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Pierre-François Lenne @pflenne.bsky.social · 11d

Appreciate Quanta for shining a light on our joint work with Simon Gsell, Sham Tlili (@shamtlili.bsky.social), and Matthias Merkel (@merkellab.bsky.social).

Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · 12d

Biophysicists are realizing that there is an undervalued element at play in early development: Aside from genes, mechanical forces also steer the growth of embryos. @annademming.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/genes-have-h...

Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Help Grow Living Things | Quanta Magazine

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development.

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · Jun 19

Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures!
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 29d

Zusammen mit dem Monitoring-Bericht zur Energiewende hat Katherina Reiche in der letzten Woche einen Zehn-Punkte-Plan vorgestellt. Dieser weist sprachlich wie inhaltlich große Ähnlichkeiten zu einem Papier von RWE und Eon aus dem Frühjahr auf. Ein längerer Thread mit Links und Beispielen. (1/19)

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · Sep 22

Thousands of Italian workers and students are on strike for Gaza

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Italian workers' strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country

Thousands of workers and students across Italy have joined a general strike and demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

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Merkel lab @merkellab.bsky.social · Sep 21

In case you missed it, according to the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

You may have been aware of it - some people still are not.

The text of the resolution: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted

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Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @greens-efa.eu · Sep 10

The EU credibility is at stake. We must do more on Gaza.

Our @baseickhout.bsky.social to Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu.

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Sep 9

No individual billionaire, corporation, or country should be allowed to block the will and wellbeing of 8 billion people and the future of our planet.

The Planet Can’t Afford Billionaires

Read more: time.com/7305649/the-...

illustration of a hand from a business suit hold a match, lighting a fuse on a bomb that is planet earth

Moor Studio—Getty Images

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Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @greens-efa.eu · Sep 10

MEPs, together, drawing a red line for Gaza.

Killing civilians is a red line.
Starving people is a red line.
Bombing hospitals and shelters is a red line.

Israel’s assault on Gaza is unlawful, disproportionate, and devastating.

We call on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and the EU to take action!

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · Sep 9

"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."

‘China Is the Engine’ Driving Nations Away From Fossil Fuels, Report Says

www.nytimes.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @handle.invalid · Aug 29

Most-viewed Guardian articles last night. Editors shouldn’t think that the public doesn’t want to know more about climate change.
Or about ocean science 🌊!
Read the article about our paper: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Truthout @truthout.org · Aug 15

Israeli forces abducted a Palestinian child near a GHF site in June and took him to a notorious prison camp where they subjected him to severe torture for nearly a month. Omar was alongside other aid seekers when Israeli forces encircled them, held him at gunpoint, and then forced them to strip.

Israel Abducted Child Aid Seeker and Tortured Him for a Month While Carrying Out Aid Site Massacres

A recent report reveals Israel is also abducting Palestinians near aid sites, on top of near-daily massacres.

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · Aug 4

A Summer reading recommendation: new primer in @dev-journal.bsky.social explains how dynamical systems theory unlocks the logic of developmental patterning

Everything from bistable switches & oscillators to phase portraits & more with Python code to explore

journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms

Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...

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Merkel lab @merkellab.bsky.social · Jul 29

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation

Thirty-one high-profile Israelis accuse Tel Aviv of ‘brutal campaign’ and demand permanent ceasefire in letter

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Merkel lab @merkellab.bsky.social · Jul 28

“I think every human being has to ask himself: what do you do in the face of genocide?”

“It couldn’t happen without the support of the western world. Any leader that is not doing whatever they can to stop it is part of this horror.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups

Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action

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Merkel lab @merkellab.bsky.social · Jul 24

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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Frank Schnorrer @frankschnorrer.bsky.social · Jul 10

SARCOMERES divide! Mechanism how muscles grow while contracting - daughter sarcomeres appear everywhere. Seen live, registered on our cover. Pioneered by @clementrodier.bsky.social @friedrich-group.bsky.social Ian Estabrook @ibdm.bsky.social $ by @hfspo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Jul 9

If the Royal Society had decided to expel Elon Musk simply for violating their Code of Conduct, they wouldn't now face the embarrassment of having a Fellow who built MechanoHitler. Hey ho.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 4

If you don’t think this moment of symbolism is 100% deliberate, you haven’t been paying attention.

The Speaker surrendering his gavel is purposeful, self-subjugation to the “King”. Congress betraying its role & yielding its power.

All on #July4th too.

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IBDM, Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille @ibdm.bsky.social · Jun 27

🥇Sham Tlili has been awarded the CNRS 2025 Bronze Medal! She studies how physical forces shape living tissues by using mouse stem cell models known as gastruloids. A unique blend of physics & biology.

🔗 Read more: www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/sham-tlili-w...

Sham Tlili, winner of the CNRS 2025 bronze medal - IBDM | Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille

A distinction that rewards a promising and already fruitful scientific career.

www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @handle.invalid · Jun 22

“What we know from the science is that unless we halve emissions by 2030, we’re not going to be able to get anywhere close to the Paris Agreement’s limit.” “Overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C target would be a very serious political failure.”
Very true.
www.oneearthnow.org/p/rates-of-w...

“Rates of Warming are Unprecedented” Scientists Warn in Latest Dire Assessment

Unless carbon emissions and fossil fuel use are slashed drastically, global heating could surpass the limits set out in the Paris Agreement.

www.oneearthnow.org

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @handle.invalid · Jun 22

»Wer soll das alles bezahlen?« ist bis heute wohl eines der beliebtesten Gegenargumente, um Klimaschutzmaßnahmen zu verschleppen.
Wer heute noch an dieses Strohmann-Argument glaubt, sollte einen Blick in den neuen Bericht des Industrieländerverbandes OECD werfen.
perspective-daily.de/article/3771...

Kluger Klimaschutz lohnt sich. Für alle – sagt eine neue Studie

Hier kommt die Antwort auf »Wer soll das alles bezahlen?«. Denn Klimaschutz könnte zu 13% mehr Wohlstand führen.

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Merkel lab @merkellab.bsky.social · Jun 12

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Harvard appears to think all Jews support Israel. That is discriminatory | Barry Trachtenberg, Victor Silverman, Atalia Omer, Raz Segal, Rebecca T Alpert

We are Jewish scholars who filed an amicus brief with the US supreme court on Harvard’s discriminatory assumption that being Jewish means supporting Israel

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Mar 12

Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

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Merkel lab @merkellab.bsky.social · May 29

'Melanie O'Brien, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, told NRC that Israel's deliberate blockade on "food, water, shelter, and sanitation" convinced her the Netanyahu government was carrying out a genocide'
www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...

Even Once Reluctant Scholars Now Agree on Israel's Gaza Assault: It's a Genocide | Common Dreams

Is Israel committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza? Leading international experts say yes, with the majority of their peers in academia concurring. The debate is shifting as the death toll ris...

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · May 15

The ICC’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen.

American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.

NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.

Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work

Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

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