In light of #ichbinhanna, please remember that on top of all the instabilities German academia hurls at us, many BIPOCs need VISAS to be here that often depend on having a work contract. So no contract = no visa, thus adding an extra layer of existential dread. 1/

wrote about the dumb things we believe just because billionaires want us to vox.com/the-goods/2346…

Holocaust denial violates @Twitter policies. An important step. Do you know when was it introduced? Although factually similar to flat Earth claims, denial is a dangerous & hideous carrier of antisemitism & hatred. Deniers hate. They insult the memory of the victims. Elon Musk

Amid the supposed return of free speech to twitter, something to consider:

Update: Just learned I have THREE friends who are women about my age & (prior) health status whose lives have been completely upended by the misery of Long Covid. Surfing to sofa sitting. Marathons to twice-a-day naps. Productive to long-term disability leave. I’ll keep masking.

Hey everyone! I know a lot of people have been posting their Lensa/other AI portraits lately. I would like to encourage you not to do so or, better yet, not to use the service. These AI seem like harmless fun but they are predatory and intend to replace artists. (1/9)

See "White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Smi…. Bad takes tend to come with new tech as we figure out how to integrate it into society, and "move fast and break things" favors the financially secure- which artists are generally not.

Read our last paper published on the Journal of Computational Chemistry about the #MoBioTools, a toolkit to automatically set up #QMMM calculations from a dynamics trajectory. Great job by Gustavo Cardenas in collaboration with the whole #MoBioChem group. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Prof. Carsten Streb and his team have developed a molecule capable of storing #SolarEnergy and releasing it whenever required / Possible solution to the worldwide energy crisis magazin.uni-mainz.de/12909_ENG_HTML… #SustainableChemistry #EnergyConversion #EnergyStorage photo: Stefan F. Sämmer

The Federal Reserve finally realizes what I’ve been saying since July: our chronic problems with inflation are due to covid, monetary policy is not going to fix it, and the problem doesn’t go away until covid is actually solved for real.

1/ ON ANXIETY I never - repeat "never" - take a breath in any indoor space that is not filtered by an N95. I have been accused of being a bedwetter, "over-anxious". Meanwhile, I have flown a single engined aircraft across the North Atlantic, into some of the roughest, shortest...

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, FIVE GOOOLD RIIINGS One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Dr. Jonathan Kolby Bearing in mind that I am NOT a scientific illustrator…

Someone near you NOT wearing a mask can, in some circumstances, cause you harm. Someone near you wearing a mask can’t possibly harm you unless your feelings are hurt by passive reminders that it’s a considerate and responsible thing to do.