Anne Green
@ultrawimp.bsky.social
I run ultras and search for WIMPs and Primordial Black Holes.
(personal account, personal opinions)
(personal account, personal opinions)
Tobi guinea pig wants to talk to the manager:
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tobi guinea pig wants to talk to the manager:
8 months later and (despite Tobi’s initial reticence and Rosie’s over-exuberance) they’re increasingly acting like a little old married couple:
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
8 months later and (despite Tobi’s initial reticence and Rosie’s over-exuberance) they’re increasingly acting like a little old married couple:
WTF!?
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
WTF!?
Twice recently, I've had emails from journalists asking questions or asking to chat.
Both times I spent time I could ill afford to spend replying, answering the questions or saying I'm happy to chat (with caveats about my expertise) & offering potential times.
Neither replied to me.
Both times I spent time I could ill afford to spend replying, answering the questions or saying I'm happy to chat (with caveats about my expertise) & offering potential times.
Neither replied to me.
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Twice recently, I've had emails from journalists asking questions or asking to chat.
Both times I spent time I could ill afford to spend replying, answering the questions or saying I'm happy to chat (with caveats about my expertise) & offering potential times.
Neither replied to me.
Both times I spent time I could ill afford to spend replying, answering the questions or saying I'm happy to chat (with caveats about my expertise) & offering potential times.
Neither replied to me.
My new bedside espresso machine made getting out of bed at stupid o'clock this morning much easier. Unfortunately, it wasn't much help with clearing ice off the car at -4 degrees in the dark.
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
My new bedside espresso machine made getting out of bed at stupid o'clock this morning much easier. Unfortunately, it wasn't much help with clearing ice off the car at -4 degrees in the dark.
My calendar for today was nearly empty, so I naively thought it was going to be a research day. In fact, I've spent the entire day acting on emails, and there are still some remaining moles which need wac-ing.
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My calendar for today was nearly empty, so I naively thought it was going to be a research day. In fact, I've spent the entire day acting on emails, and there are still some remaining moles which need wac-ing.
Reposted by Anne Green
'Kendall told a UKRI event on 24 November that nearly a fifth of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s budget will be earmarked for research aligned with Labour’s missions, with £8 billion of UKRI’s £38.6 billion budget over the next five years “targeted towards the UK’s national priorities”.' 1/3
Kendall: Haldane not breached by research spending direction
Science secretary defends decision to dedicate nearly a fifth of UKRI budget to policy priorities
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'Kendall told a UKRI event on 24 November that nearly a fifth of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s budget will be earmarked for research aligned with Labour’s missions, with £8 billion of UKRI’s £38.6 billion budget over the next five years “targeted towards the UK’s national priorities”.' 1/3
Trying to relax with Himalayan singing bowls, and Rosie guinea pig decides to squeak along…
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trying to relax with Himalayan singing bowls, and Rosie guinea pig decides to squeak along…
Reposted by Anne Green
CERN Symposium on History of Particle Physics
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics
Dedicated to the memory of Herwig Schopper 1924-2025 Following in the mould established by precursors at Fermilab and SLAC, the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics will brin...
indico.cern.ch
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
CERN Symposium on History of Particle Physics
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
Session on particle astrophysics & cosmology:
Videos (newly released) + slides
Rocky Kolb - Cosmological particle physics
Michael Turner - Particle dark matter
Slides, videos later?
Alan Guth - Inflation
Jaco de Swart - Particle Cosmology
The gym is not my natural home (and the probability of me wearing ‘scrunch bum’ shorts is identically zero) but watching the small numbers I’m lifting get slowly bigger is satisfying.
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The gym is not my natural home (and the probability of me wearing ‘scrunch bum’ shorts is identically zero) but watching the small numbers I’m lifting get slowly bigger is satisfying.
