Peter Barabas
@peterbarabas.bsky.social
Retina researcher at Queen's University Belfast but also a cosmopolitan globalist-humanist human, father, husband, son and brother. Well-informed optimist.
Politics, science, technology- and anything in between.
Known to be friendly with typos.
No DM
Politics, science, technology- and anything in between.
Known to be friendly with typos.
No DM
Reposted by Peter Barabas
Oh yes it does, 100%.
WWords do not matter, when actions sing a different tune.
There will be a lot of "we're the good guys" talk...
theguardian.com/world/live/2...
WWords do not matter, when actions sing a different tune.
There will be a lot of "we're the good guys" talk...
theguardian.com/world/live/2...
US not trying to dismantle Nato or undermine world order, says ambassador – Europe live
Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to Nato, responds to criticism in the Munich Security Conference report
theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Oh yes it does, 100%.
WWords do not matter, when actions sing a different tune.
There will be a lot of "we're the good guys" talk...
theguardian.com/world/live/2...
WWords do not matter, when actions sing a different tune.
There will be a lot of "we're the good guys" talk...
theguardian.com/world/live/2...
This was the idea that
made America actually great.
An idea of all people regardless of anything, belonging to something bigger, a just and fair nation. The melting pot. Home to many. Trust.
Some of that could be felt even in the early 2000s when i lived there.
made America actually great.
An idea of all people regardless of anything, belonging to something bigger, a just and fair nation. The melting pot. Home to many. Trust.
Some of that could be felt even in the early 2000s when i lived there.
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This was the idea that
made America actually great.
An idea of all people regardless of anything, belonging to something bigger, a just and fair nation. The melting pot. Home to many. Trust.
Some of that could be felt even in the early 2000s when i lived there.
made America actually great.
An idea of all people regardless of anything, belonging to something bigger, a just and fair nation. The melting pot. Home to many. Trust.
Some of that could be felt even in the early 2000s when i lived there.
Reposted by Peter Barabas
Imagine seeing this right when you walk out your cabin in Alaska… well, I did two nights ago!
February 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Imagine seeing this right when you walk out your cabin in Alaska… well, I did two nights ago!
Reposted by Peter Barabas
This is a powerful message from Freeman Hrabowski.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This is a powerful message from Freeman Hrabowski.
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"Alternative truth" requires somebody continually working to maintain it and to isolate/separate it from the, you know... truth.
NBC just clipped out the "olympic boos" directed at JD Vance, so that USA audiences would not know it happened.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
NBC just clipped out the "olympic boos" directed at JD Vance, so that USA audiences would not know it happened.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
"Alternative truth" requires somebody continually working to maintain it and to isolate/separate it from the, you know... truth.
NBC just clipped out the "olympic boos" directed at JD Vance, so that USA audiences would not know it happened.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
NBC just clipped out the "olympic boos" directed at JD Vance, so that USA audiences would not know it happened.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
There is some aura-flexxing, eh?
Every young person sentence online reads like this to me now:
"Bro entered low-stim flow state doing a 10 min grocery rotation and got mogged by a friendly neighborhood cat 💀 Is proximity-maxxing essentials while touch-grass-pilled more optimal than suburb-meta carbrained bulk errands?"
"Bro entered low-stim flow state doing a 10 min grocery rotation and got mogged by a friendly neighborhood cat 💀 Is proximity-maxxing essentials while touch-grass-pilled more optimal than suburb-meta carbrained bulk errands?"
February 8, 2026 at 1:19 PM
There is some aura-flexxing, eh?
Not holding my breath...
BUT
IF there is indeed a seismic shift and suddenly a significant % of republican voters had enough of Trump and co, I would be interested to hear what broke the camel's back? You know, just so we know where the republican base's red lines are, 'cause I don't see them.
BUT
IF there is indeed a seismic shift and suddenly a significant % of republican voters had enough of Trump and co, I would be interested to hear what broke the camel's back? You know, just so we know where the republican base's red lines are, 'cause I don't see them.
February 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Not holding my breath...
BUT
IF there is indeed a seismic shift and suddenly a significant % of republican voters had enough of Trump and co, I would be interested to hear what broke the camel's back? You know, just so we know where the republican base's red lines are, 'cause I don't see them.
BUT
IF there is indeed a seismic shift and suddenly a significant % of republican voters had enough of Trump and co, I would be interested to hear what broke the camel's back? You know, just so we know where the republican base's red lines are, 'cause I don't see them.
Dr Glaucemflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social has some great advice about what to do and not to do if you get pepper sprayed in your eyes.
Like when you're watching TV at home or going to work and you know, any usual time this can happen to the average American citizen.
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
Like when you're watching TV at home or going to work and you know, any usual time this can happen to the average American citizen.
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Dr Glaucemflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social has some great advice about what to do and not to do if you get pepper sprayed in your eyes.
Like when you're watching TV at home or going to work and you know, any usual time this can happen to the average American citizen.
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
Like when you're watching TV at home or going to work and you know, any usual time this can happen to the average American citizen.
youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
Let me get this straight.... those who have been wailing about the feds taking their guns, making people wear masks, taking over their states are now fully, 100% OK with the ideas of:
- masked, armed men do whatever
- not allow anybody else to carry a gun
- take away the right of states to vote
?
- masked, armed men do whatever
- not allow anybody else to carry a gun
- take away the right of states to vote
?
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Let me get this straight.... those who have been wailing about the feds taking their guns, making people wear masks, taking over their states are now fully, 100% OK with the ideas of:
- masked, armed men do whatever
- not allow anybody else to carry a gun
- take away the right of states to vote
?
- masked, armed men do whatever
- not allow anybody else to carry a gun
- take away the right of states to vote
?
