H M Wakeling

RIP Dolly. Inspiration.

Girl, listen up, you're not radical - you're not rad at all. You are not defending or protecting me. -- Kate Nash

The Diamond Light Source is one of the UK's most productive scientific faclities. Just signed an open letter urging the STFC to ensure decisions about its future are "transparent, evidence-led, and made in meaningful consultation with its […] user communities." openletter.earth/open-letter-...

We're happy to announce that the first recordings for Sustainable HEP are available at www.youtube.com/@hecap-eco For access to resources/slides and for tomorrow's live Zoom meeting, register at indico.global/e/susthep26

Sustainable HEP 2026 starts tomorrow at 14:00 CEST! We can't wait! Registration is still open and free! Even if you can't attend live, by registering you will have access to all of the recordings and networking channels indico.global/e/susthep26 #SustainableHEP #SustainableResearch #GreenSky

With just 1 week until the kickoff of the Sustainable HEP Conference 2026, we wanted to share an update of our exciting program! When: 8 - 10 July 2026 Where: Online Cost: Free Registration Link: indico.global/e/susthep26 #SustainableHEP #SustainableResearch #GreenSky #AcademicSky #PhysicsSky

Sign our huge people-powered petition telling the UK government to force Shell and other fossil fuel companies to pay for the damage they've caused: act.gp/3ZPWjRJ

Detector xkcd.com/3254/

Home Solar xkcd.com/3226/

Fuck yeah.

Open LHC Monte Carlo Event Generation https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.12229 Enrico Bothmann et al.

We should bring back booing Boooo Reform UK BOOOO

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 Join our panel of leading researchers for a SC4RC public webinar to explore the environmental impact of large-scale computing and solutions for a more sustainable future. Join live: www.youtube.com/live/JQbdZ7m... #sc4rc #greencomputing

I've only just been shown this, and it's made my day!

Green Science Festival: Transitioning to sustainable research practices together 28 May 2026, 09:00 AM – 19:00 PM CET Free Online (only online registration is still possible) www.greenlabs-nl.eu/green-scienc... #AcademicSky #Sustainability #GreenScience #SustainableScience #SustainableResearch

I really need to take some vacation, but so many cool sustainability in research events are occurring the week that I'm away. It's tempting to move my vacation week. I won't, but I did think about it.

The abstract submission deadline is just 1 week away (April 30th) for the Sustainable HEP Conference 2026! As an additional note, all speakers will be given the option to publish proceedings in SciPost. 8th July - 10th July 2026 Online and free! indico.global/e/susthep26 #SustainableHEP

Just a few more weeks until the Sustainable HEP 2026 abstract deadline! Deadline: 30th April #SustainableHEP #SustainableResearch #AcademicSky

For-profit companies absolutely should not ever ask employees to volunteer their time. 👏 Outreach and engagement is work 👏 It has so many benefits, especially to the company. Put your money where your mouth is. N.B. this is after a conversation with a friend and not in any relation to my work.

Joke's on them, adverts are long enough to make a cuppa and take a pee break again.

Wim Vanderbauwhede, Mattias Wadenstein: Life Cycle Analysis for Emissions of Scientific Computing Centres https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14365 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.14365 https://arxiv.org/html/2506.14365

Interesting: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Good news on a sleepless night: apparently the boar piglets have been born at Parc Omega. CUTE.

The BBC is on it 🧪🔭 "What is agreed by all is that a way out of the current crisis in physics funding is urgently needed" 📢We need more than words, #UKRI BBC News - Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Delays to funding are translating into widespread attrition of early-career researchers across PPAN science. This is not hypothetical, this is happening now. Missing the international deadline has resulted in an effective 100% cut to new theoretical physics postdoc positions in the UK this cycle.

PPAN-trained scientists drive innovation across the UK industry. Cutting this pipeline is short-sighted. If you’ve moved from PPAN into industry in the UK, add your voice 👇 industry-openletter-stfc.github.io/index.html #PPAN #UKRI #ScienceFunding 🧪🔭

Still absolutely obsessed with this choreography: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZCv... IT’S NOT THAT SERIOUS Direction and Choreography: @rickyubeda11 Associate Choreographer: @bellamtagle DP/Editor: @jonathasnazareth Produced by @ahmadsimmons Music: “Sympathy” by @vampireweekend

Everyone wants a life that can move forward. But right now, thousands of people up and down the country are forced to wait 10 years for the right to permanently stay in the place they already call home. Scrap the Barriers. Join me and sign the petition now. act.praxis.org.uk/scrap-the-ba...

Here's one thought - seems reasonable. As they say, if it seems free it's because you are the product! - www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/o...

Ah yes calendar, this is indeed the 26th April 2030. Computers aren't taking over just yet.

Nerds, @hopkinspress.bsky.social is having a big sale on books, with many science and nature titles up to 80% off! 🧪🌍