Austen Lamacraft

TIL Dirac has a cone in Bristol. That is all www.about-bristol.co.uk/fam-12.php

Ming (clam) - Wikipedia

Quahog clams can live to an age of 500 years! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_(c...

I sincerely believe the burden of proof is on anyone who imagines that there’s no effect of everyone doing something for hours per day that they didn’t do 15 years ago

Agree that “screentime” is a useless notion. We need a snappy name for media with tight feedback loops designed to strip you of agency. The reason why TV is better than TikTok in this regard is that the former learns slowly and in aggregate what you like, not instantly and individually

The Wild Wets fundraiser for Level Water Help Austen Lamacraft raise money to support Level Water

We're swimming a 12 hour open air swim relay in the Jesus Green Lido in Cambridge! We're raising money for Level Water, an incredible charity that provides 1-to-1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities. Send us a few pounds if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/wild-wets

Enjoying all the updates from #Helgoland2025

What *are* candy plotens?

If we abandon the idea that “woman” has to have a uniform meaning across all of society (unlike, for example, “child”) then there’s no difference between excluding trans women and excluding heavyweights from a flyweight boxing match imo. But many people reject my premise, I understand

It's so spot on: "Algebra is the offer made by the devil to the mathematician. The devil says: I will give you this powerful machine, it will answer any question you like. All you need to do is give me your soul: give up geometry and you will have this marvelous machine"

I guess I always knew this because of the perilous proximity to "Jonty", which has such awful cricket captain vibes

I did @pintofscience.uk last week. My talk was about Heisenberg's abandonment of Newton's classical orbits 100 years ago on Helgoland. Around the time I found myself describing Kepler's Mysterium Cosmographicum as his pre-breakbout concept album I realised I might be a massive ham. Loved it

Incredible work from everyone involved here

I mean if something is produced by a computer, read by a computer and assessed by a computer, maybe we should shake-up more than peer review?

The whole discourse about LLMs to write / review / read science (or anything else)never seems to engage with the key question about what should replace the paper

Ok I actually enjoyed this. The city is Marseille, and you are going to Benasque?

A copy of REPAST by Jenny Linford on a grey linen cloth

A Netherton Foundry 9 inch sauteuse prospector pan on a linen cloth, with the matching lid propped up behind

With thanks @thamesandhudson.bsky.social, we have a copy of REPAST by @jennylinford.bsky.social to give away with one of our 9" sauteuse prospector casseroles, worth £118. Follow us, share this post and then find entry details here
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/competitions

Oh god… this is why I am unsuited to advocating for change… because I can’t bear to hear stupid comments like that

Spotted in Cambridge: a sleek BMW with the number plate UKRI. Brilliant

Ah yes I’ve used it myself. Tried to convince my colleagues. Crickets

Wow... it looks like you are using something more sophisticated that Cambridge's stack of paper and a shitty spreadsheet. What is it?

The new bane of my existence is being emailed for feedback after visiting a restaurant. What is the best way of avoiding this pox?

A photo of a scented candle labeled “Dark Academia”

It smells of rejection, grading, and committee work

🎬… and cut. We are done recording lectures for my course “Quantum Computational Physics”.

Tune in if you want to do “quantum on quantum”: concepts, algorithms, and practical computational skills to simulate quantum many-body systems on digital quantum computing platforms.

vimeo.com/showcase/Qua...

Theory of Condensed Matter 70th Anniversary Join us in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of TCM at the new Ray Dolby Centre.

We'll be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Theory of Condensed Matter group in Cambridge on 25th July! Here's the booking page if you are interesting in attending. Reposts appreciated

Hoping to see many alumni and friends of the group there!

www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/theor...

Oh thanks Anna! Somebody did explain that to me once but I forgot

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A wonderful letter from a neigbour of Dirac's in Cambridge grahamfarmelo.com/dirac-family...

LOVE IT

New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...