Bart Pander
@bartpander.bsky.social
Dark Autotrophic Biotechnologist, Microbiologist and Biotechnologist working on (c)omics of interesting and productive living thingies.Teaching at HWU and UoE. Earth=Home, 'Frysk om utens'. Nature, Life, Science, History, 337ppm. I don't use Direct Message
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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Cats became our companions way later than you think.
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cats became our companions way later than you think
In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to join us on the sofa.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Cats became our companions way later than you think.
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The shift from wild hunter to pampered pet happened much more recently than previously thought - and in a different place.
All modern cats are descended from the same species - the African wildcat.
🧪🐱🐾 #catsky
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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How do #ants find their way in the dark? Many insects use patterns of polarised light in the sky as a built-in compass. This new #RSOS paper studied two Australian bull ant species: the nocturnal Myrmecia midas and the daytime Myrmecia tarsata: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How do #ants find their way in the dark? Many insects use patterns of polarised light in the sky as a built-in compass. This new #RSOS paper studied two Australian bull ant species: the nocturnal Myrmecia midas and the daytime Myrmecia tarsata: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Pretty cool find! Discovery of rare protist reveals previously unknown branch of eukaryotic tree of life: phys.org/news/2025-11...
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pretty cool find! Discovery of rare protist reveals previously unknown branch of eukaryotic tree of life: phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social:
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social:
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Ik las net het woord formatie en dacht je ja daar hebben we ook al een paar dagen niets meer over gehoord wat een verschil met het drama van vorige keer. Wat fijn eigenlijk; saaie politiek!
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Ik las net het woord formatie en dacht je ja daar hebben we ook al een paar dagen niets meer over gehoord wat een verschil met het drama van vorige keer. Wat fijn eigenlijk; saaie politiek!
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Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.
We live in the worst of times and the best of times! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We live in the worst of times and the best of times! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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📣 Op-ed in @themoscowtimes.com: "Understanding how this tool emerged in the Arctic a decade ago is a first step towards understanding how Russia leverages laws and human beings to serve strategic goals; goals that may change over time as Russia tailors its approaches & evaluates the risk involved."
A good look back on the 2015 🇷🇺🇧🇻 Storskog migrant crisis. FSB's fingerprints were found all over the operation.
By @kaeggen.bsky.social sky.social & Jyri Lavikainen.
By @kaeggen.bsky.social sky.social & Jyri Lavikainen.
Russia Wielded Migration Against Europe Earlier Than You Think - The Moscow Times
Opinion | Since 2020, stories about the instrumentalized use of migrants have regularly appeared in the news.
www.themoscowtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📣 Op-ed in @themoscowtimes.com: "Understanding how this tool emerged in the Arctic a decade ago is a first step towards understanding how Russia leverages laws and human beings to serve strategic goals; goals that may change over time as Russia tailors its approaches & evaluates the risk involved."
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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The 4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces skillfully maneuver away from an enemy FPV while returning from the frontline to the base
Video from the ranger's action camera of the 2nd Battalion,the Northern-Slobozhanskyi direction.
📹4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces
Video from the ranger's action camera of the 2nd Battalion,the Northern-Slobozhanskyi direction.
📹4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The 4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces skillfully maneuver away from an enemy FPV while returning from the frontline to the base
Video from the ranger's action camera of the 2nd Battalion,the Northern-Slobozhanskyi direction.
📹4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces
Video from the ranger's action camera of the 2nd Battalion,the Northern-Slobozhanskyi direction.
📹4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces
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‘The BBC told presenter Evan Davis to stop making his own podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing this technology meant “treading on areas of public controversy”.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
‘The BBC told presenter Evan Davis to stop making his own podcast about heat pumps, on the grounds that discussing this technology meant “treading on areas of public controversy”.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
Why controversial?
‘Because the EUA, which lobbies for gas appliances, paid a public affairs company to make them so.’
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Aurora lights, City Observatory at Calton Hill
[4 AM pic taken by Edinburgh @edinburghppe.bsky.social PhD student Yiming Liu]
[4 AM pic taken by Edinburgh @edinburghppe.bsky.social PhD student Yiming Liu]
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Aurora lights, City Observatory at Calton Hill
[4 AM pic taken by Edinburgh @edinburghppe.bsky.social PhD student Yiming Liu]
[4 AM pic taken by Edinburgh @edinburghppe.bsky.social PhD student Yiming Liu]
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Spectacular aurora late last night! Here's the view from the beach at fisherrow in Musselburgh, looking west towards Edinburgh and Arthur's seat. I'm glad I dragged myself out of bed although I ended up down there till about 4am watching the sky shenanigans so apologies to those I grumbled at today.
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Spectacular aurora late last night! Here's the view from the beach at fisherrow in Musselburgh, looking west towards Edinburgh and Arthur's seat. I'm glad I dragged myself out of bed although I ended up down there till about 4am watching the sky shenanigans so apologies to those I grumbled at today.
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Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
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#Regeneration in #planarians needs new tissue axes to align with existing body axes, coordinated by the dorsal-ventral boundary (DVB). Study shows the DVB is also needed for A-P axis patterning, enabling ectopic head formation independently of the anterior pole @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nJX48t
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#Regeneration in #planarians needs new tissue axes to align with existing body axes, coordinated by the dorsal-ventral boundary (DVB). Study shows the DVB is also needed for A-P axis patterning, enabling ectopic head formation independently of the anterior pole @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nJX48t
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Hoi @volkskrant.nl, de auteur van dit stuk zit hier niet meer want X is gezelliger, maar hopelijk komt dit bericht toch op de wetenschapsredactie aan. 👇🏼
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/w...
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/w...
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Hoi @volkskrant.nl, de auteur van dit stuk zit hier niet meer want X is gezelliger, maar hopelijk komt dit bericht toch op de wetenschapsredactie aan. 👇🏼
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/w...
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/w...
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‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
Accused of obscenity and sued by police and Tory MPs, Libertine outraged the establishment as part of Crass. Now she’s back – and she hasn’t mellowed with age
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
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"Laten wij gewoon roepen: wat er uit de zonnecelfabrieken komt is ongeveer twee of drie ‘Borsseles’ per dag.’"
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"Laten wij gewoon roepen: wat er uit de zonnecelfabrieken komt is ongeveer twee of drie ‘Borsseles’ per dag.’"
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Trump is working on regime change in Europe.
On 27 May, an official document calling for regime change in European countries was published in Washington DC.
Farage is the Trump regime's tool for regime change in the UK.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
On 27 May, an official document calling for regime change in European countries was published in Washington DC.
Farage is the Trump regime's tool for regime change in the UK.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory
On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, ...
euobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Trump is working on regime change in Europe.
On 27 May, an official document calling for regime change in European countries was published in Washington DC.
Farage is the Trump regime's tool for regime change in the UK.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
On 27 May, an official document calling for regime change in European countries was published in Washington DC.
Farage is the Trump regime's tool for regime change in the UK.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
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Er zijn heel veel mogelijkheden voor een minderheid kabinet. En ik hoop dat Jetten alle opties met CDA, PvdA/GL, D66 serieus onderzoekt voordat hij met de VVD gaat praten. Mischien komen ze er met JA21 (Coenradie terug als minister), CU en SP als gedoog steun wel uit bv.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Er zijn heel veel mogelijkheden voor een minderheid kabinet. En ik hoop dat Jetten alle opties met CDA, PvdA/GL, D66 serieus onderzoekt voordat hij met de VVD gaat praten. Mischien komen ze er met JA21 (Coenradie terug als minister), CU en SP als gedoog steun wel uit bv.