What’s it like to run the world’s best dark matter detector? Talking with New Scientist… www.newscientist.com/article/2493...

Thought someone was having a bonfire but apparently the smoke from the wildfires on the North York Moors has reached us here in York. Blimey.

Recommended read: @nationalobserver.com investigated the failure to address “human rights abuses and environmental destruction” claims against a Canadian oil company in Namibia.

Brilliant! www.reddit.com/r/Liverpool/...

Happy Independence Day, India!

"We will replace Russian gas and oil with significant purchases of US LNG, oil and nuclear fuels," the European Commission President says in a statement. Invest in US fossil fuels - a new strand in the strategy to decarbonise Europe? Not like 1.5C is already blown or anything…

Texas right now: 32% solar, 23% wind. With nuclear, that's 61.6% zero-carbon right now, in Texas. For more: gwagner.com/texas-solar

"The findings could also mean that the land carbon sink – which normally removes billions of tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere each year and is essential for meeting climate targets – is weakening decades earlier than expected"

Welcome to the Relativistic Plasma Physics: From the Lab to the Cosmos (#extremeplasma25) program at KITP! July 21 - September 25, 2025 Learn more: buff.ly/lmMOG5d 🧪

For anyone aware of the climate crisis! Please read, sign and share this: lnkd.in/d4A-KehD @carolinelucas.bsky.social @climatemajority.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/climat...

@lzdarkmatter.bsky.social - onwards and upwards into entirely new and unexplored parameter space in the hunt for WIMP dark matter! Well done all, and special shout out to @ucl.ac.uk’s Dr Amy Cottle and @umich.edu’s Scott Haselschwardt, who led this search. physics.aps.org/articles/v18...

New one (for me) at conference this morning: mainstream economist in the audience said that climate adaptation should be done by mass migration to northern regions that "benefit" from climate impacts. Readers: I fucking lost it. 💀😡💀😡💀😡💀😡💀

Made it into town ready for this, tomorrow: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/quant... Looking forward to talking Dark Matter, seeing colleagues, and my first Cheltenham Festival visit!