There is actual validation data out there that shows I can outperform a top of the line lab robot, is all I’m saying. (We ironically named the robot John Henry after I beat it.)

This is a very interesting new paper in Nature about the role that feed algorithms on X play in influencing political attitudes. No paywall: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Do Americans know that in 39 states it is ILLEGAL to boycott Israel? I wrote about it today because we have a chance in Illinois to right this wrong. But I'm realizing most Americans have no idea Netanyahu spent at least $25M to criminalize boycotts of Israel. www.qasimrashid.com/p/illinois-m...

And Act V: Draugr starts here! dresdencodak.com/2026/02/16/d...

Here are the two new illustrations- Act IV: Gleipnir starts here dresdencodak.com/2026/02/16/d...

Dear "The billionaires will fund science!" Crowd, No, they won't. BTW. Buffett is an outlier because he declared he "couldn't actually do" his giving pledge, so transferred funds to his kids' charities...not because he gave his money away. Best, The CEO of a science x democracy nonprofit

pretty stunning chart

"While Israel did not announce a de jure annexation of the West Bank, it has laid the legal groundwork for it." "Israel just erased Palestinian existence from the West Bank by law, and it's not an overstatement." #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Housing #EthnicCleansing #Military

(2/11) You know dynamic pricing—think Uber rides, flights, or concert tickets that surge based on supply and demand. “Surveillance Pricing” takes this to the next level: using your data to set a “price for you” based on your predicted breaking point. This is, increasingly, everywhere.

No, judges did not humiliate ministers, the ministers humiliated themselves with this idiotic action. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

“Lick your partner, not store windows! Valentines Day is a commercial festival. Resist the aggressive advertising!” Poster seen in Besancon, France

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

Je vous laisse réfléchir là-dessus #JeSaisC'estConMaisÇaMeFaitRire

Graffiti seen in Melbourne denouncing the Israeli President Issac Herzog who is on an official State visit to Australia

Working a bit on the SasModels Explorer, expanding features to include the biggest request: loading experimental data, and a simple fitting tool... Not sold on the UI design yet, but functionally, it's very useful, fun and very interactive! #SAXS #scattering #SANS

A massive, massive, win 👍💪 Starmer's autocratic regime will appeal and is refusing to un-proscribe Palestine Action Despicable, but not at all unexpected from this dismal government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 📍The data in #NOMAD are behind APIs & workflows At scale, NOMAD exposes data through APIs and automation-ready workflows, enabling programmatic access, AI/ML pipelines, and large-scale analysis. At this stage, data become operational, powering continuous research and discovery.

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Germany is apparently considering raising retirement age to 70, leaving only the shittiest years. How about I just take 15 years off between 50 and 65, and “work” for the rest of my remaining days?

Anyway news.chanda.science/archive/why-...

The future of complex instrument orchestration is here, and we've made our first tentative steps with the MOUSE: lookingatnothing.com/index.php/ar... #bluesky #tiled #epics #X-ray ⚛️🧪

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

Me too. And did I miss the meeting where we all decided that novelty is a “key virtue of research” because I don’t subscribe to that idea at all

"Wada spokesperson Dick Biggar said that claims of this were inflated out of proportion".

I am 44 years old now, and I still can’t get over how cringeworthy I behaved when I was in my teens and at uni. Will I carry these regrets forever?

Relatedly I love how staunch pro-Palestinian GOAT Norman Finkelstein was invited to pedophile island by a colleague, and responded by saying Epstein should be strangled to death and CC'd this reply to his colleague's wife and daughter. Legend. 🔥

You want more? There is more, of course… (with a Trump tone:) EDX and infrared like you've never seen before!

First author Farooq Sher is well-known :) at least in the pubpeer crowd. Here is a collage from some of his best work! pubpeer.com/search?q=Far...

Illegal Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli forces, attacked Palestinians in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. A child was assaulted, an elderly man detained, and livestock was released around homes.

Seriously, Posties. Get in touch. It's not impossible & it's the future. Corporate oligarchic-owned media is just not up to the job. We need networks of independent media that can & will speak truth to power. Also: please, support us!! Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news

Watched goldeneye again, which made an impact on me when I was a kid, Russia in turmoil. And to see Arecibo again brings pain to my heart. It’s horrible to have destructively lost that space radiotelescope to mismanagement and lack of funding.

Lawless shadow tanker PEACE who left Baltic Sea laden with Russian oil for India has changed flag, again. Mid journey. Imagine that! bsky.app/profile/pa.n...

The McSAS3+GUI (=software for analysing a wide range of small-angle scattering patterns) manuscript has been written up and the preprint is available now. Details and a videos introducing the software is available on my weblog: lookingatnothing.com/index.php/ar... #X-ray #scattering #software ⚛️🧪

The McSAS3+GUI (=software for analysing a wide range of small-angle scattering patterns) manuscript has been written up and the preprint is available now. Details and a videos introducing the software is available on my weblog: lookingatnothing.com/index.php/ar... #X-ray #scattering #software ⚛️🧪

You don't have to dirty your soul to be a successful academic or a scientist. Have some fucking pride. Have some fucking principles. If you think you DO need to do that, all I can say is that I beg you not to go into academia or science.

Maniacs.

Trying to book an appointment at the embassy for renewing a passport, website says “no appointments available.”. Ok… so… I guess I’ll just … not renew my passport then?

4 years have passed, and we are 450 million EU citizens and 69 UK citizens still standing on the sidelines, telling 38 million Ukrainians they should fight 133 million Russians on their own. We could end this war. But we don't. I find that profoundly shameful.

Turns out if you want fibreglass splinters off of your fingers, scotch magic tape will help. Just repeatedly apply the “infected” spot to the tape and the fibers will transfer.

Here are 3 new apps for electron beams: Electron diffraction, deflection and the fine beam tube 🙂 #iTeachPhysics #Science 🧪 sites.google.com/view/hookean...

It doesn’t get much better than Bløf with Candy Dulfer added.

Post a picture you took

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww

Action, now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

digital fish.

France to ban officials from using American video conference tools including Zoom and Teams.

We measure only the best of angles. Thanks to Anja for getting me these!

Looking at the situation in the US: comic