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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 1d

Everyone working on metal–organic frameworks today:

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 3d

As we say in Spain “This plan is perfect, no flaws at all”

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 3d

😂😂😂

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 5d

Estrack: tracking satellites at the speed of light ✨

Today, we expanded our deep space communication capabilities with the construction of a new 35-metre deep space antenna at New Norcia station, Australia, to help meet our fast increasing data download needs.

🔗 esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 7d

Just caught up on this fascinating paper in Science in August. It reports evidence of strong selective pressure from breeding of horses around 5000-3000 years ago in Central Asia. One reason it's interesting is that the selection is *really* strong... /1
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Selection at the GSDMC locus in horses and its implications for human mobility

Horsepower revolutionized human history through enhanced mobility, transport, and warfare. However, the suite of biological traits that reshaped horses during domestication remains unclear. We scanned...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d

The Royal Society has met to discuss Elon Musk – and they’re NOT removing his fellowship. They are criticising him publicly, but stopping short of actual removal.

This feels like the kind of compromise that will please *absolutely nobody*.

“I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish. Today at a meeting of the Royal Society’s Council, I led a discussion regarding some of those threats.

“Science thrives when individuals and institutions have the freedom to carry out research without fear of discrimination, censorship, or other restrictions that would hinder their work. In support of that, Council believes that it is not the role of the Royal Society to police the personal political opinions of individual Fellows and disciplinary procedures should not be initiated because of a Fellow’s social and political views.

“However, the Society can and will criticise Fellows who act in a way that runs counter to the values of tolerance, courtesy and respect for others that allow science to flourish. Elon Musk’s contribution to the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally is an example of a growing tendency towards the use of the language of violence, and narratives of division and polarisation. This language and these narratives threaten the values that enable science to thrive and the Royal Society rejects them, from wherever they originate.”

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 10d

I’m really looking forward to the new Sims…

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10d

The video game publisher Electronic Arts announced on Monday plans to be taken private in a deal valued at roughly $55 billion by a group of investors that includes Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The deal is among the largest buyouts ever.

$55 Billion Deal for Electronic Arts Is Among the Biggest Buyouts Ever

Jared Kushner’s private equity firm and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund are among the investors taking the video game giant private.

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 11d

Sunday!

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Dinamita pa los pollos - Pandilleros

YouTube video by Arqueólogo Digital

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 13d

This only happens to you once

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 14d

Watching this documentary about the last time scientists were really under fire

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 14d

🤤🤤🤤

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 15d

Juas! Lo hizo!

Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 15d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 16d

Jimmy Kimmel debería regresar esta noche a lo Fray Luis de León y empezar su monólogo con un “Decíamos ayer…”

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 16d

[Cries in Spanish]

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 17d

Coming up tonight at 19:19 BST/20:19 CEST: the September #Equinox! This image from Meteosat-12, taken this morning, shows Earth near the equinox - when the terminator appears as a straight line dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark.

@wmo-global.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

This image from Meteosat-12, captured this morning, 22 September 2025, shows Earth on the equinox — when the terminator line runs from pole to pole, dividing the planet into equal halves of light and dark. From space, it appears as a strikingly vertical line.

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 17d

Last night I watched “All the President’s Men” again, as a tribute to Robert Redford, and it reinforced my long-standing theory about the film: something must have happened during filming, forcing them to conclude the movie by explaining the ending through some teletype messages

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 19d

Today Lord Kelvin is in excellent company

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 20d

Empieza a ponérsele cara de lechuga

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 20d

In fact, there’s no evidence that Kelvin ever said, “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement” That line is actually a paraphrase of a statement by Albert Michelson (the guy from the Michelson–Morley experiment)

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 20d

I just realized this meme could also apply to physics

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Asschapel Roan @stochasticburrito.bsky.social · 20d

Meme from the Simpsons, Moe (labeled Francis Fukuyama) throws Barney (labeled History) out of the bar, only for us to see in the third panel Barney standing behind Moe inside the bar

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 21d

Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 23d

I have to say it: Liquid Glass feels like a step backward. 💧

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23d

RIP Robert Redford, a brilliant artist and performer, visionary philanthropist and the star of one of the most resilient reaction memes on the internet, even if most people don’t realize this is him:

a man with a beard is holding a pair of binoculars in front of a trendzisst logo

Alt: a man with a beard is holding a pair of binoculars

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Mario González-Jiménez @mariogonzalez.es · 25d

👨‍🔬 touring around England