Taking antidepressants during a heatwave is not for the faint hearted

I really do not see the point of Oxford giving us access to ChatGPT Edu but disabling GitHub connectors and disabling Codex. I used to have access to these things, but they've recently been disabled by the admin.

I want future Hogwarts Legacy games to really lean on the LEGACY part. Like, set one game in 1792 when the last triwizard tournament happened, so we can learn more about why it was banned. Another easy tie in to the HBO series, it would go well with the release of Goblet of Fire.

I love my country. Last week we had hailstones, now we have a heatwave, it always keeps us on our toes 🇬🇧

Why do robot AI companies keep trying to build robots that are human shaped, we are not the optimal build for many tasks. Why would we want an unstable bipedal robot? Just put them on an orb…

I feel like HR keep making up new things to bother us with so we have less time to do research, and make our jobs harder, but it gives them something to do. Not everything needs a metric.

There are professors on twitter saying it’s ok to have hallucinated citations in your research and to cite things you have not read. How did they get so far in their careers?

Whoever first decided to puts carrot in a cake I love you

Giving a graduation commencement speech and spending it praising AI is deserving of boos like read the room

Take a peak into my life and the dinners I have every week, formal dinners at an Oxford college are unmatched

Great news!

Whenever it’s raining and sunny at the same time I think of the tumblr accent challenge

When I was younger I thought that the iambic pentameter was gonna have more of an impact on my life

Boy George didn’t qualify for the final of Eurovision lmfao

San Marino for Eurovision are always like “right who is slightly famous that we can pay to represent us this year?”

I can hear someone in the audience shouting something whilst Israel entry is singing

#InvisibleRainbows is here!! Pre-order page, book launch and tour! linktr.ee/theastroholic In the best bookshops from next Thursday!

I’m blown away by Croatia’s entry, my vibe, love it.

Omg the opening clip to Eurovision semis was so cute and emotional

Seeing astronomers use AI bro language is very cringe, like no we do not need to build systems and conduct science at scale, whatever that means!

Human brains think differently depending on what your native language is, does the same happen for an LLM? And if so, what language produces the most reliable and logical results? Someone should give the same task to LLMs in different languages and compare the results.

Do other languages have annoying writing structures that are obviously written by an LLM?

The way there are no pubs showing Eurovision, no buzz at all online, like divas the final is this Saturday!

No one remotely connected to Mandelson, that includes Wes Streeting, should be Prime Minister. We need a fresh start.

🔭 The amazing Claire Marie Guimond @xoplanets.bsky.social is so good at explaining all things (exo)geoscience! 🌋🌍 I learned so much in this A+ interview about… night-side volcanism?! Where energy dissipates through tidally-locked #exoplanets from molten dayside ➡️ volcanoes form on the other side! 🤯

Keir Starmer is terrible at writing speeches and terrible at giving speeches

Young gays these days do not know about going on a day trip to Hollister just to see the models

Do you think if the labour council in Birmingham took care of local issues, like the bins, they would not be in this mess?

Canvas wasn’t down for me I still had to do my French homework

Spent the day in A&E yesterday and I was once again reminded of how much I love the NHS, discharged with medication in around 5 hours, attentive nurses, radiographers that made me laugh, and doctors who listened and cared. I’m on the mend, should be better in a few days!

Everyday I am accepting cookies to the same websites I visit everyday, very useless behaviour

Great video about weather on solar system planets from @metoffice.gov.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBes...

sorry guys I’ve pulled out the met gala last minute coz I have french class in the morning and I haven’t done my homework yet

4 day weekends are the best

My book #InvisibleRainbows comes out this month!! I’ll be at Queerlituk/Social Refuge on June 24 - here is a little tidbit feat. Llywellyn the corgi www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...

We are back

Politicians not speaking out about the arson attack against the LGBT+ community is a demonstration of how they think showing support to the LGBT+ community would negatively impact the votes they receive from their constituents.

Still no word

Still no word from Keir Starmer or other senior MPs about the arson attack in Milton Keynes against the LGBT+ community early Sunday morning. If this was any other minority group, there would be press conferences, statements, donations, and wall to wall news coverage.

Ballin with the homies

It’s me!

📢 Congratulations to Dr Jake Taylor, Supernumerary Fellow at Exeter College, who has been awarded 112.7 hours of observing time on the James Webb Space Telescope to study the emission spectra of nine hot Jupiters. 🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/9Ha850YOnBO #ExeterCollegeOxford

You know how when people have physics theories and they email us, well who do I email if I have a movie idea?

Happy Earth Day 🌿 As the Fellows’ Garden comes into bloom, we’re celebrating both the natural beauty of Exeter and the progress being made behind the scenes—like the installation of solar panels on the Thomas Wood Building. Learn more about sustainability via the link in our bio.

🗣️ Life update: with everything signed, I can finally announce that I will soon start a new permanent (!) role doing space research for the Swedish government! 🚀🔭 I’ll focus on space safety & policy but will also continue doing exoplanet projects (so, not quite leaving academia!) and I’m SO excited 🥹

Secondary school kids asking me astrophysics questions on tiktok and asking how to become an astrophysicist is a reason why under 16s should not be banned from social media. Teenagers get inspired in so many different ways. It genuinely warms my heart when they enquire.

May Day being on a Friday this year, we are blessed!

Keir Starmer is incompetent and needs to go, he should be stripped of his knighthood as well, clearly undeserving. Just think… none of this would even been known if it wasn’t for the Epstein files… what other corrupt things has he been doing?

Every week I browse rightmove praying for house prices to crash

Interested in spending 3-12 months with us in Oxford as a senior visiting academic? The Leverhulme Trust has a scheme to help. Get in touch with an Oxford colleague soon, as the internal deadline for interest is on Apr 17. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/visiting-pro...