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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks Kelvin! 🥰

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · 14d

I am now officially a scientist :3

Offer letter that reads as follows. Dear benguin, We are pleased to offer you the position of a Scientist. This represents a conversion of your Postdoc appointment. This is a Full Time, Exempt, Regular position. In this capacity, you will perform the job duties as outlined in the job description and other such duties as assigned to you.

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Aug 23

twitch.tv/ben_guin/

ben_guin - Twitch

Howdy gamer! I'm benguin (he/they), a LGBTQIA+ penguin vtuber that likes to play platformers and occasionally dabble in other genres. I also host community game nights and other special events to alwa...

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Aug 23

Ayoooo, I'm back on Twitch, and I'm live RIGHT NOW! I'll be playing Stardew Valley bingo against @kalasdragon.bsky.social ! Link below!

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · May 13

Howdy new followers! I imagine that most of you are from the quantum computing panel I hosted at FWA 2025!

If anyone had any further questions, feel free to ask in the comments below!

I'm happy to also have some more extended discussions as well over discord (just dm me for my discord handle) :3

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · May 8

Want to learn more about quantum computing? Come stop by my Quantum ComUWUting panel at #FWA2025 !

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · May 8

Come stop by our Weakest Lynx game show panel at #FWA2025 !

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Science Furs @scifurs.bsky.social · May 1

Quantum CompUWUting 101
Saturday May 10 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Room 3-B (301-305)
Hosted by @benguin.bsky.social

furryweekendatlanta2025.sched.com/event/21TzD/...

#FurriesInSTEM #STEMFurs #STEM

Furry Weekend Atlanta: Quantum CompUWUting 101

View more about this event at Furry Weekend Atlanta

furryweekendatlanta2025.sched.com

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Apr 17

¡No soy una hamburguesa!

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Mar 13

I did forget, but thank you for reminding me! 😁

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Mar 13

Loving these captions from the official pokemon tiktok account 😂

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Mar 9

Given that it's a general audience, the panel is going to focus on some of the basic principles of quantum computing as well as tackling some of the misconceptions of quantum computing (including those that are spread by such pop science articles).

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Mar 9

I have a PhD and specifically do research on the development and analysis of quantum algorithms (mostly in the context of combinatorial optimization).

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Mar 9

My Quantum CompUWUting panel got approved! ⚛️ 🤓

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Mar 3

The Weakest Lynx panel (inspired by the hit game show The Weakest Link) just got approved for #FWA2025 !

LET'S GOOOOOOO!

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Feb 27

Maybe I'm getting old, but the latest Gen Z slang ("crash out") I'm not the biggest fan of.

It's easily confused with the phrase "pass out" (to sleep), and there are lots of good alternatives already 🤷

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Feb 22

It's gonna be a bit of a pain to archive it all, but I've seen at least one person with over 10k hours 😭

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Feb 20

Welp 😭

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Jan 31

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Dec 31

Popufur (to the tune of Popular from Wicked)

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Dec 25

"So benguin, what did you do this Christmas morning?"

"Enumerative Combinatorics"

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Dec 15

Me: "I don't have a gambling addiction"

Also me after one day of playing crane games at Round1:

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Dec 9

Anyone else doing Advent of Code this year? 👀

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thanks, Duo, for the reminder 😭

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dr. benguin @benguin.bsky.social · Nov 12

Here's the handle for Tokomi: @tokomif.bsky.social. I would have included it in the original post but PostyBirb doesn't yet have built-in functionality for tagging on Bluesky 😭