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slepkov.bsky.social
Physics prof at the largest small university in Ontario, Canada. Ultrafast lasers, microscopy, microwave photonics, physics education, multiple-choice assessment. Funny is good. A pervert for nuance.
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Roses are red Cacti is plural Small bubbles are turgid from pressure, transmural #iteachphysics ⚛️🧪

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I hate nutritionism.

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Community exists, to the degree we value it. Especially now, community matters within education, and within the group engaged with the teaching and learning of Physics. I'm just hoping to support the fact that all of us, together, make a difference. #ITeachPhysics

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Vive le Canada ✌️❤️🇨🇦

submitted 29 days ago • 100 comments

We are truly in the golden age of self-learning physics. Curiosity + 10 seconds of any of of Bertolotti's digital Factlets = anabolic learning! #TeachPhysics ⚛️

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#PhysicsFactlet If you put apertures of different shapes in the path of a plane wave, you get different diffraction patterns. And with a bit of experience you can say a lot about the aperture shape just by looking at the diffraction pattern. #Physics #Optics #Photonics #ITeachPhysics

submitted 167 days ago • 7 comments

Any science professors in Sweden willing to answer a basic question about grad school letters of recommendation? Please message me! ⚛️🧪

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Bad. But how bad? I once asked myself, while finding fakes in the Scientific Report @natureportfolio.bsky.social. So I decide to "do my our research" - I took 100 articles in a row from Physical sciences that contains diffraction. Result - 15 fakes out 100. Details in the 🧵 #ResearchIntegrity 1/x

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

What's for dinner?

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Please everyone, I beg you, abandon this talking point. In fact 100% of the energy we use ends up as waste heat—and that's fine! The problem with fossil fuels is not that in some esoteric sense they're supposedly less efficient. The problem is their emissions. 🔌💡

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I've always liked @thecure.com , but they were never in my "top 5". But, boy, what an unexpected gift it was to get such a fantastic new album in 2024! I'm transported to my youth. I'm overcome by the scent of my first girlfriend's bedroom. I'm haunted by longing.

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One of the best physics stories of all time. I had not appreciated the distinction between manipulating the neutron reflector shell and the Demon Core itself! ⚛️

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Me: The earth isn't flat. Fiat earther: Correct. Me: Huh? Fiat earther: It's the shape of an italian car. Me: What? Fiat earther: You read my name wrong didn't you?

submitted 63 days ago • 61 comments

Happy Wordle-in-1 for all who celebrate!

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Happy Hannukah from my non-kosher household to yours.

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They combined grape dimers with vacancy centres in diamonds. I can't believe they didn't title the paper "Champagne on Ice"...

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Terrific illustration of Simpson’s paradox, a not uncommon stumbling block in data analysis, via @tah-sci.bsky.social In the whole dataset, the relationship between X and Y is negative, but the relationship between X and Y is actually positive, once proper subsets of the data are considered.

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Trent University as Nordic Noir. Exam season has never been this foreboding. @trentuniversity.bsky.social

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This is so cool! God, I love biophotonics. I know how fun and rewarding it is to take this kind of project from WFT?! to "I wonder if" to "holy shit!". enjoy the ride @reallymccoy.bsky.social !

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OK @jacopobertolotti.com , what DnD character am I based on this insanity? I hereby challenge any follower/mutual to show a more idiosyncratic spotify wrapped top 5.

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