Daniel Probst
@skepteis.bsky.social
Computer scientist, Bioinformatician, PhD in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences. Working on the above as an Assistant Prof at WUR. Interested in all the sciences. Materialist. Fan of cats, Punk Rock, and Hockey.
"TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users"
... including precise location. Likely safer to just use Douyin, I guess. (Or no social media at all, of course)
... including precise location. Likely safer to just use Douyin, I guess. (Or no social media at all, of course)
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users"
... including precise location. Likely safer to just use Douyin, I guess. (Or no social media at all, of course)
... including precise location. Likely safer to just use Douyin, I guess. (Or no social media at all, of course)
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Finde die kor... lobbying Hochburg.
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Finde die kor... lobbying Hochburg.
I see the poem (or variations thereof) by Martin Niemöller on here a lot these days.
Few seem to realise that in most of our countries, they already came for the first three groups that are mentioned during the cold war and the various red scares.
Few seem to realise that in most of our countries, they already came for the first three groups that are mentioned during the cold war and the various red scares.
January 23, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I see the poem (or variations thereof) by Martin Niemöller on here a lot these days.
Few seem to realise that in most of our countries, they already came for the first three groups that are mentioned during the cold war and the various red scares.
Few seem to realise that in most of our countries, they already came for the first three groups that are mentioned during the cold war and the various red scares.
Bildungsniveau halt (noch) zu hoch...
Aufrüstung in Europa: Wehrwille fehlt, vor allem bei den Jungen
Europa investiert massiv in seine Verteidigung. Doch viele Menschen sind nicht bereit, ihr Land auch zu verteidigen.
www.srf.ch
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Bildungsniveau halt (noch) zu hoch...
The country built on the bones of an entire continent using forced labour did what!?
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The country built on the bones of an entire continent using forced labour did what!?
Yup...
Scientists have been using AI for decades in one form or another. And those that have been doing so have reaped the benefits in terms of publications.
AI research tools benefit individual scientists but may slow scientific progress
There may be a conflict between personal and collective gain in the sciences
www.chemistryworld.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Yup...
Finally.
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Finally.
"No kings" is, to a certain degree, how this whole mess stared 250-or-so years ago...
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"No kings" is, to a certain degree, how this whole mess stared 250-or-so years ago...
Was Europa an seiner Südgrenze und in Nordafrika tut und organisiert ist im Fall schlimmer als was in den USA läuft.
Aber es ist halt erst richtig schlimm wenn's, und das tut es immer, nach hause kommt.
Aber es ist halt erst richtig schlimm wenn's, und das tut es immer, nach hause kommt.
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Was Europa an seiner Südgrenze und in Nordafrika tut und organisiert ist im Fall schlimmer als was in den USA läuft.
Aber es ist halt erst richtig schlimm wenn's, und das tut es immer, nach hause kommt.
Aber es ist halt erst richtig schlimm wenn's, und das tut es immer, nach hause kommt.
A society in which sex and love have been, or are beeing, commodified is given the ability to generate images—what could possibly go wrong?
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A society in which sex and love have been, or are beeing, commodified is given the ability to generate images—what could possibly go wrong?
So cool 😊👍🏻
"A programming language in Turkish where grammatical case and mood are part of the type system."
kip-dili.github.io
"A programming language in Turkish where grammatical case and mood are part of the type system."
kip-dili.github.io
January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
So cool 😊👍🏻
"A programming language in Turkish where grammatical case and mood are part of the type system."
kip-dili.github.io
"A programming language in Turkish where grammatical case and mood are part of the type system."
kip-dili.github.io
To be fair, a (the?) major difference between European parties is how they want to divide the spoils of appropriated labour and extracted resources from the global south among the population.
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
To be fair, a (the?) major difference between European parties is how they want to divide the spoils of appropriated labour and extracted resources from the global south among the population.
