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

"Aggressive adoption of renewables and advanced technologies could cut emissions by 50 to 80 percent, avoiding 85 to 165 million metric tons of CO2."

"Mitigation strategies include advanced cooling, renewable energy procurement, cleaner backup power (fuel cells, batteries), sustainable construction, and standardized reporting..."

Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of Data Centers in Texas: Quantifying Impacts and Environmental Tradeoffs This study assesses air quality (AQ) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the rapid expansion of data centers in Texas, a major hub due to infrastructure, electricity markets, and business conditio...

Fascinating assessment!

"Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of Data Centers in Texas: Quantifying Impacts and Environmental Tradeoffs"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.213...

How did we get here?

(rhetorical - I know exactly how.)

I am so deeply angry.

Politicians don't have the power. Clearly.
We as individuals together do.

Speak with your actions and purchasing power.
Speak with your words and letters.
Speak as individuals, together.

UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.

We all need to get off our asses and act.

There is no magical technology coming to save us in time.

We need to change the way we live and we need to do it today.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Isometric exercise: The most efficient fitness regime? Isometric exercises – which involve holding certain poses – can build strength and reduce our blood pressure.

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

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

Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.

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 🧪🔭

It’s Not That Serious • A Dance Film by Ricky Ubeda YouTube video by Ricky Ubeda

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

(We're experiencing high winds and power-cuts in Quebec)

A message that turned into a terrible poem:

I had power for an hour,
enough time for a shower,
then a loud crash
and now(er)
no power
no mow(er)

-H Wakeling (2026)

Scrap the Barriers Everyone deserves a secure future, no matter where we're from. But right now, thousands of migrants like us are being held back, forced to wait over 10 years for the right to stay permanently in the p...

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...

Selling your digital soul to use Bluesky's DMs is the law Opinion: Getting carded is one thing. A full strip search? Welcome to Britain

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! 🧪🌍

Though I didn't lose power in the #QCstorm last week, the ice aftermath on my steps was a good 2cm of smooth, slippery death. It took a god hour to chip away at the full staircase.

Note to self, get some grit and ask landlord to supply a grit bin for the building...

My NY res was to de-screen my life a bit. I realise now that I've replaced scrolling insta with reddit which, while interesting and hobby-based, still sucks up my time. Now deleted the app off my phone to make reddit use more active than passive.

So, naturally I came to BlueSky to post about it.

It's been 10 days and I still can't think of a good enough starter word to stick with
#Wordle

Merci à tous qui travailler sans relâche pour rétablir l'électricité!

Ice storm prep for a physicist: food, caffeine, charged devices, and git pulled remote repositories.

#QCstorm #Montreal

🚨JOB ALERT🚨
Heya friends -- I'm looking for a postdoc! This time we're looking at the ethics of technology deployment for climate change mitigation. Full description in the link!

Quick details: CVs and cover letters to me by 1 April; $75k/year for up to 21 months; remote within the US is ok.

I definitely missed the first then!

I hope so! I saw a power outage map on reddit from April '23 and it made me go and prepare a little