William G. Lamb 🏴
@astrolamb.bsky.social
📡 NANOGrav Research Assistant 🔭 PhD in Astrophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 🏴 Siaradwr Cymraeg o Eryri 👽 US “Resident Alien” 🎓 Uni of York Alumnus 🐱 Dad of WiggleWorm 🏊🚲🏃Triathlete 💃 Swing Dancer
sometimes I want to complain about the trains but then I remember Americans are on this website
madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · last wk.sometimes I want to complain about the nhs (which as we know I love dearly) but then I remember Americans are on this website
I made it to the honorable mentions! I AM SO NASHVILLE 🤠 (…and I’m leaving in three weeks)
Nashville Scene@nashvillescene.com · 2mo agoOur 38th annual “You Are So Nashville If …” issue is here! See this year’s winners, honorable mentions and more. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/yasni-2026/article_e4b1a1f0-34b4-4b20-8dcc-3b87dbc650f0.html
Given they HAVE (surprisingly) included Welsh as being acceptable alongside English suggests this is sheer ignorance & stupidity driven by their core racism. *Or* they regard Irish as “foreign” and - common to Anglo-British views - Sc. Gaelic as being just a dialect thereof. Either way F. Off.
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔴 NEW: Reform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election Leaflets By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and… Read the full story below.
Celebrating Sam Neill and one of my fav movies: The Dish 📡 5 min scene from them playing cricket atop Murriyang (CSIRO Parkes radio telescope) to Apollo 11's lift off. They made this scene so well. The camera shot pauses on faces dramatically as the rocket launches. Gives me goosebumps still!
"We're A Professional Unit!" | The Launch Of Apollo 11 | The Dish
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions
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As you boil in the heat, never forget that all those people who for decades have deliberately and maliciously disrupted efforts to tackle climate change are probably sitting comfortable in their large air conditioned houses. Houses funded on the back of lies/misinformation they helped propagate.
The RAS is disappointed by the response to its request with the @iop.org for a full impact assessment of the proposed cuts to astronomy, particle physics and nuclear physics. RAS President @jim-wild.bsky.social said the reply from @ukri.org was "astoundingly complacent given what is at stake". ⤵️
"Fellows shall not act or fail to act in any way which would […] bring the Society into disrepute." But this morning ministers condemned Elon Musk FRS for enabling violence on the streets of Belfast. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Would the @royalsociety.org like to comment?
I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time. influence.citationneeded.news
Tech Influence Watch
Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.
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As part of the BiA x Astrobites collaboration for Black Space Week, Astrobites would like to highlight those in the BiA community who will be attending AAS and presenting! To be considered, please fill out the Google form linked in the QR code. 🔭 🌌
A little under 3 weeks left for #BlackSpaceWeek2026!! We have so many exciting events lined up for you all, we can’t wait to see you there 🥰🥰 As always registration link is in the bio!
Thinking of getting a pet as an academic? 🐈 🧪 🔭 I was interviewed by @keepitonthehdl.bsky.social for @nature.com about pet ownership as an academic. There's some great advice! A photo of WiggleWorm didn't make the final edit, so here he is for bluesky instead 😻 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If you work in a university, please consider signing this petition against the destruction of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham. I doubt it’ll do much good, but the staff deserve all the positive words they can get. nottinghamphysics.github.io/Open_Letter/...
Save Nottingham Physics and Astronomy
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You don’t hate country music, you just hate the same 100 songs of bootlicking corporatized trash about saluting the flag while drinking a beer in your truck at a football game next to your pretty silent wife in daisy dukes who also knows how to fish.
Happy #BlackHoleWeek! 🖤 My black hole chonk chart is back, now with real LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA data ✨ More gravitational-wave detections are on the way, so this chart may need another update very soon. 😎 #BlackHoles #GravitationalWaves #SciComm @ligo.org @egovirgo.bsky.social
We asked Reform a very simple question three times. But they refused to answer.
Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.
I resigned from the National Science Board in May when meaningful oversight became untenable. I respect colleagues who stayed to serve the NSB's mission. Today's news clarifies that was an erosion of oversight and function has become open elimination of the Board itself. 🧵 time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 5mo agoBreaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
I've had this independently confirmed and it's really bad 🔭🧪
Dan Garisto@dangaristo.bsky.social · 5mo agoBreaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.
