Vittorio Saggiomo
@vsaggiomo.bsky.social
Associate prof BioNanoTechnology @WUR (ex @kieluni, @univgroningen, @UninaIT). Tech+Chem = microfab, 3D printing, Sensors and Devices. Nerd. https://vsaggiomo.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/vsaggiomo
https://www.youtube.com/user/vsaggiomo
As some of you may know, I draw coloring books in my spare time for kids and adults. Last year, I did a series on Chemistry Nobel Prizes. ALL 117 of them :D
Now, for a series of very good reasons: F**k Amazon !!!
You can now buy them from Lulu bookstores: www.lulu.com/search?sortB...
Now, for a series of very good reasons: F**k Amazon !!!
You can now buy them from Lulu bookstores: www.lulu.com/search?sortB...
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
As some of you may know, I draw coloring books in my spare time for kids and adults. Last year, I did a series on Chemistry Nobel Prizes. ALL 117 of them :D
Now, for a series of very good reasons: F**k Amazon !!!
You can now buy them from Lulu bookstores: www.lulu.com/search?sortB...
Now, for a series of very good reasons: F**k Amazon !!!
You can now buy them from Lulu bookstores: www.lulu.com/search?sortB...
The problem is not Trump. That's the symptom.
“I was disappointed because I’ve never had so many people wish me harm before, just for being me and speaking about being decent.”
“I was disappointed because I’ve never had so many people wish me harm before, just for being me and speaking about being decent.”
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The problem is not Trump. That's the symptom.
“I was disappointed because I’ve never had so many people wish me harm before, just for being me and speaking about being decent.”
“I was disappointed because I’ve never had so many people wish me harm before, just for being me and speaking about being decent.”
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Villa Sora, stretching 150m along the seafront was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius 🌋 in 79AD
On its walls paintings of Herons balanced upon the arms of a candelabra. Each shining Heron-light into the room. 🕯️🏺
#birds #history
#HeronArt www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
On its walls paintings of Herons balanced upon the arms of a candelabra. Each shining Heron-light into the room. 🕯️🏺
#birds #history
#HeronArt www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Villa Sora, stretching 150m along the seafront was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius 🌋 in 79AD
On its walls paintings of Herons balanced upon the arms of a candelabra. Each shining Heron-light into the room. 🕯️🏺
#birds #history
#HeronArt www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
On its walls paintings of Herons balanced upon the arms of a candelabra. Each shining Heron-light into the room. 🕯️🏺
#birds #history
#HeronArt www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
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Do you know Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka ? No. As I am writing along book about them I will start a thread for the next 6 months... You will learn everything, their origin, their connections with France, USA and even Argentina... All the models they made and more so follow the thread #Blaschka
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Do you know Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka ? No. As I am writing along book about them I will start a thread for the next 6 months... You will learn everything, their origin, their connections with France, USA and even Argentina... All the models they made and more so follow the thread #Blaschka
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The kids actually made animals that don't exist. The AI just put a bunch of stuff that already exists together into a polished slop blender. You can't get a better illustration of why AI can't create anything new while human creativity is bottomless.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM
The kids actually made animals that don't exist. The AI just put a bunch of stuff that already exists together into a polished slop blender. You can't get a better illustration of why AI can't create anything new while human creativity is bottomless.
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when you guys are being mean to me, this is who you’re being mean to
June 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
when you guys are being mean to me, this is who you’re being mean to
About 10 years ago, I closed my website/blog, and I have always wanted to "reopen" it.
Today I can tick it down from my 2020 New Year's resolutions.
I think it's also nice to restart the blog with my first blog post of 2013
Here we go:
vsaggiomo.com/blog/2025/1s...
#Chemsky
Today I can tick it down from my 2020 New Year's resolutions.
I think it's also nice to restart the blog with my first blog post of 2013
Here we go:
vsaggiomo.com/blog/2025/1s...
#Chemsky
Vittorio Saggiomo
A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
vsaggiomo.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
About 10 years ago, I closed my website/blog, and I have always wanted to "reopen" it.
Today I can tick it down from my 2020 New Year's resolutions.
I think it's also nice to restart the blog with my first blog post of 2013
Here we go:
vsaggiomo.com/blog/2025/1s...
#Chemsky
Today I can tick it down from my 2020 New Year's resolutions.
I think it's also nice to restart the blog with my first blog post of 2013
Here we go:
vsaggiomo.com/blog/2025/1s...
#Chemsky
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Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
go.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
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I’m begging fans to boo JD Vance and Marco Rubio.
Olympic Committee begs fans not to boo JD Vance and Marco Rubio during opening ceremony
https://www.europesays.com/2758582/
The International Olympic Committie had to ask fans to not boo the U.S. delegation as the Milan Winter…
https://www.europesays.com/2758582/
The International Olympic Committie had to ask fans to not boo the U.S. delegation as the Milan Winter…
Olympic Committee begs fans not to boo JD Vance and Marco Rubio during opening ceremony - EUROPE SAYS
Italians were disturbed by the recent events of the U.S.’s massive immigration crackdown(Image: Getty Images)
www.europesays.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I’m begging fans to boo JD Vance and Marco Rubio.
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We won’t take instruction on freedom of expression from a regime that censors research, attacks universities, deploys lawfare against the media and kills protestors in broad daylight.
