Daniel Williams
@daniel-williams.co.uk
I'm an astronomer at @uofgravity.bsky.social working to understand ripples in the Universe (gravitational waves) made when dead stars (black holes and neutron stars) crash into each other.
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Tha mi nam neach-ionnsachaidh.
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Tha mi nam neach-ionnsachaidh.
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Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
In order to make a joke about catalogues in a presentation I found a photo of the Argos catalogue from 1999 opened to the Nintendo page.
It is mad to think that Mario Kart 64 sold for £54.75 then, compared to, say, Tears of the Kingdom (a game with no DLC) for £45 today.
It is mad to think that Mario Kart 64 sold for £54.75 then, compared to, say, Tears of the Kingdom (a game with no DLC) for £45 today.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In order to make a joke about catalogues in a presentation I found a photo of the Argos catalogue from 1999 opened to the Nintendo page.
It is mad to think that Mario Kart 64 sold for £54.75 then, compared to, say, Tears of the Kingdom (a game with no DLC) for £45 today.
It is mad to think that Mario Kart 64 sold for £54.75 then, compared to, say, Tears of the Kingdom (a game with no DLC) for £45 today.
The suggestion that Tesla without Musk is like pizza without cheese feels remarkably apt, since rarely have I visited a pizzeria for the unique quality of their cheese.
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The suggestion that Tesla without Musk is like pizza without cheese feels remarkably apt, since rarely have I visited a pizzeria for the unique quality of their cheese.
To the people who have just elected me as their social secretary... You are aware of how antisocial I am, right?
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
To the people who have just elected me as their social secretary... You are aware of how antisocial I am, right?
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🔭Our fourth observing run is due to end on November 18. However, we now expect to have a 6 month observing run in 2026–27 to begin in the late summer/early fall of 2026, with detectors participating as available
observing.docs.ligo.org/plan/
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observing.docs.ligo.org/plan/
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IGWN | Observing Plans
observing.docs.ligo.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔭Our fourth observing run is due to end on November 18. However, we now expect to have a 6 month observing run in 2026–27 to begin in the late summer/early fall of 2026, with detectors participating as available
observing.docs.ligo.org/plan/
☄️🧪⚛️
observing.docs.ligo.org/plan/
☄️🧪⚛️
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles including “Andrew”, curse him to wander the Earth as “the nameless one”
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles including “Andrew”, curse him to wander the Earth as “the nameless one”
In three weeks' time I'll be speaking at the Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival.
The vague parallels between this and my favourite film "Local Hero" are not lost on me, and I am expecting to stand in a phone box describing, in wonder, the night sky down the phone at some point.
The vague parallels between this and my favourite film "Local Hero" are not lost on me, and I am expecting to stand in a phone box describing, in wonder, the night sky down the phone at some point.
I'm excited to announce that I'll be giving some talks in Wester Ross this November as part of the Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival (wrb.scot/sustainable-...)!
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In three weeks' time I'll be speaking at the Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival.
The vague parallels between this and my favourite film "Local Hero" are not lost on me, and I am expecting to stand in a phone box describing, in wonder, the night sky down the phone at some point.
The vague parallels between this and my favourite film "Local Hero" are not lost on me, and I am expecting to stand in a phone box describing, in wonder, the night sky down the phone at some point.
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you better keep them glasses mr frodo
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
you better keep them glasses mr frodo
I'm not sure that asking "are you enjoying the app which allows your work emails to intrude into the rest of your life" is going to get you an unbiased sample of opinions...
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm not sure that asking "are you enjoying the app which allows your work emails to intrude into the rest of your life" is going to get you an unbiased sample of opinions...
I sometimes wonder if I led a happier existence before I knew the word "deliverable".
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I sometimes wonder if I led a happier existence before I knew the word "deliverable".
For all this talk of "artificial intelligence", Amazon still hasn't realised that if I have just bought a kettle I am probably no longer in the market for a new kettle.
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For all this talk of "artificial intelligence", Amazon still hasn't realised that if I have just bought a kettle I am probably no longer in the market for a new kettle.
The Glasgow Subway was famously in official mourning for Victoria until the 1970s, wearing black arm bands on their uniforms.
Sometimes it's interesting to see how old traditions can be revived for our modern world.
Sometimes it's interesting to see how old traditions can be revived for our modern world.
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Glasgow Subway was famously in official mourning for Victoria until the 1970s, wearing black arm bands on their uniforms.
Sometimes it's interesting to see how old traditions can be revived for our modern world.
Sometimes it's interesting to see how old traditions can be revived for our modern world.
I'm excited to announce that I'll be giving some talks in Wester Ross this November as part of the Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival (wrb.scot/sustainable-...)!
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I'm excited to announce that I'll be giving some talks in Wester Ross this November as part of the Wester Ross Dark Skies Festival (wrb.scot/sustainable-...)!
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Have we considered the possibility that one of Macron’s negotiating tactics over the years has been to say “don’t tell anyone but if you do me this favour I’ll make you Prime Minister one day” and this is all working out very well for him?
