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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Wonderful news for the performance-based approach to compensation in the Ukrainian academia! 😍 (Although I'm biased, as the Optics division staff got the biggest upgrade 😉 )

atestat.nauka.gov.ua

Державна атестація (наказ МОН від 27.06.2025 №945-25)

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🔥 Запрошуємо на Дні відкритих дверей фізичного факультету! 🔥 На першій зустрічі 21.02.2026 ми детально розповімо про освітню програму «Оптика». 🔗 Посилання буде доступне всім зареєстрованим учасникам. Реєстрація за адресою: surl.li/ljuucy

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

ой, це я так ніколи не можу правильно сказати вогнегасник і протигаз :))

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 17/06/2025

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A bit late on the "vegetative electron microscopy" meme, but hey, it's the end of the semester, so it's also "vegetative Raman spectroscopy" and "vegetative responses to Reviewer 2" season. :)))

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

That day when I have to showcase the lecture and a colleague who I know is a) more knowledgable on the topic and b) younger than me decides to attend unexpectingly. I could really use less cortisol in my life :))

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Commence the "Sunday long run is non-negotiable" vs "But the ballistic attack, and i didn't sleep that well, and the whole being kind to oneself" inner monologue!

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A bit unexpected to see "speckle pattern", "vodka", and "Python" in a single paper :)))

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

мені подобається, що ці фейспалми ще й застарівають швидко. Мій улюблений новий: Пентагон позначив на видалення фото, які можуть бути про всяке дайверсіті, включно з фото літака, який скинув бомбу на Хіросіму, бо літак називався Enola GAY.

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

One of the reasons for profs. Haroche's and Krasz's visit was to present the joint appeal of 100+ Nobel laureates in which they call for the confiscation of all russia's sanctioned state assets which can then be used for the reconstruction of Ukraine. You can read the appeal below.

pravda.com.ua

Nobel laureates’ joint appeal for transfer of Russian sanctioned state assets for Ukraine’s recovery and compensation

As of 24 February 2025, the unlawful war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine WILL mark THE END OF ITS sad third anniversary, and will be entering its fourth year. The fight...

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Had to wait several days before posting anything about this event due to the security measures, and it was such a challenge not to post AAAAAA!!!1, because I was so nervous and so excited, and oh my god it was soo cool!

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

It was a pleasure and an honour to moderate the "100 years of quantum physics" event with Nobel prize laureates, Prof. Haroche and Prof. Krausz, that took place this Tuesday in the shelter of Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.

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Good SquidDance Macabre @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Lots of folks are asking what they can do to be helpful in this moment. I like the short list of action items that @choosedemocracy.bsky.social lists on their site. Democratic civil society is about being stronger together. Any effective strategy flows from that. choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

choosedemocracy.us

What can I do to fight this coup?

If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to...

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

and now the russians are targeting the Sarcophagus (the structure protecting the remains of Chernobyl nuclear power station from radiation leaks). Happy Valentine's Day y'all

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Ukrainian tip #2574: "Mr Tambourine Man" is a great song to sing in a bathroom while sheltering there from an early morning ballistic attack on your city.

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Чим відрізняється помиральна яма у блюскаї від звичайної п.я. соціальних мереж? У ній, судячи з моєї стрічки/діскавер фіду, міститься значно більше книжок.

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Back from a seminar "Incorporating AI into university STEM curriculum", and got so. many. feels. On one hand it was absolutely amazing to see the main auditorium packed (because u know, covid, then war) and the audience so visibly engaged. On the other: i really can't stand the technobro vibe.

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Вітання зі святковим днем! Здоров'я, наснаги і усього найкращого!

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Geronimo! Let's get this spring semester (party) started!

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

*enthusiastically nods in support of the rethink*

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

A crazy outreach idea, absolutely not cost-effective, but it got stuck in my head: a CSI-like real life mystery! With like some invisible fluorescent ink, comparing diffent kinds of sand under SEM and collecting the Raman spectrum of idunnowhatever. And running down the corridors.

media.tenor.com

a close up of a man 's face with the word csi on the bottom

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word csi on the bottom

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

A lot of materials we study can be described as a "solid matrix X filled with liquid Y". As I was writing a recommendation letter with AI today I realized it has an opposite structure: a watery matrix of AI pleasantries filled with actual solid facts about the student. :)

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Kateryna Yablochkova @yablochkova.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Made this account for purely high-brow academic reasons ("I am pleased to announce our newest paper in this Q1 journal"), but the first post is going to be photo of the jelly lenses for a planned school outreach event. (idea from J. Donnelly's "Exploring Light: Investigations for Optics Education")

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