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Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan | works with 3D-CZT | he/him | back from the thesis mines Visit my Digital Garden at: publish.obsidian.md/myaiba

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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hello, I'm back from the thesis mines to share i defended my nuclear engineering ph.d.! Wow! Can you imagine what could have happened if I had been posting instead of writing about 3D-CZT? #nuclear #radiationdectors
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
day 14 of year 5 of my phd in radiation detection and nuclear engineering: i am once again doing trigonometry to review what a tangent is
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
the jokes write themselves sometimes
Modern Physics by Charles E. Dull
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
feeling a little extra crazy today investigating the walls year 5 of the phd will do that to ya #academicsky
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
lol why was i the last person to leave the lab today? like its literally my birthday on a friday, why am I like this???
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
friction in the process of learning is good actually! friction creates heat! heat boils water, makes steam, turns brain turbines! trying to learn without friction is impossible, where are you supposed to stop? where are the places that you should linger more? don't optimize away all friction!!
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment
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American Nuclear Society @americannuclear.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Statement on firing of NRC Commissioner Hanson: www.ans.org/news/2025-06...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”
Tim Walz speaks in a blue jacket
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A state senator from my home state was murdered by someone pretending to be a police officer. This is quite certainly the definition of domestic terrorism, don't you think?
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NPR @npr.org · 07/05/2025
President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR. This is the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country. Whatever changes this action brings, NPR’s commitment to reporting the news – without fear or favor – will never change.
Public media is under threat. Our mission is more important than ever: to keep people informed, tell the truth, build bridges and hold the powerful to account. Donate now.
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
uw-madison literally has W in its name I'm proud of them being in this statement standing in solidarity against the attack on higher education www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
aacu.org
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 17/04/2025
Washington Square Park 3pm Today Let’s get to it
RALLY FOR THE RIGHT TO LEARN!
THURSDAY, APRIL 171h
4:00 PM
FOLEY SQUARE
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, 3 PM, joining other universities. 
FOLEY SQUARE, 4 PM
JOIN US TO DEMAND, HANDS OFF HIGHER ED!
Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate
Baher Azmy, CCR, Attorney for Mahmoud Khalil 
Rotua Lumbantobing, Vice President, AAUP
Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University
Asad Dandia
Heba Gowayed, Hunter College/CUNY 
Denis Nash, CUNY School of Public Health Shana Redmond, Columbia University
Salman Khan, Columbia Medical Center
Art Eisenberg, NYCLU
Grant Miner, Student Workers of Columbia
McKenzie Wark, The New School 
Chenjerai Kumanyika, AAUP/NYU
Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University
The Rude Mechanical Orchestra...
and MORE!
FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVER E UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY FREE THE UNIVERSITY
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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 06/04/2025
Fairly undeniable at this point that abolish ICE was always the only reasonable position
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
White Lotus Season 3 is paced like a tsunami, so I'm quite excited for tonight lol
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
winnie, no! not the demon core!!!!
A tortoiseshell cat has a silver orb in its back legs
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 24/03/2025
How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security? We need answers. Right now.
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Katie Mummah @nuclearkatie.com · 24/03/2025
If anyone ever texts me "We are currently clean on OPSEC 👊🇺🇲🔥" I'm gonna refer them to security immediately and get it over with
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
shoutouts to me specifically for officially becoming "not the worst Peter H from Minneapolis"
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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If an Army private accidentally texted the details of a classified military operation to a reporter, let alone transmitted any classified information to anyone who was unauthorized over an unsecured device, they’d be charged and likely spend time in Leavenworth. But it’s Hegseth, so probably not.
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
boy, i sure hate that our current administration is embracing a neosegregationist, white supremacist movement in my lifetime
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Minnesota Vikings @vikings.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Continuing to get stronger 💪 The #Vikings have agreed to terms with DL Javon Hargrave‼️ 📰: mnvkn.gs/3DrJB4l #Skol
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
all the white lotus season 3 has taught me is that survivor would be way more interesting if there were a gun
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Moments like this should be shared as widely as the terrifying shit. Not because they’re proof we have nothing to worry about. Because they indicate that he cannot in fact do whatever he wants, whenever he wants to. Recognize people who are doing their jobs rather than following his whims.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/03/2025
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. This is a campaign of eradication. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
"A screenshot of an NBC News article headline. The headline reads: 'Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail.' Below the headline, a subtext states: 'The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.' The NBC News logo is visible at the top, along with a navigation bar that includes a 'WATCH' button and a user profile icon."
