stephen wilkins

Head of Astronomy, Reader, STFC Public Engagement Fellow @ University of Sussex. He/him. Views my own, or stolen from someone else.

[stephen wilkins @stewilkins]

Many thanks to the entire team (especially Will Rope) for staffing the exhibit so enthusiastically and Goodwood/Catapult for creating such an amazing exhibit.

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I am still recovering from an outstanding few days at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Was so much fun talking to lots of people (including @astro_timpeake) about the wonderful science coming from JWST.

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@RoyalAstroSoc @NAM2023_Cardiff @SussexUni @ESA_Webb @NASAWebb @ESA_Euclid Flattering picture of me RAS ;)

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@Artstro_kate @chrisclovell I also used a Jellycat rainbow, rainbow wedding cake, and the world's largest wedding cake :P

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Obviously moderate people leaving UCU will only further lead to its radicalisation, but I can not remain a member.

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@michelle_lmc Then you’ll have to change your twitter handle :P

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@WillJRoper Next time, only 3 steps. Not enough danger that at that range.

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May the Fourth be with you to go vote

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Introducing our @LewesLabour candidates in Lewes Priory Ward for town and district council elections Thurs 4th May. Labour won historic Lewes Town Council by-election last year and with voters' support we can now have even greater voice intown's future
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Introducing our @LewesLabour candidates in Lewes Bridge Ward for the town and district council elections on Thursday 4th May. They are committed to work for residents for better housing and resources for our young people and a safer community for everyone.

[stephen wilkins @stewilkins]

Was that you in that video eating an entire cake? … No, DEEPFAKE!

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Random thought: with the advent of deepfakes, does this mean you can essentially do anything and simply claim it’s a deepfake?

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The last two weeks have been particularly busy. One student passed their viva, I conducted a viva, another student submitted their thesis (and a fellowship application, and a paper), I resubmitted a paper, interviewed great people for a job, amongst a million other things.

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This has been one of the busiest semester's in my career. Not only have we had all the wonderful JWST (and FLARES) data to explore but I've been teaching a new module.

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@ChrisMihos @Astrono_Ray I care to disagree and see no evidence that disfavours the PBH scenario in Roper et al.

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@npr247 @bmck_astro Not quite majority women, but certainly not what the IoP claim. Yes, physics has barely changed at all, including at undergrad. Unfortunately, the issue probably lies mostly with teachers / parents prejudices.

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@bmck_astro @npr247 So... looking at the actual figures, it's 36083 for Maths. Only a factor of ~8 discrepancy.

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Will Roper's magnum opus. https://t.co/bEexOhgZUl

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@MatBethermin @jgeach Indeed, that’s one of the main points of FLARES! :D