Yesterday, my daughter referred to In 'n' Out animal style fries as "California poutine", and now it will forever be called that in my household.

It's been 3 months but I finally got through posting the recordings from our QIST in the CSU workshops. The recordings don't do the discussions justice. Hopefully, these are useful to folks interested in learning #quantum info science and tech and get it in their courses.

Typing with a bandaged finger is (unsurprisingly) extremely frustrating and slow. In related news, knife safety and personal protective equipment is important and should not be ignored, even if "it's just one piece of drywall and a small cut"

It is too early in the day for the number of emails littered with curse words I've drafted and deleted to be this high. #FFFFFFFFFFFFuck #DeepBreaths

Awesome Quantum Computing Experiments is on ArXiv! 57+ QEC implementations tracked Interactive visualizations Useful for researchers & students Github: github.com/francois-marie/awesome-quantum-computing-experiments Site: francoismarieleregent.xyz/awesome-quantum-computing-experiments/ 1/3 🧵

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 To all my friends and family

But not a real green dress that's cruel

I feel like everyone needs to step back and use their context clues with this one

A few weeks ago we hosted our 3rd set of QIST in the CSU workshops. Always great to gather with colleagues and learning more about quantum science and how to teach it. Here are some photos from the Introductory QIST and Educational Modules workshop, Quantum Sensing workshop photos in the reply...

Today for shits and giggles, I took a BNC cable Jerry-rigged a loop out of it and plugged it into a scope to see what I'd pick up in my lab. What the hell would cause this? Like a clock, every 4 seconds jumps amplitude. The underlying signal is ~171 kHz #noise #science

Go home clouds, you're drunk

It's Memorial Day in the US, which means it's time for the periodic reminder that the best tribute to the sacrifice of those who fought and died in wars in the past is to work to see that there are fewer of them in the future.

"Toronto, the only place where the Leafs fall in the spring" #NHLplayoffs #StanleyCupPlayoffs #LeafsNation

I dont want to start a fight, but I do want to clarify that Americans are wrong on what "smarties" are

Been a bit of a chaotic few weeks for me with everything going on, but happy to say in all that chaos the Perron family became a little more complete. Welcome to the world Wells "Whoopsie" Perron

Next goal wins! #StanleyCupPlayoffs #GoJetsGo @winnipegjets.com

Big day for the Perron family. Looking forward to meeting the little guy 😁

Enjoying a pretty standard beer to go along with the #StanleyCupPlayoffs. (Sorry for the dad joke) Great come back win by the @winnipegjets.com to kick it all off.

“I love quantum”

#quantum mechanics class had fun measuring single-photon interference today! We got some of the @thorlabs.bsky.social quantum optics kits through a grant earlier this year. Considering I previously had 0 experience with optics, how easy we were able to successfully setup two kits makes me happy.

I had minor surgery today which meant I couldn't take the 7yo to hockey this afternoon. Apparently, he told my wife he "can't go to hockey today because daddy's going to be on drugs" I mean, he's not wrong, but I hope he explained it better to anyone he may have told at school.

Happy world quantum day to all who celebrate. Don't get sucked into the commercialisation that has taken over the holiday and focus on the true meaning of the holiday... making silly jokes about dead cats, objects being two things at once, and measurement. None of which are actually funny

If you missed Derek Muller's @perimeterinstitute.ca public talk last night about AI and the future of education, you can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/live/PYeBGyX... It was a really great discussion of how we learn and what effect AI (and other technologies) can have on that.

It's another Friday and you may be looking for a light read. Allow me to once again suggest the traditionally light-hearted @natrevphys.nature.com April Editorial, in which we explore how cats relate to physics. 🐈‍⬛x⚛️ www.nature.com/articles/s42... [image by Neil Smith]

This song slaps, and idk why, but it's in my head today hummusvacuum999.bandcamp.com/track/g-u-i-...

Not loving how the image highlights how lazy I am on the backcheck, but otherwise, this is a nice accounting of what was an incredibly fun event. #quantum #hockey #APSsummit25

Willow was on the "sick day VHS" growing up. Madmartigan was the best.

There is still time to apply to join us at our Faculty workshops on #Quantum information science and technology. If you (or someone you know) is interested in adding QIST to their curriculum I encourage you to apply. (Help spreading the word appreciated)

It's been a busy week since the #APSsummit25. A lot going on in the lab & today we got to enjoy a great talk from Arjen Vaartjes. An intro to donor based qubits and the great work out of the Morello group. It's been great having Arjen here this week. I'm learning a lot and it's only 1/2 way through!

Adam (the @apsphysics.bsky.social positive atom) over heard some negative self talk from me and had to slap me straight. Thanks Adam, I needed that. #APSsummit25 #StayPositive

Hey, lab dwellers, What is your current favorite metal machining or 3D printing pipeline for fast prototyping? E.g. a) we machine ourselves in the student shop, b) we order from university pro machine shop, c) we metal 3D print on campus, d) we order parts from XXX since it's fast and cheap,

In honor of the APS Global Summit née March Meeting, and especially in honor of me taking a break from writing my talk, have some quantum memes! As always, these are made by my undergrad QM students for extra credit on their exams. Let's start with a classic(al physics result)

New toy arrived the Friday before the APS Global Physics Summit. Going to be an exciting few weeks #Physics #quantum

#Quantum #Hockey at the 2025 @apsphysics.bsky.social Global Physics Summit in Anaheim. One of the key events at the #APSmarch Meeting. One week to go. Mark your calendar. Join as a spectator or as a player to support your team and see who will establish #quantum advantage! [1/2]

On one hand, it's a feel-good story, on the other...Orphan-crushing machine

Had a great time with the family doing the quantum escape room put on by LabEscape. They're in San Marcos (north county San Diego) for the rest of the week, then up to Anaheim for APS. Highly recommend. #quantum

Lab Escape is coming to North County SD for a week starting Sat. A quantum-themed escape room and there is still timeslots available throughout next week. If you're around check it out. (If you're not around please help spread the word) www.csusm.edu/innovation/p... #QIS #Quantum #Science #CSUSM

FFS I feel this

If you can watch this entire interaction and come away with anything but disgust and embarrassment regarding Trump and Vance I genuinely dont know what to say. I try hard to understand other viewpoints etc. But this is beyond that... youtu.be/Ch0q31cfEIQ?...

It's that time of year again! We're officially accepting applications for our faculty workshops this summer to help faculty bring QIST into their curriculum. WS1 covers intro QIST concepts and educational modules, WS2 this year will cover quantum sensing #quantum www.csusm.edu/physics/quan...

At least we go into the weekend with some (hopefully longer than temporary) good news apnews.com/article/dei-...

youtube.com/shorts/Uc4JR... The security guards face.

Big W for the boys today. So happy for them finally getting championship in the last tourney together. Awesome cap to a great season for a great group of kids and families!

Huge game for the boys today. Must win situation. (Thisbmessage is for the u8 team hoping to win the championship of the last tournament they have before some of the boys age up and the team splits 😥. But it also applies to #TeamCanada, I want a 🇨🇦 vs 🇺🇸 rematch Thursday #4nations)

Always love these, and as someone who is 1/2 way through covering the Hydrogen atom, I'm very much appreciating the Bernie meme

This shoulda been the Bills.

"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."

#PhysicsJournalClub "The Tumultuous Birth of Quantum Mechanics" by @philipcball.bsky.social "quantum mechanics wasn’t created all at once. It took several decades and was a messy, confused process, during most of which the true nature of this revolution was obscure. In some ways it still is." 🎢⚛️