Reposted by Eugene LimKev Abazajian @abazajian.net · 4hDark matter may not be as simple as we thought. Our new JWST paper, led by Daniel Gilman, uses 29 quasars, each split into four images by a galaxy's gravity, to hunt for invisible dark matter clumps. They look too dense for standard cold dark matter. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2609.35974 ⚛️ 🔭 🧪 152
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know we are less than 6 months in of PM Burnham, but can we have Ed as PM already ? 170
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey who knew immigrants actually contribute to the economy *headdesk*. 030
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026static.klipy.comStar Wars Darth Vader 'NOOO!!!'ALT: Star Wars Darth Vader 'NOOO!!!' 120
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I have been a LFC fan from the Fagan years and last year was the one year where I was absolutely ashamed to be one. The toxic red fans abusing Gakpo and Slot made me reconsider what fandom actually meant to me. The toxicity is less this year but it lingers on. www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...telegraph.co.uk 200
Reposted by Eugene LimMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026SCOOP: Top researchers at Columbia, Stanford, and others thought they were elected to elite scientific societies alongside Nobel laureates. The catch? The organizations are a sham. I spent the last month diving deep into a massive academic scam spanning continents, for @nature.comnature.comExclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchersA Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices. 10309183
Reposted by Eugene LimResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Aria funding for foreign partners ‘hard to justify’. Former science minister raises concerns as agency announces only one UK-based “activation partner”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...researchprofessionalnews.comAria funding for foreign partners ‘hard to justify’ - Research Professional NewsFormer science minister raises concerns as agency announces only one UK-based “activation partner” 063
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This will lead to people writing grants using ChatGPT. So that humans are now completely out of the process. 3152
Reposted by Eugene LimStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There's much that can be criticised about Suella's mad position, but nobody who thinks this actually 'supports the England football team'. 99825125
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My sense is that people in general value scarcity (doh) and effort, and when things are perceive to be easy and cheap, support for it also drops. 020
Reposted by Eugene LimStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I don’t know why, but something about the one-two punch here strikes me as morbidly hilarious in a cosmic sort of way. 1852093
Reposted by Eugene LimCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 21/09/2026As Alex notes in this thread, AI doesn't "democratize" science. Rather, it compels scientists to rely on anti-egalitarian means of directing their attention. 322363
Reposted by Eugene LimChristopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🔭 Anyone interested in applying for a RAS Fellowship or 1851 Fellowship at @uofgravity.bsky.social, please get in touch! We have a great gravitational-wave group ⚛️ These fellowships are great for those coming straight from a PhD. We have internal deadlines, so we need to know who's interested soon 0910
Reposted by Eugene LimJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We can simulate fish schools or ants in ways that solve complex problems (gradient detection, bridge building, nest selection) but no one would create this weird soul/no-soul dichotomy to argue they these that multi-agent swarms of extremely simple rules are “thinking”. 14504169
Reposted by Eugene LimJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has. 651941447
Reposted by Eugene LimSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Former PM Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times challenges the rise of ethno-nationalism in British politics, as an argument within the right about Britishness being about ancestry, DNA and ethnicity www.thetimes.com/article/e89d... 37578119
Reposted by Eugene LimHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026‘We cannot allow race to be reintroduced into our politics. We cannot allow Briton to be set against Briton.’ Bravo Rishi Sunak www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...thetimes.comRishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA testI worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers 50656134
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tbf they did properly answer the question in perfect Cantonese. 170
Reposted by Eugene LimRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers. 1062353687
Reposted by Eugene LimTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think the story here is that the cycle mix has been changed significantly by e-bikes (in 2024 Lime made up 15% of journeys and 33% of injuries and their revenue has doubled since) and even Lime's estimate is that 20% of their riders have never ridden before. So it's "who identifies as a cyclist?" 11615
Reposted by Eugene LimJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's a rare policy that would be welcomed by both business and trade unions - and at the same time would *improve* the UK's fiscal position. Dropping these proposals - for which there is no economic, moral or political case - would be one. www.ft.com/content/8a00...ft.comUnions demand softening of UK immigration reformsProposals will ‘punish’ low-paid migrants doing essential work in public services and create a new staffing crisis in social care, says motion passed at TUC 16676215
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Really sad to hear about this. Rafael was not just a brilliant and original thinker, he was really one of the nicest and kindest person I have ever met. He was always patient to explain his ideas to a slower mind like mine, and curious to hear about my half cooked ideas. I will miss him. 091
Reposted by Eugene LimRichard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Folks, it's not often that physics-fans are asked to donate money to a small Scottish church, but this is going to be one of those times -- since the church is the last resting place of James Clerk Maxwell... www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...justgiving.comHelp raise £70000 to Save Parton Kirk – JustGiving CrowdfundingIʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. 23220
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is a statement by mathematicians on the recent events. I think the core message: that the core values of academia and AI no longer match and that’s a danger, applies to Physics as well. 061
Reposted by Eugene LimYvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Getting feisty on the ArXiv this morning- "More than half of recent astronomy papers are written with language-model assistance" arxiv.org/abs/2609.10664 That said, if their model is actually correct the authors ought to go into the "check for cheating" racket, as that's a huge growth space rn 🔭 4143
Reposted by Eugene LimRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/09/2026tell em terry 410832
Reposted by Eugene LimJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/20262) England is a rare exception. During the 2010s many other countries (including the other 3 UK nations) changed tack, experimenting with ideas like transferrable skills instead of focusing on tried-and-tested disciplines and methods. It looks like those experiments have failed. 1426362
Reposted by Eugene LimZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026For anyone not following the drama, there's been apparently a big development in ai math, along with some accusations of very bad behavior by OpenAI. But we don't have details yet. If I understand it, Buckmaster and Levent Alpoge made a big discovery on Navier-Stokes. Events go something like this: 17416158
Reposted by Eugene LimKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/09/2026@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...as.ft.comLabour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggeryA government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse 22866321
Reposted by Eugene LimSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Note how the moral panic about blocking the roads disappears if it's the far right doing it 17505183
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026So was in a talk and a speaker showed me some stuff. I asked for some technical details on they got some results and they showed me (in a back up slide) a ChatGPT prompt . What are we to do in response ? 1419522
Reposted by Eugene LimTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I made this observation before the last election, but a real weakness with Labour and particularly the manifesto was a total unwillingness to acknowledge anything structural. There was just no theory of why the economy had stalled, local government had failed, or why law enforcement was anemic. 819635
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I lived here from 2012 and I can absolutely feel the improving air quality over the years. This is really Sadiq Khan’s best legacy when he leaves. 162
Reposted by Eugene LimDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115653178
Reposted by Eugene LimChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 31/08/2026that would be the same Times whose editors absolutely creamed themselves over the Jason Arday plagiarism allegationsstatic.klipy.comAlanis Morissette - Isn't It Ironic?ALT: Alanis Morissette - Isn't It Ironic? 338022
Reposted by Eugene LimAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE. 4130120
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A really nice article about the stakes of an interview. For hiring PhDs and postdocs this is probably the most pertinent paragraph. It’s often not skills that differentiate the candidates (they are all smart), it’s their readiness to accept mentoring. 020
Reposted by Eugene LimMapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂) 984101592399
Reposted by Eugene LimDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 25/08/2026This is a 12th-century list of property that a fabulously wealthy Egyptian Jewish woman is bringing into her marriage (and what she's owed in case of divorce). Items include a gold tiara (80 dinars), a crystal rooster (4 dinars), a Chinese pen set (13 dinars), and 250(!) dinars' worth of books. 611837
Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The financial size of this decision laid bare the huge economic contribution of the HE sector which successive governments have made awful decisions leaving it in the dire state it is in today. 030