William G. Lamb 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hello to my many new followers! May I introduce you to my son, WiggleWorm When I moved to the US during Covid for my PhD, I hadn’t a place to stay. Fortunately, an admin in my dept had an empty airbnb in her attic. Wormi was her “foster failure” (she rescues kittens) and we became best friends 🐱

Scientific American is UNIONIZED! 🧵⬇️

On Question Time last night, I talked about the extractive economic model that has left Wales - and many other nations - impoverished *because they were so rich in resources*. You can see the problem simply by looking at the map: the infrastructure looks like a drainage system.

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

sometimes I want to complain about the trains but then I remember Americans are on this website

Bin Day cometh.

Just don't order the MAHA Blast...

I made it to the honorable mentions! I AM SO NASHVILLE 🤠 (…and I’m leaving in three weeks)

There is no America, only Zuul!

As you boil in the heat, never forget that all those people who for decades have deliberately and maliciously disrupted efforts to tackle climate change are probably sitting comfortable in their large air conditioned houses. Houses funded on the back of lies/misinformation they helped propagate.

Happy 10 years of Brexit 💃💃💃

The RAS is disappointed by the response to its request with the @iop.org for a full impact assessment of the proposed cuts to astronomy, particle physics and nuclear physics. RAS President @jim-wild.bsky.social said the reply from @ukri.org was "astoundingly complacent given what is at stake". ⤵️

"Fellows shall not act or fail to act in any way which would […] bring the Society into disrepute." But this morning ministers condemned Elon Musk FRS for enabling violence on the streets of Belfast. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Would the @royalsociety.org like to comment?

I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time. influence.citationneeded.news

As part of the BiA x Astrobites collaboration for Black Space Week, Astrobites would like to highlight those in the BiA community who will be attending AAS and presenting! To be considered, please fill out the Google form linked in the QR code. 🔭 🌌

A little under 3 weeks left for #BlackSpaceWeek2026!! We have so many exciting events lined up for you all, we can’t wait to see you there 🥰🥰 As always registration link is in the bio!

Thinking of getting a pet as an academic? 🐈 🧪 🔭 I was interviewed by @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social for @nature.com about pet ownership as an academic. There's some great advice! A photo of WiggleWorm didn't make the final edit, so here he is for bluesky instead 😻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you work in a university, please consider signing this petition against the destruction of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham. I doubt it’ll do much good, but the staff deserve all the positive words they can get. nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...

You don’t hate country music, you just hate the same 100 songs of bootlicking corporatized trash about saluting the flag while drinking a beer in your truck at a football game next to your pretty silent wife in daisy dukes who also knows how to fish.

All three statements are true at the same time—

Evergreen headline.

Happy #BlackHoleWeek! 🖤 My black hole chonk chart is back, now with real LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA data ✨ More gravitational-wave detections are on the way, so this chart may need another update very soon. 😎 #BlackHoles #GravitationalWaves #SciComm @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social

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We asked Reform a very simple question three times. But they refused to answer.

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

I've had this independently confirmed and it's really bad 🔭🧪

so, uh, how we all doin

Bach o astronomi cymraeg yma 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage?

it’s a good day to support local journalism. you can become a Nashville Scene member here for the cost of like, one coffee a month

Wrote something about what we're facing in funding for fundamental science - and why it matters: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01... 🔭 🧪 #academicsky #Oxford cc @ox.ac.uk

A bit of good news this week…Y’all may remember this graphic I made, showcasing what the President’s budget request would do to NASA’s science fleet (tldr it would decimate it). Well the house just passed a bill that soundly rejects these cuts, keeping NASA funding roughly the same as last year🧪🔭

This week's cover story: The 2025 Nashvillians of the Year are the people behind Music City MigraWatch. These everyday citizens document ICE in their own communities.

WiggleWorm is FASCINATED by the Heater Meter! 😻 @katforillinois.bsky.social #catsforkat

Silly @texasdemocrats.bsky.social — y’all should know you’re only allowed to skip town to block votes when you’re covering up for powerful pedophile rings, not when you’re trying to save democracy.

We’re starting to think it was never about protecting kids