Whoop! New story out in @naturefutures.bsky.social ky.social 🫖⚛️ A Cavendish physicist uses a #quantum computer to brew the perfect cup of tea, removing the guardrails to speed things up, and accidentally creates… well, you’ll have to read it to find out! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The recovered notes of Professor Alborough

Time for a break.

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Nature Futures@naturefutures.bsky.social · 15h ago

For many, it’s a simple task. Kettle, pot, cup: a set of steps to give a vaguely drinkable liquid that lubricates social interaction and cognitive regeneration. But surely it’s possible to take such refreshment to a whole new level? #scifi by @gemmakchurch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

… I attended an AMAZING wyrd fiction workshop with Artemis writers at the Artyst @theartystcambridge (Cambridge’s Syd Barrett Heritage Venue). I might have to write up the story I started on a demonic hedgehog vase soon…. 🦔 😈 (I did say wyrd guys!) #writers

A lovely birthday weekend featuring possibly my favourite jigsaw (not just because it features #terrypratchettdiscworld ) and new books from the wonderful Niche Comics in Huntingdon.

Publication day! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m so thrilled my story “The Scrump” found a home at the wonderful Orange & Bee 🙂🍎 if you manage to read it, I’d love to know what you think x theorangebee.substack.com/p/the-scrump

The scrump

Issue nine: fiction by Gemma Church

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I could not be more excited to announce that my short story “The scrump” appear in Orange & Bee on Thursday. It’s a publication I’ve loved reading for a long time, which subverts traditional fairy tales into something rather delicious. You can find the magazine on Substack theorangebee.substack.com

I did it! I’ve been blown away by everyone’s generosity and that I managed to beat my PB. For someone who only wanted to raise £100 and hit a sub 2 hours, I’m feeling surprised and very grateful: www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-c... @parkinsons.org.uk

Here we go! www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-c...

Thank you Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A modest haul from @booknookshop.bsky.social today. Don’t be fooled, I have a funny feeling I might have to return before this holiday is done for more books and some of their yummy bagels… and cakes! Some fantastic secondhand books, fab SFF and lots of lovely indie publishers too. What a find ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Note to self: next time bring some sandwiches in case we stumble on a 🧸 picnic

Strong headlines have always been my kryptonite - and when I see a gem like this, I just want to say bravo @politico.com! 👏

I joined Insta the other week, and this intro about me seemed to go down well, so I thought I'd share it here too. You can find me at www.instagram.com/gemmakchurch/ 🙂

I love it when a new book arrives in the post! I just read “Space has No Frontier”, a biography by john bromley-davenport about Bernard Lovell, radio astronomer extraordinaire of @jodrellbank.bsky.social fame…

Recorded this for Instagram and it seems to have made a few people chortle. You can find me on Insta here by the way: www.instagram.com/gemmakchurch/

love this artwork on the Abbey-Chesterton bridge in Cambridge. I looked it up and it’s a line from Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Let this darkness be a bell tower” Quiet friend who has come so far…

I realised that all my jellys ran out of date in January. I didn’t realise quite how much 4 pints of jelly would be. Will there be room in my fridge? Stay tuned for another thrilling instalment of my life. #extreme in other white-knuckle news, loving that the daffodils are back 🌼

New glasses and I made a monster pie. Quite the day 🥧🤓

In a moment of madness, I signed up for a 1/2 marathon today! It seemed fitting as I'll be running on what would have been my Mum's 80th birthday - and it would be great to raise a little money for @parkinsons.org.uk. No pressure: www.justgiving.com/page/gemma-c... 🙏

Gemma's fundraiser for Parkinson’s UK

Help Gemma Church raise money to support Parkinson’s UK

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A lovely start to the morning with Kings looking beautiful as the ☀️ rose - and then seeing the Riverlane team’s latest paper in Nature! (I’m particularly proud of this meme btw 😂🐶) #Cambridge

Riverlane@riverlane.com · 8mo ago

And for @dulwichquantum.bsky.social, here's a meme to show how the LCD balances real-time speed, high accuracy and flexibility in hardware 🧪🐶

