Thomas Freese

#GreenChemInAction :)

@beyondbenign.bsky.social
@julianavidal.bsky.social

Proud to have signed the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future.

A call to transform chemistry, where science empowers human well-being without degrading our ecosystems.
Read it. Share it. Sign it.

www.stockholm-declaration.org

#SustainableScience #GreenChemistry

With our recently co-founded startup Circolide we are looking for enthusiastic candidates who would like to pursue a Chemical Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Sustainable Process Design. Please find more information here:

www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

Jason Stanley: "Was wir jetzt sehen – das ist Faschismus" Der Philosophiestar Jason Stanley verlässt die USA, zusammen mit den Historikern Timothy Snyder und Marci Shore. Er sagt: Alle Universitäten haben Angst vor Trump.

Der Philosophiestar Jason Stanley verlässt die USA, zusammen mit den Historikern Timothy Snyder und Marci Shore. Er sagt: Alle Universitäten haben Angst vor Trump.

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages Why is this speedrunner putting his Super Nintendo in the freezer? Science.

This is crazy interesting: Super Nintendos are getting *faster* as the hardware ages. We spoke to the person who discovered this and has been collecting more data. They even put a SNES in the freezer to test a hypothesis

www.404media.co/super-ninten...

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skyline

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

Angriff Mannheim: "Die Gewalt von Deutschen wird weitgehend ausgeblendet" Als feststand, dass der Täter in Mannheim Deutscher ist, verschwand der Anschlag aus den News. Medienforscher Thomas Hestermann sagt: Die AfD hat die Medien korrumpiert.

Als feststand, dass der Täter in Mannheim Deutscher ist, verschwand der Anschlag aus den News. Medienforscher Thomas Hestermann sagt: Die AfD hat die Medien korrumpiert.

This week's tip for #SustainabilityTipTuesday is to mark your calendars for 29 April 📅 and join this @embl.org *free* *online* symposium all about sustainability in labs! Registration below 👇 #ScienceSky

100%!!!! :)

Look at this beauty of a crystal... Stay tuned for some news on sustainable chemical manufacturing soon! 🌳

Thank you for the highlight!:)

Thank you for the highlight!:)

Thanks so much!! It's a live document which keeps getting updated all the time! If you have ideas that should be included, just let me know, we will add it and will include you as an author of course!:)

this is how I look at all my rbfs

Angela Merkel kritisiert Friedrich Merz: Eine Unverschämtheit – aber bitter nötig Dass Angela Merkel sich öffentlich gegen Friedrich Merz stellt, ist für die CDU verheerend. Die Schuld daran trägt der Kanzlerkandidat.

Dass Angela Merkel sich öffentlich gegen Friedrich Merz stellt, ist für die CDU verheerend. Die Schuld daran trägt der Kanzlerkandidat.

Had a great meeting with @wolfpackbark.bsky.social @julianavidal.bsky.social, and Cintia on our efforts on Green Chemistry with @beyondbenign.bsky.social. With all political news, it's encouraging to stay strong, dedicated and even more enthusiastic than ever for keeping going rather than giving up.

YouTube video by Robert Habeck Tun Sie es nicht, Herr Merz | Robert Habeck

Von Adenauer bis Merkel haben konservative Kanzler sich stets in den Dienst Europas gestellt. Doch Friedrich Merz ist dabei, eine Mehrheit mit erklärten EU-Feinden – mit der in Teilen gesichert rechtsextremen AfD – zu bilden. Dieses Verhalten macht Europa kaputt.

youtu.be/7TAGh4PEBXY

Hey Joost! Better late than never:)
This platform and its algorithm will be very refreshing and really feels like social media frommand for the people, something that was missing for quite some years already!

This is such a nice watch on beautiful Dutch art:)

Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

And the same day META decides to block the hashtag #democrat from Instagram and Facebook for 'sensitive content' 🤡

Neues Projekt enthüllt Taktiken der PFAS-Lobby – CHEM Trust fordert schnelles Verbot der „Ewigkeitschemikalien” Neues Projekt enthüllt Taktiken der PFAS-Lobby – CHEM Trust fordert schnelles Verbot der „Ewigkeitschemikalien”

Das #ForeverLobbying Project zeigt: Wir brauchen schnellstmöglich ein umfassendes Verbot der schädlichen #PFAS Chemikalien, um die #Gesundheit der Menschen in Europa und die #Umwelt zu schützen 🧪

Mehr über die Recherche und unsere Reaktion:
👉 chemtrust.org/de/forever-l...

#BanPFAS

Tell me you are in the Netherlands without telling me you are in the Netherlands.

A parking garage full of double-parked rental bikes (OV-fiets) for short term renting at Groningen central station. Very convenient to get around. During the day, most of the bikes were actually rented.

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı

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Tesla-schaamte waart rond onder Nederlandse particulieren: 'Elon Musk is radicale maniak' De transformatie van Elon Musk van groene held tot belangrijke Trump-adviseur gaat Tesla-rijders niet in de koude kleren zitten.

Musk-Scham / Tesla-Scham

Meanwhile in NL: Leasingverträge werden nicht verlängert und Unternehmen fragen sich, ob es noch vertretbar ist, einen Tesla anzubieten. Musk wird als "radical maniac" bezeichnet.

Die Macht liegt beim Verbraucher, nicht nur bei Tesla, auch bei X oder FB!

Wann bei uns?

My 2025 resolution 🐢

Stratingh Institute for Chemistry in Groningen:)