Deliveroo removed the 40% off large pizzas deal from Pizza Hut and when I see the real price, suddenly my desire for any form of takeaway has disappeared. I close the app so quickly. New weight loss hack!

The Artemis 2 mission has been good PR for iPhone and bad PR for Microsoft

Why are they on the news talking about what they are going to name features on the far side of the moon? One science journalist said the emotional story about one of the names made her cry? So we can just name things without IAU?

It only took around 50 years to get near the moon again, feels a bit embarrassing lol

This weeks Round Up is slightly shorter (2 papers instead of 3!) due to the blog post about the April Fools papers. Though, it was not a particularly atmosphere heavy week. open.substack.com/pub/astrojak...

Trump is a danger to us all, he is the threat, he has the nukes.

We live in an era where astronauts can make crisp phone calls from space to earth, and I cannot make a phone call in the city centre in Oxford.

I love April Fools papers! Here are some of my favourites from this year! open.substack.com/pub/astrojak...

Trump needs to drop the facade and admit defeat so we can get on with life, he said he is the president who ends wars, so he can end it by admitting defeat, very simple!

Oxford women’s are doing amazing!! #boatrace

So even as an Astronaut you cannot avoid Microslop outlook

Pride in STEM is 10 this month, and we are so proud to celebrate these 10 change-makers who were proposed and voted in by the community. Read about their work, their impact, and their commitment to improving the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM and beyond, here: prideinstem.org/2026/04/01/t...

If you want to prioritise “early career” researchers then let post docs apply to your funding awards! Not people who already have permanent jobs! That’s not early career!

Congratulations to DPhil student John Allen on his poster talk and presentation! He’s been doing lots of interesting GCM modelling of WASP-76b and comparing his results to the recently observed JWST phase curve!

How have I had better online security training than the Director of the FBI?

I’m in a hotel in Bristol and it’s the dream. I’ve got the heating on. Something I can’t do in my flat in Oxford. Also, the shower is hot for more than 1 minute! Luxury!

We gotta do something about these trains in the UK. I’ve just paid £40 for train from Oxford to Bristol and I have to sit on the floor.

Watched Project Hail Mary, Ryan Goslings character is so me coded

Ever wonder where the science landed on bio-signatures on exoplanets? Our @oxfordphysics.bsky.social colleague @astrojake.bsky.social has written up a succinct summary of the drama and what the latest paper adds. It's a good read! astrojake.substack.com/p/the-k2-18b... 🔭🧪 #planetsci

HBO Max is now in the UK I can finally watch The Pitt!

More work has been published to try to understand the atmosphere of K2-18b! open.substack.com/pub/astrojak...

I told someone about the notion app in a private slack chat and now I’m getting ads on Instagram about notion app. We can’t keep living like this.

Less than one week after this post, the theoretical particle physics grants have been ruthlessly cut. PDRA positions are down by ~70% compared to the last funding cycle. Some groups cannot even hire postdocs for the next 4 years. This is on top of an effective 100% hiring cut for October 2026.

I popped my meds out of the packaging and cut myself on the foil. Now bleeding, is this aging?

Dina and Keely running the best splits in the GB team as non-specialists is SO impressive! And Keely to run the fastest split 30 minutes after winning the 800m, pure talent! Imagine Amber, Yemi, Keely, and Dina?!

Omg we are getting Keely and Dina running the 4x400m final!

Women’s 60mH is always one of my faves to watch, especially because how much camaraderie and respect they have for each other

Gold for Keely in the 800m! And the championship record! I am so proud of Team GB!

Molly Caudery gold for pole vault!

Wowowowow! 17 year old Cooper Lutkenhaus wins the 800m men’s world indoor!

Indoor world champion for Georgia Hunter-Bell in the 1500m, next up, Keely in the 800m!

Who remembers when EE was t mobile and t mobile was one to one

If someone says they work in tech sales is that a fancy way of saying they work at curry’s

We did it! Love my pokepals

Buzzing for the world indoors 800m finals tomorrow. Both the womens and the mens are going to be a great watch. We've got Hodgkinson and Werro battling for the womens and Lutkenhaus (the 17 year old!) with a great chance of winning for the mens.

We had a bit of a time zone issue with people submitting applications post-deadline to my postdoc position on radial velocities... so it's re-advertised! Submit by Sunday 12th of April at 11:59pm (AEST- that's Australia time, which is in the future for many countries!) aas.org/jobregister/...

Looking at the AAS jobregister lately, it seemed to me that there are less positions available in all categories than in previous years. Wanting to quantify, I used the wayback machine to check on the number of postings in the January-March window and it is quite depressing.

It's me!

The future of UK Astronomy & Particle Physics is at risk from proposed 30% funding cuts that, if implemented, will be "genuinely catastrophic". Great to see this detailed BBC report on the issue by @pallabg.bsky.social 🔭🧪⚛️ #STFCcuts #SaveUKAstronomy 🗞️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They gotta put that Simpsons dome over Kent

Update: it was a blast! I enjoyed being in the front row for talks by Nick Tosca, Tim Woollings, Carly Howett, Hal Drakesmith, and Frankie Dunn alongside their associated panel discussions, as well as the traditional Planets Day 2 breakout discussion and pitch session.

Amazing 🤩 so excited to play this at the upcoming UK Exoplanet Community conference #UKExoM26 during our poster session

The RAS is alarmed by the threat to ground-based astronomy posed by proposals put forward by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Reflect Orbital. We have opposed the plans with @eso.org and the International Astronomical Union. Find out more at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

🌈 Pride in STEM (@prideinstem.bsky.social) turns 10 this year! Join us on 17 April at the Royal Society of Chemistry for an evening of celebration, community, canapés - and cake. 🎟️ Get your free tickets before they're snapped up, and see you there! www.outsavvy.com/event/34281/...

Congrats @astrojake.bsky.social, can’t wait to work on this amazing program! Eclipses for the win 🌟🪐

Coverage in The Guardian for Harrison's Nature Astronomy paper on L 98-59d. This paper involved a number of other current and former members of the Oxford PCD group. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Happy birthday to me! And what an amazing birthday present, 112 hours of JWST time to observe the emission spectra of 9 hot Jupiters! Looking back at previously awarded programs, I think this might be the largest number of hours awarded to a UK PI to study exoplanet atmospheres!

Fiona Henderson ( @oxfordphysics.bsky.social ) and I have written a new article for @theconversation.com on what a #Moon base could look like. Fi's a lunar scientist and did a great job, check it out! 🧪🔭 #planetsci theconversation.com/nasa-plans-t...

Are captcha used to train AI to recognise cars, traffic lights, and other objects related to driving?

The perks of being a Fellow at Exeter College is being able to show my friends the best view in Oxford