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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin @uwchancellor.bsky.social · 2d

Madison in today’s @nytimes.com! 🎉 So much to do here in 36 hours+, including of course, visiting the Terrace & Bascom Hill. Happy Homecoming week, Badgers! 🦡

36 Hours in Madison, Wisconsin: Things to Do and See

Embrace this beer-and-cheese-loving Midwestern capital with farmers’ markets, cozy supper clubs and picturesque lakeside strolls.

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed after this. It ended up being a perfect representation of what she would do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 3d

I’m excited to have Cecelia Clementi give our AI for Science seminar!

UW–Madison Data Science Institute @uwdsi.bsky.social · 3d

Join @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social and the Data Science Institute for this AI for Science seminar on protein modeling with Prof. Cecilia Clementi. October 20, 4pm, Chemistry Learning Studio (1435). chem.wisc.edu/event/physic...

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 3d

This has been a wonderful project. It was one of the first examples that clearly demonstrated the power of separating specification from implementation in HEP analysis software and also ushered in major advances in rich publishing for open science.

Matthew Feickert @matthewfeickert.com · 3d

Seems that #pyhf has finally creeped over the 200 citations on INSPIRE recently. :) 🎉

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Nice little milestone for us all to celebrate, @lukasheinrich.com, @giordonstark.com, @kylecranmer.bsky.social. Cheers!

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning moon @uwmadison.bsky.social

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 5d

This is very, very bad

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, that’s cool. The Chicago Quantum Exchange has IBM quantum one in O’Hare next to the Brachiosaurus

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 5d

Sounds interesting

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Forbes @forbes.com · 9d

Already understaffed and now further diminished, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is scrambling to investigate a spate of cyber attacks. The lapse of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has made it even harder.

Government Shutdown Leaves US Cyber Defenses Weaker, Insiders Say

Already understaffed and now further diminished, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is scrambling to investigate a spate of cyber attacks. The lapse of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act has made it even harder.

www.forbes.com

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 8d

I’m on my way to STAMPS @cmu.edu for a workshop on Simulation-Based Inference!
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/sta...

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 8d

I agree that the use of GenAI has serious environmental impact. But not all AI is like that. There is machine learning / AI research that is not incredibly resource intensive that is aimed at addressing climate issues (carbon capture, fusion, improved catalysis, etc).

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Adolfo Neto @adolfont.github.io · 9d

The Mathlib Initiative website is live!
#LeanLang
mathlib-initiative.org

The Mathlib Initiative

The Mathlib Initiative supports the development of mathematical libraries in the Lean theorem prover.

mathlib-initiative.org

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 The US government has stopped the funding PubMed, one of the most comprehensive databased of biomedical literature.

Try using Europe PMC (europepmc.org) — the European alternative to PubMed with 46M+ articles.

A screenshot of the landing pages of PubMed and Europe PMC.

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 9d

The High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), which I served on a few years ago has been dissolved.
The six DOE Office of Science FACA (Federal Advisory Committee Act) committees are now replaced with the Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC).

www.energy.gov/science/arti...

DOE Establishes the Office of Science Advisory Committee

The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the establishment of the Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC).

www.energy.gov

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Mario Krenn @mariokrenn.bsky.social · 10d

📢Several PhD and Postdoc positions in my group (focusing on AI for Scientific Discovery in Physics) at @unituebingen.bsky.social

If you are excited about using AI to design new ways for observing the universe, please apply here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11d

What a historic day for Chicago and Illinois.

We're breaking ground on the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronic Park — and it begins with the construction of PsiQuantum's facility, where they’ll build a first-of-its-kind quantum computer.

Governor Pritzker speaks behind the podium.

Governor Pritzker attends the groundbreaking of the IQMP.

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Mathilde Papillon @mathildepapillon.bsky.social · 20d

🏆The 2025 Topological Deep Learning Challenge is officially live!🏆
Hosted by the TAGinDS Conference 2025

🚀 This year, push the boundaries of topological ML by “Expanding the Data Landscape”

💰 Win incredible prizes, including research internships at UCSB and EPFL, as well as up to $800 US in cash!

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 20d

Is scale all you need? Or is there still a role for incorporating domain knowledge and inductive bias? While I was in Heidelberg, I took some time to write a short essay on this question called "The Bittersweet Lesson".
theoryandpractice.org/2025/09/The%... #HLF25

Kyle Cranmer and Rich Sutton at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, September 16, 2025.

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 22d

😜 there is geant4 for particle therapy

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 23d

Video of our panel on AI for the physical sciences at #HLF25
youtu.be/I-Ye-rMhRws?...

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 23d

Avi Wigderson gave a wonderful and inspiring talk about Turing at #HLF25. When he got to Turing’s theory of Morphogenesis he said
“When I see a problem like this, i throw up my arms and I go back to P vs NP, I’d have no idea how start” 🤣

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Baran Hashemi @rythian47.bsky.social · 23d

We got accepted at #NeurIPS2025. I am very happy that I could merge my knowledge of Mathematics with AI to create sth new and useful for the community. ☺️

The paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.17190
The code: github.com/Baran-phys/T...

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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations! Happy to see this

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