Two weeks to go! Registration for IWQC 2026 is still open. If you like to compile software for your quantum computer you should probably go. Invited talks from Vadym Kliuchnikov and Aws Albarghouthi! At Xanadu HQ in Toronto 19 - 20 September. #iwqc #quantum quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026/

Yet another job ad! We're looking for a software engineer to work on our open source Tierkreis workflow system (focussing on quantum-HPC hybrid integration). The job is based in Singapore. #quantumcomputing #jobad jobs.eu.lever.co/quantinuum/8...

Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe...

We want to hire an Offering Manager for our Developer Platform. This means working out what developers need for doing quantum computing, and then making that happen. Experience in writing (quantum) software will help a lot. jobs.eu.lever.co/quantinuum/9... #jobad #quantum #quantumcomputing

Last day to submit your contribution to the quantum compilers workshop! We want a 3--5 pages abstract describing your best compiling ideas! #quantum #quantumcomputing #compilers #iwqc2026 quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026/

At today's UKRI board meeting, the fate of UK particle physics and astronomy will likely be decided. Have we done enough to convince the powers-that-be to halt the proposed funding cuts? 🤞 Read Prof. Hiranya Peiris in Nature today eloquently explaining why these cuts are wrong.🧪🔭⚛️ 📖: rdcu.be/friwM

Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stars of physics are in Westminster right now to call on the Government to halt funding cuts to astronomy and particle physics research. Professor Brian Cox called them "inexplicable", urging the Government to instead "trust, inspire and continue to invest in the next generation of scientists".

Here's Relational Intelligence. rel-int.ai Why? Current LLMs are unexplainable, no path to efficiency, no path to scalability... How? The same structure governs quantum mechanics and natural language, and cognition more generally. We use this to build AI whose reasoning you can trust. When? Now!

I’m British and this is the one American take on the discourse that I wholeheartedly approve this is the damn problem

RI DaSēr@sotreu.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

Idk man, maybe if the UK spent more time on prepping for the climate change we all knew was coming, and less time Brexiting and burning down immigrant homes and making it illegal to be trans, y'all would be able to afford some basic ass A/C.

Monday morning respam of Friday afternoon's spam:

Ross Duncan@rossquantum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do you like compiling quantum software? Maybe you should send something to the 8th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation? The deadline is the 10th of July! Tell your friends! (Just the cool ones.) quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026/ #quantum #compilers #quantumcomputing #iwqc2026

Do you like compiling quantum software? Maybe you should send something to the 8th International Workshop on Quantum Compilation? The deadline is the 10th of July! Tell your friends! (Just the cool ones.) quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026/ #quantum #compilers #quantumcomputing #iwqc2026

My first Nature paper! I had very little to do with it :-) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer with all-to-all connectivity - Nature

A new quantum computer, Quantinuum Helios, which is a 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum processor built on the QCCD architecture, demonstrates performance well beyond classical capabilities and provides a ...

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one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

this pattern is so silly. just put your damn artifacts online

Lightning talk submissions are open for the Quantum Software 2.6 workshop at IEEE Quantum Week in Toronto. Working on quantum software? We'd love to hear from you. Workshop: sites.google.com/view/quantum... Submit: forms.gle/fnSPSmERLSPq...

Quantum Software 2.6 Workshop

Quantum Software 2.6: current challenges and headways in quantum software IEEE Quantum Week 2026 conference, Sept 13th - Sept 18th Metro Toronto Convention Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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It would be very nice if quantum circuit benchmarking suites like MQTBench came with expected results for the circuits in 0 noise environments so that we can test against them. It's easy enough for things like W or GHZ generators but I have no clue what your Grover implementation was converging on

Do not let AI write for you.

International Workshop on Quantum Compilation is accepting submissions. The workshop is in Toronto 19--20 September. #quantum #compilers #quantumcomputing #cfp quantum-compilers.github.io/iwqc2026/

Friend of the shop @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social will be at Sloan's tomorrow!

Lewis MacKenzie@lemackz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pint of Science is on this week in Glasgow

Immigration make Britain brilliant

We're happy to announce our newest micrograntee - Aleks Kissinger! Aleks is a Professor of Quantum Computing in the Quantum group in Oxford Computer Science. He's received a microgrant to develop ZX Calculus Online. Learn more: unitary.foundation/grants/2026_...

Apparently German real estate company Quantum has successfully sued the Dutch national quantum computing initiative Quantum Delta NL for trademark infringement on their use of "quantum". blog.galalaw.com/post/102mp68... www.boek9.nl/system/files...

Use of ‘House of Quantum’ and ‘Quantum Delta NL’ infringes Quantum trademark (via Passle)

Quantum is a real estate specialist that develops and manages real estate projects and provides asset management services. Quantum carries out these act...

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Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

taken.

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

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Now, for Chrome users: a 4 gigabyte LLM sneaks onto your computer whether you ask for it or not! It's possible to remove it, but hard to keep it out. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...

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I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant).

IrishPhilosophy@irishphilosophy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Does anyone know what's happened to the Irish Legislation Database? When I go to www.qub.ac.uk/ild/ I get a not found message and a search isn't yielding anything. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Panicking just a little here...

Back in UK. At #qctip in Oxford.

github.com/Quantinuum/z... stay zixy

GitHub - Quantinuum/zixy: Quantinuum's high performance library for the manipulation of Pauli strings and other quantum algebraic objects.

Quantinuum's high performance library for the manipulation of Pauli strings and other quantum algebraic objects. - Quantinuum/zixy

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Today's gig at Cambridge Computer Laboratory, entitled "Andy Pitts Says 'Type Soundness proofs are two a penny.' But I Think They're Cheaper Than That" www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QUq...

Andy Pitts says 'Type Soundness proofs are two a penny.' But I Think They're Cheaper Than That

YouTube video by Conor McBride

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After a year in Japan today is my last day at Quantinuum's Tokyo office. It's been a great privilege to work with such great colleagues.

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a billionaire must never make a decision because the billionaire can never be held accountable

Cat Manning@catacalypto.bsky.social · 5mo ago

this feels like such a pervasive issue with where we attribute blame. who are the people in an organization who can’t really be fired (or can’t be easily removed)? that is ultimately where agency lies