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Although this week’s title may initially seem festively silly, let’s not forget that qubits can indeed get excited, and that atoms and ions can indeed fluoresce. And, of course, let’s not forget what photonic qubits are. Anyway, The Quantum Dragon is busy enjoying the holiday season, and he hopes that you are, as well.

This week’s premium content:

• China Telecom’s Zuchongzhi3
• Cryptocurrency in Quantum
• blueqat: Lost in Translation?
• Qarma, Qarma, Qarma, Qarma, Qarma Qamelion

In this edition:

• Learning through laughter at Quantum Carousel
• Quantum Escape Room at the Next Nature Museum
• Paging Dr. Quantum… You have a telephone call….
• Why couldn’t they be more careful in the first place?
• It was a very good year… for Q-CTRL.
• Sergio Gago, what is Quantum Machine Learning?
• Nice to meet you.
• Russ Fein’s “Most Creative Graphics” Award
• Infleqtion’s Danger Zone
• About your cat, Mr. Schrödinger….
• The Great “Bring-Up” Debate: Q-CTRL vs Qruise vs QuantrolOx
• Quantum Noise Detector

Learning through laughter at Quantum Carousel

Quantum Carousel is a free, annual, sold-out variety show that brings academia and industry together for an evening of “science communication” involving “quantum physics, kung-fu, LEGO and singing.” The event has one serious flaw, though: I can’t find any videos of it.

Quantum Escape Room at the Next Nature Museum

Thanks to the Centre for Quantum and Society for sharing this post about Quantum Delta NL and the Next Nature Museum’s Quantum Escape Room, “a sensory, playful, and thrilling introduction” to quantum technology. The more I reread it, the more I want to try it. This link may require a LinkedIn account. This one does not.

Paging Dr. Quantum… You have a telephone call….

I don’t know if Sungkyunkwan University’s Dr. Quantum actually takes phone calls. It looks like he spends his time taking care of a superconducting quantum computer.

Why couldn’t they be more careful in the first place?

I don’t know which was published first, Dr. Bob Sutor’s joke about errors or my joke about Zuchongzhi3. I think we need a round of Scotch and a Quantum Dad Joke Challenge. We at least need a round of Scotch. In any event, I hope you enjoy some chuckles. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

It was a very good year… for Q-CTRL.

According to Prof. Michael Biercuk, Q-CTRL had a “series of major outcomes” in 2025. I wrote about a few of them. But I’m sharing this to encourage quantum companies to start boasting their contract awards and revenues above all else, not 3rd, because real businesses kinda need those. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

Sergio Gago, what is Quantum Machine Learning?

I’m happy to see Captain Gago point out that there is more than one QML. I like the QML that’s actually quantum. The more popular one, which he called Variational QML, I’ve been calling Variational Machine Learning (VML) for a while. You’ve probably never seen me write “VML,” though, since I generally ignore it.

Nice to meet you.

Networking isn’t incidental at IQT events; it’s intentional.

Russ Fein’s “Most Creative Graphics” Award

The Quantum Leap, by Russ Fein, published “Top Quantum Achievements of 2025: And Some Sincere Thanks to Colleagues,” which includes the first-ever award for The Quantum Dragon, who immediately ran out of his cave and started dancing in the streets of a nearby town. He terrified the villagers, but I’ve never seen him happier.

Infleqtion’s Danger Zone

There are too many “years in review” to share and most, quite frankly, aren’t all that interesting. But Infleqtion invoked “Top Gun,” and that must be acknowledged.

About your cat, Mr. Schrödinger….

Someone stole this image from this site and started sharing it around social media. Who knows? It was probably stolen from someone who stole it from someone else who stole it from at least one other person. It turns out it’s called “A Veterinarian Confronts A Man In The Waiting” by Benjamin Schwartz of New Yorker Cartoons.

The Great “Bring-Up” Debate

The stage is set. Q-CTRL, Qruise, and QuantrolOx face off in The Great “Bring-Up” Debate… and it’s coming to you right now.

Quantum Noise Detector

Alan Ho and Prof. Michael Biercuk inspired the Resuscitated Quantum Bullshit Detector, but the original(?) has resurfaced on Bluesky. It’s back to reposting a simple “bullshit” or “not bullshit,” so The Quantum Dragon will continue to monitor for challenges, controversies, and debates under this new name from Dr. Bob Sutor.

• China’s media is making another round of claims about Zuchongzhi3, but the problem is that we can see it. Watch for my 1-word rebuttals in the comments.

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