Marcel Swart 🟥
@marcelswart.bsky.social
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▪️Pronouns: he/him/his
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Marcel Swart 🟥
@marcelswart.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants
2025 Dalton Horizon Prize: awarded for the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants.
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Honoured and humbled, @rsc.org, for the Horizon Prize for the research groups of Alex (Yisong) Guo (@cmuchemistry.bsky.social), Larry Que (Minnesota), and myself
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Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing 100% FAKE chemistry facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
(Feel free to add your own!)
#chemchat
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
(Feel free to add your own!)
#chemchat
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing 100% FAKE chemistry facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
(Feel free to add your own!)
#chemchat
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
(Feel free to add your own!)
#chemchat
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I think that's the pre-coffee drawing...
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I think that's the pre-coffee drawing...
Some well-founded warnings about the use of LLMs in medicine:
LLMs for Medical Practice: Look Out
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Some well-founded warnings about the use of LLMs in medicine:
LLMs for Medical Practice: Look Out
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some well-founded warnings about the use of LLMs in medicine:
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Imagine doing this not *even* because you're terrified of the autocrat in your own country, but because you're terrified of the autocrat an ocean away.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Imagine doing this not *even* because you're terrified of the autocrat in your own country, but because you're terrified of the autocrat an ocean away.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
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If only the House of Representatives had some mechanism to remove an unlawful President from power.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If only the House of Representatives had some mechanism to remove an unlawful President from power.
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“The Times has uncovered nearly 50 cases of people having mental health crises during conversations with ChatGPT. Nine were hospitalized; three died.”
If you still want to use ChatGPT after reading this article, I don’t know what else to tell you.
[gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
If you still want to use ChatGPT after reading this article, I don’t know what else to tell you.
[gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“The Times has uncovered nearly 50 cases of people having mental health crises during conversations with ChatGPT. Nine were hospitalized; three died.”
If you still want to use ChatGPT after reading this article, I don’t know what else to tell you.
[gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
If you still want to use ChatGPT after reading this article, I don’t know what else to tell you.
[gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
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Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Israel cannot break ceasefires, they can only “test“ them by killing dozens of people
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Hoping the Marxist bros end their love affair with him, but not holding my breath.
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hoping the Marxist bros end their love affair with him, but not holding my breath.
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Increasingly, the polluted heart of the climate crisis appears to be Donald Trump.
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Increasingly, the polluted heart of the climate crisis appears to be Donald Trump.
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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A classic
John Cleese on football, ⚽️, and why it never caught on in 🇺🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lb...
John Cleese on football, ⚽️, and why it never caught on in 🇺🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lb...
John Cleese Rant: Soccer vs. Football
YouTube video by Branko “Drekalovic” Vukoslavovic
m.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A classic
John Cleese on football, ⚽️, and why it never caught on in 🇺🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lb...
John Cleese on football, ⚽️, and why it never caught on in 🇺🇸
m.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lb...
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The body language.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The body language.
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A reminder:
Faithless - God Is a DJ (Official Video)
YouTube video by FaithlessVEVO
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November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A reminder:
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In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important.
A new webpage on the NIH site called “Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions” is causing a small kerfuffle on the socials. As per us…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
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In the late 70s, Stephen Fry was recruited to join the Cambridge Footlights comedy group by its then president, Hugh Laurie. By the mid-80s, Fry and Laurie had become fixtures of light entertainment on British television. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/sHdarG
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In the late 70s, Stephen Fry was recruited to join the Cambridge Footlights comedy group by its then president, Hugh Laurie. By the mid-80s, Fry and Laurie had become fixtures of light entertainment on British television. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/sHdarG
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
👀
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I knew he was gonna swoon. Shit I should’ve bet money on it!
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I knew he was gonna swoon. Shit I should’ve bet money on it!
Today I finished the #OpenScience course at @univgirona.bsky.social
#OA, #OpenData, #OpenSource, #ReproducibleResearch, #OER, #Impact, #Recognition, #SciComm, etc.
#OA, #OpenData, #OpenSource, #ReproducibleResearch, #OER, #Impact, #Recognition, #SciComm, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today I finished the #OpenScience course at @univgirona.bsky.social
#OA, #OpenData, #OpenSource, #ReproducibleResearch, #OER, #Impact, #Recognition, #SciComm, etc.
#OA, #OpenData, #OpenSource, #ReproducibleResearch, #OER, #Impact, #Recognition, #SciComm, etc.
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So the politician gets to brag they're a bestselling author AND pockets the publishing advance, the publisher makes money, the lobbying group launders donation money to the politician, and everybody's happy.
If you DON'T have a lobbying group artificially padding sales...well, this happens.
If you DON'T have a lobbying group artificially padding sales...well, this happens.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
So the politician gets to brag they're a bestselling author AND pockets the publishing advance, the publisher makes money, the lobbying group launders donation money to the politician, and everybody's happy.
If you DON'T have a lobbying group artificially padding sales...well, this happens.
If you DON'T have a lobbying group artificially padding sales...well, this happens.