ultrashort light pulses. The non-classical nature of this new quantum source has been recently evidenced in semiconductors ...
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Pretty figures win over referees
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Implementing corrections to a draft. A } is missing somewhere now. It doesn't compile anymore. I had better starts to a Friday.
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Got my first article accepted! It will be soon available on PRX Q. Studying the photon statistics of high-harmonic generation, we found surprising results. Apparently, HHG light can be squeezed and has non-classical properties ! journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a...
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PRX Quantum - Accepted Paper: Evidence of the quantum optical nature of high-harmonic generation
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Time Tagging technology is still far from reaching Planck time resolution, and it will probably remain like that
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
What's the impact factor of 'GEOlino' ?
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
First glance at new data: Wow, that looks actually pretty nice ! Second glance at new data: omg, what is happening I don't get it
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Do a PhD, they said. You will get to use the latest high-tech. Found while cleaning the lab.
Two floppy disks and a stack of punched cards, which were used for data storage in the old days.
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 30/12/2023
First time having an article in peer review feels like: Why so critical? Can't you just trust me, please?
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
Grand Swiss was pretty exciting to follow - so nice seeing the 'youngsters' quickly establishing themselves at the top. Incredible tournament by vidit.
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Christian Lindner @handle.invalid · 09/10/2023
Franca ist verrückt nach meinem Lindwurm. CL
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
"Being a physics researcher is very demanding but very rewarding as well. I am strongly against the idea that you need to devote your whole life to your career. You can have a family and a life outside physics and still be successful in your field." I feel this is sometimes not stressed enough.
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From Measuring Electrons to Inspiring Underrepresented Scientists
This year, Anne L’Huillier won the Wolf Prize in Physics for her work on ultrafast lasers. Now she hopes her success will help inspire a new generation of women to take up physics.
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Awesome choice of laureates! This field is getting some well deserved recognitio. Glad to be working on it - still many open questions left to answer
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Lost in Superposition @kittenstate.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
This is impressive on atleast 5 + 1 levels.
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string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard
String theory lied to us and now science communication is hard.This is just my opinion man. String theory is not bad. String theory is fine and interesting. ...
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