Jeremy Bertrand

Soccer fan, public servant, information addict, serenity now!

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

@SmashleyFC The .gov is tricky, it requires federal approval. We'll look into it but it's a hell of a process.

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

@SmashleyFC It is! We're testing the waters.

[Tiffany Moustakas @tiffmoustakas]

All of the US right now

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

Same Same

[Ryan Jones @RyanJones]

Same. literally.

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

Congrats!!

[Bee @bronleamishler]

Oh haaaay @mjallende and @wsdot

Congrats on being the 2024 Social Media Team of the Year! #GoldenPostAwards

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

A bittersweet farewell to a social media manager that took what I started to the next level. Thanks for all you did @mjallende. Good news is the position is open for someone to join an amazing communications team where innovation is encouraged and the sky's the limit.

[Washington State DOT @wsdot]

A bit of Friday news: After 11 years, my time leading WSDOT social media comes to an end next Friday. I'll have more on that next week - it's gonna be tough to say goodbye! The good news: A FANTASTIC team is still here to bring you engaging content! (1/4)

[The Markup @themarkup]

NEW @ConsumerReports study offers a rare look into the scope of Meta’s surveillance.

It goes way beyond what most may expect—Meta can know many of the websites you visit and even what you’re doing IRL.
https://t.co/yfVQrwtBUT

[Maya Wei-Haas, Ph.D. @WeiPoints]

Iceland finally cracked open to unleash torrents of lava. While tourists have flocked to to see past eruptions, officials are warning this new eruption is not “tourist-friendly” and seems to be significantly larger than the Fagradalsfjall in 2021

Here’s what to know🧵

[TWLOHA @TWLOHA]

You can rest. You can be still. There's no need to race to an imaginary finish line.

[Washington State DOT @wsdot]

As we keep looking for ways to improve our website, we'd love to have you participate in a usability study. Do 6 tasks & answer a few questions. Should take less than 20 mins & at the end you can enter to win 1 in 10 $100 gift cards. https://t.co/EDFGJEVkte

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

First claimed successful replication of LK-99

Accomplished by a team at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and posted 30 minutes ago.

Why this is evidence:
The LK-99 flake slightly levitates for both orientations of the magnetic field, meaning it is not simply a magnetized piece of iron or similar 'magnetic material'. A simple magnetic flake would be attracted to one polarity of the strong magnet, and repelled by the other. A diamagnet would be repelled under either orientation, since it resists and expels all fields regardless of the polarity.

Caveats
There is no way to verify the orientation of the strong magnet in this video, also, there are yet to be published experimental measured values of this sample. Diamagnetism is a property of superconductors but without measured and verified data, this is just suggestive of a result.

Take-away
If this synthesis was indeed successful, then this material is easy enough to be made by labs other than the original research team. I would watch carefully for results out of Argonne National Lab, who are reported to be working on their own synthesis of a sample.

This overall corroborates two independent simulation studies that investigated the original Korean authors claim about material and crystal structure, and both studies supported the claims.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: https://t.co/1Blls3VcgL
Shenyang National Lab: https://t.co/I0NHAP3KsR

The attached video shows a small flake of their sample responding to an external magnetic field. I scroll through the video to skip to the relevant part.

original video credit to: @altryne

[Marshall Julius @MarshallJulius]

You maniacs. #TwitterX

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

@iabanon @AmberCadabra pick meee

[AFC Richmond @AFCRichmond]

Wishing him the best of luck with his avocado farm.

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

Just incredible. Hello PNW!

[ISS Above @ISSAboveYou]

Perfectly clear skies over @CityofSeattle this afternoon. Check out this view captured live from the @Space_Station at 2:14pm this afternoon
@NWSSeattle @CityofTacoma
@fox13seattle @komonews @KIRO7Seattle @KING5Seattle
Jun 4, 2023

[Jack Benjamin @JackBenjaminPxP]

Ted Lasso came along at a time when we needed it most.

As the late great Jim Valvano said, we need to laugh, think & cry every day. The show did that in each episode.

The ending was perfect. Except for it being the end.

Believe. Always.

Barbecue Sauce.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

4-0 down after the first leg. This is how Sheffield Wednesday pulled off the greatest comeback in playoff history 👏

[Jeremy Bertrand @jbertrand]

Overheard: You wouldn't be able to do a superhero movie in Seattle, you can't jump from rooftop to rooftop.

[Seattle Kraken @SeattleKraken]

#SEAKRAKEN ADVANCE!!!

AND THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE 😏