Anders Lanzén
@lanzen.bsky.social
Human, scientist, euskaldun berri, purveyor of philosophical subtleties, associate professor at IKERBASQUE / AZTI interested in marine microorganisms great and small, planktonic or benthic, biomonitoring, climate change and coastal pollution.
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Anders Lanzén
@lanzen.bsky.social
· Jun 27
MICROMON: DNA from micro-organisms to monitor the health of estuarine ecosystems
YouTube video by AZTI
www.youtube.com
Short video about what we do in the MicroMon project hosted in @azti.bsky.social (funded by Spanish govt. and EU) with estuary microbial communities, their global biogeography, interactions, effects of environmental impacts, and their use in eDNA-based monitoring.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G04y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G04y...
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Cool. So we're doing this now, are we? Total free for all. Raw power. Might is right.
Get those centrifuges whirring everybody...
Get those centrifuges whirring everybody...
🤨US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the EU has no right to determine what constitutes international law, let alone dictate how America protects its interests.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cool. So we're doing this now, are we? Total free for all. Raw power. Might is right.
Get those centrifuges whirring everybody...
Get those centrifuges whirring everybody...
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I wish ICC countries had what it takes to tell Trump officials that they’ll be internationally arrested if they visit. Make the rest of the world off limits to these assholes
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I wish ICC countries had what it takes to tell Trump officials that they’ll be internationally arrested if they visit. Make the rest of the world off limits to these assholes
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Denna avundsjuka mot arbetslösa från stormrik, korrupta, fascister är nåt jag inte kan förstå. Vad är det de tror de missar här i livet med att aldrig varit fattiga och haft fritid men inga pengar? Tror de nånstans långt inne, på fullaste allvar, att det skulle ge dem det de saknar att vara i den >
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Denna avundsjuka mot arbetslösa från stormrik, korrupta, fascister är nåt jag inte kan förstå. Vad är det de tror de missar här i livet med att aldrig varit fattiga och haft fritid men inga pengar? Tror de nånstans långt inne, på fullaste allvar, att det skulle ge dem det de saknar att vara i den >
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Trump is pushing for Ukraine to surrender so he and his cronies can make money off of Russian business.
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump is pushing for Ukraine to surrender so he and his cronies can make money off of Russian business.
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Detta med att en minister försöker få media att betona att "klimatåtgärder kan skada tillväxten" är verkligen ett smoking gun angående hur de värderar miljoner och åter miljoner människoliv lägre än sina kompisars låtsaspengar.
Hela högerns politiska gärning bör värderas utifrån det uttalandet.
Hela högerns politiska gärning bör värderas utifrån det uttalandet.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Detta med att en minister försöker få media att betona att "klimatåtgärder kan skada tillväxten" är verkligen ett smoking gun angående hur de värderar miljoner och åter miljoner människoliv lägre än sina kompisars låtsaspengar.
Hela högerns politiska gärning bör värderas utifrån det uttalandet.
Hela högerns politiska gärning bör värderas utifrån det uttalandet.
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I've always used 519F instead of the EMP 515F, thanks to my phd supervisor who developed it, back in the day and there's a lot it picks up that 515 doesn't. I've always been dussappointed that it's remained some sort of esoteric, leftfield alternative nobody knows about. >
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I've always used 519F instead of the EMP 515F, thanks to my phd supervisor who developed it, back in the day and there's a lot it picks up that 515 doesn't. I've always been dussappointed that it's remained some sort of esoteric, leftfield alternative nobody knows about. >
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Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons by Ryuya Toyooka et al. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons - Communications Biology
A proposed geometric framework describes and classifies all possible protein subunit shapes in viral capsids through spherical tiling theory, revealing different interaction patterns based on subunit ...
www.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Explicit description of viral capsid subunit shapes by unfolding dihedrons by Ryuya Toyooka et al. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
ERC’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage - Research Professional News
European Research Council president describes scheme as part attempt to lure US talent
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
· #AcademicSky ·
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
The European Research Council is launching €7m Plus Grants for ambitious, long‑term research — open to researchers at any career stage but limited to about 30 awards; current ERC grantees and applicants are ineligible, reports @clanicholson.bsky.social.
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Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new analysis using two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across southern and central Europe, from Spain and Italy to Poland and parts of the UK.
