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Patrick Meade

@theorydad.bsky.social
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Dad and occasional particle theory professor

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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very cool CN Yang colloquium by Sheldon Glashow “My memories of Frank Yang” with Shelly being introduced by Barry Barish ⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Fun trip to Fermilab to give a plenary on a FCC-ee future for CERN at DPF2026. FCC-ee + a US based muon collider could lead to a revolutionary century for science and technology!⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy to be visiting Jefferson Lab to talk about how a muon collider can bridge High Energy and Nuclear Physics ⚛️🧪
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New: NSF is tightening its conflict of interest rules in what could be a headache for the understaffed agency. Starting in August, reviewers will no longer be able to participate in a panel with any proposals from their own institution. My reporting for @science.org:
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NSF imposes stricter conflict-of-interest rules for grant-review panels
Researchers say changes could further burden the understaffed agency
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Group photo from our workshop 50 years of jets: celebrating the science of George Sterman, great multigenerational experience united by one particularly special individual! ⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A possible future for US HEP and NP ⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
In that case do you verge upon retired engineer with a theory of the universe, or just a question about QFT?😅🤣
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/04/2026
Breaking news: Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Trump.
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Trump ousts National Science Board members
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
In the context of the FY27 PBR it helps to go back to Robert Wilson’s famous testimony to Congress about funding for the NAL(Fermilab) in FY1970 and ask the natural question, why are there some people so hell-bent on tearing down so much of what makes this country worth defending?⚛️🧪
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Okay, NSF is for some reason under an appendix, but they do have directorate-level numbers. Cuts pretty much across the board, including zeroing out SBE? which I suppose is what would happen with a 54% cut. Also worth looking at those FY26 estimates... www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
NSF budget overview
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Fortunately they’ll have these to get around in whatever it’s called😉 bsky.app/profile/cern...
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It will never be the best public transit system, but there’s definitely a special unmatched quality the DC metro will always have
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
More coverage of the move in Science. I had not realized the programs were managed (though had separate accounts) prior to 2003.
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Energy Department merges nuclear and particle physics programs, unsettling researchers
In spite of synergies, physicists worry both fields are being sidelined in favor of AI
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If well managed this amplifies the science and makes sure people focus on the interesting questions and technologies. If poorly managed this guts both programs. Fingers crossed for good management, there are interesting times ahead!
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Yeah sep of NP/HEP is arbitrary it’s the same SM. I don’t think you can get more than FCCee for EWPT but nuclear always can ask at lower Q^2 like MOLLER catching up with LEP. PDFs it’s more helpful for LHC sys, for FCChh you gain a lot more with muC PDF measurements. Hopefully can all work together!
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Detectors of course will be synergistic. An interesting question for the future will be if both accelerator sides want muon beams. Muon collider for HEP, muIC for the next step after EIC. There are also other synergies eg being able to redo the entire JLAB program with neutrinos from muon beams
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Turner, on the EPP report: It's going to stay fresh for 40 years. If there are bumps in the road for the first few years, we still have time to implement the vision.
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Poignant and funny moment from CN Yang memorial, was Marilyn Simons recalling her and Jim’s friendship with him and still having the old dictionary the YITP gave Jim for the talks that started the connection of Physics/Math through YM theory(bc Jim was a bad speller😅) 🧪⚛️ @simonsfoundation.org
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Incredible news of CN Yang’s lasting impact, thanks to Drs. Zhang and Luo for their generous gift that helps the Yang Institute for Theoretical physics carry on his legacy into the future @stonybrooku.bsky.social ⚛️🧪 news.stonybrook.edu/university/h...
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Historic $12M Gift Propels Yang Institute Into the Future
Stony Brook's C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics has received a historic $12M gift from alumnus Jack Yongfeng Zhang and his wife, Mary Zi-Ping Luo.
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Interesting Yang anecdotes, he often is remembered for opposing Chinese particle colliders, but he actually wanted his institute to go into accelerator physics. Physics is an experimental science and the machines are becoming too big and so he thought it was imperative to come up with smarter ways⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
George Sterman beginning the scientific/personal part of the symposium honoring CN Yang’s contributions to Stony Brook university and beyond ⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Any other LEP experiments going this way? Could really use some DELPHI help…
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Kyle Cranmer @kylecranmer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Job alert: Data preservation for ALEPH data. I worked on ALEPH as a student, and as a junior faculty member analyzed archived ALEPH data to search for the Higgs. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CERN/7440001...
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HEP Physicist - Data Preservation (EP-FCC-2026-37-GRAP)
Job Description: Are you excited about giving a second life to a vintage but invaluable set of data, which has the potential to significantly enhance the quality of the preparation studies for the nex...
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Gotta say @f1tv.bsky.social is a lot more interesting this year so far!
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Such a cool way to show people the “invisible” microscopic world whizzing around them! ⚛️🧪
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The ultimate area denial weapon against parents now has a stealth mode 😒🤬
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Morning commute snow in NYC feels like adding insult to injury right after a historic blizzard
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Trying to plan R&D for long term scientific projects in the current funding environment ⚛️🧪
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Jon Butterworth @jonbutterworth.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
These cuts to physics research will be a disaster for UK scientists – and for our standing in the world www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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These cuts to physics research will be a disaster for UK scientists – and for our standing in the world | Jon Butterworth
If plans by the UK’s science funding body go ahead, we won’t be able to benefit from Britain’s membership of Cern and other large international projects, says Jon Butterworth, professor of physics at ...
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
So just to clarify is this just rejecting the additional EU funding outside of the normal CERN contribution or something else?
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
You definitely want to learn to stop saying, "I am SO OLD!" long before the people to whom you're saying it just look at you in response with expressions that say, "I mean...yes."
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I wonder if that will make CERN council pushback more and be less of a rubber stamp than with the prior DG?🧐
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It’s an interesting lesson for today when we’ve become accustomed to developing one mega project at a time. Takes decades of development, but running experiments can easily erode the scientific case. So you have to balance ambition and flexibility, but the later is anathema to project management.
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This seems especially short sighted by the UK after just having a Brit start as the CERN DG www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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UK’s science superpower hopes hit as Labour slashes physics funding
University funding for astronomy and physics research cut by almost a third as government seeks to concentrate budget on areas that prioritise economic growth
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Latest batch of the Epstein files has plenty more physicists. Going through them slowly, in no particular order.
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Yep completely agree with the sentiment about time scales. We're just in a difficult period historically since we need more collective effort/funding to push in some directions where we know what we'd like to look at and what we need, but r&d is always the first thing to get cut to support projects
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The article is good but not sure it’s hard to know what to think about or look for, just hard to look resource wise/technologically🧐
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I'll go with hard. The existential questions about our universe and EWSB have only become sharper since the LHC, the problem is that only collider experiments are relevant for them generically. If the world were less myopic now we'd invest more in R&D, but accelerator breakthroughs take time/suport🧪
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Patrick Koppenburg 🐧 @koppenburg.ch · 29/01/2026
Science and Technology Facilities Council told staff it needs to reduce its spending by £162 million by 2029-30, requiring “substantial savings” to be made. 😬 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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UK physics research and science facilities face ‘substantial’ cuts - Research Professional News
Exclusive: Science and Technology Facilities Council seeks £162m cost savings, with existing projects facing axe
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Impressive to watch in NYC during snow storms PlowNYC: nyc.gov/plownyc
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PlowNYC
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
As if the dodgers didn’t have already enough advantages spending ~100M more per year than every other team 😂😂
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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
@cern.bsky.social 's Future Circular Collider program is scientifically well motivated. However, concerns remain regarding financing, tech development and locking the community into a long term vision. Prof @johnwomersley.bsky.social explains! Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/Uojh2... ⚛️🧪
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Legitimate Concerns Regarding CERN's New Collider Strategy
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hard to imagine ever replacing the local bodega in NYC but then again it’s set against the swarm of Amazon delivery workers that descend on city streets everyday so 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Does it suggest to form some sort of rudimentary lathe first?🙃
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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Did you know that your old TV was an in home particle accelerator? Old cathode ray tube TVs generated particles, accelerated them, diverted them, and smashed them into a phosphor coated screen to create images! Link: www.youtube.com/shorts/4rPRg... #physics ⚛️🧪
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Your Old TV is a Particle Accelerator!
YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Definitely one way to tell people even more explicitly to get on the same page 🤣 hopefully CERN councils definition of appropriate in appropriate level of support for future looking r&d is bigger picture appropriate…
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
European particle physics strategy update summary 😅
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Good old fashioned subtweeting is still alive🤣
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Patrick Meade @theorydad.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Sad to see C.N. Yang passed away, a legendary physicist who despite his achievements was also one of the most underrated physicists of the 20th century and could have won multiple Nobel prizes not just one. He put Stony Brook University on the map and left an indelible impact on the YITP ⚛️🧪
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 14/10/2025
The mathematician Pasha Galashin recently proved that the amplituhedron, a shape that encodes particle interactions, can be built from patterns that arise in origami. www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patt...
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