Physgal ⚛️
@physgal.bsky.social
University physics lecturer and Associate Dean, Learning. Physics demystifier. Supporter of girls and women in physics. CAP Teaching Medal 2018, 3MNTF 2023. She/her Ph.D.
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@physgal.bsky.social
· Nov 13
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
Just look at Lucy
Step into a world of love and gentle purrs with, Lucy, located in Greensboro, NC.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/lucy-73102523/nc/greensboro/animal-rescue-foster-program-nc103/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/lucy-73102523/nc/greensboro/animal-rescue-foster-program-nc103/
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Just look at Lucy
So awful ☹️
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
So awful ☹️
Love this
Ross Duffer says the woman who played Miss Harris in ‘STRANGER THINGS’ Season 5 was The Duffers’ high school drama teacher.
“High school was rough for me and my brother. But Hope saw something in us we didn’t see in ourselves… let’s prioritize the arts in schools”
“High school was rough for me and my brother. But Hope saw something in us we didn’t see in ourselves… let’s prioritize the arts in schools”
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Love this
Sigh…
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sigh…
Assume a spherical grease ball… 🎢
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Assume a spherical grease ball… 🎢
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RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
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The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors!
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors!
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜
So many potential physics questions for my class here... 🎢 ⚛️
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So many potential physics questions for my class here... 🎢 ⚛️
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OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
The BC Govt has announced a review of the public post-secondary system. Review will be led by Don Avison, recently Chair of the board at Emily Carr. He's a past Deputy Minister of Education, Skills and Training, and President of the Research Universities Council of BC
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Province reviews public post-secondary system to ensure long-term sustainability
The Province is launching an independent review to strengthen the public post-secondary education system and ensure it is sustainable and well-positioned to support people in British Columbia and B.C.’s economic growth.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
OK, I have now read the Terms of Reference in more detail. My more considered opinion of the review is that the Government has lost its damn mind.
Happy to live in a country that "violates" these human rights. 🇨🇦🙄
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Happy to live in a country that "violates" these human rights. 🇨🇦🙄
This is so true and really needs to be addressed. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #AcademicSky
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is so true and really needs to be addressed. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢 👩🔬 #AcademicSky
Spread the word #AcademicSky
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Spread the word #AcademicSky
Bye bye Nike
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Bye bye Nike
Interesting results in this new paper:
Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada.
🧪 🇨🇦 ⚛️ 👩🔬🎢
Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada.
🧪 🇨🇦 ⚛️ 👩🔬🎢
Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada
The lack of diversity in physics remains a worldwide problem. Despite being a quantitative discipline relying on measurements, there is a paucity of data on the demographic characteristics of underrep...
www.facetsjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Interesting results in this new paper:
Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada.
🧪 🇨🇦 ⚛️ 👩🔬🎢
Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada.
🧪 🇨🇦 ⚛️ 👩🔬🎢
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"all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment...were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside."
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"all actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment...were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside."
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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Today, a #WomenInSTEM thread dedicated to engineers
Li Fu Lee (1904 – 1985) was a Chinese engineer and teacher known for being the first Chinese woman to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Her attendance starting in 1925 was reported by numerous media outlets.
Here at the MIT's radio experiment station, 1925
Her attendance starting in 1925 was reported by numerous media outlets.
Here at the MIT's radio experiment station, 1925
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Today, a #WomenInSTEM thread dedicated to engineers
⬇️⬇️ Please ⬇️⬇️
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
⬇️⬇️ Please ⬇️⬇️
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight, losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough...
That's me in the spotlight, losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough...
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight, losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough...
That's me in the spotlight, losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough...
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It’s way past time that qualifying nations refused to attend the World Cup. This is just yet another reason. None will though.
President Donald Trump's administration will not permit supporters from Haiti to enter the United States next summer after the nation qualified for the World Cup.
Donald Trump tells one nation's fans to stay away from World Cup in America
www.mirror.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It’s way past time that qualifying nations refused to attend the World Cup. This is just yet another reason. None will though.
This is mind-boggling:
"“Of those who demonstrated math skills not meeting middle school levels,” the report found, 42% reported completing calculus or precalculus."
How can they be expected to even begin understanding calculus, if they haven't mastered fractions?
♾️🎢
"“Of those who demonstrated math skills not meeting middle school levels,” the report found, 42% reported completing calculus or precalculus."
How can they be expected to even begin understanding calculus, if they haven't mastered fractions?
♾️🎢
Oooo I first heard about this here
substack.com/@kelseytuoc/...
Lemme see what this Atlantic article is all about
substack.com/@kelseytuoc/...
Lemme see what this Atlantic article is all about
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This is mind-boggling:
"“Of those who demonstrated math skills not meeting middle school levels,” the report found, 42% reported completing calculus or precalculus."
How can they be expected to even begin understanding calculus, if they haven't mastered fractions?
♾️🎢
"“Of those who demonstrated math skills not meeting middle school levels,” the report found, 42% reported completing calculus or precalculus."
How can they be expected to even begin understanding calculus, if they haven't mastered fractions?
♾️🎢
Her map isn't quite to scale, but you get the idea.
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Her map isn't quite to scale, but you get the idea.