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Rienk Eelkema

@rienkeelkema.bsky.social

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I like making things. Like molecules, plants, photos, my kids happy. And food. professor @ TU Delft, interested in complex systems, organic chemistry, soft materials, healthcare&biology

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · 9d

Using a forged entry ticket should be encouraged in this particular case

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · 18d

Not entirely sure what it is we'll be consuming at my department's coffee break, but I'm all in.
#AIforthewin

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · 20d

Spreek je moerstaal! 🫠

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Frans Timmermans @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl · 20d

NSB-vlaggen op het Malieveld. Geweld tegen de politie door extreemrechts. Onacceptabel. Dit zijn Trumpiaanse toestanden, gevoed door politici die angst en verdeeldheid zaaien.

Stil blijven is geen optie. Je moet je laten horen. Samen staan we sterker.

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Reposted by Robbert Sanderman, Leo Lucassen, Rienk Eelkema

Voetnoot -Mark Ponte @voetnoot.bsky.social · 21d

“Het antifascisme of antifa is een veelvormige beweging die ageert tegen alle vormen van uiterst rechts, met name tegen nazisme, fascisme en neofascisme.”

Ondertussen ‘uiterst rechts’ gesteund door ‘liberalen’ in Nederland (in navolging van Trump):

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Dave Schut @daveschut.bsky.social · Aug 27

Iedere keer dat ik medelijden dreig te krijgen met Dilan Yesilgöz hoef ik alleen maar een citaat van haar te lezen en dan gaat het wel weer.

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

@nexusinstituut.bsky.social I understand that these douchebags like to write their own bios, but I do think you have the responsibility to address these issues at the conference. Will you?

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

Advancing American Freedom, which champions faith, family, and liberty as fundamental American values. In 2025, Pence received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his actions on January 6, 2021, when he risked his life and career to ensure the lawful transfer of presidential power.

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

education reform, and infrastructure investment while maintaining fiscal responsibility. His accomplishments in Indiana led to his election as the 48th Vice President of the United States. Pence’s conservative philosophy, inspired by Ronald Reagan, led him to found the organization

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

He worked as an attorney, hosted a talk show, served six terms in Congress—where he advocated for limited government and fiscal responsibility—and was later elected the 50th Governor of Indiana. In that role, he focused particularly on tax cuts, job creation,

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

Translation: Mike Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus, Indiana, into a family that embodied the American Dream and instilled in him the values of hard work, faith, and family. After graduating from Hanover College and the Indiana University School of Law, he began his multifaceted career.

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nexus Conference 2025: Mike Pence attending. Interesting to see how his bio seems to gloss over that a major highlight of his life was being a christian fascist who enabled Trump and the misery and suffering that came out of that.
@nexusinstituut.bsky.social

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

dik verdiend Lisa, go get 'em!

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 26

very nice Bas

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 25

Loek Hermans heeft vast nog wel een gaatje in z'n agenda
#vvd
#bijbaan

NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · Aug 25

Gesprekken bij koning over onstane 'complexe situatie'

De koning ontvangt vanmiddag onder anderen demissionair premier Schoof en de voorzitters van beide Kamers.

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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · Aug 25

Gesprekken bij koning over onstane 'complexe situatie'

De koning ontvangt vanmiddag onder anderen demissionair premier Schoof en de voorzitters van beide Kamers.

nos.nl

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ik ben bang dat ze het voorbeeld van Loek Hermans volgt: zoveel mogelijk bestuursfuncties bij elkaar harken en dan bij allemaal nagenoeg niks doen.

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 23

Het moet gezegd: het past wel in de Nederlandse traditie van volstrekt inhoudsloze en incompetente ministers van onderwijs om nu Sophie Hermans daar te benoemen. Hulde.

NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · Aug 23

Meer bekend over vervanging NSC-ministers, Van Hijum terug naar Kamer

De ministers Brekelmans, Keijzer, Van Weel en Hermans nemen de portefeuilles voorlopig over.

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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · Aug 23

Meer bekend over vervanging NSC-ministers, Van Hijum terug naar Kamer

De ministers Brekelmans, Keijzer, Van Weel en Hermans nemen de portefeuilles voorlopig over.

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 21

or historically, as in being a part of NATO, not the Warsaw Pact

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 21

In the diversity survey done before accepting a Cell Press review job, Greece is listed as part of Western Europe. I guess they mean culturally?

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 15

Got the chance to read some great books over the summer
The emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong
The pursuit of love - Nancy Mitford
Sunset Park - Paul Auster

#chemistswhoread

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Aug 15

Very proud of all my TU Delft friends and colleagues taking part in the Amsterdam #CanalPride ! 🌈🌈🌈
#DiversityIsStrength #Pride
www.linkedin.com/posts/georgy...

So proud of our people for making this happen! | Georgy Filonenko

So proud of our people for making this happen! We really had a blast on Saturday with our awesome Delft University of Technology crew on canal pride. Love TU all of you✊🏻🌈

www.linkedin.com

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · Aug 15

I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪

The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.

That is *pure fantasy*.

Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.

Article on BBC news.
Title: AI designs antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
Description: Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.

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Reposted by Evelyne de Leeuw, Rienk Eelkema

Jan Beugelaar @janbeugelaar.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ik zeg het maar zoals het is. Deze vrouw heeft geen flikker voor de lhbtiq gemeenschap gedaan. Integendeel. Transgender wet tegen gehouden, geen gezinshereniging voor lhbt vluchtelingen. Niets gedaan voor meerouder gezinnen en conversie therapie nog steeds toegestaan. Zij liegt, VVD Pride liegt.

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Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Jul 30

Gefeliciteerd Cees & familie!

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Jul 15

very nice, congrats

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Jul 8

Netanyahu nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize would come across as parody on crack, if it wasn't utterly disgusting

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Jul 1

or, citing a former colleague from the US: "the truth has a liberal bias" 😉

Rienk Eelkema @rienkeelkema.bsky.social · Jun 30

A bit too close to home

Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Jun 30

When an assistant professor is not allowed to mentor students if they don't have another senior co-mentor