It's careers week for 3rd years, so no 9 am lectures (and 5.45 am alarms...) for me this week. Instead, I've made my annual 'why theorists should care about experiments' cameo appearance in the 1st year lab lectures and am giving a talk about dark matter to my local astronomical society tonight.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's careers week for 3rd years, so no 9 am lectures (and 5.45 am alarms...) for me this week. Instead, I've made my annual 'why theorists should care about experiments' cameo appearance in the 1st year lab lectures and am giving a talk about dark matter to my local astronomical society tonight.
List of links to UK Cosmology PhD projects updated for 2025/26 admissions:
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
UK Cosmology PhDs | Anne Green
List of UK research groups offering PhDs in cosmology.
anne-green.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
List of links to UK Cosmology PhD projects updated for 2025/26 admissions:
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
anne-green.net/physics/UKCo...
Pros of Japanese trousers:
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pros of Japanese trousers:
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
1) they're the right length, without me having to chop inches of material off the bottom,
2) they fit both my thighs and waist (usually trousers which go around my quads fall off my waist).
Cons: I need a size large...
As a journal editor, finding referees for papers has got much harder (and more time-consuming). It's become common:
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As a journal editor, finding referees for papers has got much harder (and more time-consuming). It's become common:
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
i) to have to try 4-6 people before someone says yes,
ii) for postdocs to decline as they're too busy.
Very fun afternoon of sumo (with Hello Kitty)
October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Very fun afternoon of sumo (with Hello Kitty)
Walking from Japan House to the Royal Albert Hall and spotted Takerufuji and (number 1 favourite small rikishi) Midorifuji coming out of their hotel!
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Walking from Japan House to the Royal Albert Hall and spotted Takerufuji and (number 1 favourite small rikishi) Midorifuji coming out of their hotel!
My tire likes collecting leaves, which helpfully increases the drag. It also attracts a lot of attention. One old chap suggested his wife could sit on it to increase the load…
October 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My tire likes collecting leaves, which helpfully increases the drag. It also attracts a lot of attention. One old chap suggested his wife could sit on it to increase the load…
Beautiful afternoon for a walk with my tyre:
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Beautiful afternoon for a walk with my tyre:
Finished a first draft of the slides for my talk (on observational probes of primordial black hole dark matter) in the online ZOOMing in on primordial black holes seminar series on Monday.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
October 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Finished a first draft of the slides for my talk (on observational probes of primordial black hole dark matter) in the online ZOOMing in on primordial black holes seminar series on Monday.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
Including: i) some (trivial but often forgotten) thoughts on the interpretation of observations.
Arrived at this morning's first 9am lecture early, to make sure I had plenty of time to address any technology glitches (lecture capture, student engagement software...). It was all fine, but the sliding whiteboard was so far above my head I could only reach it by kneeling on a high wheely chair...
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Arrived at this morning's first 9am lecture early, to make sure I had plenty of time to address any technology glitches (lecture capture, student engagement software...). It was all fine, but the sliding whiteboard was so far above my head I could only reach it by kneeling on a high wheely chair...
Never thought (as a theorist) that I'd be filling in spreadsheets about RF coils and gas regulators...
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Never thought (as a theorist) that I'd be filling in spreadsheets about RF coils and gas regulators...
At the very hot and humid world athletics championships. After some crowd pleasing Japanese front running in the men’s 10 000m, Europeans finished 1st and 3rd. Next up the 100m finals.
September 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
At the very hot and humid world athletics championships. After some crowd pleasing Japanese front running in the men’s 10 000m, Europeans finished 1st and 3rd. Next up the 100m finals.
Left the OH in Tokyo and got the night bus to Kamikochi for some hiking. The weather’s decidedly British and my campsite isn’t the comfiest, but had some good views.
September 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Left the OH in Tokyo and got the night bus to Kamikochi for some hiking. The weather’s decidedly British and my campsite isn’t the comfiest, but had some good views.
The Ghibli museum and the ‘Wanoakari × Hyakudan Kaidan 2025’ (a gathering of 100s of onis at the 100 stairs).
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Ghibli museum and the ‘Wanoakari × Hyakudan Kaidan 2025’ (a gathering of 100s of onis at the 100 stairs).
Rowing boats at Takachiho gorge:
September 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Rowing boats at Takachiho gorge: