William Barter
@wjbarter.bsky.social
Particle Physicist, Academic, Walker, Talker.
Home: Edinburgh, CERN
Pronouns: He/Him
Web: https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~wbarter/
Home: Edinburgh, CERN
Pronouns: He/Him
Web: https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~wbarter/
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INSPIRE
inspirehep.net
Interested in a fully funded PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics in Edinburgh?
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
Cricket: Absolutely awful. Great bowling got us out of a hole but you cannot rely on lightning striking twice. Aussies can work out how to play between innings in a way our lot seemingly can't. Lack of warm up matches an issue but also need to be able to think on the fly.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Cricket: Absolutely awful. Great bowling got us out of a hole but you cannot rely on lightning striking twice. Aussies can work out how to play between innings in a way our lot seemingly can't. Lack of warm up matches an issue but also need to be able to think on the fly.
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They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
If there's one cricket side in the world who can take the rough with the smooth, it's one captained by Steve Smith.
But I guess sometimes you can't sand over the cracks.
But I guess sometimes you can't sand over the cracks.
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If there's one cricket side in the world who can take the rough with the smooth, it's one captained by Steve Smith.
But I guess sometimes you can't sand over the cracks.
But I guess sometimes you can't sand over the cracks.
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Me waking up and digesting what a “Aus 0-1 (0.2 overs) Weatherald lbw b Archer 0” alert on my phone meant given the time it was sent
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table .
Alt: Roy Hodgson looking hopeful and then disappointed
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Me waking up and digesting what a “Aus 0-1 (0.2 overs) Weatherald lbw b Archer 0” alert on my phone meant given the time it was sent
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Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
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Are you in Edinburgh? This will be a super talk - don't miss it!
Excited to be speaking to IOP Scotland @ the Royal Society of Edinburgh later today, about the mysteries our fundamental research at CERN is attempting to solve.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Are you in Edinburgh? This will be a super talk - don't miss it!
Excited to be speaking to IOP Scotland @ the Royal Society of Edinburgh later today, about the mysteries our fundamental research at CERN is attempting to solve.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Excited to be speaking to IOP Scotland @ the Royal Society of Edinburgh later today, about the mysteries our fundamental research at CERN is attempting to solve.
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Part 125 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews.
A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews.
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Part 125 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews.
A 3770 year old Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian, containing the oldest known cooking recipes. The tablet includes 25 recipes for stews, 21 meat stews and 4 vegetable stews.
Interested in a fully funded PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics in Edinburgh?
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
INSPIRE
inspirehep.net
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Interested in a fully funded PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics in Edinburgh?
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
“Wallace Shawn from DS9”
"Wallace Shawn from Gossip Girl"
I mean mine is probable "Wallace Shawn from Clueless"
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Wallace Shawn from DS9”
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* mind blown*
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
* mind blown*
This weekend, reflecting on the Louvre case, I think I came up with a get rich quick scheme.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This weekend, reflecting on the Louvre case, I think I came up with a get rich quick scheme.
From today's lecture: as good physicists we know we can just divide both sides by dx
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From today's lecture: as good physicists we know we can just divide both sides by dx
Spring bulbs planted 💐🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻💐
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Spring bulbs planted 💐🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻💐
Age has reached me. I now need reading glasses.
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Age has reached me. I now need reading glasses.
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Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.
Oh my god.
Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.
Welcome to the Panopticon!
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Welcome to the Panopticon!
I remember getting a random message from a friend when we were at uni who was excited that she'd met Ming, and found him to be kind, smart, and funny.
Oh no - Ming Campbell has died. A really nice guy.
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I remember getting a random message from a friend when we were at uni who was excited that she'd met Ming, and found him to be kind, smart, and funny.
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25 September 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Theresie Hellberg, was born in Rostock.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
25 September 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Theresie Hellberg, was born in Rostock.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
---
The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
---
The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
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Vaughan Williams. Quarter zips.
What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
September 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Vaughan Williams. Quarter zips.
Being non-partisan, unbiased, and information- and knowledge-led now feels like a partisan position. I think that's part of the issue the BBC has.
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Being non-partisan, unbiased, and information- and knowledge-led now feels like a partisan position. I think that's part of the issue the BBC has.
Quietly self-radicalising by listening to Grace Petrie on repeat.
September 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Quietly self-radicalising by listening to Grace Petrie on repeat.