Reposted by Daniel Probst
We are looking for a postdoc to work on mechanisms of #RNA decay in cancer using #cryoEM with #nanobodies and #minibinders! Please RT
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
We are looking for a postdoc to work on mechanisms of #RNA decay in cancer using #cryoEM with #nanobodies and #minibinders! Please RT
When the US dropped four nukes on Spain...
1966 Palomares accident - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
When the US dropped four nukes on Spain...
Canada is giving the right response to the US.
January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Canada is giving the right response to the US.
Oh, a new edition of Arghiri Emmanuel's Unequal Exchange has been released.
January 17, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Oh, a new edition of Arghiri Emmanuel's Unequal Exchange has been released.
Something, something about the US, Denmark, Iraq, Afghanistan, and leopards...
January 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Something, something about the US, Denmark, Iraq, Afghanistan, and leopards...
Another reminder that the US murders an estimated 1,546 people per day through unilateral sanctions alone.
A timely reminder that unilateral sanctions by the US kill 564,258 people every year.
Effects of international sanctions on age-specific mortality: a cross-national panel data analysis
Sanctions have substantial adverse effects on public health, with a death toll similar
to that of wars. Our findings underscore the need to rethink sanctions as a foreign-policy
tool, highlighting the...
www.thelancet.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Another reminder that the US murders an estimated 1,546 people per day through unilateral sanctions alone.
Poor monopolist...
Jensen Huang says relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has "done a lot of damage"
Huang made his feelings about AI skeptics, haters, and doom-mongers clear on a recent episode of the No Priors podcast.
www.techspot.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Poor monopolist...
On this day in 2002, the "internment" camp at Guantanamo Bay was opened where 100s of kidnapees were tortured.
"[...] before it was inflicted on them, that they absolved it, shut their eyes to it, legitimized it, because, until then, it had been applied only to non-European peoples"
—Aimé Césaire
"[...] before it was inflicted on them, that they absolved it, shut their eyes to it, legitimized it, because, until then, it had been applied only to non-European peoples"
—Aimé Césaire
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
On this day in 2002, the "internment" camp at Guantanamo Bay was opened where 100s of kidnapees were tortured.
"[...] before it was inflicted on them, that they absolved it, shut their eyes to it, legitimized it, because, until then, it had been applied only to non-European peoples"
—Aimé Césaire
"[...] before it was inflicted on them, that they absolved it, shut their eyes to it, legitimized it, because, until then, it had been applied only to non-European peoples"
—Aimé Césaire
"Schweizer Firmen verkaufen für Trump Öl"
Die Schweiz ist halt einfach auch Top-Mitglied einer Räuberbande...
www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...
Die Schweiz ist halt einfach auch Top-Mitglied einer Räuberbande...
www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"Schweizer Firmen verkaufen für Trump Öl"
Die Schweiz ist halt einfach auch Top-Mitglied einer Räuberbande...
www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...
Die Schweiz ist halt einfach auch Top-Mitglied einer Räuberbande...
www.srf.ch/news/wirtsch...
Reposted by Daniel Probst
Is anyone looking to do a postdoc in Ireland to jumpstart an independent career? I'd love to support an application for the @researchireland.ie Pathway Programme.
Internal UCD deadline is February 4 2026, so please reach out sooner rather than later!
#postdocjobs #ireland #STEM 🧪 ⚗️ #compchem
Internal UCD deadline is February 4 2026, so please reach out sooner rather than later!
#postdocjobs #ireland #STEM 🧪 ⚗️ #compchem
Research Ireland Pathway Programme - Research Ireland
www.researchireland.ie
January 7, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Is anyone looking to do a postdoc in Ireland to jumpstart an independent career? I'd love to support an application for the @researchireland.ie Pathway Programme.
Internal UCD deadline is February 4 2026, so please reach out sooner rather than later!
#postdocjobs #ireland #STEM 🧪 ⚗️ #compchem
Internal UCD deadline is February 4 2026, so please reach out sooner rather than later!
#postdocjobs #ireland #STEM 🧪 ⚗️ #compchem
The non-aligned countries should have come out on top after the cold war...
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The non-aligned countries should have come out on top after the cold war...