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Christian Meesters
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PhD in Biophysics, Postdoc in Genetic Epidemiology, Detour in Industry, Currently: Computational Scientist (Life Science Support) HPC (NHR, University of […] 🌉 bridged from https://fediscience.org/@rupdecat on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 9h
Today, I am feeling more tired than usual ... no progress. Nowhere. Not on a personal level, not on a more global ...

"These times we are living in" by Kate Wolf. A tiny comfort whilst working ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNacOVmerhU

#Music
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Henning Deters @detershenning.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h
Uni Vienna is advertising three part-time (23h) lecturer positions with 8 teaching contact hours: "Foundations of Political Science", "'Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria", and "Qualitative Methods and Policy Studies". The positions are fixed-term (4y) but with tenure track […]
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Open Science Community Twente @openscitwente.akademienl.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
This post will be in Dutch, as the concept version of the Dutch Scientific Code of Conduct is currently only avaible in Dutch.

Tot maandag 20 oktober is het mogelijk om mee te denken en input te geven op de nieuwe Nederlandse Wetenschappelijke IntegriteitsCode!

Wij delen deze oproep, omdat ook […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 19h
The wonderful @ellecordova did it again: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3gJ5Kirk

A funny song about the current state of affairs. This time about the attacks on science and research from the far right (a.k.a. Trump administration) in the US.

#academicchatter
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
@ElenLeFoll

> I disagree with the premise of the question ...

Had similar thoughts, particularly this one: Who am I to decide whether this is novel unless I happen to detect it is a) fraudulent or b) already done by others in the past. Case b) is a rare finding, for you need to know a 100% […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
I reviewed a paper and am now trying to fill out the publisher's reviewer form and the questions are honestly baffling:

- Does the content of the manuscript justify a review given the status of the subject area? --> You've already asked me to complete the review so I'd like to think that I […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
If you think German can readily be understood by Germans, you may be right. There is no rule without exceptions, however.

I just received an email with a "Geschäftsverteilungsplan" (distribution of business plan). It details the responsibilities and privileges of my uni's presidential and dean […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
I fooled myself the other day: Was coding with VSC and "confirmed" a suggestion by the lovely Copilot #ai. Little did I know that, some place else, it was creating a test to check for minutes lasting longer than 59 seconds. (The actual time for 60 seconds […]

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screenshot of a unit test code showing the need to test for seconds converted to seconds - actually, this only seems ridiculous. And a test converting a duration of 3600 seconds to 3600 which is ridiculous because the time format would then be 1:00:00.
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 2d
D’ici 5 ans, ChatGPT sera plus intelligent que la majorité des humains.

De la majorité des humains qui auront passé 5 ans à utiliser ChatGPT.
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d
The editorial board of _Progress in Community Health Partnerships_ (Johns Hopkins University Press) condemns the Trump admin censorship of science and refuses to change its independent editorial policies.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/970147

"In January 2025 the new Administration began issuing […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@WiseWoman my ideal is to focus on diamond journals. If run by volunteers, it may be forgiven to be approached on weekends. An email can be ignored until I do find the time. That's what they are for.
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Debora Weber-Wulff @wisewoman.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 3d
New rules on my part for requests for peer review:

1. If you write to me on a Saturday or a Sunday it is an instant decline.
2. If you insist on having the review within 7 days, I will decline.
3. If you already set up an account for me (probably the umpteenth one) on your editorial software […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@ujay68 weiß nicht, was er jetzt wieder getan hat (ich nehme an, Du meinst den Kulturstaatsminister?).

Für mich ist Kulturkampf, wenn eine Gruppe (CDU/CSU) über Jahre hinweg eine andere (Grüne) diffamiert und Kampangen fährt und dazu zu Mitteln greift, die sie den anderen andichtet (Stichwort […]
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 4d
Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁

@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️

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From 2006. A younger and shell-shocked looking Catherine on a balcony holding a very tiny baby with the mountains of Vancouver in the background. The baby is so new, Catherine still has the pregnant bump.
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@ElenLeFoll brr, sounds awful! Hope you have a nice journey back, after leaving the heart of Bavaria!

Also, (although you probably know already) when travelling during weekends: Look out for which football games are scheduled. Particularly, when taking commuter trains.

I happen to know both […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@AlanSill hm, am I a missing a trend? Why do you think that?
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@BlumeEvolution genau! Wobei wir gelegentlich nicht von „Mitte“ oder „links“ und „rechts“ sprechen sollten, sondern konkrete Maßnahmen und ihre Auswirkungen diskutieren.

Anders gesagt: Politik ist keine ex-cathedra-Veranstaltung. Wir Bürger können i.d.R. durchaus Abwägungen verstehen und […]
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@BlumeEvolution Nathanael Liminski (CDU), Staatskanzleichef in NRW, hat dieser Tage ein sehr lesenswertes Interview in der ZEIT gegeben (https://www.zeit.de/2025/42/nathanael-liminski-cdu-kulturkaempfe-rechtspopulismus-usa - leider hinter Paywall).

Man würde sich wünschen, diese Einsichten zum […]
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Egon Willigh☮gen 🟥 @egonw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d
did you know you can follow new preprints in #biohackrxiv?

RSS feed: https://index.biohackrxiv.org//feed.xml

JSON feed: https://index.biohackrxiv.org//feed.json

#preprint #biology
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d
@tomkalei to be honest, I go with LaTeX's default. That might change depending on settings. Never gave it much thought.
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Thomas Kahle @tomkalei.machteburch.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d
We need to talk about "x_i to the power j". Which ones do you like?

#texlatex
Screenshot of six variants of x_i to the power j with the superscript j having different distance and placing with respect to x_i.
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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d
@tschfflr 🤗
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Holger Hellinger @holger.hellinger.wtf.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Wie kannst du schreiben, dass jemand Dummes tut ohne zu schreiben, dass diese Dummes tun?

> Kernfusion 2040: Bundesregierung auf Trumps Spuren - Golem.de
https://www.golem.de/news/kernfusion-2040-bundesregierung-auf-trumps-spuren-2510-200737.html
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Sebastian :natenomtransparent: @p0lise.hessen.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Unsere Kinder freuen sich so richtig dolle auf das Leben in der Welt, die wir ihnen hinterlassen.

#Umwelt #KlimaKrise #klimakatastrophe
Arbeitsblatt aus der Grundschule zum Thema „Was uns die Natur sagen möchte.“ Die Fragestellung lautet: „Stell dir vor, die Natur könnte mit uns sprechen. Was glaubst du, würde sie uns sagen wollen?“ Mit Kinderhandschrift ist in fünf Sprechblasen hineingeschrieben: „Hört auf sonst habt Ihr kein Sauserstof“ „das tut uns allen nicht gut“ „Wir werden alle sterben“ „Ich halt das nicht mehr aus“ „Ich wiel das nicht“
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