Remember folks to hold your child’s hand when on an escalator

John Bardeen’s wife Jane in 1949 worrying about him taking a job at Oak Ridge: “The rising anti-intellectual sentiment makes any service by a professor or scientist a risky business. Let’s hope we’re not heading towards a fascist state”. (From Hoddeson & Daitch, True Genius). History repeats itself

This toy parade for Trump reminds me of taking a child on a beach donkey ride or driving your dementing granny round the block before bedtime.

RIP Allan Ahlberg
“Peepo” is a masterpiece

Discovered a single antiquark in Lidl, and of a new flavour (does this hint at new physics?). Hoping to find a magnetic monopole in Aldi next.

The other Italian speaking pope with links to Chicago

No response yet from Denmark but I suspect it will be “Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha”