I was today years old.... Apparently the class of literature that I enjoy very much is called ergodic literature. Takes a while to get through a book: totally fine. S./Ship of Theseus (D Dorst & JJ Abrams) and House of Leaves (MZ Danielewski) were my gateways. Any other fans here? Any tips?

Prof. Wendy Freedman recognized with 2026 Franklin Institute Award in Physics Pioneering cosmologist honored for landmark measurements of the Hubble Constant. 🧪 #Cosmology news.uchicago.edu/story/prof-w...

Er komt een nieuw kabinet. Maar de onderwijsbezuinigingen van 606 miljoen op het hoger onderwijs staan nog. We blijven druk zetten op de politiek en komen we 9/12 weer in actie! Zorg dat je erbij bent✊ Stop de sloop van het hoger onderwijs‼️ 📍De Dam, Amsterdam 📅Di 9/12 🕛12:00 uur lnkd.in/eAh3bTwZ

Oh and if you want to get into puzzle solving, the Academy by Game Detectives is an easy going intro! gamedetectives.net

For the #puzzle fans, who also enjoy social gatherings, Puzzled Pint (@puzzledpint.bsky.social) seems to be an awesome series of events! Check it out: puzzledpint.org

This slide by @mubdi.bsky.social at #adass2025 should be on ever astronomer's wall. Software is a central part of science and should be published accordingly!

Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.

So unfair. When I hire a PhD student, they cost 30% (!!!) more if they happen to have been educated as a doctor, compared to their (often at least as competent, if not more competent for some projects) peers with a different Master's program. So unfair.

Casually browsing through the new Euclid Quick Data Release papers, I noticed that I should read up on the latest in Star Formation Main Sequence land... Does anyone here have a favorite paper on the current state of affairs for that, perhaps? Thanks in advance! #astrosci

I'm reviewing for a conference. Author names are masked, of course. Their names are also masked in the reference list. But only their names, all other details are visible. Such a smart way of hiding authors....

Just passed the Minnaert and BBL buildings. Windows of the 7th floor were uncovered. Nostalgia!

‘Spreek niet over je sollicitatie,’ waarschuwen de #AIVD en #MIVD. ‘Het kan je sollicitatie en je eventuele loopbaan schaden en je veiligheid in gevaar brengen.’ Ze vertellen er niet bij dat ze zélf je gegevens delen met #Google, #Amazon en #Cloudflare. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/al... @ftm.nl

Dat zogenaamde centrum-rechtse kabinet ligt verder van het centrum dan dat zogenaamde linkse kabinet.

wanneer je partij afgelopen 1,5 decennium de zorgstaat uitholde, extreem rechts normaliseerde, racisme witwaste, de democratische rechtsstaat hielp ondermijnen, grondrechten wil inperken, een genocide niet erkent, en de kiezer geeft geen ene moer. 🇳🇱💃🏻🥰💃🏻🇳🇱

Mag DJ Jopie de plaatjes draaien in de coalitiekantine? De muziek bepaalt de sfeer...

Natuurlijk zijn de uitslagen prachtig, maar dat na afgelopen jaar de PVV nog steeds ongeveer de grootste is blijft diep treurig.

Hoe vaak heeft er een partij met 9 zetels in de coalitie gezeten?

Voted! 🤞🏻

@system76.bsky.social is it possible for you to ship the laptop with European power plugs? And if not, what connection do you use for the adapter, so I can see if I can reuse some older power cable?

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Bij politiek duiders hoor ik vaak iets als "Als partij X hun electoraat wil laten groeien, dan kunnen ze beter Y vinden over dit standpunt". Dit verbaast me oprecht. (1/2)

It would be horrible if the current front line would become the new border between Russia and Ukraine. It would show to the world that aggression is profitable and that the whole world agrees that land can be taken with violence.

No Kings!

Studeer natuurwetenschappen! Uitstekende tip van De Slimste.

Als groenteburgers geen burger meer mogen heten, mag havermelk dan ook geen melk meer heten?

Kockelmann geeft niks om z'n geloofwaardigheid. Maurice de Hond een podium geven en serieus nemen is natuurlijk wel droevig.

Het verbaast me hoe het werkwoord "toevoegen" het stukje "toe-" is verloren. "Ik voeg gewoon een dealer op snap" is een zin die dan af is, kennelijk. 🤷🏻‍♂️

10 Predictions about the coming five years: 1) All Palestinians will be forced to leave Gaza by the Israelis with US support. It will be occupied by Israeli colonists.

This implies that my birth is closer to WW2 than to today.

Students can read the digital newspapers for free at DPG Media www.folia.nl/en/kort

If a #professor publishes code on #GitHub but ignores years old pull requests and issues, it’s not #OpenScience, it’s academic cosplay. The contributor learns that in this economy, only citations get merged. #Academia rewards visibility, not responsibility. #AcademicSky #AcademicIncentives #RSE

Trump’s first months back in office have tested the limits of presidential power. Now, the Supreme Court seems ready to erase many of those limits — embracing the “unitary executive theory”, a Republican idea from the 1980s that could make the presidency all-powerful. buff.ly/QuWiXeG

Py-pi!

The Nobel prizes come across as putting more emphasis on direct applicability nowadays than a few decades ago. This would be completely in line with policy at universities. I don't like it much.

Apparently, it's Nobel week again. Interesting science politics as always.

Anyone here with experience with sli.dev for making slides using Markdown. I saw one example (by @fonnesbeck.bsky.social) that looked absolutely fantastic, so I'm quite interested in giving it a try. Any experience among my followers?

My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out! open.lnu.se/index.php/me...

Welke partij heeft echt oog voor wetenschap en hoger onderwijs? En welke niet of nauwelijks? De stemwijzer van #WOinActie laat het zien. @woinactie.bsky.social #verkiezingen

Is this a check to see if I can order one more beer?

Check out this video on the the development of Python as a programming language. It's fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4...

The (only?) one thing I sincerely dislike about Sublime Text Editor, is that their "one-time" fee, is only a one time fee if you don't care about updates after 3 years. And it isn't a cheap fee...

Watching the @cultrepo.bsky.social python documentary made me weirdly emotional.

A shutdown again... Hang in there!

Té snel?! Better safe than sorry, zou ik zeggen.

"This paper might interest you because it cites one of your co-authors". Please, Nature.....

It's the Dutch National Open Science Week. Open up your science! At Leiden University Medical Center, we will have the Research Data Day this week on Thursday, on topics like FAIR data and open science workflows and best practices. #AcademicSky #OpenScience #FAIR #FAIRdata #opensource #openaccess

Wat een boeven, die antifa. Oh wacht. nos.nl/l/2583277

Data analysis and beer coming together.

A few very strong, but also very distinct interests are constantly in a battle over my brain's attention, my spare time and my spare money. How do people decide what their pastime resources should be spent on?

Let's kick some Flacco butt. #GoRavens!