H M Wakeling
@hmwakeling.bsky.social
Physicist | Postdoc in Particle Accelerator Environmental Sustainability @ Oxford
Stubborn optimist. Expert amateur. Pro community. 🛼🏄🛹
Boycott billionaires. Divest fossil fuels. Anti-fascist, pro-💉🧪🏳️🌈 etc
Views my own and bloody fantastic ;)
Stubborn optimist. Expert amateur. Pro community. 🛼🏄🛹
Boycott billionaires. Divest fossil fuels. Anti-fascist, pro-💉🧪🏳️🌈 etc
Views my own and bloody fantastic ;)
Reposted by H M Wakeling
I don't think the letter from STFC is public, but @telescoper.bsky.social has it up here: telescoper.blog/2026/01/29/a...
A New STFC Funding Crisis
The outlook for UK astronomy now looks even more bleak than the dark days of the funding crisis following 2008.
telescoper.blog
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I don't think the letter from STFC is public, but @telescoper.bsky.social has it up here: telescoper.blog/2026/01/29/a...
Oops I hope I no one calls the comma police
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Oops I hope I no one calls the comma police
But in all seriousness, the ability to step out, take a break, and come back to it with a fresh mind is so freeing (and took me years to learn)
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
But in all seriousness, the ability to step out, take a break, and come back to it with a fresh mind is so freeing (and took me years to learn)
As a cynical but stubbornly optimistic person, this made me consider that these politicians might actually have our interests at heart. Wild.
January 26, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As a cynical but stubbornly optimistic person, this made me consider that these politicians might actually have our interests at heart. Wild.
But those aren't known for their investment in public services... right?
January 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
But those aren't known for their investment in public services... right?
I'd forgotten about spices! Quite right though. No mould? Good to go!
January 24, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I'd forgotten about spices! Quite right though. No mould? Good to go!
Luckily it's warming up tomorrow, to -18C and 15cm of snowfall!
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Luckily it's warming up tomorrow, to -18C and 15cm of snowfall!