Scientists at University College London (UCL), working with Watershed Investigations and the Guardian, analysed 2002–24 data from satellites, which track changes in Earth’s gravitational field. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose (N Swedish, Värmlandish and Newfie)
Cassowary
Puffins (1000s) and some ivory gulls
Pademelon (not an actual melon)
White faced capuchin (aka English monkey)
Abyssinian ground hornbill
Assorted whales (blue, humpback and minke)
Moose (N Swedish, Värmlandish and Newfie)
Cassowary
Puffins (1000s) and some ivory gulls
Pademelon (not an actual melon)
White faced capuchin (aka English monkey)
Abyssinian ground hornbill
Assorted whales (blue, humpback and minke)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
Blue whale (and calf)
Mexican free-tailed bat
King rail
Portuguese man-o-war
17 year periodical cicada
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose (N Swedish, Värmlandish and Newfie)
Cassowary
Puffins (1000s) and some ivory gulls
Pademelon (not an actual melon)
White faced capuchin (aka English monkey)
Abyssinian ground hornbill
Assorted whales (blue, humpback and minke)
Moose (N Swedish, Värmlandish and Newfie)
Cassowary
Puffins (1000s) and some ivory gulls
Pademelon (not an actual melon)
White faced capuchin (aka English monkey)
Abyssinian ground hornbill
Assorted whales (blue, humpback and minke)
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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We've created an environmentally catastrophic facsimile of the absolute worst colleague you ever had.
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We've created an environmentally catastrophic facsimile of the absolute worst colleague you ever had.
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Forskningsingenjören och klimataktivisten David Alcer står inför ett utvisningshot sedan gränspolisen pekat ut honom som en allvarlig samhällsrisk. Hans jurister säger att de aldrig varit med om något liknande.
Klimataktivistens advokat: ”Kafka-liknande upplevelse”
Reagerar starkt på att David Alcer hotas av utvisning.
www.etc.se
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Forskningsingenjören och klimataktivisten David Alcer står inför ett utvisningshot sedan gränspolisen pekat ut honom som en allvarlig samhällsrisk. Hans jurister säger att de aldrig varit med om något liknande.
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Det här är verkligen en ding ding värld.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Det här är verkligen en ding ding värld.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
Ministern ansvarig för att bemöta desinformation intervjuas av en trollfabrik för att beskylla oppositionen bedriva en trollfabrik.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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With this, and still more with the laments of academics about marking, it becomes clear: GenAI is an energy vampire, feasting on our frustration and misery. The agonies of colleagues at having to waste time on this crap must be especially delicious.
thesphinxblog.com/2025/11/27/a...
thesphinxblog.com/2025/11/27/a...
Are We Human, Or Are We Chancer?
It’s weird that I haven’t seen any discussion of this, as it seems improbable that the robots would choose the University of Exeter’s Classics Department as the bridgehead for world conquest, but t…
thesphinxblog.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
With this, and still more with the laments of academics about marking, it becomes clear: GenAI is an energy vampire, feasting on our frustration and misery. The agonies of colleagues at having to waste time on this crap must be especially delicious.
thesphinxblog.com/2025/11/27/a...
thesphinxblog.com/2025/11/27/a...
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The government announces the closing of all government offices and schools as weather conditions grow worse.
Death toll from Sri Lanka landslides and floods rises to 56
The government announces the closing of all government offices and schools as weather conditions grow worse.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The government announces the closing of all government offices and schools as weather conditions grow worse.
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“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.”
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.”
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Lowest November 26 Arctic sea ice extent on record.
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Lowest November 26 Arctic sea ice extent on record.
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If Sci Rep, MDPI, etc... cannot guarantee a meaningful peer review process, can we please just delist them already @clarivate.com ? Why is academic publishing treated as "the highest rigour" when indexing of scientific journals is done by saying "website seems legit, they even say they peer review."
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
If Sci Rep, MDPI, etc... cannot guarantee a meaningful peer review process, can we please just delist them already @clarivate.com ? Why is academic publishing treated as "the highest rigour" when indexing of scientific journals is done by saying "website seems legit, they even say they peer review."
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As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
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They did it again!
Oslos articulated buses love to gather in roundabouts!
Oslos articulated buses love to gather in roundabouts!
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They did it again!
Oslos articulated buses love to gather in roundabouts!
Oslos articulated buses love to gather in roundabouts!
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It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...