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
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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
Anecdotal evidence that macOS 10.13.2 supplemental update (Meltdown/Spectre) is extra-slow on Fusion Drives. Could this be a stealth APFS test?
The Surprising Timeliness of “Hamilton” in London (becoming obsessed with @HamiltonWestEnd @HamiltonMusical)
Back from @HamiltonWestEnd tonight: yes, believe the hype.
(Biggest applause line: “Immigrants — we get the job done”.)
First #Supernova results from @theDESurvey! w=-1! Hey theorists, its Lambda, you can stop now! #AAS231 #DarkEnergy #cosmology https://t.co/nuYWX3Mo64 via @ChrisDAndrea
Seeing the special birthday show of @HamiltonWestEnd @HamiltonMusical tonight (with someone else very special who shares the birthday!). https://twitter.com/ObiomaUgoala/status/951359261669511168
New Year’s Day lamb shawarma, via Ottolenghi, with tahini, bulgar wheat, flatbread, and salad.
I think Trump doesn’t understand the difference between rights, powers, and responsibilities.
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” premier at the Royal Albert Hall.
WMAP team wins $3M Breakthrough Prize for CMB cosmology (with wise and not at all envious commentary). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-07759-8
Academic friends: when did people start using “+” in place of “et al” for references in more informal settings like talks?
Great talk by @RachaelEvelyn Ainsworth on 1/radio obs’ns of star formation and 2/open science: github for data, not just code. Also, zenodo.org & Mozilla’s Resources for Open Science in Astronomy.
Sad but true: Britain has become irrelevant. Would brexiteers just say ‘who cares?’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/13/britain-irrelevant-world-transatlantic-brexit
Identity Crisis: No One Knows What Britain Is Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/sunday-review/britain-identity-crisis.html
Kensington Sunset
I am not the unnamed London-based Professor.
Hi-tech security for access to internal site of a large astro collaboration: email 1 w/global username; email 2 w/global password.
Flake, Corker, &c are cowards, not truth-telling mavericks. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/us/politics/trump-republican-party-critics.html
Another fun paper, Predictions After Many-field Reheating. Glad to be working & writing more with just a few smart colleagues rather than hundreds.
@manton (Cont’d, sorry) 4) should @-mentions at the beginning of these posts be underlined in my timeline so that I can click to you? Others are, but not in my own posts. (If so, I hope you are actually seeing these!) FWIW, I am posting via my own movable type, not your hosting.