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Oliver T Lord

@olivertlord.bsky.social

Head of Petrology, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Melts rocks with lasers for a living. Die hard England Cricket fan. linktr.ee/olivertlord

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Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're hiring in the School of Earth Sciences @bristoluni.bsky.social: NERC-funded PDRA in Petrological Controls on Ore Genesis. Arizona fieldwork, synchrotron work at Diamond, and high-pressure experiments on how subduction zones concentrate copper. Closes 5 Aug: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG652/s...

Senior Research Associate in Petrological Controls on Ore Genesis at University of Bristol

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Senior Research Associate in Petrological Controls on Ore Genesis at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 3mo ago

After squeezing liquid gallium, we decided to squeeze mercury! What should we do next? A: Rubidium B: Some other metal — you choose! C: PLEASE STOP TORTURING METALS Thanks to: @drdrewitt.bsky.social, @fturci.bsky.social and quite a few others not on Bluesky. journals.aps.org/prb/abstract...

Structure of liquid mercury at high pressure

The atomic-scale structure and melting curve of liquid mercury was measured using in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction (SXRD) at pressure and temperature ($p\text{\ensuremath{-}}T$) conditions up to ...

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Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The question is, does the money spent on #AI tokens lead to less or more genuine productivity than would be realised by spending the same amount on human workers? If less, then this is stupid, uncompetitive and will be a fad. If more…

404 Media@404media.co · 4mo ago

NEW: Startup CEOs are bragging that they are spending more money on AI compute than it would cost to hire human workers. Astronomical AI bills are now, in a certain corner of the tech world, a supposed marker of growth and success.

Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Via @spectrum.ieee.org: Verkor.io, an #AI chip design company, has created an LLM harness that handled the entire design process of a RISC-V CPU in 12 hours. The result is a chip roughly equivalent to a 2011 #Intel Celeron. This seems like a significant milestone. spectrum.ieee.org/ai-chip-design

How Did An AI Agent Build a RISC V CPU Core In Just 12 Hours

Startup Verkor.io’s agentic AI orchestrated the entire design process from a 219-word prompt

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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre@stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Overnight, repeated attacks on Russia's oil infrastructure complex in the port city of Tuapse, with nearly the entire facility now in flames. Several areas of the complex were targeted, with the remnants of Russian air defenses unable to stop incoming strikes.

Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 4mo ago

When @anthropic.com’s #Claude Mythos #LLM “…was explicitly directed and given network access…it could execute multi-stage attacks on vulnerable networks and discover and exploit vulnerabilities autonomously...” Quote from the #UK’s #AI security institute. www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-eva...

Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview’s cyber capabilities | AISI Work

We conducted cyber evaluations of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview and found continued improvement in capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges and significant improvement on multi-step cyber-attack simulati...

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🇺🇸 Trump has confirmed that the US has rescued the second crew member from a F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran on Friday. + Footage of destroyed US C-130 aircraft used in rescue mission and destroyed to prevent capture during the evacuation.

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Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The second member of the F-15 crew missing in #Iran has been rescued. During the mission, two C-130 transport aircraft became stranded inside Iran and were destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of the Iranians. That’s at least nine aircraft of various types lost so far.

Stephanie@forest-elf.com · 4mo ago

I posted that I was skeptical of the "stuck planes" story - but here's the proof. Reported images of the forward airbase in Iran used by US forces to successfully rescue the downed US F-15 WSO. A pair of C-130s were destroyed before final departure after they became stuck.

Oliver T Lord@olivertlord.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This has appeared after it became apparent that yesterday the US lost both an F-15E Strike Eagle over #Iran and an A-10 Warthog over the Strait of #Hormuz. There are reports of additional losses and aircraft sending mayday signals, but I haven’t seen convincing evidence of those yet.

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Photos appeared on various resources that Iranian drone strike heavily damaged a U.S. Army Aviation Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter at an airbase in Kuwait.

European Space Agency@esa.int · 4mo ago

✅ #Artemis II update: GO for TLI! For the 'Translunar Injection' burn, the spacecraft will ignite the main engine on the European Service Module for five minutes and 49 seconds beginning at 00:49 BST/01:49 CEST.

Artemis II Flight Day 2: Crew, Houston Poll 'Go' for Translunar Injection Burn - NASA

NASA’s Artemis II mission management team polled “Go” for the translunar injection burn to send the crew in the Orion spacecraft toward the Moon and send

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