Ashton Bradley
@adagger.bsky.social
Anomalous stress tensor; surfing the vortex
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We must expose & resist the Atlas agenda #PartyVoteGreen✅ +💚❤️🖤
• Support independent media
• Challenge right-wing narratives
• Advocate for policies that strengthen democracy & protect workers
#AtlasNetwork thrives in the shadows-drag them into the light! #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
• Support independent media
• Challenge right-wing narratives
• Advocate for policies that strengthen democracy & protect workers
#AtlasNetwork thrives in the shadows-drag them into the light! #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies | George Monbiot
The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
We must expose & resist the Atlas agenda #PartyVoteGreen✅ +💚❤️🖤
• Support independent media
• Challenge right-wing narratives
• Advocate for policies that strengthen democracy & protect workers
#AtlasNetwork thrives in the shadows-drag them into the light! #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
• Support independent media
• Challenge right-wing narratives
• Advocate for policies that strengthen democracy & protect workers
#AtlasNetwork thrives in the shadows-drag them into the light! #nzpol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
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Once again: university courses HAVE to change if we want our students to keep learning things.
AI hinders education. Learning always requires effort, and effort-shortcuts always impede learning
AI hinders education. Learning always requires effort, and effort-shortcuts always impede learning
August 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Once again: university courses HAVE to change if we want our students to keep learning things.
AI hinders education. Learning always requires effort, and effort-shortcuts always impede learning
AI hinders education. Learning always requires effort, and effort-shortcuts always impede learning
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'If we take the attitude of 'why bother?', the world is going to be a worse place for our children and grandchildren.'
Caller Mark has a serious but amusing message on the importance of doing our bit for the planet.
Caller Mark has a serious but amusing message on the importance of doing our bit for the planet.
August 18, 2026 at 2:09 PM
'If we take the attitude of 'why bother?', the world is going to be a worse place for our children and grandchildren.'
Caller Mark has a serious but amusing message on the importance of doing our bit for the planet.
Caller Mark has a serious but amusing message on the importance of doing our bit for the planet.
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General Election 2026 Deadlines
Days left to enrol for the first time: 75 days
Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls
Enrol or update here: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
Days left to enrol for the first time: 75 days
Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls
Enrol or update here: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
August 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
General Election 2026 Deadlines
Days left to enrol for the first time: 75 days
Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls
Enrol or update here: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
Days left to enrol for the first time: 75 days
Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls
Enrol or update here: https://vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/enrol-or-update-online
Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol
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This is the Sun's surface, the photosphere, seen as we've NEVER seen it before. 🔭
The Hawaiian Islands give you a scale.
Those thin filaments?
They're magnetic boundaries shaped by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) previously ONLY theorized, and FINALLY observed.⚛️🧪
#stellarastro #Sun
This is the Sun's surface, the photosphere, seen as we've NEVER seen it before. 🔭
The Hawaiian Islands give you a scale.
Those thin filaments?
They're magnetic boundaries shaped by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) previously ONLY theorized, and FINALLY observed.⚛️🧪
#stellarastro #Sun
August 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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This is the Sun's surface, the photosphere, seen as we've NEVER seen it before. 🔭
The Hawaiian Islands give you a scale.
Those thin filaments?
They're magnetic boundaries shaped by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) previously ONLY theorized, and FINALLY observed.⚛️🧪
#stellarastro #Sun
This is the Sun's surface, the photosphere, seen as we've NEVER seen it before. 🔭
The Hawaiian Islands give you a scale.
Those thin filaments?
They're magnetic boundaries shaped by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) previously ONLY theorized, and FINALLY observed.⚛️🧪
#stellarastro #Sun
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New images of the Sun so detailed you can almost see its face! Textbook Kelvin–Helmholtz instability patterns in images with resolution of ~20 km.
