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title: Home
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  Hi, I'm Tom Hodson. Welcome to my little home on the web.
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Welcome to my little home on the web! Below you'll find recent blog posts, projects and mastodon toots. You'll also find links to the web version of my thesis <a href = "/thesis/4_Amorphous_Kitaev_Model/4.2_AMK_Methods.html#:~:text=Figure 1:,on the torus.">(with animations!)</a> and my <a href="/cv/">CV</a>. 

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    <h1 class = "highlights"><a href = "/blog/" class="heading">Posts</a></h1>
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<a href = "/blog/" class = "highlights-more">More</a>
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    <span class="dt-label">Last Modified</span>
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<a href = "/projects/" class = "highlights-more">More</a>
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<h1 class = "highlights"><a href = "https://tech.lgbt/@Tomhodson" class = "heading">Toots</a></h1>
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