FT exclusive:
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”
via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
We won’t take instruction on freedom of expression from a regime that censors research, attacks universities, deploys lawfare against the media and kills protestors in broad daylight.
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Building things, and knowing how to build things, is important!
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
February 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Building things, and knowing how to build things, is important!
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Annoyingly, this doesn’t specify what exactly is happening. But it sure seems like DHS filed a “motion to pretermit” the asylum application. Which it is doing in countless cases around the country.
There’s been a little reporting on this; there needs to be a bunch more. I’m working a piece myself.
There’s been a little reporting on this; there needs to be a bunch more. I’m working a piece myself.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Annoyingly, this doesn’t specify what exactly is happening. But it sure seems like DHS filed a “motion to pretermit” the asylum application. Which it is doing in countless cases around the country.
There’s been a little reporting on this; there needs to be a bunch more. I’m working a piece myself.
There’s been a little reporting on this; there needs to be a bunch more. I’m working a piece myself.
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Proud to share Open Science NL's Annual Review 2025! 🌟
114 projects, €50M+ awarded across 8 programmes spanning the full open science agenda.
We spotlight inspiring projects, reflect on progress, and look ahead to 2026-2027 🌍
Read the full review: direc.to/oTJu 📖
#OpenScience #Research
114 projects, €50M+ awarded across 8 programmes spanning the full open science agenda.
We spotlight inspiring projects, reflect on progress, and look ahead to 2026-2027 🌍
Read the full review: direc.to/oTJu 📖
#OpenScience #Research
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Proud to share Open Science NL's Annual Review 2025! 🌟
114 projects, €50M+ awarded across 8 programmes spanning the full open science agenda.
We spotlight inspiring projects, reflect on progress, and look ahead to 2026-2027 🌍
Read the full review: direc.to/oTJu 📖
#OpenScience #Research
114 projects, €50M+ awarded across 8 programmes spanning the full open science agenda.
We spotlight inspiring projects, reflect on progress, and look ahead to 2026-2027 🌍
Read the full review: direc.to/oTJu 📖
#OpenScience #Research
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Overstappen naar Europese tech, deel IV.
- Vivaldi (Noors) ipv Chrome. Uitstekende keuze gebleken. Volledig Europees - medewerkers zijn eigenaar, browser heeft standaard VPN. Draait wel op Chromium. Dagelijks een update van het aantal geblokkeerde trackers (duizelingwekkend) en advertenties.
1/5
- Vivaldi (Noors) ipv Chrome. Uitstekende keuze gebleken. Volledig Europees - medewerkers zijn eigenaar, browser heeft standaard VPN. Draait wel op Chromium. Dagelijks een update van het aantal geblokkeerde trackers (duizelingwekkend) en advertenties.
1/5
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Overstappen naar Europese tech, deel IV.
- Vivaldi (Noors) ipv Chrome. Uitstekende keuze gebleken. Volledig Europees - medewerkers zijn eigenaar, browser heeft standaard VPN. Draait wel op Chromium. Dagelijks een update van het aantal geblokkeerde trackers (duizelingwekkend) en advertenties.
1/5
- Vivaldi (Noors) ipv Chrome. Uitstekende keuze gebleken. Volledig Europees - medewerkers zijn eigenaar, browser heeft standaard VPN. Draait wel op Chromium. Dagelijks een update van het aantal geblokkeerde trackers (duizelingwekkend) en advertenties.
1/5
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Hey, are the Epstein files maybe an opportunity for university leaders to reconsider their structural dependence on outside money, or nah?
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Hey, are the Epstein files maybe an opportunity for university leaders to reconsider their structural dependence on outside money, or nah?
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Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
Frodo in a modem is the lord of the pings
Frodo in Trinidad is lord of the tingz
Frodo at a comedy roast is the lord of the zings
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Frodo in a modem is the lord of the pings
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
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With @adafruit.com raising the alarm about bills in NY and WA that would require 3D printers to refuse to print gun parts, here is a quick post on the technical problems with this approach (regardless of your thoughts about gun control)
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
3D Printers Cannot Effectively Screen for Gun Parts
I put things here so they are on the internet
michaelweinberg.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
With @adafruit.com raising the alarm about bills in NY and WA that would require 3D printers to refuse to print gun parts, here is a quick post on the technical problems with this approach (regardless of your thoughts about gun control)
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...
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Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit
@retractionwatch.com
retractionwatch.com/2026/02/03/m...
@retractionwatch.com
retractionwatch.com/2026/02/03/m...
Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit
Heliyon has published fewer papers and ramped up its retractions since a major indexing service put the journal on hold and the publisher launched an audit of all papers published in the journal si…
retractionwatch.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Mega-journal Heliyon retracts hundreds of papers after internal audit
@retractionwatch.com
retractionwatch.com/2026/02/03/m...
@retractionwatch.com
retractionwatch.com/2026/02/03/m...
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New Mothbox DIY firmware is out!
Makes it a lot easier to customize, because you can change all the customization options in the boot partition of the Raspberry pi image!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Makes it a lot easier to customize, because you can change all the customization options in the boot partition of the Raspberry pi image!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Pi5 - Google Drive
drive.google.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
New Mothbox DIY firmware is out!
Makes it a lot easier to customize, because you can change all the customization options in the boot partition of the Raspberry pi image!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Makes it a lot easier to customize, because you can change all the customization options in the boot partition of the Raspberry pi image!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...