NYT should know that Honey cake is not russian. Its origin could be traced to several countries but not russia. The fact that one makes this cake in russia does not make it russian. P.S.: when one prepares borscht or pizza in America, this also does not make these American cuisine.

Just wonder whether words "statistical evidence" & "scientific method" tell him something. P.S. do they even imagine the scale of the disaster without vaccines? Or do they intentionally want excessive child deaths, suffereing, low life expectancy, and revival of iron lungs production?

This is what happens under russian occupation. The scale of this crime is visible from space and please, do not look away. There is a need in joint effort to stop russia, defeat it, and hold it accountable for all its crimes.

Satz aus der interaktiven Karte (erstellt 2021) im Museum: "Die Wikinger besetzen russische Flüsse." Da es keine Erklärung zu Kyjiw Rus gab, konnte dies total falsch interpretiert werden.

Withing its war of aggression, russia kidnapps thousands of Ukrainian children. Then these children faced forced reeducation & indoctrination. This is a war crime & a part of russia's state policy at the same time. The scale of this crime is enormous and there is a need in joint effort to stop it.

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Good and important project on T1D in Ukraine. However the header for this Science article should be [IMO] much better. www.science.org/content/arti...

Ongoing abduction of Ukrainian children by russia is a war crime, which is a part of russia's state policy. Its scale is enormous with many thousands of Ukrainian children impacted. There is an urgent need in united effort to stop & defeat russia, and hold it accountable for all its crimes.

A couple of thoughts about so-called "postdoc appreciation week". IMO, there's no real appreciation without addressing key issues: - short-term contracts and instability - tax-free scholarships without social security - comparatively low salaries - cases of power abuse & overdependency on PIs (1)

Hey Berlin! Sehen wir uns am Freitag? Viele kluge Menschen sprechen über die Ukraine. Mit dem Erlös wird die Arbeit von PEN Ukraine unterstützt. Danke für die Einladung, lieber @besserdeniz.bsky.social. Hier gibt’s Tickets: literaturfestival.com/events/ein-s...

Knackpunkt der Debatte um #IchBinHanna: Neugestaltung der Postdoc-Phase. Sollte sich die Bundesregierung bei der Reform des #WissZeitVG davor drücken, wäre das mutlos, 1 Zeichen für den eklatanten Mangel an wissenschaftspolitischem Gestaltungswillen -- & würde Wissenschaftsstandort D massiv schaden!

New day - new spam from predatory publishers. This time - from MDPI which sadly remains large semi-monopolist OA publisher. The general advice: never publish your papers in publishing houses that behave unethically and have questionable/predatory policies.

Meanwhile, spam from predatory publishers becomes not only more frequent but also more aggressive, triggering & rude. It is long overdue for scientific community to at least try to address this problem because it gets only worse with time.

Idea of early school specialization is somewhat strange: there are good reasons why 13-14yo aren't allowed to do quite a lot of things and aren't fully legally liable but at the same time we somehow beleive that they can make conscious weighted decisions about their distant future.

Важлива премʼєра, якою варто поділитися з друзями-іноземцями! Сьогодні о 19:00 на ютуб-каналі Ukrainer in English вийде фільм-пояснення, чому «переслідування християн в Україні» — це частина гібридної війни, а не реальність. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjHS...

If you're attacked by violent criminals, there is usually no room for discussion, concerns or negotiations. At the same time, disabling them or causing harm to criminals until they're unable to proceed with aggressive actions & harm you is very reasonable. On the level of states it is the same.

There is only one thing that will help - strong response & unity. Unfortunately it's very typical russia's behavior - attack and see what happens. No/weak response it always considers as carte blanche to proceed with aggression further. Deep concerns, calls, discussions, etc. aren't helpful at all.

The principle of russia's behavior is quite stable & simple: attack and see what happens - no or weak response to ru aggression → further aggression/escalation - strong immediate response → the aggression will be very likely ceased

Actually, so called "great russian culture" [around which there is still some stange sentiment in many democracies] shows very well russian imperialism, systemic discrimitation, violence, rape and many more. There are examples from their "great classics: Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov & so on. (1)

As a mother, the fate of abducted Ukrainian children is profoundly close to my heart. Every child taken by Russia must be reunited with their family. They must be given back their childhood and the chance to dream of a brighter future. Europe is committed to making this happen. #SOTEU

They did it absolutely intentionally. Terror against civilians is one of the major instuments russia uses for centuries to suppress. They think that more terror will force Ukrainians capitulate, but it has an opposite effect. Because occupation or capitulation means a silent genocide.

This is not new and it very much feesl like playbook from 1939 when russia staged an incident (Mainila incident) to attack Finland.

IMO, Ukraine needs to switch its rail system from 1520 to 1435 completely. It would be lengthy & expensive process but a very important one because of both free connection with Europe [+ much better possibilities for updating the park of train cars & locomotives] and a physical barrier to russia.

