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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 19/10/2026

This is just the side-view of the TOS-era USS Enterprise in front of the brown planet that it usually orbits when Kirk is doing his captain's log supplementing.

USS Enterprise in front a brown-ish planet

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 01/10/2026

This slide was in a talk about the same optics, conveniently named the Bigger Beamsplitter. LOL! A few days ago I stumbled across the same box at LIGO Livingston and instantaneously recognized it as the one behind the random guy's pickup truck. (I was vacuum cleaning the floor. More LOL!)

A slide on a presentation titled "Final Step: Shipping"
There's a picture of a pickup truck with a big black box harnessed down on the trunk. A text box points to the truck saying "Random guy's pickup", and another text box pointing to the box saying "Priceless optic".

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 04/08/2026

Me whining to my bestfriend, every day: I want a girlfriend! No one ever likes me on dating apps. blah blah blah... The only content on my dating app accounts:

Picture of Zohran Mamdani facing the camera with the subtitles quoting "Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal".

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 29/07/2026

As a result of this, California DMV cancelled driving licensees of 300 thousand people a few months ago, and dared calling it only affecting a limited number of costumers. In my case, it took me months to figure out what was the issue, and I never got my California DL back.

$FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 31, 2025 What you need to know: The California DMV is proactively taking steps to keep all Californians’ REAL IDs compliant and is notifying some individuals that they must take action to keep their REAL ID valid. This will affect a limited number of customers, approximately 1.5% of California REAL ID holders. Sacramento — Following a self-initiated, proactive review of its data systems, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) identified a fraction of REAL ID records that require updates to ensure continued compliance with federal REAL ID regulations. The DMV is informing affected individuals of the steps they need to take. Only customers who receive a notice — approximately 1.5% of those holding California-issued REAL IDs — need to take action in the coming weeks and months. All other REAL ID holders do not need to take any action.$

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 18/07/2026

My legacy here would be that I bake fresh cakes for people attending our weekly seminar-thingy.

A glass pan of Coffee cake and Cinnamon on a conference-room table.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 08/07/2026

What about reasons involving CERN? 🙃 bsky.app/profile/cabe...

- How do you keep track of speed of time?

- With a clock/timer. I watched the time pass as I'm counting the seconds.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 21/06/2026

I've been at the LIGO Livingston for 5 weeks now, and the experience has been mesmerizing. People are nice, and the science is mind-blowing. It's a shame that we can create such amazing public-serving facilities, with people who absolutely love to do the work, but instead use the money on wars.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 20/06/2026

Shall we even call it a dog whistle at this point?

A member of the Nazi party standing behind a podium, with a Swastika and the slogan "Blood and Soil" on the wall behind him. The Swastika is defaced for obvious reasons.

A portrait of Hitler, with the slogan "One People, One Nation, One Fuhrer!" written on the bottom. The portrait is defaced for obvious reasons.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 01/06/2026

I passed by this in the grocery store as I was listening to that episode. :)

A box of chocolate in the grocery store, labeled as "Quantum Dark Chocolate, Pink Himalayan Salt"

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 10/05/2026

My trip seems to be very Star Trek themed. I'm reading this fantastic book by @chanda.blacksky.app which is full of ST references, my water bottle has a ST sticker by @reforest-kelley.bsky.social, and I have a few episodes of ST: Discovery downloaded on my computer to watch along the way.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 21/04/2026

I got my copy too! 😍😎

The Edge of Space-time book, by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 25/12/2025

I so much feel like I'm the worst graduate student, researcher, and friend ever. So here are the comments that I got this quarter from my students. Let's hope that bragging in public about how good a teacher I am will cheer me up a little bit.

Q7 - What are some of your TA's strengths?
He explained a lot of the concepts that we went over in class. If we had any questions, he would try his best to answer to the best of his knowledge and if he wasn’t sure, he would figure it out in that moment, which also helps us see the thought process behind solving problems. He was always very inviting and encouraging of participation and questions which was very nice to see.
Extremely kind, welcoming, and understandable during discussions.

Q9 - What might your TA do to improve?
I don’t think he had anything lacking.

Q8 - Do you have any additional comments?
I really enjoyed having him as my TA as he was very insightful with his explanations and methods of solving problems.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 20/12/2025

All of his obviously bigoted ideas aside, it's good to mention that this person was also (allegedly) involved (as a co-author) in one of the most famous research frauds of the past few years. He was the co-author of multiple papers that were retracted because of data fabrication and falsification.

