i've tweeted about this before, but i never understand why it's often considered a persuasive move to go 'that attitude can't be racist because it is widely held by americans'. what is it about your observation of the world that makes you confident that racism is vanishingly rare?

Since September I've been working with an international group to develop what we hope can be a response from the mathematics community to artificial intelligence in maths. The Leiden Declaration is now posted and open for signatures: https://leidendeclaration.ai/ #leidendeclaration

Dublin, 20°C

i'll be at the protest outside the dáil tomorrow, against the killing of yves sakila if you're in dublin, come along 1pm

Not just lobbying! our new paper maps 27 mechanisms of regulatory capture used by Big AI + 11 narrative framings that rationalise capture. “Big AI’s Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity” will be presented at #FAccT2026 next month arxiv.org/abs/2605.068... 1/

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

Very happy to see the last work of Sindre Brattegard’s PhD out on arXiv! 🥳 Around 2 years ago, during a (mostly non-scientific) visit by my friend Stephanie Matern to Dublin, we asked the question of how finite reservoirs could be useful for thermometry 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2604.28155

Quantum Quest is now available in five languages! 🐈‍⬛ ambercentre.ie/additional-l... For those of you who know me, Bob’s voice might sound a little familiar in Portuguese… www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfIH... #SciComm #STEMEducation #Quantum

Lol Ah the made up world fascists live in... this is not a left-right issue. Everyone in the Spanish-speaking world sees América as a continent. In fact, several countries even use “estadounidense” (United-Statian). This is about history and cartography. Plus, before 1898 loads of Americans agreed

Our work modelling heat engines driven by finite reservoirs has been published in PRE! 
What I really like about this work is that the reservoir's entropic temperature takes centre stage to explain stochastic engines’ performance🔥 journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Terrifying. Brave woman

Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Aq... Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein talking movingly and articulately about the trans liberation movement all the way back in 1996. I think in a time of such rampant transphobia legislatively and culturally it's important to remember what we're fighting for and why.

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England

there's essentially no reason to expect in general that people know the answer to the question 'why didn't you get the job?'

Very good points from Jess Wade @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on the risks caused by lack of diversity in quantum

African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

Who can work in Science: A Pie Chart. Quién puede trabajar en la ciencia: un gráfico de torta. Chi può lavorare nella scienza: un grafico a torta. #LGBTQinSTEM #PrideInSTEM

CERN celebrates LGBTQ+ in STEM Day Today we celebrate and highlight the work of and barriers facing LGBTQIA+ people in science, technology, engineering and maths. To mark the date, the Progress Pride flag will fly above the Esplanade des Particules for the third year. 🔗 home.cern/news/news/ce...

Couldn't be more proud of this collab! Watch out for Quantum Quest in Portuguese, Gujarati, and Hindi 🐈‍⬛

“A single object can behave like two separate objects at the same time” 😱🤯 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...

Always in awe of the University of São Paulo’s architecture

Collaborating in this project was really fun. Congratulations @khalak.bsky.social for the great work! 🥳

"Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them..." #ClimateCrisis #Migration @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Had never read Jane Goodall's original 1963 article in Nat Geo on the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania until now. It's a wonderful blend of science and journalism, and well worth your time. www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...

Céad Míle Fáilte ? Welcome to Ireland 2025

🔍 How uncertain can quantum systems be? Saulo Moreira shares work developing new bounds that show how quantum effects—like coherence and correlations—can break classical limits on uncertainty. This helps us better understand how quantum systems behave when measured.

Hey quantum fans. Here's a slightly different #quantum survey from my mind-boggling one on interpretations, but seems important! This group hopes to understand how to help quantum scientists to stay in the field & thrive. If you have time, you can fill it out here👇 www.diviq.org/survey 🧪⚛️

Great to have (most of!) the ToCQS group visiting me here at King’s. Saulo Moreira is currently telling us about his recent work on precision bounds for correlated currents in open quantum systems journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Really happy to see the first ToCQS-Quantum Information group @tcddublin.bsky.social collab. out! 🤩 We show how correlations between multiple currents influence their fluctuations in Markovian open quantum systems @mitchison.bsky.social @felixbinder.bsky.social journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Nanoscale thermal engines are usually assumed to be coupled to infinite reservoirs. What happens to their performance if they are instead driven by finite reservoirs, which are in turn coupled to infinite reservoirs? We looked into this in our new preprint 🧐 arxiv.org/abs/2505.05174

Don't forget to submit your abstract for our conference in Dublin, August 2025! www.aspects-quantum.com/flqt2025

I have created a Starter Pack for British Trans Activism Let's start organising and making the UK a better place. We've been on the defense for too long 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️✊ go.bsky.app/N6Qai5F

Had lots of fun with @khalak.bsky.social, recording the Gujarati, Hindi and Portuguese versions of "Quantum Quest - Hide and Seek", the upcoming animation currently being developed by Cassete Vision's amazingly talented team 👀🐈‍⬛ @aspects-quantum.bsky.social 📷: Adam Rael

Super proud of our new paper out today! New @aspects-quantum.bsky.social collaboration led by the team in Murcia together with @khalak.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2504.10631

We are excited for Fundamental Limits of Quantum Technologies conference, Dublin, 25-29 August. Only three weeks left until the abstract submission deadline, don't delay! All details at www.aspects-quantum.com/flqt2025

An excellent antidote against pervasive hagiography, hero worship and simplistic narratives in quantum history by @ryandahn.com @physicstoday.bsky.social #IYQ2025 #Quantum #IYQ pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

We’re organising a conference in Dublin! Fundamental Limits of Quantum Technologies 2025 — everything from error mitigation on NISQ devices, through control constraints on complex quantum systems, to quantum thermodynamics and energetics, and much more! Abstract submission and registration open! 👇

We met with the Amber Centre EPE team, Screen Ireland and Cassette Vision to brainstorm how to explain quantum concepts through an animated video for school children. This builds off of the success of their recent Quantum Quest storybook.