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
If the government isn't going to care about science, then we scientists need to care about it more than ever #standupforscience
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
An excellent article by some folks I admire (@katyhuff.bsky.social, @gonuke.bsky.social, Michael Corradini) about why the Nuclear Regulatory Commission *MUST* remain independent. It's a four (4) minute read. You have time for it. It's worth it. www.scientificamerican.com/article/kill...
scientificamerican.com
Killing a Nuclear Watchdog’s Independence Threatens Disaster
A Trump administration plan would end the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, where similar oversight muzzling has led to nuclear disasters overseas
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/02/2025
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Salt caves 2000 feet underground in New Mexico hold the radioactive nuclear waste from US defense projects. It's the world's only deep geologic repository. And DOGE says it has terminated the very large office in Carlsbad that oversees it. Details 👇
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DOGE Is Trying to Close a Field Office That Directly Manages a Nuclear Waste Site
The Department of Energy office in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is specifically set up to handle emergency situations at a nuclear storage facility. DOGE says it terminated the lease.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Thinking about a shortlist of "digital rights" for the internet, got a few off the top of my head: - right to algorithmic transparency (how "the algorithm" works at any given time) - right to self-imposed content moderation (right to block) - right to data and tracker privacy (control over cookies)
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
DEENA ON MY TV IN 2025?! #survivor48
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 19/02/2025
Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I cannot think of anything more profoundly un-American than a president declaring himself a “king”
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Katie Mummah @nuclearkatie.com · 19/02/2025
My dissertation, "State-Level Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulations for International Safeguards Applications", is now available! #NukeSky www.proquest.com/docview/3167...
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State-Level Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulations for International Safeguards Applications - ProQuest
Explore millions of resources from scholarly journals, books, newspapers, videos and more, on the ProQuest Platform.
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
it's cold out there today, folks
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
DO NOT FLUSH
- Paper Towels
- Tissues
- Food and Food Waste
- Baby Wipes
- Cleaning Wipes
- Feminine hygiene products
- Trash of any kind
- Sources over 10 mCi (this one was written in with pencil)
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
passed my oral thesis prospectus exam today!! now im what they call one of them "senior graduate students" and everyone's gonna start asking me "so when are you planning to graduate?" and I'll say "wouldn't you like to know weatherboy" and they'll laugh and say "no really" and I'll say "next year"
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Let me be unequivocally clear, if you still support Elon Musk after today, I do not have a single drop of respect for you.
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I wasn't on TikTok to begin with but now I have even less inclination to join it
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
okay, here's how the vikings can still win it
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
klein-nishina scattering angle distribution plot my beloved..... truly the shoulders of giants upon which i stand
A plot of the Klein-Nishina Scartering Angle Distribution for 1 keV, 100 keV, 511 keV, 1 MeV, 2.6 MeV, and 10 MeV
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
starting off the graduate student year by organizing everything I've done since fall 2021 to figure out what the hell I've been doing these last almost four years. #academicsky
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
vikings :[ not how we want to end the regular season, but just means we've got football next week.
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I AM ON BREAK I DO NOT NEED TO FEEL BAD THAT IT IS 3PM AND I AM PLAYING BALATRO I AM ON BREAK. EVERYONE THAT NEEDS TO KNOW KNOWS I AM ON BREAK. STOP WORRYING ABOUT BEING ON BREAK GO PLAY YOUR ORANGE STAKE YERLLOW DECK DUDE
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pgh phd @peterhotvedt.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Can't wait for ten years ago to mean 2015!!!!
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Katie Mummah @nuclearkatie.com · 30/12/2024
RIP Jimmy Carter
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