Be careful walking downstairs til you get used to them! Sprained my ankle falling down stairs the second day I had mine!

And still not yet fit for purpose!

Oxford Physics shines at the MPLS Impact Awards! Congrats to Adam Lowe (Technician Impact), Dr. Eimear Conroy (Early Career Public Engagement for Big Data: ATLAS), & Dr. Shuaifeng Hu (Commercial Impact in perovskite solar tech). More:

Want to come and join our lovely facilitation team in Oxford Physics? my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

The future is quantum ⚛️
Find out how our research is building the quantum technologies of tomorrow, how we are educating and inspiring future pioneers of quantum technology and how our research is being applied to real life, right now ➡️https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/oxford-building-quantum-future-now

Well done Harvard

Labour MP @sarahowen.org.uk: “I thank him for acting in the national interest, which is completely the opposite when [Nigel Farage] said he was against intervening to save British steel...

“Does the SoS think he said that... in the foreign interest the Reform party seeks to serve?”

My Midweek Article — Happy Reading:
(Our Relationship with Sadness Runs Deeper Than We Realize)
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/relationsh...

A photo I took of a sheep looking moderately satisfied, just moments after it had set fire to the world.

Science advances our economic, physical, and social and cultural wellbeing, and is key to a sustainable future. However, we live in times of great change, and the values that have driven science for the benefit of humanity are under threat. Read our statement here: royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...

🎶 Theres a lady who’s sure all that glistens is gold and she’s climbing a 🎶

Had almost all of these, these last few days.

The BBC needs to have a debate about whether Musk's outbursts should keep leading the news.

This isn't about censoring or suppressing his views; it's about whether to amplify them.

Most Brits aren't on X, they don't follow Musk & not every raving from a foreign plutocrat should set the news agenda

2025 is a year where we need to stop amplifying those whose brutality and bigotry is also their living - as Eve Kosofsky Sedwick wrote - we spend too much time identify poison and not enough time seeking nourishment - our reaction to those who hate for profit rewards them

🎶 Hark! The folded proteins sing,
Stable chains and everything.
Joyful folds in ribboned form,
Structures bright, precise, and warm.* 🎶

Life depends on such designs,
Aligned through microscopic lines.
Peace on Earth and molecules bring,
Hark! The folded proteins sing. 🎶

The Radcliffe Camera lit up in solidarity tonight with Spellow Library. www.cultureliverpool.co.uk/light-up-you...

#ShareTheLight #SpellowLibrary

Googling Stuff: Then v Now.

If you have a moment, I'd love for you to read my new article:
LOSING EXCITEMENT FOR SMALL, SIMPLE, ORDINARY, AND BASIC THINGS IS THE BIGGEST LOSS IN LIFE
gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/excitement...

Where's our Referendum?

What a difference a day makes on Port Meadow

Layers

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

Through this lens of hope, we can better recognize that obstacles, while significant and sometimes daunting in the moment, are not permanent fixtures in our life's landscape but rather meaningful stepping stones that guide us toward personal growth and deeper understanding.

I was cleaning out my phone and came across this. Seems like a good reminder 🖤