Bart Pander

She is dat too optimistic about the effect of the voting. The logic will be afterwards: we have seen no signs for liberal Democrats so all these votes for them must be wrong and will be ignored.

It’s been hard 24h for Georgians. Grave mistakes were made. Yesterday, Georgia lost a battle against Russian takeover - but the fight for freedom &democracy continues. If there’s one thing yst proved, it’s that resistance hasnt disappeared. They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. 1/12

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Inbreker zegt sorry tijdens overval op 82-jarige vrouw "Sorry, ik heb problemen", zei de inbreker, en gaf een van de sieraden die hij had afgepakt terug.

Als je sorry zegt tijdens een overval op een 82 jarige vrouw en als excuus gebruikt dat je problemen hebt, dan heb je inderdaad problemen, met je gevoel van moraliteit, eer, rechtvaardigheid etc. Geef jezelf aan, zoek hulp. Inbreker zegt sorry tijdens overval op 82-jarige vrouw - nos.nl/l/2585259

All three parties, Tories, Labour, and Reform Ltd, want to remove us from ECHR
They want us defenceless under the law
A vote for any of these is voting against your best interests
If you think this is about immigrants, you're being lied to
They want total control with no pushback!
Don't be fooled!

Book cover Fahrenheit 451

Reread Fahrenheit 451 this weekend. Written in the era of the Un-American Activities Committee when the enemy was communism. Censorship, repression, the "righteous" fight, its all there. Books burn at 415F.

This family and their home is just completely erased from the earth..

Een van de grootste aanvallen van Rusland op Oekraïne ooit.

Rusland heeft ongeveer 700 UAV's, tot 50 Kh-101/Caliber-raketten en 2 Kinzhals gelanceerd.

Vrijwel alles weer op civiele doelen en infrastructuur. Er zijn veel slachtoffers gevallen.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

A blueprint for designing the next-generation of synthetic C1 microbes - Nature Communications Synthetic one-carbon assimilation could contribute to a more sustainable and circular carbon economy, but much work in this field has focused on model microorganisms. Here the authors provide their perspective on the potential value of non-model microbes, and how that potential could be realised.

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

The Convention on Human Rights is one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation following one of its greatest tragedies. To join Russia in leaving it would be one of the biggest acts of national self-sabotage in history and have zero positive consequences www.bbc.com/news/article...

Finally out, such an awesome piece of work, very proud of this one: www.cell.com/cell-systems... #MicroSky

Opinie: Een avond waar ik zo naar had uitgekeken, werd stukje bij beetje van me afgepakt Naroepen, intimidatie, betast worden en zonder toestemming gezoend worden op de mond: Vera van der Gaag (19) beschrijft hoe een avondje uit op een zaterdag in Utrecht eruit ziet.

Deze brief. Van een 19 jarige. Ze kan geen plezier hebben zonder voortdurend last te hebben. Van mannen. Het maakt me woedend. We zijn niets opgeschoten. Beste mannen, spreek elkaar aan! Laat dit stoppen! Vrouwen zijn niet van jullie. We zijn van onszelf!

www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Gram per litre scale production of Lutein by Corynebacterium.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Cover of the 2025 EAT–Lancet report, featuring an image of a person scooping up green vegetables in their hands from a large plate. The report quote: “The targets of the EAT–Lancet Commission for healthy people on a healthy planet with just food systems can only be met through concerted global action and unprecedented levels of transformative change.”

The world produces enough food, yet billions lack access to healthy & sustainable diets. A new EAT–Lancet report presents a science-based approach to improve health, safeguard our environment & provide for a projected 9.6 billion people by 2050.

🔗 bit.ly/3W7rxlP

History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺

Planetary sources of bio-essential nutrients on a prebiotic world | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Multiple bio-essential elements such as nitrogen and phosphorus are found in all forms of life discovered thus far. In addition to these major elements, many transition metals have been proposed as cr...

What where the possible sources of the elements needed for the origin of life? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

New in #PhilTransB - a theme issue exploring one of science’s deepest questions: how life can emerge from non-living matter. Edited by @ricardsole.bsky.social and colleagues. Read: buff.ly/7iz4tGu

absolutely wild, from the Small Molecules Considered (SMC) branch:
"...this work provides another piece in a complex biological puzzle aiming to understand the persistent and pervasive nature of 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢 endosymbionts." (doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...)
#MicroSky #SymbioSky

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds.
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Michael Sheen, actor Michael Sheen, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

What a thoroughly lovely human being Michael Sheen is.

When I grow up, I want to be just like him.

Fab #DesertIslandDiscs interview by @laurenlaverne.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Misschien ben ik te negatief maar het 'stikstof' vraagstuk is complex en veel mensen begrijpen scheikunde zelfs niet op het niveau van de tweede klas middelbare school. Goed, ik deel het vertrouwen dat jullie hebben misschien niet, maar ik waardeer dat jullie reageren zeer! Dank je wel.

En ik ben helemaal niet tegen versimpelen, als docent doe ik niet anders, maar het komt wel vaak met de nuance dat wat ze leren een versimpeld model is en dat het eigenlijk genuanceerder en complexer is.

Ik ben oprecht blij dat er verstandige mensen zijn die nog veel vertrouwen hebben in de 'gemiddelde' Nederlander. Ik denk dat het beter is om stug de juiste terminologie te gebruiken dan alles zo te versimpelen dat het eigenlijk niet meer klopt en mensen de valse illusie hebben dat ze het begrijpen.

Children should learn about all (major) religions and none in equal terms and not be pushed towards christianity. Also not via mild, kind and nice programs like the very popular Fishy music. School can do a few songs of them (and other christian songs) but it needs to be balanced not proselytizing.

I see a steel frame with concrete slab floors and staircases, poured concrete foundations and stacks of hydrocarbon foam insulation panels and can't help but wonder by what mechanism this becomes "net zero" (beyond the noted rain garden and bicycle parking).

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

Someone who works with vision: do you have a good figure that can help me explain to students how light gets to the photoreceptors "through" the axons? 🧪 👁️ 🧠