Reposted by Peter Barabas
💥Bombshell, sort of: Polish PM @donald-tusk.bsky.social is the first world leader, as far as I know, to say out loud that Jeffrey Epstein may have worked with Russian intelligence.
As Poland’s PM pledges a serious investigation, one uncanny question remains: how much will US authorities cooperate?
As Poland’s PM pledges a serious investigation, one uncanny question remains: how much will US authorities cooperate?
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
💥Bombshell, sort of: Polish PM @donald-tusk.bsky.social is the first world leader, as far as I know, to say out loud that Jeffrey Epstein may have worked with Russian intelligence.
As Poland’s PM pledges a serious investigation, one uncanny question remains: how much will US authorities cooperate?
As Poland’s PM pledges a serious investigation, one uncanny question remains: how much will US authorities cooperate?
This is just January. #economy #usa
YouTube video by Chris Kohler
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
@ellecordova.bsky.social says Trump may lose the midterms because people "cannot afford to live in a rich man's fantasy land".
Not sure about this one. People very easily place blame where they are told to aim and it matters not whether that makes even sense or not.
youtube.com/shorts/snat5...
Not sure about this one. People very easily place blame where they are told to aim and it matters not whether that makes even sense or not.
youtube.com/shorts/snat5...
Bring on the midterms
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
@ellecordova.bsky.social says Trump may lose the midterms because people "cannot afford to live in a rich man's fantasy land".
Not sure about this one. People very easily place blame where they are told to aim and it matters not whether that makes even sense or not.
youtube.com/shorts/snat5...
Not sure about this one. People very easily place blame where they are told to aim and it matters not whether that makes even sense or not.
youtube.com/shorts/snat5...
How can I share this 3 times at once?
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
How can I share this 3 times at once?
Reposted by Peter Barabas
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
Reposted by Peter Barabas
Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Luke Ganger, Renee Good’s brother: “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation thinking that perhaps ‘Nee’s death would bring about change in our country. It has not.”
I've been taking part in the Northern Ireland Science Festival since 2017, this year I'll be demonstrating a laser scanning confocal microscope!
But there will be more, if that is not your jam - electron microscope, cell cultures, anyone?
#QUB
#STEM
#science
nisciencefestival.com/event/qub-ex...
But there will be more, if that is not your jam - electron microscope, cell cultures, anyone?
#QUB
#STEM
#science
nisciencefestival.com/event/qub-ex...
QUB Experimental Medicine Advanced imaging core facility tour | NI Science Festival
nisciencefestival.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I've been taking part in the Northern Ireland Science Festival since 2017, this year I'll be demonstrating a laser scanning confocal microscope!
But there will be more, if that is not your jam - electron microscope, cell cultures, anyone?
#QUB
#STEM
#science
nisciencefestival.com/event/qub-ex...
But there will be more, if that is not your jam - electron microscope, cell cultures, anyone?
#QUB
#STEM
#science
nisciencefestival.com/event/qub-ex...
Reposted by Peter Barabas
Sunset, Sutro Baths, San Francisco 5:33pm 2/2/26 @trachkids.bsky.social @waves-sf.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Sunset, Sutro Baths, San Francisco 5:33pm 2/2/26 @trachkids.bsky.social @waves-sf.bsky.social
Breaking in the universities and civil organisations is a step towards dictatorship.
Taking ownership of media and communication channels is #1, owning/controlling of wealth assets is #2, control of "the learned ones" and the "organised" is #3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Taking ownership of media and communication channels is #1, owning/controlling of wealth assets is #2, control of "the learned ones" and the "organised" is #3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump seeks $1bn in damages from Harvard
The announcement is the latest development in the White House's ongoing feud with the Ivy League institution.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Breaking in the universities and civil organisations is a step towards dictatorship.
Taking ownership of media and communication channels is #1, owning/controlling of wealth assets is #2, control of "the learned ones" and the "organised" is #3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Taking ownership of media and communication channels is #1, owning/controlling of wealth assets is #2, control of "the learned ones" and the "organised" is #3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If only the week had just one more working day instead of 5...
They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
If only the week had just one more working day instead of 5...
Reposted by Peter Barabas
As she says.
I put it to you, that many of the minimizers are the very people who were moaing the loudest about political correctness.
I put it to you, that many of the minimizers are the very people who were moaing the loudest about political correctness.
February 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
As she says.
I put it to you, that many of the minimizers are the very people who were moaing the loudest about political correctness.
I put it to you, that many of the minimizers are the very people who were moaing the loudest about political correctness.
Unfortunately, this "captain meme" gets way to much use and not without good reason.
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Unfortunately, this "captain meme" gets way to much use and not without good reason.
Trumpism does not stop when you realize something is night right.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Trumpism does not stop when you realize something is night right.
That little "smoke puff"? It could be billions of tons of super hot plasma (not saying it is, because I do NOT know, I'm saying it could be, because that is the freaking scale of such events).
We are so tiny, on our little dust ball covered in a thin layer of gas we call atmosphere....
We are so tiny, on our little dust ball covered in a thin layer of gas we call atmosphere....
Another view of this impressive event which is not yet over - we are still above the M5 threshold over one hour in with multiple peaks over X-class. The largest flare was an X8.1 - one of the strongest flare intensities in 20 years and the strongest of this solar cycle.
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
That little "smoke puff"? It could be billions of tons of super hot plasma (not saying it is, because I do NOT know, I'm saying it could be, because that is the freaking scale of such events).
We are so tiny, on our little dust ball covered in a thin layer of gas we call atmosphere....
We are so tiny, on our little dust ball covered in a thin layer of gas we call atmosphere....