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Igor Pessi
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Polar microbial ecologist, researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). I post about science AND politics. “Ecology without class struggle is gardening” (Chico Mendes). 🇧🇷🇫🇮
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martinsteinegger.bsky.social
FoldMason is out now in @science.org. It generates accurate multiple structure alignments for thousands of protein structures in seconds. Great work by Cameron L. M. Gilchrist and @milot.bsky.social.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌐 search.foldseek.com/foldmason
💾 github.com/steineggerla...
Multiple protein structure alignment at scale with FoldMason
Protein structure is conserved beyond sequence, making multiple structural alignment (MSTA) essential for analyzing distantly related proteins. Computational prediction methods have vastly extended ou...
www.science.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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who.int
In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good.

Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.
January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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wvschaik.bsky.social
Nice to see solid genetic tool development being published in Microbiology @microbiologysociety.org

'Improving a Tn7-based luciferase reporter system for promoter activity studies'

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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progintl.bsky.social
"At nearly two million members strong, the MST is now likely the world’s largest social movement, battle-hardened now after four decades, demanding agrarian reform."
Brazil’s Massive Landless Workers’ Movement Leads the Way
After 40 years of struggle, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement, the world’s largest social movement, has rebranded its fight for agrarian reform around organic food production.
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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olivia.science
Some tools for thinking about AI in a time when the companies making them are trying to destroy teaching and learning itself...

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olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Dec 2
First off we pluralise L to accentuate there's no 1 approach. And we position ourselves in this interdisciplinary field of critically examining AI & reflecting on harms.

We give 5 non-exhaustive angles: conceptual clarity, critical thinking, decoloniality, respecting expertise, slow science.

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Figure 1: The important dimensions of CAILs across research and education; clockwise from 12 o’clock: Con- ceptual Clarity is the idea that terms should refer. Critical Thinking is deep engagement with the relationships between statements about the world. Decoloniality is the process of de-centring and addressing dominant harmful views and practices. Respecting Expertise is the epistemic compact between professionals and society. Slow Science is a disposition towards preferring psychologically, techno-socially, and epistemically healthy practices. The lines between dimensions represent how they are interwoven both directly and indirectly.
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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oldtrotter.bsky.social
What a time to be alive
The Telegraph The idea will see a person being able to access amenities within a quarter of an hour, but could result in traffic restrictions for drivers... See more Labour opens door to 'Stalinist' 15-minute cities across Britain
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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synthmedia.fr
Un rassemblement est organisé ce lundi 26 janvier 2026 sur l’esplanade de l’Académie des Sciences morales et politiques pour protester contre l'invitation de Peter Thiel, milliardaire technofasciste et fondateur de Palantir qui équipe l’ICE, la milice technofasciste de Donald Trump. À lire 👇🏼
Technofascisme : un rassemblement citoyen contre la venue de Peter Thiel à Paris
Un rassemblement citoyen est organisé ce lundi 26 janvier 2026 sur l’esplanade de l’Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, 23 quai de Conti à Paris à 18H, pour protester contre la venue du milli...
synthmedia.fr
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 AM
igorspp.bsky.social
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iclnoticias.com.br ICL Notícias @iclnoticias.com.br · 13d
Após retirar 15 militares da Groelândia, devido às ameaças de Donald Trump, o Chanceler Alemão Friedrich Merz prometeu proteger a Dinamarca e a Groelândia... da Rússia.

Veja mais no Portal ICL Notícias: iclnoticias.com.br
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Gates: “We aim to accelerate the adoption of AI tools across primary care clinics, within communities and in people’s homes…”
Bill Gates and OpenAI back $50mn AI rollout in African health clinics
Gates Foundation partners with tech group to ease impact of chronic staff shortages in Rwanda and other countries
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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merenbey.bsky.social
We just released #anvio v9, "eunice" 🎉

This version represents over 2,000 changes in the codebase since v8, increasing the total number of programs in the anvi'o ecosystem to 176.

Read the release notes:

github.com/merenlab/anv...

Visit our up-to-date web page:

anvio.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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lauracapp.bsky.social
What's that South Park episode where Trump doesn't get a peace prize for ending wars and then start a war
January 20, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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cjzero.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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donalh.bsky.social
Langston Hughes on Patrice Lumumba on this the 65th anniversary of his assassination.
January 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 17 Jan 1961 the first democratically-elected prime minister of Congo was murdered following a coup backed by the US and #Belgium. Socialist independence leader Patrice Lumumba was arrested, brutally beaten, tortured and then shot shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/lor...
January 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
igorspp.bsky.social
Torille! 🇫🇮
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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stevensalzberg.bsky.social
very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
In remembrance of Peer Bork  | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
www.embl.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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netalexx.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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seamas.bsky.social
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
Tweet exchange in which a photo of Anne Hathaway is posted by @TheRoyalSerf, to which user @VvSchweetz24 replies "@grok...do your thing. @Grok replies: Anne Hathaway isn't Jewish; she was raised Catholic but left the church. She married Adam Shulman (who is Jewish) in 2012 and celebrates Jewish holidays with their kids. SHe's played Jewish roles, like in "Armageddon Time."
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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syke.fi
Join our webinar to explore what #justice looks like in #biodiversity policies and practices, with case studies from the Netherlands, Finland and Belgium.

Learn more and sign up 👇
www.bionext-project.eu/news/webinar...

#BiodiversityNexus #TransformativeChange #BIONEXT
Webinar: Justice in biodiversity transitions: Insights from Europe | 10 February — BIONEXT
This webinar will explore how justice considerations play a role in efforts to change and improve biodiversity-related practices and policies in Europe.
www.bionext-project.eu
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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anttikarkman.bsky.social
The position for a postdoc is now officially open.
I can answer any questions related to the position, but please apply only thru the university system.

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
January 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
igorspp.bsky.social
Spotted em Copenhague, lembrei de vocês @viracasacas.viracasacas.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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gabrieldivan.bsky.social
Well, Nobel Prize Museum: you honored with this 196g medal a TOTAL IDIOTA DE MERDA, now, face it's consequences MEU CONSAGRADO.

NÃO FOI POR FALTA DE warning.
charlotteclymer.bsky.social Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20d
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
The #NobelPeacePrize medal. It measures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold. On its face, a portrait of Alfred Nobel and on its reverse, three naked men holding around each other’s shoulders as a sign of brotherhood. A design unchanged for 120 years. Did you know that some Nobel Peace Prize medals have been passed on after the award was given? A well‑known case is Dmitry Muratov’s medal, which was auctioned for over USD 100 million to support refugees from the war in Ukraine. And the medal displayed at the Nobel Peace Center is actually on loan and originally belonged to Christian Lous Lange, Norway’s first Peace Prize laureate. But one truth remains. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: “Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.” A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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wvschaik.bsky.social
Do you know who else was gifted a Nobel Prize medal?

Joseph Goebbels.

Seriously.

thecritic.co.uk/issues/march...
By contrast, in Growth of the Soil the main character, Izak, encapsulates the nobility of the working man, exuding the sweat and toil reminiscent of the Nazi slogan Blut und Boden (“Blood and Soil”) and so impressed the Nazis that the book was distributed to the soldiers fighting in Norway. Joseph Goebbels admired the book so much he invited Hamsun and his wife Marie to Berlin in May 1943 and in return for such agreeable hospitality Hamsun gave Goebbels his Nobel medal
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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rubenvezzoni.bsky.social
Not sure what's more embarrassing: the gesture itself or the mention of Bolívar and Lafayette.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 20d
Machado confirms that she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize

..despite the fact that the Nobel commission has issued a statement that this kind f gesture is prohibited.
January 16, 2026 at 7:41 AM
igorspp.bsky.social
Europeans go around the world stealing art and religious artefacts to put in their museums. Now, non-Europeans who visit the Louvre have to pay 45% more for the ticket than Europeans. And some say that colonialism is a thing of the past
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM