David Mas-Ponte

Sure, message is clearly better. I think, however, it's just optics, EU comission doesn't collect taxes so it has to "beg" for money to member states. Big difference with Trump that uses the spending cuts to "justify" for lower taxes (even if he does not really balance the sheets in the end).

TIL you can create a multiqc compatible json/yml file and will just work out the box.

docs.seqera.io/multiqc/cust...

I think it's early to celebrate, still has to pass through Council, EU parliament and (some) local parliaments.

The same budget comes with 131 billion for defence, deeply unpopular in the south.

I hope i am wrong, but looks to me like a maximalist budget proposal that will inevitably get cut

Neuropeptides specify and reprogram division of labor in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes We identify specific neuropeptides mediating worker division of labor in the leafcutting ant A. cephalotes, finding two neuropeptides associated with characteristic behaviors of leafcutting and of bro...

(link to the publication) www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

"hairy-headed leafcutter ant" is also a badass name. well captured in the art 👏

Big fan of this hand drawn wholesome graphical abstract in today's @cp-cell.bsky.social 🐜

GendBuntu - Wikipedia

TIL that the Gendarmerie (military police) in France uses GendBuntu, a slight modification of ubuntu. And everything because they didn't want to move from Windows XP to vista 😅

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu

Posit We’re happy to announce that we’re supporting Typst by funding one of their full-time engineers.

At Posit, we love @typst.app:

⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes
✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies
✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!)
🧠 Clear mental model

So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a...

#rstats

I started tgv to learn Rust and building it has been unbelievably fun! If you wanna pick up a super fast and fun programming language, tgv is open for contribution! There aren't many bioinformatics tools built entirely by the community. If tgv can become one, I'll be so psyched

i am curious why you think that, is there smth specific you think money would not buy?

Madrid’s unique Alzheimer’s research hub reaches a pivotal moment By narrowing the gap between clinical care and post-mortem analysis, researchers in Madrid are cultivating a unique bank of data to advance the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

or this one from Madrid's publicly funded research center

www.nature.com/articles/d42...

Spanish region emerges as scientific powerhouse Galicia, a region in Spain’s north-western corner, is emerging as a biomedicine and tech innovation hub, tackling regional and global challenges from disease prevention to secure communications.

at least it's not like this one by Xunta, not the most ethical use of tax euros IMO 🥲

www.nature.com/articles/d42...

*advertisement payed by a VC fund 😅

Never thought i would say this but R becoming more pythonic is a good thing 🙃

"R 4.5.0 introduces a new way to load objects from a package: use()"

Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.

American scientists aren't special. It's the institutions, and willingness to spend on research, that set them apart. Similarly invest here, and you will naturally attract the best talent from *everywhere*.

www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Still life

similar policy in California, it might extend to all the user base.

bsky.app/profile/vald...

23andMe to be sold off now, agree with @philippbayer.bsky.social it's likely there ll be a opt out mechanism for people that don't want their data distributed to pharma companies, but just glad I managed to delete my data on the site under GDPR, thanks EU 👌

Beautiful cover!

this is really cool! 😎 obsidian is now free for all, simplicity over subscriptions

opening files in Obsidian, not sped up

🏔️🏔️🏔️

#flashes

Excited about the HTML experimental feature in @typst.app 0.13! 👏

typst.app/blog/2025/ty...

Roche Ripple Predictions

My take on how Roche SBX will roil the sequencing landscape

omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...

🧬🖥️

Roche Xpounds on New Sequencing Technology Bar bets can be a powerful force in human society.  One of the best known books on the planet, The Guinness Book of World Records, originate...

What a world we live in that the highest cost of a DNA sequencer is the computer+GPU instead of the "sequencing" itself, big benefits for SBX if AI bubble pops eventually

"the biggest expense [...] is assuredly the compute onboard"

by @omicsomics.bsky.social
omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...

aah! cool, thanks for sharing!

wait, does substack give DOIs? wild

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Apple’s Best Option: Decentralize iCloud What can Apple do in the face of a UK order to weaken encryption worldwide? Decentralize iCloud, to start.

by @mnot.net on UK's demands to Apple

1. Comply 🔪 (seriously harm their core values and reputation)
2. Apple-xit 💸 (leave UK and lose 1.5Bn)
3. Decentralize 👥, would be cool to self-host your own iCloud data and would probably set the example to other companies

www.mnot.net/blog/2025/02...

within the actual city limits where people live, everything is blue. Also, red areas are (probably) american-style suburbs with "rich" families, so not a good inequality measure imo