Dr Simon

@geonet The view from above in the afternoon isn't too bad either!

Good morning from our beautiful 🌋  👀 You can watch our volcano cameras here: f.mtr.cool/hkibkkxbyg

next week the IYQ global event "Quantum Crossroads - at the intersection of arts, culture and quantum science and technology" is taking place in Dunedin NZ with some hybrid sessions. Make sure to register to be involved in the coming discussion/reflections qxroads.org

Thank you @DoddWalls for accepting me as an Affiliate Investigator! Lots of great physicists I will get more chances to interact with now. I'm of course still a Principal Investigator of @macdiarmidinsti, so this on my way out of the building felt like it was just for me.

@AsherGoldman Maybe use your wife's name(s)? I'd really hope no-one could make a mistake with those!

Got takeaway food, got asked for my name, they repeatedly couldn't understand 'Asher' so I gave up and gave them my middle name 'Daniel'. Apparently that's too tricky too. Hi, I'm Janial

🚀 NZ is investing $71M into advanced tech research over 7 years! Hosted by @VicUniWgtn’s Robinson Research Institute, this platform will drive innovation in superconductors, cryogenics & space tech 🧲🔬 Creating high-value jobs & growing our hi-tech exports.

Proud to be part of @PaihauRobinson as we secure $71M funding to launch a platform in Future Magnetic & Materials Tech! Advancing HTS research from space propulsion to accessible MRI. #InnovationNZ #HTS #FutureTech #MaterialsScience linkedin.com/posts/robinson…

Hugely excited to be here for @DrShaneRetiMP to announce strategic research funding for @PaihauRobinson to push on with our world-leading #superconductivity and #magnetics R&D stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360676… #nzscience

I was hoping there would be more #ICONN conferences! Great news and a good one to attend in Feb that doesn't clash with the #AMN conferences. @AMN11_NZ

Massive congrats to the new @royalsocietynz Fellows, especially Prof Rod Badcock and my @macdiarminsti colleagues Dr John Kennedy @gnsscience and Prof. Geoff Waterhouse @AucklandUni ! royalsociety.org.nz/news/latest-co…

Hey #nzscience - Phase 2 Submissions on the Science System Advisory Group report on how to fix the NZ science system are now open! Until April 4 (that's 3 weeks) they want to hear from us about issues of workforce, infrastructure and (oh boy) funding. ssag.org.nz/submit/

.@actsukrit is exactly what #Civ7 needs! I depended SO heavily on Sukitract mods in my last 4+ years of #Civ6 gameplay. @CivGame

Great article on the #Space R&D programme @PaihauRobinson , written by @lauriewinkless ! That's my institute, developing #superconducting ion thrusters to propel satellites, all done just outside Wellington. #nzscience #physics spectrum.ieee.org/electric-propu…

@raguileramx I know they're there, but I don't see them - I stick to my Following tab. I actually see fewer such posts than before. I think it's because, before, I'd only see posts that people I follow would criticise. Now those people are gone, leaving only corporations and institutions.

@drsciman Imagine logging in and not seeing a single racist post on your feed pushed by the algorithm. All day. I don't know how to sell it better than this.

Briefly returning to this hellsite just to celebrate the third anniversary of my Greatest Forecast Ever. Speaking of which 1) no, I'm not coming back while this site is Elon owned 2) why are you all not where the sky is blue?

@Khoonono Oh no - how did I miss you?! It was a busy week, sure, but we must have been in opposing parallel sessions the whole time. Hopefully catch up at the next one.

Thanks for the invite to #AMN11 in beautiful Christchurch. Great to be back and catching up with everyone here.

It's the #amn11 @AMN11_NZ closing and the conference chair and location for #amn12 is... to be announced later. Bit of an anticlimax there. But Nicola Gaston, director of @macdiarmidinsti, tells us an announcement is forthcoming. See you on 2 years!

Day 4 at @AMN11_NZ - This is a highly useful summary of all the physical properties that affect the physics and efficiency of #thermoelectric materials, given in the intro of the talk of Dr Peter Murmu #amn11

Will Holmes-Hewett of @PaihauRobinson presenting on the rare earth nitrides. His favorite energy scale is the milliRydberg (?) #amn11 @AMN11_NZ

Elena Pitt (sp?) of Openstar, NZ's very own #fusion company (yes, we do fusion here). They're using a Levitated Dipole Magnet device to get to energy-generating fusion using high temp. #superconducting magnets - with the help of @PaihauRobinson, I might add. #amn11 @AMN11_NZ

Debby Munro of Omtec - making sensors to monitor for the very serious problem of spinal fusion (what a great band name that would be though, right?). @AMN11_NZ #amn11