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Have we considered the possibility that one of Macron’s negotiating tactics over the years has been to say “don’t tell anyone but if you do me this favour I’ll make you Prime Minister one day” and this is all working out very well for him?
Last weekend I tried to help a friend do a thing where he'd run over quite a lot of mountains in not a lot of time.
I did not die in the process.
But that was probably a valid option.
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/28/r...
#Munros #RamsayRound #Scotland ⛰
I did not die in the process.
But that was probably a valid option.
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/28/r...
#Munros #RamsayRound #Scotland ⛰
The Mamores in a Gale: Leg 1 Support on an Autumn Ramsay Round
This summer I’ve written “my biggest day in the hills so far” or something of that sort more than in any previous year. To some extent this has been the choice of tough route, big days in Fisherfield ...
daniel-williams.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Last weekend I tried to help a friend do a thing where he'd run over quite a lot of mountains in not a lot of time.
I did not die in the process.
But that was probably a valid option.
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/28/r...
#Munros #RamsayRound #Scotland ⛰
I did not die in the process.
But that was probably a valid option.
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/28/r...
#Munros #RamsayRound #Scotland ⛰
I'll take "things which will ultimately not happen, but we'll spend almost a decade agonising about" for $100 please.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'll take "things which will ultimately not happen, but we'll spend almost a decade agonising about" for $100 please.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unquestionably the best AI artefact I've ever encountered in real life is this calendar my mother was given this year, which, among other things, states that the first Sunday in advent should be celebrated on the Wednesday following Cyber Monday, which itself will be celebrated on a Thursday in 2025
September 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Unquestionably the best AI artefact I've ever encountered in real life is this calendar my mother was given this year, which, among other things, states that the first Sunday in advent should be celebrated on the Wednesday following Cyber Monday, which itself will be celebrated on a Thursday in 2025
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As well as looking back at the last decade, we take a peak at some recent results with behind the scenes stories about the latest #GravitationalWave catalog with Lucy Thomas, @daniel-williams.co.uk and @michaelpuerrer.bsky.social
#GW10Years
#GWTC4
#GW10Years
#GWTC4
September 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As well as looking back at the last decade, we take a peak at some recent results with behind the scenes stories about the latest #GravitationalWave catalog with Lucy Thomas, @daniel-williams.co.uk and @michaelpuerrer.bsky.social
#GW10Years
#GWTC4
#GW10Years
#GWTC4
In 2015 I was in the right place at the right time when the first gravitational wave was detected.
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/14/t...
#GravitationalWaves 🔭
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/14/t...
#GravitationalWaves 🔭
September 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In 2015 I was in the right place at the right time when the first gravitational wave was detected.
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/14/t...
#GravitationalWaves 🔭
daniel-williams.co.uk/2025/09/14/t...
#GravitationalWaves 🔭
Ten years ago the echoes of the most extreme astrophysical event ever measured shook the world.
Unbeknownst to me (for a few hours at least!) it would set the path of my career for the next decade.
Happy birthday GW150914_095045, and many happy returns @ligo.org.
Unbeknownst to me (for a few hours at least!) it would set the path of my career for the next decade.
Happy birthday GW150914_095045, and many happy returns @ligo.org.
September 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ten years ago the echoes of the most extreme astrophysical event ever measured shook the world.
Unbeknownst to me (for a few hours at least!) it would set the path of my career for the next decade.
Happy birthday GW150914_095045, and many happy returns @ligo.org.
Unbeknownst to me (for a few hours at least!) it would set the path of my career for the next decade.
Happy birthday GW150914_095045, and many happy returns @ligo.org.
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A new mini-documentary by our colleagues at @uofgravity.bsky.social celebrating the 10th anniversary of our first detection and the progress in #GravitationalWave astronomy
youtu.be/SqhFtkQ4f2c
#GW10Years 🔭🧪⚛️🎢
youtu.be/SqhFtkQ4f2c
#GW10Years 🔭🧪⚛️🎢
University of Glasgow celebrates 10th anniversary of first gravitational wave detection
YouTube video by University of Glasgow
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A new mini-documentary by our colleagues at @uofgravity.bsky.social celebrating the 10th anniversary of our first detection and the progress in #GravitationalWave astronomy
youtu.be/SqhFtkQ4f2c
#GW10Years 🔭🧪⚛️🎢
youtu.be/SqhFtkQ4f2c
#GW10Years 🔭🧪⚛️🎢
I like Duolingo as I can learn Gaelic in a fantasy setting.
September 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I like Duolingo as I can learn Gaelic in a fantasy setting.
Time for a @uofgravity.bsky.social away day?
Hillwalkers setting out to bag a Munro are being asked for their help to bag a meteorite too, as scientists from @uofgges.bsky.social and the UK Fireball Network race to recover samples of a space rock which lit up the skies over Scotland this summer.
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Time for a @uofgravity.bsky.social away day?