A very nuanced account of the discovery, but cannot escape the air of misogyny in Watson & Crick diminishing the MRC report as a “preliminary report” in spite of the data being a key confirmation.

What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

sudden urge to share @mcnees.bsky.social 🧵 on Rosalind Franklin

Ik hoop dat D66 haar rug recht houdt en zich niet laaat chanteren door Dilan Yesilgöz, de grootste aanstichter van ‘een lange periode van stilstand en instabiliteit’.

Yeşilgöz sluit Mamdani voor de zekerheid uit: ‘Je weet maar nooit’

Glorious sunny day in Norway at @unistavanger.bsky.social ! Heading in to talk perturbative QCD with Aleksi Kurkela (as you do...)

New experience today as we all have to get off a boarded plane so that they can replace a tyre, which has a screw stuck in it. Impressively fast change though!

“Tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded NASA property and laboratories are at risk of either being discarded, mishandled, or out-of-commission for significant time periods.” 🔭🧪 www.gesta-goddard.org/blog/gestas-...

What the heck is going on with Only Murders in the Building Season 5? I'm not sure I can stick it out to the end.

The last few days in Utrecht 😅 www.youtube.com/shorts/vAJAE...

As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵

After this morning's sardinomatic train commute I am not feeling enthusiastic about the possibility of having Wouter Koolmees in charge of organizing the new Dutch government.

We’ve had a lot of strong entries, but the 2025 prize for Foreign Media’s Most Complete Misunderstanding of the Dutch Electoral System goes to…

I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/). Others, please share

Entertaining factoid about this paper - it is a '3 generation' PhD family paper! Since Daniela was once my PhD student and Ben is Daniela's student..... #AcademicGrandmama

New paper 🚨! "Equation of state informed pulse profile modelling", led jointly by @api.uva.nl PhD student Mariska Hoogkamer and UNH's Nathan Rutherford. A project with some unexpected twists .... 🔭 #highenergyastro 🧵1/ arxiv.org/abs/2510.27619

I sometimes complain about my over-enthusiastic spam filter, but have to congratulate it on consigning the invitation to take the Times Higher Education University Reputation Survey straight to trash.

"GSFC hosts the largest single concentration of researchers in the NASA workforce, encompassing the agency's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Engineering and Technology Directorate (ETD). Nearly 10,000 scientists and engineers work at Goddard in total" 🔭 www.space.com/space-explor...

Research funds are scarce & competition is fierce. A recent paper by @andreasdeblock.bsky.social & colleagues explores how this competition shapes science—its practices, risks & ethics—and proposes ways to make funding fairer & more effective👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AcademicSky #HPS #scipol 🧪

In this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc ✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism) ✳️ poor construct validity ✳️ undermine standards and learning We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.

Maar laten we vooral buitenlandse studenten de schuld geven van de kamernood www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Really? You put the new season of the Witcher out on Netflix just *before* a major funding deadline? Not. Bloody. Fair.

Autumnal kitty. #caturday

An interesting graphic showing how Dutch parties changed between 2023 and 2025 D66 and CDA moved to the left a bit VVD and PVV moved firmly to the right GL/PvdA barely changed

So if I now understand it right, @benneholwerda.bsky.social now has the casting vote in the Dutch election?

dit land is soms echt een cirkel in Dante's Inferno voor mensen die wel eens het gore lef hebben gehad om een boek te lezen.

Wow. Exit poll a real surprise! But thrilled if PVV genuinely not the largest party! And can live with D66 even if the nespresso style ads were annoying 😅

Yup....

Somewhat crazy that the main thing people are interested in is who comes *second* in the Dutch elections (since they are the people who will end up forming the government...).

🚨Important announcement🚨 The @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is seeking to appoint a new Editor-in-Chief of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society to provide outstanding leadership to the Journal and its Editorial Board. 🔭🪐 Want to find out more or apply?👇 ras.ac.uk/mnras-eic

8.18 Uit huis 8.19 Aankomst stembureau 8.20 Stempas gecheckt! 8.21 Stemhokje in...rode potlood klaar... 8.22 Stembiljet in stembus gestopt 8.23 Weer thuis! #Gestemd #SamenVooruit #EfficiënterKanHetNiet

Goedemorgen deze verkiezingsdag! Vandaag is het aan jou! Samen kunnen het land weer mooier en beter maken. Kiezen voor hoop en saamhorigheid ipv haat en verdeeldheid. Een land waarin we bouwen aan een betere toekomst voor ons allemaal. Ik reken op je! Stem @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social

We staan TWEEDE in de slotpeiling van EenVandaag. Dat betekent: we kunnen morgen de grootste worden en Wilders verslaan! Dit is moment voor alle linkse en progressieve krachten om zich te verenigen. Stem op enige garantie op een links en progressief kabinet, stem morgen GroenLinks-PvdA! 💚❤️

Doe. Het. Niet. Bezuinig niet op het onderwijs! 🟥 Vandaag maakt het CDA in de Eerste Kamer wéér dezelfde fout als eerder dit jaar door de bezuinigingen van de VVD aan een meerderheid te helpen.. Stem morgen op een partij die het onderwijs niet laat vallen! 🔴🟢

Often no idea how file systems work either….

The life of the working woman through the ages part N. "It's bad enough having to work in the apothecary all day, but Jan could have at least built the damn counter straight."

Looking for an informal guide to all 27 Dutch political parties taking part in next week's elections? Look no further! My good friend Harmony Folz has you covered.... #verkiezingen harmonyfolz.com/dutch-politi...

En die drie partijen zijn Volt, PvdD en Groenlinks-PvdA! Er valt dus wat te kiezen 29 oktober. Kies je voor het versterken van de rechtstaat of het verzwakken? GroenLinks-PvdA is de enige garantie op een links en progressief kabinet. Stem 29 oktober GroenLinks-PvdA. Samen vooruit!

Trying to plan the morning but realising that part of it involves trying to print out a lot of things and that planning is therefore pointless. #PrintersAreChaosGremlins

Chumbawamba, once again providing the soundtrack of choice for science life...

Nee, meneer Bontenbal. Kinderen aanleren dat vrouwen ‘onderdanig’ zijn aan mannen, of dat homoseksuele stellen niet hand-in-hand mogen lopen, heeft niets met fatsoen te maken. Laten we optreden tegen religieuze scholen waar kinderen wordt geleerd onze grondwet te vergeten.

That moment when your kids tell you that they want to go to the Lego exhibition with their friends, not their parents.

In een gezonde democratie zouden deze verkiezingen draaien om de staat van onze rechtsstaat, niet om migratie.

There is a special place in hell for those who do not have their OV pass out of their bag or pocket, poised and ready to bip in as they roll into the station bike park during the morning commute. This is probably a very niche Dutch stance.

Nu overleeft 9 op de 10 vrouwen 5 jaar na borstkanker, in de jaren ’60 was dat de helft. Dat is vooruitgang dankzij nieuwe behandelingen voor iedereen. VVD, D66 en JA21 willen dat nieuwe behandelingen/medicijnen alleen beschikbaar komen voor mensen die het zelf kunnen betalen.

Good job, other UVA!

Ik kijk ernaar uit om morgen de lokale bevolking te laten schrikken door Engels te spreken met mijn kinderen. #scary #doodeng

Love this kind of detail! Scientists and lawyers have* a lot in common in terms of picky fact-checking. *should have. This is the way.

Very happy to be on this list, with plenty of compute hours for our ongoing work puzzling out neutron stars! www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-...

I assumed I had misread the headline about this latest BBB policy, but no, it's as bonkers as it sounds. PVV wannabees.