Made it to Antwerp for #ECC10 hope to catch up with some of you…hit me up on here or on the conference app.
Stephen Davey
@stephengdavey.bsky.social
Brit, ex-expat (former immigrant), chemist, editor, happy Hammer.
Just reading this bit.ly/4vudd6V and can't help but think of Dr Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) in Jurassic Park: "Yeah, but, your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."
Why science needs the humanities more than ever
From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.
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@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social Has anyone done it before?? How about Boris? London Mayor who said he wouldn't run to be MP....it's always one rule for them and one rule for everyone else when it comes to the Tories.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Are flights only disrupted by drunk people in the morning?
"No sending out the king for a ceremonial visit. No jetting over to Washington to try to save a defensive alliance.[...] Every single political action must be based on providing obstacles to his behaviour, limiting his room to maneuver and thwarting his ambitions." open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide
He must be stopped. That is the task of all right-thinking people.
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Ian Dunt is always good, but this is one of the best/most important takes on the current Iran situation open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
The mad emperor has triggered chaos he cannot control
With no domestic institutions to restrain him, Trump has started a war which will hurt every one of us, all over the world.
open.substack.com
So England draw following a penalty scored by a team that should have been (but weren’t) down to 9. #ENGvURU
With all the subjective calls VAR does get involved with, why on Earth do the not get on the blower to say: ‘Ref, you’ve given that guy two yellows’. #ENGvURU
I suppose it was too much to hope that the mini crossword in the @theguardian.com app would work for more than 2 days in a row.
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Reporter, Nature News
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social I always felt that Trumps line about shooting someone in Times Sq. was borderline plagiarism anyway, see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSx...
West Wing - Leo McGarry has class
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@nature (specifically the briefing) Stop encouraging the acronyms!! Those shared are at best Backronyms (created to fit the word) and at worst WOMBATs (Waste of Money Brains and Time).
I hate even suggesting this @mrjamesob.bsky.social James but the Overton window now apparently includes blatant, outright racism.
New Reform slogan should be: Let's give all the worst Tories another go?
1. This is really interesting! 2. It is also a timely addition to the “you really need to understand how much important data is still non-digital” discourse.
Chris Baraniuk@chrisbaraniuk.com · 8mo agoNEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Oh please @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social get this dinosaur in the bin.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Sharpening their cudgels?! Who sharpens a cudgel?
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social You do get that it's possible for someone to have started a fire and for that fire (and the result of it) to be much, much worse because of climate change? It doesn't have to be one or the other.
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social If we have to improve the screening for PIP, how much does that cost? If tougher rules (rather than improved screening). How many people who actually do need PIP are we prepared to exclude on the basis of catching a few who are swinging the lead?
Anyone who has ever dealt with an estate agent in this country won’t find it hard to believe Rachel Reeves’ version of events. They’re all incompetent shysters.
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” This Collection recognises the achievements of the Laureates. #chemsky 🧪
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”
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Bloody love this. Rory has a great way of putting things upside down.
Helge Thomas 🌻@helgethomas.bsky.social · 12mo agoImagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea … #EMobility
If it takes an act of parliament to remove Michelle Mone from the House of Lords then let's get on that. The government has a massive majority. Who's voting against removing (in the beautifully appropriate words of Dr Rachel Clarke) the "utterly avaricious greedy scumbag" #PPEScandal #MoneOut
I’m so here for @aspuru.bsky.social dancing and music suggestions #automationforchemistry
When we say the page is 18 cm wide, we're not setting a challenge, that's how wide it really is.
Is the #postoffice sponsoring #ITVdrama to change the narrative? Like BoJo talking about model buses? I do hope compensation money for subpostmasters hasn’t been spent on sponsorship.