I actually know the answer to this and it's slightly insane. Google pulls from Wikipedia to determine if a place is a city, town, neighbourhood, whatever. Brighton's first line describes it as a "seaside resort" so Google Maps thinks it's a neighbourhood and doesn't display it in the "city" font.

Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe...

I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.

On my way, Clacton.

England hasn't attacked this ineffectually on 1st July since The Somme.

At today's UKRI board meeting, the fate of UK particle physics and astronomy will likely be decided. Have we done enough to convince the powers-that-be to halt the proposed funding cuts? 🤞 Read Prof. Hiranya Peiris in Nature today eloquently explaining why these cuts are wrong.🧪🔭⚛️ 📖: rdcu.be/friwM

Royal Astronomical Society@royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stars of physics are in Westminster right now to call on the Government to halt funding cuts to astronomy and particle physics research. Professor Brian Cox called them "inexplicable", urging the Government to instead "trust, inspire and continue to invest in the next generation of scientists".

remember when they lost in Uxbridge and Keir Starmer leader of the opposition then told the mayor to “reflect” on this policy

Athena Kugblenu@athenakugblenu.bsky.social · last mo.

ULEZ proves good policy over popularity is what we need. Not dickhead politicians lapping up the support of idiots who want us all to be as miserable as them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

Banning children from social media?

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

"There was never an agreement to give the US sovereignty over the internet. We are still inside UK borders when we use the internet. The infrastructure is here. The revenue is made here. The internet is eminently governable."

A teen social media ban is an admission of total and utter failure to govern online spaces

The UK government is currently calling for steps that fall short of a teen social media ban. Here's why it shouldn't take the next step.

jamesrball.com

What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it's actually located. [📷 wesskywalker]

This has now been published in PRA! journals.aps.org/pra/abstract...

QuOI Theory@quoi-theory.at · last yr.

New preprint: Moha and colleagues get into the swing of things with a study of the thermodynamics of... pendulum clocks? ...oh, right! QUANTUM pendulum clocks! arxiv.org/abs/2506.10666

🧾This open letter already collected more than 300 signatures and is going to be sent to policy makers on Monday🗓️. If you are a university student🎓 in physics 🧪🔭studying in the UK🇬🇧, you may consider signing it asap. Sign and share! ✍🏻🔄🌐 student-openletter-stfc.github.io

I'm not saying this because I particularly think he should stand for leader but it does feel Quite Interesting that Labour actually has this other mayor who's been successfully running a much bigger city for a longer period of time but for some reason no one's waiting for him to save the party

Very happy to see the last work of Sindre Brattegard’s PhD out on arXiv! 🥳 Around 2 years ago, during a (mostly non-scientific) visit by my friend Stephanie Matern to Dublin, we asked the question of how finite reservoirs could be useful for thermometry 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2604.28155

Optimal current-based sensing of phonon temperature using a finite reservoir

In realistic nanoscale transport set-ups, electron-phonon coupling leads to the exchange of heat between phonon baths and electronic reservoirs with finite heat capacities. Such exchange affects the f...

arxiv.org

Minimal poster

"Photo 51" was the X-ray diffraction pattern that revealed the internal structure of DNA, produced by PhD student Raymond Gosling working under Rosalind Franklin's direction at King's College in London in 1952. Let's talk about how CORK & a PAPERCLIP played a central role in DNA's discovery.

Significant day for UK trade policy. With the announcement of the EU-Australia FTA the UK now only has an FTA where the EU doesn't with Malaysia and Brunei as part of CPTPP. The EU meanwhile has a deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay that the UK doesn't.

Something of a Friday 13th for the science department today - Chi Onwurah has lambasted Patrick Vallance over "wholly unacceptable" physics cuts - The NAO has reported a £5.6bn repair backlog to uni infrastructure - MPs have said regional growth is suffering from poor data on R&D spending 🧵 ...

Whoa, big news for the most significant scientific dissemination platform in human history! On the face of it, setting up @arxiv.bsky.social as an independent non-profit seems like a good idea to me.

Roger Schonfeld@rschon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

arXiv is being spun out from Cornell University and is looking for an inaugural CEO. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678...

I don't want to know what calls for quantum plumbing, but I guess I'm glad it's available if someone needs it.

The Qalypso School on Quantum Science in Malta returns for its 3rd edition Aug 31 - Sep 4 this year! 🏖️ We have a great line up of lecturers covering Quantum Optimisation, Quantum Thermodynamics and Quantum Gibbs Sampling. Pre-registrations opens today at forms.gle/3NkMJ3Br9V8b... Do Share!

Mathematician Georg Cantor was born #OTD in 1845. He is the founder of set theory and developed the concepts of cardinal and transfinite numbers. These shocking results led his former professor Kronecker to call him a "corrupter of youth." Image: Oberwolfach Photo Collection

I am disgusted by the British government’s proposals to betray these people, after years of contributing to our society. I have so often heard right-wing voices moaning about “British values” of decency and fairness being eroded by immigration. A hypocrisy now laid bare.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo ago

‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away

I am disgusted by the British government’s proposals to betray these people, after years of contributing to our society. I have so often heard right-leaning voices moaning about “British values” of decency and fairness being eroded by immigration — a hypocrisy now laid bare.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo ago

‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away

Very hard to believe that there was really no advance warning to certain parties, for a programme of this magnitude

Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Can anyone think of an example of government spend of this magnitude and speed (excluding covid)?? 4 weeks from call announcement to submission (no advance warning) and within that only 2 weeks to flag your intention to submit. £40M total - individual awards £9.4M www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request