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thomega.bsky.social
Doing and teaching theoretical (particle) physics @uni-wuerzburg.de and @grk2994.bsky.social. Physics content in english, some arts and politics in german and english.
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Just did the first pass through a long list of applications. 1) I can't stress enough what a great resource is @inspirehep.net for the particle physics community. Self-reported publication stats are often incompatible and I remember how it is to get reliable numbers for other fields of physics 1/-

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

submitted 22 hours ago • 19 comments

An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

submitted 1 day ago • 892 comments

USA 2025! Schweizerin wird an der US-Grenze trotz gültiger Papiere abgewiesen und inhaftiert.

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

submitted 4 days ago • 146 comments

"Mitarbeit in einer Berufungskommission [...] sollte unbedingt Teil der außerfachlichen Kompetenzentwicklung [...] sein; [...] weil durch diese [...] der sogenannte Nachwuchswissenschaftler realistisch einschätzen kann, wie hoch die Chancen auf eine Professur sind." zeitung.faz.net/faz/geistesw...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

So much waste and harm could be avoided if we just treated these as fragile, dangerous tools suited for very specialized use cases, like we do with lasers and circular saws, and not as magic thinking beans

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

#Arachnida and #ThomasMann crossover puzzle: which spider on which novel?

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I'm seeing a new round of progressive claims that the 2024 election was stolen. Just stop with this nonsense. This is what the other side does. You want to completely unravel what's left of our democracy? Be like them. SMDH

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

Habe jetzt nicht den Eindruck davon, dass deutsche Politiker*innen die deutsche Originalversion hiervon gelesen hätten bzw. beherzigen würden.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Wenn #Spahn bei seinen Maskendeals nach der Devise „besser haben als brauchen“ gehandelt hat, stellt sich umso mehr die Frage, warum er bei dem damit verbundenen Mengengerüst an Masken nicht auf große Logistikkonzerne gesetzt hat,sondern im Alleingang auf eine damit überforderte Firma seiner Heimat?

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world. They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

submitted 7 days ago • 171 comments

1/ In die Milliarden-Masken-Affäre von Spahn kommt neue Bewegung. Spoiler: Es tun sich Abgründe auf. Ein seit Monaten vorliegender Aufklärungsbericht wird im BMG unter Verschluss gehalten. Dazu, und was das alles mit dem Sohn von Helmut Kohl zu tun hat – ein längerer Thread 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 52 comments

John Coltrane Quartet, Milano, 1962, photographed by the incredible Italian photographer Roberto Polillo. #JohnColtrane #RobertoPolillo #Photography

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Running cars on E-Fuels, made with CO2 from the air and green Hydrogen?🚗⛽🌿⚡ In 2022, Siemens Energy, Porsche & HIF inaugurated the Haru Oni pilot plant in Chile, which turns CO2 and Hydrogen into Methanol + small amounts of Gasoline. How's it going? 🔌💡 🧵 industrydecarbonization.com/news/whats-u...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

If a seven-year-old can’t walk to the store the fault lies not with the parents but with the community.

submitted 8 days ago • 124 comments

On this day TruthSocial became self-aware…

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

"We go live to Fox News"

submitted 9 days ago • 91 comments

Poetry:

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

submitted 11 days ago • 61 comments

Jüngst aus Tilmann Lahmes neuer und sehr empfehlenswerten Biographie von #ThomasMann gelehrt, dass die schwedische Akademie den Nobelpreis nicht trotz, sondern auch wegen der "Betrachtungen eine Unpolitischen" an TM vergeben hat. 😱

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Remember, the people who used to ask you for help because they were not capable of doing a meaningful Google search are now using LLMs as search engines and will believe everything they get served.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Check Engine xkcd.com/3096/

submitted 12 days ago • 67 comments