Colin Wright's retracted papers from the retraction watch database:
https://retractiondatabase.org/RetractionSearch.aspx#?auth%3dWright%252c%2bColin%2bM

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 29/11/2025

Back to your question. Do we just vary the mirror positions to find a better configuration? Not exactly. Setting the lengths of LIGO's optical cavities (and keeping them there) is a very delicate process. See this schematic optical layout of aLIGO as an example. There are so many different -->

A schematic optical layout of aLIGO. For my argument, the point is to show how complicated this machine is. And this is just one part of the story.
Source: https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0086/G1200071/010/aLIGOSeismicIsolation_LVEA_G1200071-v10.pdf

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 29/11/2025

detector works, and nowadays a lot of computer simulations. See this sensitivity plot of different (proposed) detector as an example. Here, lower mean more sensitive. Our detectors are mostly limited by quantum noises nowadays. So most of what we are developing is to lower those noises.

Sensitivity curves of LIGO and a few other proposed detectors. The horizontal axis is frequency, and the vertical one is strain noise. You can interpret the curves as the sensitivity of the detectors to GWs. The lower the curves, the more sensitive each detector is.
The gray curve (aLIGO O3) was the previous observational run of Advanced LIGO (before the last one) and ended in 2020. The latest LIGO run (O4) is not shown in the plot. If it was, it would have been somewhere below the gray curve. LIGO A+ is the next upgrade of the LIGO detector. Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope are both proposed next-generation detectors in the US and Europe, respectively. NEMO is a proposed Australian detector. Voyager is a proposal for a Cryogenic upgrade to LIGO.
For most of the frequency band in this plot (above ~200 Hz), the sensitivity of the detector is limited by quantum noises. These noises in high frequency regime could be understood as photon shot noise. So, if we want to make our detector more sensitive, we need to somehow lower the quantum noise, and that is what most of our development efforts is focused on.
This plot is form the Cosmic Explorer website (https://cosmicexplorer.org/sensitivity.html) and is a bit out of the date.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 29/11/2025

Similarly, see this other plot. This one shows the astrophysical reach of Cosmic Explorer to compact binary mergers. see the alt text for more information about it. It shows the reach of Cosmic Explorer, showing its sensitivity to events that can't bee seen by LIGO due to their low amplitude.

A plot showing the astrophysical reach of the Cosmic Explorer to compact binary mergers, by Alex Nitz. The vertical axis shows the age of the universe (see the timeline on the right hand side), and the horizontal axis is the total mass of the two merging objects.
Different points on the plot represent different categories of sources of GWs. you can see a few of the current events seen by LIGO down there, marked with stars and names starting with GW. There are all these other *predicted* sources above them that are currently out of the reach for our detectors. the contour lines represent the Signal to Noise ratio for the cosmic explorer. the lowest line (SNR=1000) means that this detector will be able to observe events like the ones that we have already seen with an absolutely crazy quality of signal. The other lines show that the detector will be sensitive enough to see all these other predicted sources, if they exist.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 29/11/2025

with this and that frequency, amplitude, shape, and distribution. LIGO (and other ground-based Laser Interferometer detectors) are only tailored towards a narrow region of this parameter space. For example, see this frequency spectrum of different sources and detectors.

We see a schematic plot of the gravitational wave spectrum, with the sources on the top half, and detectors on the bottom. A horizontal line in the middle represents the frequency/period of the GW. Lower frequencies on the left, and higher ones on the right.
On the very right side, we have the ground-based interferometers, like LIGO and Virgo. Above it, we see some of the sources that can create the waves in this frequency range. This picture is from NASA gsfc, so the part about the space interferometers is highlighted.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 25/11/2025

Apparently UC has a contract with OpnenAI to provide access to ChatGPT and "cutting-edge AI tools" on its campuses with the goal of "enhanc[ing] learning, research, and operational efficiency". I can't even read the contract because they do not deem my browser worthy of their support.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 18/11/2025

Remember these two? They were from the company "Astronomer". You're welcome! :)

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 18/11/2025

Found my plan B in career paths, in case we continue the current shenanigans with destroying the whole society and the scientific infrastructure with it.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 13/11/2025

And of course, in case you need help, seek advice from the experts of the field.

