Mike Dimitriyev

For those who live in places with elections today, please don't forget to vote!!!!

A Google doodle logo where the o’s in Google are replaced by a bad AI rendition of some non-anatomically correct bright pink knitting. The two needles look like a weird broken screw, there aren’t enough stitches, and it’s all very ugly and low effort. There’s a link: “Make a plan for 2026 resolutions with Al Mode”

huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun

Hey all! I'm happy to announce that I have been elected to the position of member-at-large for @aps-dsnp.bsky.social starting in March! I am really excited to serve in this role! @apsphysics.bsky.social #physics #science

When grades stop meaning anything The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning

One of the most upsetting articles I've read in a long time www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-grade...

UCSD report senate.ucsd.edu/media/740347...

We are failing a generation of kids.

Poster on brown background featuring circular, colorful emblems representing various student orgs at A&M: MOVE Texas A&M, Texas A&M Rising, Secular Student Alliance, TAMU QEC, Pols Aggies and Texas Aggie Democrats.

Student-led demonstration for #academicfreedom TOMORROW at Texas A&M 6pm! 👏✊👇

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.

This cannot be allowed to happen.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

An Autistic Academic This week, I read several articles highlighting the press conference of the HHS secretary declaring that autism is a growing “epidemic.”

This week has been tough for several reasons. I have been struggling to put it in words, but finally sat down and did some writing.

Kinetoplast DNA: a polymer physicist’s topological Olympic dream Abstract. All life forms are miraculous, but some are more inexplicable than others. Trypanosomes are by far one of the most puzzling organisms on Earth: t

Davide isn't here yet so here's a nice review he just wrote on kinetoplast biophysics

academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

Little Millie snores

Three cats in a bathroom. A white cat looks out from a bath tub. A grey kitten looks down on her from a shelf. A tuxedo cat sits on a cat bed on the floor in front of the bathtub.

Millie's getting bullied by both of her brothers. Fermi kept batting at her and she ran here while hissing at him. Then Minki started doing the same while Fermi blocked her exit.

Since I'm getting followers I'll do a small intro.

Hi all! I am a visiting assistant prof in mathematics at Texas A&M. Previously did a post doc at Pitt and PhD in physics at Georgia Tech. I study complex systems and collective motion in biophysics. I really enjoy teaching and am always trying to

I thought of a sneaky way to find my people on this thing.

Self-identify and I will add you...

See you at APS-DFD!

go.bsky.app/8Njfprh

Thanks!!!

Was hoping one of these existed... Might I get added?

I'm looking to grow some connectivity for materials scientists & engineers on BlueSky - if you identify in this grouping, I'd be happy to add you to this starter pack 🧪

go.bsky.app/U5wGm7M

Just deactivated my Xitter account! Happy to see familiar faces joining Bluesky.

Thanks!!! We'll see how it goes :)

These sessions will highlight and celebrate the form and function of Gyroids and their structural cousins across materials and biology. On midday-afternoon Wednesday, March 6 in Room 205C we will have 2 full, back-to-back sessions.
meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR2...
meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR2...

depictions of various gyroid and gyroid-like structures

For those at the APS March Meeting attendees, please consider attending “50 years of Gyroid structures in materials and tissues - in honor of Alan Schoen”. #APSMarchMeeting #apsmarch

A home-made cross polarizer setup for a photoelastic effect demo tomorrow. When you are new faculty and don't have a lab, sometimes you have to break some sunglasses 😎

With the Oct 20 deadline for the 2024 APS March Meeting approaching, please submit to our focus session "Mechanics and Self-Assembly of Knots and Tangles: From Knitted Fabrics to Polymer Melts," sponsored by
DSOFT (02.01.19) and GSNP (03.01.25)! (march.aps.org/attendees-pr... ). Please share!