Stephen Sekula steve@hub.polari.us
Dallas, TX, USA
Husband; Associate Professor of Physics; I teach at SMU in Dallas, TX; I study the Higgs Particle with the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN; writer and blogger; drummer; programmer; teacher; scientist; traveler; runner; gardener; open-source aficionado.
2020-10-29T02:11:11Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Are you an artist with an interest in interdisciplinary approaches, scientific thinking, and advancing research? Apply for the Collide Residency Program @CERN! @ArtsAtCERN https://arts.cern/article/open-call-collide-residency-award https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1321633017924886528/photo/12020-10-22T02:10:55Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Some of the new friends we meet on our morning walks. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1319097668694659072/photo/12020-10-22T02:10:54Z via NavierStokes To: Public
COVID-19 has completely altered the rhythm of regular life. But when life returns to its old normal, and I am forced to sit in traffic for 75 minutes 5 days a week, I will miss these after-breakfast walks with @profcooley. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/1319097465442832386/photo/12020-10-21T23:10:43Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Greatly saddened to hear the news that James "The Amazing" Randi - magician, skeptic, debunker - passed away yesterday. He influenced me as a teacher of the scientific method, and I once sat behind him on a flight and nerded out when I realized it.2020-10-21T00:10:47Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Hospitalizations lag positivity rates; deaths lag hospitalizations. It seems that, after a couple of weeks of rising hospitalizations ... here come the deaths. #WaveThree I seem to have Mal de Mer, but for emotions and COVID-19. https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/13186910093588930562020-10-21T00:00:44Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Really looking forward to this event with @profcooley! https://twitter.com/smuresearch/status/13185950386501386242020-10-20T19:10:49Z via NavierStokes To: Public
My reading on the patio today. It is never too late to learn more about parton distribution functions. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGk5EutJaWo/?igshid=1ptus8h3szdf42020-10-20T02:00:49Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From legogradstudent on Twitter: I voted early for justice, equality, and science. I exercised my right to reject the last four years of hate and destruction. I advocated for a better future. And it felt great. Please join me! https://twitter.com/legogradstudent/status/1318255513130332160/photo/12020-10-19T22:40:45Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From JHSPH_CHS on Twitter: The US surpassed 8M cases. From the first case reported on Jan 22, it took 96 days to reach 1M cases. From there: 1M to 2M: 44 days 2M to 3M: 27 days 3M to 4M: 15 days 4M to 5M: 17 days 5M to 6M: 22 days 6M to 7M: 25 days 7M to 8M: 21 days More: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/COVID-19-Updates---October-19--2020.html?soid=1107826135286&aid=_w6n-7Newio2020-10-19T16:50:48Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From nprpolitics on Twitter: Every region of the U.S. is now showing a surge in new coronavirus cases, and the country has hit its highest level of new cases since July. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/19/924972322/coronavirus-cases-rise-to-highest-level-since-late-july?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social2020-10-19T14:20:49Z via NavierStokes To: Public
👍Stephen Michael Kellat at 2020-10-19T18:54:32Z
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2020-10-19T12:21:27Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From eredmil1 on Twitter: Major pet peeve with academia: 1) weekends are not business days. Do not send and email Friday and then a reminder Sunday. This is obnoxious behavior. 2) Unless you do work where lives are actually on the line, don’t expect <48 hr turn around without prior discussion. https://twitter.com/eredmil1/status/1317801143972564995/photo/12020-10-19T12:21:25Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From IvovanVulpen on Twitter: Scientific poetry in the making #wallformula #Leiden @sensemolen @TEGENBEELD https://twitter.com/IvovanVulpen/status/1318129767988760577/photo/12020-10-19T12:21:21Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From IvovanVulpen on Twitter: Scientific poetry in the making #wallformula #Leiden @sensemolen @TEGENBEELD https://twitter.com/IvovanVulpen/status/1318129767988760577/photo/12020-10-18T20:40:45Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Spent the whole afternoon with @profcooley in the demo equipment room @SMUPhysics shooting video for an upcoming outreach project. 4 hours of setup and filming for what will be 10 minutes of edutainment.
But I got to say "Action!" and "Cut!"
2020-10-18T15:40:57Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From NobelPrize on Twitter: Despite his teacher’s opinion that he couldn’t learn simple biological facts, John Gurdon went onto receive a #NobelPrize, thanks to his classic frog experiment which showed that the DNA of mature frog cells still have all the information needed to develop all cells in its body. https://twitter.com/NobelPrize/status/1317819989458550785/photo/12020-10-18T15:40:56Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From NobelPrize on Twitter: Despite his teacher’s opinion that he couldn’t learn simple biological facts, John Gurdon went onto receive a #NobelPrize, thanks to his classic frog experiment which showed that the DNA of mature frog cells still have all the information needed to develop all cells in its body. https://twitter.com/NobelPrize/status/1317819989458550785/photo/12020-10-18T12:32:03Z via NavierStokes To: Public
“On campus with the coronavirus: An oral history of the strangest semester ever” https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/10/11/uva-coronavirus-2020/?arc404=true2020-10-17T20:20:53Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From propublica on Twitter: How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus. https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-the-fall-of-the-cdc?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#1004665
» Stephen Sekula:
“[...] was brought to its knees by a virus, the president [...]”
Well put. That clown is indeed a harmful virus 😁
2020-10-17T14:00:58Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From BlackinPhysics on Twitter: Here's a list of all of our sweet sweet #BlackInPhysics week events! First up our summary professional and social events calendars! https://twitter.com/BlackinPhysics/status/1316506525964406785/photo/1