“Fish & Reptiles — Fins & Fangs” in Yucca Valley, CA. Pet shop or restaurant?
Month: February 2018
Drove through Boron, CA, last week: world capital of Borax, and I guess one of the few towns named after an element of the periodic table other than gold or silver.
Cholla Cactus Garden, Joshua Tree National Park. Not the view I was expecting to post.
I am currently in the midst of 6 weeks of shared parental leave (yes, one of the positive things about UK higher-ed employment). But if I weren’t, I would be participating in the coming @ucu strike over the decimation of our pension. #UCUstrike #USSstrike
Watching a high-speed chase on local LA news (about 20 minutes and counting) feels simultaneously creepy, inappropriate, and strangely compelling.
A comprehensive explanation of the pseudo-crisis that is “forcing” UK universities to severely cut our pensions — and, hence, why we are striking in return. Made in Westminster – Sean Wallis – The Convention for Higher Education
Via @DrBrianKeating: What a treat! @defjaf gives @ucsdcosmology a private lesson on his epochal paper with Bond and @LloydEKnox, published 20 years ago this year! twitter.com
This doesn’t capture the wonderful disorientation inside Do-Ho Suh’s “Fallen Star” at @UCSDJacobs with @antoniogm and @DrBrianKeating.
Surprisingly difficult to find halloumi in California — it seems to be a specialty item here (you can get it at the corner store in London).
In the second week of my visit to the @ucsdcosmology group, enjoying the science (and unseasonably warm temperatures) with @DrBrianKeating and other theorists, observers, experimentalists and visitors