📣 I'm thrilled that The QEC Report 2025 is now live! 📣 It's been so much fun writing this in-depth report (short explainer: quantum computers are prone to errors and as they get bigger, those errors get bigger - it's a huge challenge to resolve, which is exactly what Riverlane specialises in) 🧪

Riverlane@riverlane.com · 9mo ago

📣 The #QEC Report 2025 is live! 📣 The #QuantumErrorCorrection (QEC) landscape is moving fast. But we need to move faster. Our new QEC Report 2025 unveils critical shifts that will define the future of quantum computing, including.... 🧪🧵(1/5)

A shout out for Imaginarium in Lymington - a specialist #bookshop in #SFF where I found this fab read, only to open it last night and see a story by @robertshearman.bsky.social! I know where ill be pointing people to for Christmas… 🎄 www.imaginariumbooks.co.uk 📚

A lovely sunrise run in #Cambridge

Think I'll quit my day job, 20+ years in science comms and @bobmort.bsky.social summarises the world of #quantumcomputing in 3 words 😅

Riverlane@riverlane.com · last yr.

😀 OMG, this is the finest (and/or funniest) tier I've seen on Patreon: patreon.com/tellinglimin... Unless that last tier is not a joke?! Then, I guess, the joke is on you 👀 WHAT ?!?! Anyway, Paul, Lucy & co are a fabulous bunch of creatives - pls give what you can! 👁️ #horror

Get more from Liminal Tales on Patreon

An evening of wonders and horrors beyond your imagining :)

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Could write from here everyday, please?

Meant to write "feedback on" in an email to a colleague. Wrote "feedbacon" and now I'm really hoping someone appears at my desk with a bacon sarnie 😅🥓

🙏 @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social for publishing my #soilpunk story: 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' in Issue 2 'The Garden' As a kid, I had an army of imaginary friends as I built dens in my own garden, including one called Acorn who appears in this #clifi 🤖🌸🌳 www.tractorbeam.earth/story/all-th...

All Things Bright and Beautiful | Tractor Beam

Could Eden be right here all along?

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Thank you to everyone in my #quantum network who's spared their time to answer this survey - just reposting to give people another chance to help Riverlane understand the QEC community (not to mention some pretty cool prizes that are up for grabs!) 👇

Riverlane@riverlane.com · last yr.

👋 Last call to take Riverlane's QEC survey and help shape the future of #QuantumErrorCorrection! ⏳ Closes July 1, 2025, so don't miss out. Plus, you could win a Meta Quest 3 or our ASIC decoder chip! 🤯 🧪 Full details here: zo1r3443aln.typeform.com/QECSurvey2025 #quantumcomputing #survey

The #quantum tech isn't the only reason I ❤️ working at @riverlane.com, it's also the people. Huge thanks to Guen + @abrahamasfaw.bsky.social for agreeing to do this (check out the 2nd 'blooper' vid! By golly, it's good!) They're both hiring for their new teams too: www.riverlane.com/jobs#vacancies

Riverlane@riverlane.com · last yr.

We grabbed new starters @abrahamasfaw.bsky.social and Guen to ask them why #QEC matters to them and what they’ll be working on... and well, we got one serious response! 👇 The other? By golly! You'll have to check out post 2/2 below 😂 www.riverlane.com/jobs 🎥 #QuantumErrorCorrection 🧵1/2

🌊 I'm thrilled that "The Rising Tide" has found such a beautiful home! This piece draws inspiration from a powerful 2019 exhibition about the history of women at Cambridge University, who were denied degrees until 1948, making #Cambridge the last major educational institution to change this.

Suburban Witchcraft Magazine@suburbanwitchlit.bsky.social · last yr.

Suburban Witchcraft Magazine Issue 9 is now Live!!! Read at: suburbanwitchcraft.com/issue9 As always, we hope you enjoy perusing and exploring the many facets of Spring, love, loss, myth, persistence, joy, bloom and ash woven through #poetry, #storytelling, #photography and #art.