I have given in, driven by plan S, I have decided to join twitter. My problem is I have too many opinions. I will hopefully restrict myself to science.

Just a treasure trove of materials.

The teams there are doing the most amazing stuff including the optics for space based gravitational wave detection. It also has the best view of any lab I know of. Thanks for hosting @OxfordPhysics @mplsoxford today.

@professor_dave Not only are the recipes delicious (the results always look fantastic here) but it’s uplifting. Well done.

This thread worth your time. Bottom line for me, unless we make infrastructure cheaper quicker to build, grow talent then no growth. No growth will make us v unhappy & give rise to simplistic zero sum politics.

@RichardALJones @IGMansfield decline in course numbers predates decline in industry, its another accelerant. decline in experimental science is linked IMHO to schools (practicals nonexistent) and student surveys (“too much work”), combined with “funding model” going to shrink footprint dramatically

@b45her71 @univofstandrews @brucegroupox @chem_rem You too

The UK needs to decide whether it wants the current “market” to decide on experimental science course numbers. If so, then more will close, as the loss per uk undergraduate becomes increasingly unbearable. Even if fixed, we collectively need to inspire kids.

@ProfSyK @univofstandrews @brucegroupox @chem_rem Happy new year.

@ProfSyK @univofstandrews @brucegroupox @chem_rem Well my hair is white & face lined, however my fashion “sense” remains

@GilmourLab @univofstandrews @brucegroupox @chem_rem @StAndrewsChem Even better when the deadwood like me moved on :).

@acmedsci Also @acmedsci council member Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu,