H M Wakeling
@hmwakeling.bsky.social
Physicist | Postdoc in Particle Accelerator Environmental Sustainability @ Oxford
Stubborn optimist. Expert amateur. Pro community. 🛼🏄🛹
Boycott billionaires. Divest fossil fuels. Anti-fascist, -racist, pro-💉🧪🏳️🌈 etc
Views my own and bloody fantastic ;)
Stubborn optimist. Expert amateur. Pro community. 🛼🏄🛹
Boycott billionaires. Divest fossil fuels. Anti-fascist, -racist, pro-💉🧪🏳️🌈 etc
Views my own and bloody fantastic ;)
Montreal was just welcomed into winter with a baptism of ice. Be safe everyone!
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Montreal was just welcomed into winter with a baptism of ice. Be safe everyone!
Interesting pre-print on the Environmental Impact of CI/CD Pipelines: arxiv.org/abs/2510.26413
Environmental Impact of CI/CD Pipelines
CI/CD pipelines are widely used in software development, yet their environmental impact, particularly carbon and water footprints (CWF), remains largely unknown to developers, as CI service providers ...
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Interesting pre-print on the Environmental Impact of CI/CD Pipelines: arxiv.org/abs/2510.26413
Our Comment on "Community-specific guidance for environmental sustainability in particle accelerators" has just been published with @springernature.com in Nature Reviews Physics!
You can read the comment for free here: rdcu.be/eOrqo
and the living document for free here: arxiv.org/abs/2501.14979
You can read the comment for free here: rdcu.be/eOrqo
and the living document for free here: arxiv.org/abs/2501.14979
Community-specific guidance for environmental sustainability in particle accelerators
Nature Reviews Physics - Particle accelerators are large-scale, complex projects, and they have some unique challenges when it comes to environmental sustainability. A group of particle accelerator...
rdcu.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Our Comment on "Community-specific guidance for environmental sustainability in particle accelerators" has just been published with @springernature.com in Nature Reviews Physics!
You can read the comment for free here: rdcu.be/eOrqo
and the living document for free here: arxiv.org/abs/2501.14979
You can read the comment for free here: rdcu.be/eOrqo
and the living document for free here: arxiv.org/abs/2501.14979
Can't believe I missed the Nov 3rd birthday badge @read-theroom.bsky.social
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window with blinds
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Can't believe I missed the Nov 3rd birthday badge @read-theroom.bsky.social
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Two year anniversary of the hackathon project that started the RTR website!
Now, it's 2 months since the mobile app launch with 415 users across 42 from countries... We're trying, but need the support and feedback!
Check it out :) readtheroom.site
#IndieDev #Nonprofit #TechForGood #SocialTech
Now, it's 2 months since the mobile app launch with 415 users across 42 from countries... We're trying, but need the support and feedback!
Check it out :) readtheroom.site
#IndieDev #Nonprofit #TechForGood #SocialTech
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Two year anniversary of the hackathon project that started the RTR website!
Now, it's 2 months since the mobile app launch with 415 users across 42 from countries... We're trying, but need the support and feedback!
Check it out :) readtheroom.site
#IndieDev #Nonprofit #TechForGood #SocialTech
Now, it's 2 months since the mobile app launch with 415 users across 42 from countries... We're trying, but need the support and feedback!
Check it out :) readtheroom.site
#IndieDev #Nonprofit #TechForGood #SocialTech
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From 6–12 November we'll give hands-on workshops at UK unis - Cambridge, Imperial (London), Glasgow & Lancaster - on uncovering institutional links with the fossil fuel industry. See more: tinyurl.com/mftuk
@imperial-clim-act.bsky.social @ucuglasgow.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@imperial-clim-act.bsky.social @ucuglasgow.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
From 6–12 November we'll give hands-on workshops at UK unis - Cambridge, Imperial (London), Glasgow & Lancaster - on uncovering institutional links with the fossil fuel industry. See more: tinyurl.com/mftuk
@imperial-clim-act.bsky.social @ucuglasgow.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@imperial-clim-act.bsky.social @ucuglasgow.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social
Is it a sign I'm getting old when I bring my blue-light glasses to pinball night to help me sleep after all the excitement and bright lights (and eye strain)?
