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EDIT: This is probably fake. The account was just created and can't find any info online. Also the pellet returns to its starting position for some reason. Ju

EDIT: This is probably fake. The account was just created and can't find any info online. Also the pellet returns to its starting position for some reason. Just saw another unconfirmed replication here: https://twitter.com/instsondaw/status/1687433935012139008?s=20 https://twitter.com/instsondaw/status/1687433935012139008?s=... Found their process really fascinating, apparently they create L-99 powder, sort it by meissner effect, then press the "high meissner effect" powder together

soligern 3y ago
Interesting. So this doesn’t exhibit flux pinning then.
baq 3y ago
People called the Soviet anime lesbian kitchen chemist a LARP but this is either Nobel or a fraud, personally very heavily leaning towards fraud.
- pineconewarrior 3y ago
  I tried searching this strange string of nouns but was met with some strange results. What are you referencing?
  - voqv 3y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36938648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36938648
  - throwaway60707 3y ago
    Probably https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856 https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856
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  - gcr 3y ago
    Iris Alexandra studies plants in Russia, and also dabbles in chemistry from her (home?) lab. Over this past weekend, she's been working on replicating the LK-99 results herself, heaping a bunch of lighthearted scorn in the process in typical Soviet style. It's highly entertaining, so she's gotten herself a bit of a following online. People are badmouthing her in part because she's openly plural and trans and lesbian and a catgirl and she has Opinions On The Internet, so her bullies question her credibility based on the stereotype. She also wears her Soviet culture on her sleeve, so folks incorrectly think that being a communist means she supports what Putin is doing in Ukraine, despite her statements. (Keep in mind that being so openly LGBTQ+ isn't exactly smiled upon by the Russian state at the moment...)
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- jackmott42 3y ago
  Do we have russian anime lesbians doing superconductor chemistry in 2023? I'm here for it.
  - baq 3y ago
    https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856 https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856
JRKrause 3y ago
To be clear, they are not sorting it by superconductivity. Their claim is that they are sorting it by the Meissner effect. More likely they are sorting it by it's exhibited diamagnetism.
cthalupa 3y ago
The covering over the magnet is almost certainly to hide the array of electromagnets underneath. You can find a variety of electromagnet toys that will do this exact thing.
- sigmar 3y ago
  100%. Weird 3d-printed stand is a big tell. Plus the close up on the pellet that seems painted to be black. Wish people would be more skeptical of spreading this type of stuff from newly created accounts
heliophobicdude 3y ago
I thought for a second you were referring to the original post with the edit
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aqme28 3y ago
That looks and acts like pyrolitic graphite over a magnet array. If that institute weren’t also pseudonymous I’d maybe believe them a little more.

soligern 3y ago

Interesting. So this doesn’t exhibit flux pinning then.

baq 3y ago

People called the Soviet anime lesbian kitchen chemist a LARP but this is either Nobel or a fraud, personally very heavily leaning towards fraud.

pineconewarrior 3y ago
I tried searching this strange string of nouns but was met with some strange results. What are you referencing?
- voqv 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36938648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36938648
- throwaway60707 3y ago
  Probably https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856 https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856
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- gcr 3y ago
  Iris Alexandra studies plants in Russia, and also dabbles in chemistry from her (home?) lab. Over this past weekend, she's been working on replicating the LK-99 results herself, heaping a bunch of lighthearted scorn in the process in typical Soviet style. It's highly entertaining, so she's gotten herself a bit of a following online. People are badmouthing her in part because she's openly plural and trans and lesbian and a catgirl and she has Opinions On The Internet, so her bullies question her credibility based on the stereotype. She also wears her Soviet culture on her sleeve, so folks incorrectly think that being a communist means she supports what Putin is doing in Ukraine, despite her statements. (Keep in mind that being so openly LGBTQ+ isn't exactly smiled upon by the Russian state at the moment...)
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jackmott42 3y ago
Do we have russian anime lesbians doing superconductor chemistry in 2023? I'm here for it.
- baq 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856 https://twitter.com/iris_IGB/status/1685731177523449856

JRKrause 3y ago

To be clear, they are not sorting it by superconductivity. Their claim is that they are sorting it by the Meissner effect. More likely they are sorting it by it's exhibited diamagnetism.

cthalupa 3y ago

The covering over the magnet is almost certainly to hide the array of electromagnets underneath. You can find a variety of electromagnet toys that will do this exact thing.

sigmar 3y ago
100%. Weird 3d-printed stand is a big tell. Plus the close up on the pellet that seems painted to be black. Wish people would be more skeptical of spreading this type of stuff from newly created accounts

heliophobicdude 3y ago

I thought for a second you were referring to the original post with the edit

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aqme28 3y ago

That looks and acts like pyrolitic graphite over a magnet array. If that institute weren’t also pseudonymous I’d maybe believe them a little more.