On Dec 11, 2017, at 7:09 PM, jeffrey E. wrote:
did You have sex with her ). ? Condom?
Did she take it? I wouldn't respond . My advice is consistent. Off the record
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:47 AM
Lawrence Krauss > wrote:
Is this a reasonable response? Should i even respond? Could use advice.
Mutual decisions about meeting and everything else at the time. I assumed that was clear.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404,
Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office:

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 13/11/2025

A tutorial for the academics on how to handle SA cases.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:05 PM, awrence Krauss wrote:
had my call with the Bulletin, I am going to take a voluntary leave as Chair of the Board.. allowing me and them to make nice
statements about me and how the board appreciates me, has never had a complaint, how professional I am, and how they hope I will
return after this has subsided.. The alternative was worse.
Lawrence M. Krauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404,
Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office: | Assistant
Origins Office

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 13/11/2025

And this seems to be the rest of their conversation regarding your correspondence. :)

From: Jeffrey Epstein
ljeeyacation@gmail.com]
Sent: 4/6/2011 10:56:35 PM
To: Lawrence Krauss
Subject: Re: Statement in the Daily Beast? what evidence? no real sex.. where is she getting her so called facts
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Lawrence
Krauss < wrote:
Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what.
Are you coming this weekend at all?
Lawrence Krauss
Foundation Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Dept.
Co-director, Cosmology Initiative and Director, Origins initiative
Arizona State University
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 6, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote:
no it was appreciated. thanks
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:31 PM,

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 10/11/2025

Got my copy of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social 's new book. Take a look at the list of letters. They are much needed letters of hope and solidarity from virtual friends for the current (and any other) times.

Cover of the book "Read This When Things Fall Apart, Letters to Activists in Crisis", edited by "Kelly Hayes".

First page of letter directory,

Read This...

If You Feel Like You’re Falling by Kelly Hayes (Introduction)

If You’re New and Trying to Find Your Way by Mariame Kaba

If You’re Witnessing the Unthinkable by Eman Abdelhadi

If You’re Losing and Discouraged by Micah Herskind

If You’ve Lost Someone to Suicide by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

If You Are Struggling with Your Mental Health by Aaron Goggans

If You Are Organizing Outside the Law by Brit “Red” Schulte

If You’ve Been Assaulted, I Believe You by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

If You're a Parent Feeling Isolated by Atena Danner

If You Are Panicking About Collapse by Chris Begley

If You Want to Defeat Fascism by Shane Burley

Second page of letter directory:

Read this...

If You Are Overwhelmed by Attacks on Reproductive Autonomy by Renee Bracey Sherman

If Injustice Has Alienated You From Your Community by Maya Schenwar

If You Are a Discouraged Incarcerated Organizer by Stephen Wilson

If You Are Heartbroken by Ashon Crawley

If You Want to Fight Big Tech by Brian Merchant

If You’re Hurting and Want to Find Your People by Ash Williams

If You’re Disabled and Trying to Figure Things Out by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Jane Shi

If You Are Fighting Deportations and You’re Afraid or Discouraged by Aly Wane

If You Are Struggling With Grief by Tanuja Devi Jagernauth

If You’re Wounded and Want to Quit by Kelly Hayes (Conclusion)

"Relating to the Origin" by Atena Danner

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 20/10/2025

HBD internet friend! No pets here, but here are stuff at my desk that include your art.

Picture of a laptop with multiple stickers.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 21/02/2025

Hmmm, it's not the first time we are hearing this as a defense. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superio...

Trial of Adolf Eichmann, a NAZI SS officer. He is famous for saying that he was simply following orders.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 25/12/2024

Here is a picture of what I printed, featuring art by @asleepywanderer.bsky.social and @kajunut.bsky.social .

Office desk with monitors and other office stuff. The mentioned art is on the wall.

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Pooyan @pooyan.xyz · 23/11/2024

If you're looking for a genius, here is the greatest physicist of all times. vixra.org/author/alire...

Screenshot of the Vixra link. Preprints by Alireza Sepehri. Titles include "Transportation of Quantum Intelligence", Coronavirus and 5G shit, Earth's DNA causing cancer by exchanging microgravity in extra dimensions, Dark DNA, Emergence of new life by mixing animals and plants (he literally kills birds and seed plants in them😬).

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