With quotes from @manicule.bsky.social and @hannahschunker.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
☄️ ⚛️ 🔭 🧪
With quotes from @manicule.bsky.social and @hannahschunker.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
☄️ ⚛️ 🔭 🧪
We've never seen the Sun in this much detail before
The highest-resolution imagery of the Sun's surface ever taken reveals dizzying currents, and clues about our star's magnetic fields.
www.abc.net.au
August 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
New images of the Sun so detailed you can almost see its face! Textbook Kelvin–Helmholtz instability patterns in images with resolution of ~20 km.
With quotes from @manicule.bsky.social and @hannahschunker.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
☄️ ⚛️ 🔭 🧪
With quotes from @manicule.bsky.social and @hannahschunker.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
☄️ ⚛️ 🔭 🧪
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😌 A pleasant watch for #iTeachPhysics & #Physics: A Day in the Life of a Fluid Dynamicist from @apsphysics.aps.org
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3...
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3...
July 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
😌 A pleasant watch for #iTeachPhysics & #Physics: A Day in the Life of a Fluid Dynamicist from @apsphysics.aps.org
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3...
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAN3...
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🔬 Your tax dollars once paid a physicist whose own colleagues told him he was wasting the university's money.
In 1951, Charles Townes sat on a D.C. park bench and worked out, on the back of an envelope, how to force molecules to release coherent radiation.
🧵 1/5
In 1951, Charles Townes sat on a D.C. park bench and worked out, on the back of an envelope, how to force molecules to release coherent radiation.
🧵 1/5
June 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
🔬 Your tax dollars once paid a physicist whose own colleagues told him he was wasting the university's money.
In 1951, Charles Townes sat on a D.C. park bench and worked out, on the back of an envelope, how to force molecules to release coherent radiation.
🧵 1/5
In 1951, Charles Townes sat on a D.C. park bench and worked out, on the back of an envelope, how to force molecules to release coherent radiation.
🧵 1/5
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Anyone want their name in the stars? A little SD-card of names will be attached to the awesome Nancy Grace Roman space telescope before launch and anyone can sign-up to be on it. 🤩🧪⚛️🔭
✍️: my.nasa.gov/specialevent...
✍️: my.nasa.gov/specialevent...
June 13, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Anyone want their name in the stars? A little SD-card of names will be attached to the awesome Nancy Grace Roman space telescope before launch and anyone can sign-up to be on it. 🤩🧪⚛️🔭
✍️: my.nasa.gov/specialevent...
✍️: my.nasa.gov/specialevent...
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Emmy Noether was born #OTD in 1882.
She made groundbreaking advances in abstract algebra, but is probably best known for her eponymous theorems articulating the deep connection between symmetries and conserved quantities in physics. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Public domain, photographer unknown
She made groundbreaking advances in abstract algebra, but is probably best known for her eponymous theorems articulating the deep connection between symmetries and conserved quantities in physics. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Public domain, photographer unknown
March 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Emmy Noether was born #OTD in 1882.
She made groundbreaking advances in abstract algebra, but is probably best known for her eponymous theorems articulating the deep connection between symmetries and conserved quantities in physics. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Public domain, photographer unknown
She made groundbreaking advances in abstract algebra, but is probably best known for her eponymous theorems articulating the deep connection between symmetries and conserved quantities in physics. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬
Image: Public domain, photographer unknown
Hands have brains
A brilliant grad student in the group I did my postdoc in wrote all his papers by hand on yellow legal pads. When I asked them about it they said the slower writing process matched their thinking speed better.
The “writing is thinking” posting will continue until a single freaking person in Silicon Valley has figured this out
March 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Hands have brains
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Here's how Hideki Yukawa predicted the mass of the particles that carry the nuclear force. It was a stunning episode in the history of physics, and the start of a new era.
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March 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Here's how Hideki Yukawa predicted the mass of the particles that carry the nuclear force. It was a stunning episode in the history of physics, and the start of a new era.