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Is it a sign I'm getting old when I bring my blue-light glasses to pinball night to help me sleep after all the excitement and bright lights (and eye strain)?
I am absolutely loving Roller Derby bootcamp this year, but goodness me, the aches and pains from derby stance (basically eternal squatting) are real. My quads are jelly!
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I am absolutely loving Roller Derby bootcamp this year, but goodness me, the aches and pains from derby stance (basically eternal squatting) are real. My quads are jelly!
We're collecting interest in creating a new physics and environmental sustainability subcategory for ArXiv.org 'physics.env-sust'!
Do you support the idea? Do you have a pre-print that would benefit from this sub-category assignment? If the answer is yes to any of these questions... (1/2)
Do you support the idea? Do you have a pre-print that would benefit from this sub-category assignment? If the answer is yes to any of these questions... (1/2)
Support for arXiv.org physics and environmental sustainability subcategory
The HECAP+ Initiative is garnering support for a new Physics subcategory on arXiv.org:
Physics and Environmental Sustainability (physics.env-sust).
We believe that there is a growing need for this ne...
forms.gle
October 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We're collecting interest in creating a new physics and environmental sustainability subcategory for ArXiv.org 'physics.env-sust'!
Do you support the idea? Do you have a pre-print that would benefit from this sub-category assignment? If the answer is yes to any of these questions... (1/2)
Do you support the idea? Do you have a pre-print that would benefit from this sub-category assignment? If the answer is yes to any of these questions... (1/2)
In an expected turn of events, the rapture did actually happen, and not one single person made the cut.
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In an expected turn of events, the rapture did actually happen, and not one single person made the cut.
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Making particle accelerators sustainable has field-specific challenges. @hmwakeling.bsky.social, Philip Burrows, Jim Clarke, Jo Colwell, Ben Shepherd & John Thomason share how they collected relevant guidance and call on researchers in other fields to do the same ⚛️
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Community-specific guidance for environmental sustainability in particle accelerators - Nature Reviews Physics
Particle accelerators are large-scale, complex projects, and they have some unique challenges when it comes to environmental sustainability. A group of particle accelerator researchers and environmental sustainability experts shares how community-specific guidance can help address these needs.
www.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Making particle accelerators sustainable has field-specific challenges. @hmwakeling.bsky.social, Philip Burrows, Jim Clarke, Jo Colwell, Ben Shepherd & John Thomason share how they collected relevant guidance and call on researchers in other fields to do the same ⚛️
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Do you work with accelerators? Did you hear about our living guidelines for environmental sustainability? We are now working on version 2 and requesting feedback!
#Physics #AcademicSky #EnvironmentalSustainability #FutureAccelerators #ParticlePhysics #ParticleAccelerator
#Physics #AcademicSky #EnvironmentalSustainability #FutureAccelerators #ParticlePhysics #ParticleAccelerator
Happy to announce that our living document - "High-level environmental sustainability guidelines for large accelerator facilities" - is now available on arXiv:
arxiv.org/abs/2501.14979
Here's to some fruitful discussion!
#ParticleAccelerator #EnvironmentalSustainability #FutureAccelerators
arxiv.org/abs/2501.14979
Here's to some fruitful discussion!
#ParticleAccelerator #EnvironmentalSustainability #FutureAccelerators
High-level environmental sustainability guidelines for large accelerator facilities
The proposed construction of new particle accelerator-based facilities in the coming decades -- and upgrades to existing facilities -- provides the unique opportunity to embed innovative environmental...
arxiv.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Do you work with accelerators? Did you hear about our living guidelines for environmental sustainability? We are now working on version 2 and requesting feedback!
#Physics #AcademicSky #EnvironmentalSustainability #FutureAccelerators #ParticlePhysics #ParticleAccelerator
#Physics #AcademicSky #EnvironmentalSustainability #FutureAccelerators #ParticlePhysics #ParticleAccelerator
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The need to silence your critics only reveals how weak and fragile you are.
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The need to silence your critics only reveals how weak and fragile you are.
I have suddenly become allergic to cherries and I am devastated. A rare treat is now danger candy to me
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I have suddenly become allergic to cherries and I am devastated. A rare treat is now danger candy to me
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After months of testing, the chameleons are loose 🦎🎉
Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!
Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!
Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!
Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!
September 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After months of testing, the chameleons are loose 🦎🎉
Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!
Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!
Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!
Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!
Delighted to share this piece that we at the LDG Sustainability Assessment of Future Accelerators Working Group have been working on for a while now!
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11705
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #SustainableHEP
🧪♻️
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11705
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #SustainableHEP
🧪♻️
Sustainability Assessment of Future Accelerators
The Large Particle Physics Laboratory Directors Group (LDG) established the Working Group (WG) on the Sustainability Assessment of Future Accelerators in 2024 with the mandate to develop guidelines an...
arxiv.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Delighted to share this piece that we at the LDG Sustainability Assessment of Future Accelerators Working Group have been working on for a while now!
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11705
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #SustainableHEP
🧪♻️
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11705
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #SustainableHEP
🧪♻️
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Here are last nights Aurorae spotted from outside #Montreal and in the #easterntownships, #Sherbrooke!!
A suprise indeed, but a welcome one!
#Aurora #northernlights #astronomy #astrophotography
A suprise indeed, but a welcome one!
#Aurora #northernlights #astronomy #astrophotography
September 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here are last nights Aurorae spotted from outside #Montreal and in the #easterntownships, #Sherbrooke!!
A suprise indeed, but a welcome one!
#Aurora #northernlights #astronomy #astrophotography
A suprise indeed, but a welcome one!
#Aurora #northernlights #astronomy #astrophotography
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ORLCA: A concept for an open-source Life Cycle Assessment repository built for research
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ORLCA: A concept for an open-source Life Cycle Assessment repository built for research
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
Running up that hill by Kate Bush hits so hard
September 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Running up that hill by Kate Bush hits so hard
Just watched @kurzgesagt.org's A.I. video and can't help but feel that not only would A.I. eventually be limited, A.I. will be hugely limit*ing*
youtu.be/fa8k8IQ1_X0?...
youtu.be/fa8k8IQ1_X0?...
A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention?
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Just watched @kurzgesagt.org's A.I. video and can't help but feel that not only would A.I. eventually be limited, A.I. will be hugely limit*ing*
youtu.be/fa8k8IQ1_X0?...
youtu.be/fa8k8IQ1_X0?...
Today's episode of Foundation took me for a RIDE
September 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Today's episode of Foundation took me for a RIDE
Happy to share our concept for an Open Research Life Cycle Assessment (ORLCA) repository. We're working now to get this project going! If you're interested in finding out more and/or collaborating, email orlca [at] hecap [dot] eco
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #LCA
🧪🔭⚛️
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #LCA
🧪🔭⚛️
ORLCA: A concept for an open-source Life Cycle Assessment repository built for research
Comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool to account for the full range of environmental impacts of resource use in commodities or services is a first step in reducing these impacts. There i...
arxiv.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Happy to share our concept for an Open Research Life Cycle Assessment (ORLCA) repository. We're working now to get this project going! If you're interested in finding out more and/or collaborating, email orlca [at] hecap [dot] eco
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #LCA
🧪🔭⚛️
arxiv.org/abs/2509.08901
#AcademicSky #GreenSky #LCA
🧪🔭⚛️
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Reposted by H M Wakeling
![3-panel comic. (1) [two people laying on the grass on a curved surface, oriented vertically] PERSON 1: I don’t like being stuck to this orb, but I guess falling off would be worse. (2) [the surface has rotated slightly] PERSON 2: I wouldn’t mind if it pulled a little less hard, though. I have places to be. I shouldn’t just lie around in the grass. (3) [the surface has rotated a little further] PERSON 1: Maybe the pull will weaken if you wait a little longer. PERSON 2: Good idea. I’ll give it another five minutes.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreialozggxrphnx7hphjslr736vy2qrl2qn2j6szyouhgbsd3eqwhfi@jpeg)
Absolute DOWNPOUR in Oxford right now. I love it when it's this heavy! (when I know I have a warm place to dry)
The trees will be happier too!
The trees will be happier too!
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Absolute DOWNPOUR in Oxford right now. I love it when it's this heavy! (when I know I have a warm place to dry)
The trees will be happier too!
The trees will be happier too!