Liebe #IchBinHanna Community, 1 Frage: Wie viele Professuren werden in D in Eurem Bereich pro Jahr ausgeschrieben, auf die Ihr Euch bewerben könnt(et)? Laut #BuWiK2025 ist nur jede 21. Bewerbung erfolgreich (s. S. 183) & mich interessiert, wie oft es in Eurem Fach (gern nennen) diese 'Chance' gibt!

Academia-related question: how are scientists supposed to have their families and children without having job security & often also without social security, with short-term contracts and necessity to frequently relocate? Would really like to hear those who managed that without any external help.

Perhaps, russians still think the same way they thought in 2013 that intensification of aggression will somehow push Ukrainians to surrender. In reality, this works in direcltly opposite way: more aggression causes more unity & resistance. Because otherwise there will be silent genocide.

There are quite a lot of interest to polyploid genomics in the recent years. However, there is still lack of tools for the analysis although the situation is gradually improving.

Since the beginning of full scale russian war on Ukraine I perodically ask the same question in different German universities: Just in case, do you know where is the closest bomb shelter, how to get there and in what condition is it? Usually it scares people, and usually they cannot anwer it either.

це просто прекрасно (і це все іще в контексті історії з УКУ)

Autocrats love to make others suffer but never want the same themselves: - putin loves to kill people but wants to extend his own life - xi & kim doing almost the same - DJT wrote that he "loves the smell of deportations" but had never experienced deportation on his own - etc, the list is long

Das errinnert mich irgendwie an Hochschulabschlussannerkennung, die 2,5 Jahren gedauert hat.

Please talk about Ukraine! #UkrainianView

Наскільки бачу, ганебна історія з УКУ продовжується. Згідно інформації на сайті УКУ, пан Юрій Підлісний є завідувачем кафедри та керівником програми "Етика. (sic!) Політика. Економіка.". Але судячи з написаного він разом із тим є печерним ксенофобом.

No surprise at all. There is a need to understand what russia really wants: - elimination of Ukraine as state (that is why ) - aquiring Ukraine, proceeding with genocide and moving further west - no peace deal And do not forget that russia is against all democratic states, not only Ukraine.

In academia it is usually considered that one needs to invest a lot of time and effort to reach any stability. Only very few are capable to really reach it, but the problem is even deeper. There is another relevant topic which is not that popular in academia: not everyone will have distant future.

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Good, strong and adequate message from Ursula von der Leyen: "The future our continent is in stake <...> We need strong Ukrainian Armed Forces with no restictions. We must turn Ukraine in a steel porcupine, indigestable for present and future aggressors."

Flixtrain in Germany uses DB infrastructure - rail network and locomotives + usually consists of very old train cars without air conditioning. The question is how it has on average significantly less delays than DB?

Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) refused to provide the dormitory to the student because she posted a rainbow flag on her instagram page more than a year ago. It is not only discrimination, it is outrageous. This should not happen in universities.

Відмова УКУ у поселенні до гуртожитку студентки на підставі розміщення нею на її приватній сторінці в інстаграмі райдужного прапорця більше року тому - це не тільки дискримінація, а якась середньовічна дикість. Там явно потрібні досить суттєві зміни і притягнення до відповідальності причетних.

There is a common problem with what is considered as priviledges: usually people consider a whole bunch of things as "normal baseline" and often never think about all that until they eventually loose them. When this happen, they usually admit that having them before was de-facto a priviledge.

This is a clear & direct act of russian aggression against EU. In fact, russia is at war with the entire democratic world, and the sooner it would be recognized - the better. P.S.: in addition, this situation shows the importance of abitily to use "old" analogue sources like paper maps, etc.

Es ist eine Tragödie – eine junge Ukrainerin floh aus Mariupol nach Deutschland und wurde am Bahnhof Friedland von der psychisch kranker Person, die schon vor langer Zeit hätte abgeschoben werden sollen, unter den Güterzug gestoßen. www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

This week attended the meeting of the section Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology of the German Society of the Plant Sciences (DBG). It was a very good meeting, many interesting talks and informal communications and exchanges.

There is a very key thing on what russians consider as power - possibility to violate anythig, punish, torture, rape and kill (usually in a very cruel way) without facing any consequences. And they do all this simply because they can. That is why they must be stopped and held accountable.

„Ist das euer Ernst?“ Eine ukrainische Friedensnobelpreisträgerin muss immer wieder Menschen im Ausland davon überzeugen, dass die Ukraine Frieden will. Was @avalaina.bsky.social hier eindrucksvoll beschreibt, ist eine Tragödie und zeigt, wie schief unser Diskurs ist.

Russian representative demonstratively stares at her phone when Ukraine's Prime Minister shows horrific photos of children killed in Russian attacks to the UN Security Council. Ukraine's PM Yuliia Svyrydenko displayed images of 25 civilians killed during the 28 August Russian strike on Kyiv.

Very sad news. IMO, typical "russia-style" murder because russia often kills prominent figures, especially those capable to resist it. Usually - in specific places usually considered "safe", sometimes also in unusual way (e.g. Litvinenko case in London with polonium). www.bbc.com/news/article...