Niels Walet

Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Uni of Manchester. Dutch in Brexit land. Interested in science, politics, cyber security, education. Views are my own.

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

A bicycle tyre with #graphene .
How could I resist?

[Patrick Quinn @PatrickQuinnTV]

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

@UoM_ITS Nothing to do with global protect. Seems a general network failure.

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

And nature has another opinion: https://t.co/aygm6rJuDj
So no signal of new physics (i.e., #thefifthforce)

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

Hard sell:
https://t.co/umdt1EI1fC
Interesting and even exciting results, but this feels a bit premature. The particle physics publicity machine is in hyperbole mode again.

[WDRA @WestDidsRA]

Great article about the proposed HS2 vent shaft. The Manchester streets where people are 'very worried' about new threat to homes https://t.co/ofrvqdgW6x

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

@ProfTimOB I know your are begging for congrats, so here it is. Only 2 more years into the next prime... I am past all of that

[Daniel P Jones | he/him @DPhilipJones]

My experience with access and UCU summed up in one interaction:

@UCU: Come to the important announcement tonight!

Me: Are captions enabled and have they been tested because there's been issues previously

Microsoft: The content of your email has been reviewed and blocked

🙃

[UMUCU @UM_UCU]

A strong morning of pickets so far ✊❤

#ucuRISING

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

This is a video that I never thought I’d have to put out. Or wanted to put out, but here we are.

Women’s bodies are not discussion points for men.

[UCU @ucu]

BREAKING: NOTICE SERVED ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYERS

18 days of strike action in February and March

1 Feb
9, 10 Feb
14, 15, 16 Feb
21, 22, 23 Feb
27, 28 Feb. 1, 2 March
16, 17 March
20, 21, 22 March

RT if you back our members

UCU and PROUD

#ucuRISING

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

@brianfleetwood @WithingtonGolf @HS2ltd @HS2Parliament @WestDidsRA Hi Brian, sorry if I misrepresented the golf club. This was based on reading the submission made to parliament which looked rather professional.,. And made the suggestion to look at the iPad playing fields directly behind our house.
But clearly I was wrong.

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

1 So just because @WithingtonGolf has a lot of money and fancy lawyers, @HS2ltd through @HS2Parliament decides without prior consultation to move a vent shaft literally meters from our house. @WestDidsRA

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

All indications are that HS2 is doing this without an actual design. They are just so desperate to be nice to the golf club, and take an approach where property interests seem to trump people.

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

@jeffsmithmp @Didsburylabour @johnleechmcr @ManCityCouncil we could do with some help here. Not convinced that this is a solution that is acceptable.

[Niels Walet @NWalet]

That assumes space time is a continuum.... And then I am not even talking about the first two.

[Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili]

New Year Resolutions:

1. Eat (a little) less cheese and chocolate

2. Tweet more inspirational quotes from Taylor Swift song lyrics

3. Fully understand the nature of the spacetime continuum.