William Barter
@wjbarter.bsky.social
Particle Physicist, Academic, Walker, Talker.
Home: Edinburgh, CERN
Pronouns: He/Him
Web: https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~wbarter/
Home: Edinburgh, CERN
Pronouns: He/Him
Web: https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~wbarter/
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INSPIRE
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Interested in a fully funded PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics in Edinburgh?
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
Interested in a fully funded PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics in Edinburgh?
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
INSPIRE
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November 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Interested in a fully funded PhD place in Experimental Particle Physics in Edinburgh?
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
We have fully funded studentships, including a specific scholarship for students from a Black heritage (including mixed Black background).
More info: inspirehep.net/jobs/3080808
“Wallace Shawn from DS9”
"Wallace Shawn from Gossip Girl"
I mean mine is probable "Wallace Shawn from Clueless"
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Wallace Shawn from DS9”
Reposted by William Barter
* mind blown*
October 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
* mind blown*
This weekend, reflecting on the Louvre case, I think I came up with a get rich quick scheme.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This weekend, reflecting on the Louvre case, I think I came up with a get rich quick scheme.
From today's lecture: as good physicists we know we can just divide both sides by dx
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From today's lecture: as good physicists we know we can just divide both sides by dx
Spring bulbs planted 💐🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻💐
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Spring bulbs planted 💐🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻💐
Age has reached me. I now need reading glasses.
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Age has reached me. I now need reading glasses.
Reposted by William Barter
Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.
Oh my god.
Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.
Welcome to the Panopticon!
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Welcome to the Panopticon!
I remember getting a random message from a friend when we were at uni who was excited that she'd met Ming, and found him to be kind, smart, and funny.
Oh no - Ming Campbell has died. A really nice guy.
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I remember getting a random message from a friend when we were at uni who was excited that she'd met Ming, and found him to be kind, smart, and funny.
Reposted by William Barter
25 September 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Theresie Hellberg, was born in Rostock.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
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The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
---
The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
25 September 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Theresie Hellberg, was born in Rostock.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
---
The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943.
No. Z-3915
She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943.
---
The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz:
Podcast: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
Vaughan Williams. Quarter zips.
What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
September 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Vaughan Williams. Quarter zips.
Being non-partisan, unbiased, and information- and knowledge-led now feels like a partisan position. I think that's part of the issue the BBC has.
September 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Being non-partisan, unbiased, and information- and knowledge-led now feels like a partisan position. I think that's part of the issue the BBC has.
Quietly self-radicalising by listening to Grace Petrie on repeat.
September 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Quietly self-radicalising by listening to Grace Petrie on repeat.
Reposted by William Barter
My back hurts
Apart from the obvious (why does everyone skip from boomers to millennials and leave us out), what's your most Gen X complaint?
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My back hurts
The neighbourhood committee welcomes me home after two weeks away
September 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The neighbourhood committee welcomes me home after two weeks away
I've said it once, I'll say it again: music peaked with REM.
September 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I've said it once, I'll say it again: music peaked with REM.
Farewell to Durham and the STFC HEP summer school...my hotel probably had one of the best views of any hotel room I've had.
September 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Farewell to Durham and the STFC HEP summer school...my hotel probably had one of the best views of any hotel room I've had.
I know why the caged bird rings
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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September 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I know why the caged bird rings
Reposted by William Barter
Omg I love themmmmm 😭
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
September 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Omg I love themmmmm 😭
It's not that my taste in music is predictable...
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's not that my taste in music is predictable...
Durham: a blessed city with TWO WATERSTONES NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Durham: a blessed city with TWO WATERSTONES NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
Can anyone recommend what to do with a day out in the Durham area? My current plan for tomorrow is getting the train to Alnwick.
September 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Can anyone recommend what to do with a day out in the Durham area? My current plan for tomorrow is getting the train to Alnwick.