Had a fantastic time in Leiden this week attending the Extreme Matter in Extreme Stars, hosted by the always-brilliant Lorentz Center. The meeting sought to bring together neutron star theorists and observers, with nuclear physics theorists and experimenters, as well as people interested in gravitational-wave sources involving neutron stars. Really nice program with only a few review talks but plenty of opportunity for discussion and short "pop-up" talks, and great attendance by ECRs. To put our money where our mouths are we were tasked with writing a "white paper" or similar intended to bridge the information/assumption gaps between these various communities. A week is only enough to really make a start and so our work will continue remotely; stay tuned!

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