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Matin Durrani reports from the Careers in Quantum event at the University of Bristol, revealing the main messages for those who want to join the burgeoning quantum-tech sector. 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/pathways-t...
physicsworld.com/a/pathways-t...
Pathways to a career in quantum: what skills do you need? – Physics World
Matin Durrani reports from the Careers in Quantum event at the University of Bristol, UK
physicsworld.com
March 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Matin Durrani reports from the Careers in Quantum event at the University of Bristol, revealing the main messages for those who want to join the burgeoning quantum-tech sector. 🧪⚛️
physicsworld.com/a/pathways-t...
physicsworld.com/a/pathways-t...
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From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
What’s the (Lagrange) point?
There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points!
astrobites.org
February 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
From Ryan White @astroryan.bsky.social : There are a few locations in the solar system where the push and pull of gravity mellows out and you can orbit in (relative) peace. Read all about these islands of tranquility we call Lagrange points! ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
astrobites.org/2026/01/29/w...
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Thanks @petraschwer.bsky.social - as shared by @monsoon0.bsky.social, the article link is here: theconversation.com/one-universi...
One university boosted gender diversity in advanced maths by over 30% in 5 years – here’s how
A lack of gender diversity in maths means technologies such as AI and quantum computing are mainly designed by – and for – men.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Thanks @petraschwer.bsky.social - as shared by @monsoon0.bsky.social, the article link is here: theconversation.com/one-universi...
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It was accepted (with revisions)😀. I've updated my blog post on Science Slop superposer.substack.com/p/we-are-in-...
6/6
6/6
We are in the era of Science Slop
(and it's exciting)
superposer.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It was accepted (with revisions)😀. I've updated my blog post on Science Slop superposer.substack.com/p/we-are-in-...
6/6
6/6
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36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
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A reminder that this gif and a similar one for the transit method are on Wikimedia Commons for anyone to use.
I'm actually putting together a teaching dossier at the moment and I'd love to hear from people if you've used any of my gifs for teaching, outreach, or science stuff!
Links to gifs below:
I'm actually putting together a teaching dossier at the moment and I'd love to hear from people if you've used any of my gifs for teaching, outreach, or science stuff!
Links to gifs below:
Omgomg my gif demonstrating using the doppler/radial velocity method for detecting exoplanets was used in the latest PBS Space Time!!!!! 🤩
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A reminder that this gif and a similar one for the transit method are on Wikimedia Commons for anyone to use.
I'm actually putting together a teaching dossier at the moment and I'd love to hear from people if you've used any of my gifs for teaching, outreach, or science stuff!
Links to gifs below:
I'm actually putting together a teaching dossier at the moment and I'd love to hear from people if you've used any of my gifs for teaching, outreach, or science stuff!
Links to gifs below:
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Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth.
Delete your account.
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Getting ready to celebrate LGBTQ+ in STEM Day @sfuphysics.bsky.social ⚛️🎢🧪👩🔬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Getting ready to celebrate LGBTQ+ in STEM Day @sfuphysics.bsky.social ⚛️🎢🧪👩🔬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Sadly, a perennially relevant post.
Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius was born #OTD in 1790. 🧪 🔭
He is best known for devising a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.
He is best known for devising a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.
a bunch of ants are crawling around a circular object that looks like an infinity sign
Alt: A bunch of ants are crawling around a Mobius strip, which is a one sides object produced by twisting one end of a flat strip by 180 degrees and then gluing it to the other end.
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sadly, a perennially relevant post.
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm)
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Luxor.jl can now add #typst text - including equations - to drawings. Useful for those with latex allergy 😉 Big thanks to Jakob Peters for his hard work! 🙏
#julialang #typst #epitrochoid
#julialang #typst #epitrochoid
May 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Luxor.jl can now add #typst text - including equations - to drawings. Useful for those with latex allergy 😉 Big thanks to Jakob Peters for his hard work! 🙏
#julialang #typst #epitrochoid
#julialang #typst #epitrochoid