Debdutta Paul
@dbdttpl.bsky.social
science journalist by day • aspiring author by night • I deeply care about communicating science through impactful stories. And, I find solace in mountains and jungles.
When we screamed on top of our voice that TMC is just the other side of the BJP, people made fun. An ideology-less RSS/Hindutva-driven goon party that laid the red carpet for the BJP now has not two, but *three* divisions, one of which is officially back in the NDA, where it had started. লে/ले!
“And once the stars are everywhere, they stop glowing altogether.” Loved this piece! www.newslaundry.com/2025/10/27/m...
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara: Why India’s most beloved TV moment failed when it tried again
Piyush Pandey’s death has brought back memories of his most enduring contribution to Indian pop culture.
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All the “use AI to do [this]” ads on YouTube are so stupid that I can’t even tell if some human actually vetted them.
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Will Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government, those who voted it to power, and those “liberal” governments around the world who let it do this — be ever held accountable? Will the Germans tell Zionist Jews the hypocrites they are? The world won’t forget. www.telegraphindia.com/world/childr...
Children starve in Gaza hospital as Israel's blockade cuts off food and medical supplies
In greater numbers than ever, children hollowed up by hunger are overwhelming the Patient's Friends Hospital, the main emergency center for malnourished kids in northern Gaza
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What can we call no serious disease but constant sickness? Adulting.
I *love* the Let’s Talk Psychology Podcast. The latest is one of my most favourite episodes. youtu.be/FLh4VBteyVQ
Depression Guilt, and the Years You Can’t Get Back
YouTube video by Let's Talk Psychology Podcast
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This story has been sitting with me since it was decommissioned by a physics publication on April 21, 2025, the filing date. So here it goes. 🎬 Presenting the first science journalistic story on my own blog. 🔗 debduttapaul.com/2025/06/15/t...
The Universe Is More Complex Than We Thought
I investigate, as a science journalist, the claims and counter-claims of what dark energy is up to.
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While the kings go to war, the grasses die.
Debdutta Paul@dbdttpl.bsky.social · 2y agoরাজায় রাজায় যুদ্ধ হয়, উলুখাগড়ার প্রাণ যায়।
I am practically hopeful of my dreams — so they shall live on. I *will* make them a reality. As the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Dear world, here I come!
First up, an interview with Ravinder Kaur whose sociological work at IIT Delhi has directly shaped at least one national policy and should inspire our other STEM institutes to take similar cold, hard looks at themselves 👀 #HumanIITies thelifeofscience.com/2025/03/04/r...
”Constantly, I’ve been trying to do things at IIT Delhi without rejecting the institution as such.” LabHopping’s month-long special series #HumanIITies kicks off with this interview of sociologist Ravinder Kaur by Aashima Dogra. Do read. thelifeofscience.com/2025/03/04/r...
The tempered radicalism of Ravinder Kaur
An interview with Ravinder Kaur, IIT Delhi Emerita Professor of Sociology
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Descriptions of fishes available on Freshtohome are epic! — বাঙালি
#PoorJoke : We are astronomers. Both theoretical and experimental physicists look down on us. And we look up to every body else, including the stars.
Nope, I don't "shed light on __" any more. It's a cliche, well overused.
www.aip.org/history-prog... Going through this oral interview just reinforced my understanding why DEI needs to keep happening.
Willard Libby - Session I
Marlowe:
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Highly overused, meaningless phrase in professional context: "Please feel free to..." Absolutely dislike it.
I disagree, Mr. Watterson, I find life’s meaning in your wisdom! www.neil.blog/full-speech-...
'Invent your own life’s meaning' by Bill Watterson — Neil Pasricha
Delivered by Bill Watterson , author of Calvin and Hobbes , at Kenyon College in 1990
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In the spirit of friendly academic shit posting... (Or because we lack imagination?) We picked another IBM experiment to benchmark our small-angle Pauli propagation alg. This time: arxiv.org/abs/2404.08053 @quantummanuel.bsky.social's plot below is for TFI on 127 qubits in a heavy hex topology
Manuel Rudolph@quantummanuel.bsky.social · 2y agoOur Pauli propagation code can always simulate at least some part of the quantum circuit, and then be patched up with a quantum device. Even on its own, our classical algorithm can accurately simulate 127-qubit problems in seconds, outperforming most modern quantum hardware.
