Erik Strub
@erikstrub.bsky.social
Nuclear chemist, interested in anything scientific, cycling, fermentation, music, and the rest. Ratio is always important.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Mit dem ersten Satz sagt Linnemann alles, es geht einzig und allein um "empfundene Gerechtigkeit", Populismus in Reinkultur.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/grundsicheru...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/grundsicheru...
Grundsicherung im Kabinett: Interview mit CDU-Generalsekretär Carsten Linnemann
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Mit dem ersten Satz sagt Linnemann alles, es geht einzig und allein um "empfundene Gerechtigkeit", Populismus in Reinkultur.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/grundsicheru...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/grundsicheru...
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Whenever I see this article I’m going to share it, because everyone connected to higher ed needs to read this for a great if chilling overview of the bone deep infection that gAI has become in the system.
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Whenever I see this article I’m going to share it, because everyone connected to higher ed needs to read this for a great if chilling overview of the bone deep infection that gAI has become in the system.
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Wenn man als Europäer etwas länger als 30 Sekunden über die weltpolitische Lage nachdenkt, kann man nur zu einem Schluss kommen: 1. Vereinigte Staaten von Europa jetzt. 2. Rechtsextreme Parteien isolieren — und verbieten, wo es verfassungstechnisch geht. 3. EU-Armee. 4. Digitale Souveränität asap.!
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wenn man als Europäer etwas länger als 30 Sekunden über die weltpolitische Lage nachdenkt, kann man nur zu einem Schluss kommen: 1. Vereinigte Staaten von Europa jetzt. 2. Rechtsextreme Parteien isolieren — und verbieten, wo es verfassungstechnisch geht. 3. EU-Armee. 4. Digitale Souveränität asap.!
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New paper with Stefan of the Wickleder group. Radioactive Technetium meets aggressive SO3. What can/might/will happen?
@unicologne.bsky.social @chemunicologne.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/chem...
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doi.org/10.1002/chem...
(NH4)2[Tc2O2(S2O7)4]: An Unexpected Technetium(V)‐Sulfate From the Reaction of (NH4)(TcO4) With SO3
The reaction of the radioactive pertechnetate (99TcO4)− with the oxidizer SO3 leads to blue crystals of (NH4)2[Tc2O2(S2O7)4]. The complex dimeric [Tc2O2(S2O7)4]2− anion exhibits the technetium in the...
doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New paper with Stefan of the Wickleder group. Radioactive Technetium meets aggressive SO3. What can/might/will happen?
@unicologne.bsky.social @chemunicologne.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/chem...
@unicologne.bsky.social @chemunicologne.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1002/chem...
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Das ist das Denkmal, das für den Berliner Bürgermeister Kai Wegner (CDU) ,an Geschmacklosigkeit kaum zu überbieten‘ ist. Es ist das Denkmal für Walter Lübcke, der für seine christdemokratischen Überzeugungen von einem Rechtsextremisten ermordet wurde. Danke @politicalbeauty.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Das ist das Denkmal, das für den Berliner Bürgermeister Kai Wegner (CDU) ,an Geschmacklosigkeit kaum zu überbieten‘ ist. Es ist das Denkmal für Walter Lübcke, der für seine christdemokratischen Überzeugungen von einem Rechtsextremisten ermordet wurde. Danke @politicalbeauty.bsky.social
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Pretty much every word of this is fantasy or bullshit or both. (The bit of Trump sycophancy at the end is the final straw.)
Why do we just keep reporting what these guys say, and not interrogate it? I despair sometimes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Why do we just keep reporting what these guys say, and not interrogate it? I despair sometimes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pretty much every word of this is fantasy or bullshit or both. (The bit of Trump sycophancy at the end is the final straw.)
Why do we just keep reporting what these guys say, and not interrogate it? I despair sometimes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Why do we just keep reporting what these guys say, and not interrogate it? I despair sometimes.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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30.000 Menschen haben in Gießen gegen die Um-Gründung der AfD-Parteijugend demonstriert. Der Nachwuchs für die vom Verfassungsschutz als gesichert rechtsextrem eingestufte AfD ist noch radikaler, als ihre Vaterpartei.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
30.000 Menschen haben in Gießen gegen die Um-Gründung der AfD-Parteijugend demonstriert. Der Nachwuchs für die vom Verfassungsschutz als gesichert rechtsextrem eingestufte AfD ist noch radikaler, als ihre Vaterpartei.
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
I guess for some people, junior scientists are like eggs. If you have a dozen, you can break most of them because you only need a couple to produce an omelet.
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Die Kürzung der Ticketsteuer fürs Fliegen führt zu Mindereinnahmen von 350.000.000 Euro im Bundeshaushalt.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Die Kürzung der Ticketsteuer fürs Fliegen führt zu Mindereinnahmen von 350.000.000 Euro im Bundeshaushalt.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
Das ist genau der Betrag, um den die Bundesförderung für das Deutschlandticket gekürzt worden ist.
Prioritäten. So wichtig.
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Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Ms. Brown speaking the truth 🔥
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Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Nov 7th is the birthday of both Lise Meitner & Marie Curie. Of the 13 chemical elements named directly after real people (not mythological figures) only two are named after women: meitnerium and curium (the latter of which is named in honour of both Marie & her husband) #chemsky 🧪
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Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nature suggests you use their "Manuscript Adviser" bot to get advice before submitting
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
I uploaded the classic Watson & Crick paper about DNA structure, and the Adviser had this to say about one of the greatest paper endings of the century:
A fun to read and often enlightening. We urgently.need German words for #utepils #madárlátta, #bothántaíocht, and #erdaratze @languagewriter.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A fun to read and often enlightening. We urgently.need German words for #utepils #madárlátta, #bothántaíocht, and #erdaratze @languagewriter.bsky.social
This time of the year again.
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This time of the year again.
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Deutsche Universitätslandschaft, Symbolbild. #ExitExzellenz @amreibahr.bsky.social @drkeichhorn.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Deutsche Universitätslandschaft, Symbolbild. #ExitExzellenz @amreibahr.bsky.social @drkeichhorn.bsky.social
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5 Jahre #95vsWissZeitVG! 🎉 Für @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & mich 1 Anlass, Euch DANKE zu sagen, liebe Community: für Ausdauer, Engagement & Solidarität! Nur: Wie? Noch 1 gemeinsamer Text? Nein! Dem Anlass angemessen gibt‘s was ganz Neues: 1 gemeinsames Lied für Euch! #IchBinHanna 🎶
5 Jahre #95vsWissZeitVG: Unser Dank an die Community! #IchBinHanna #WissZeitVG
YouTube video by Amrei Bahr
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October 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
5 Jahre #95vsWissZeitVG! 🎉 Für @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & mich 1 Anlass, Euch DANKE zu sagen, liebe Community: für Ausdauer, Engagement & Solidarität! Nur: Wie? Noch 1 gemeinsamer Text? Nein! Dem Anlass angemessen gibt‘s was ganz Neues: 1 gemeinsames Lied für Euch! #IchBinHanna 🎶
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#PPOD: Called Seyfert's Sextet, this galactic vista was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in its 13th year. The galaxies are so tightly packed together that gravitational forces are beginning to rip stars from them and distort their shapes. 🧪 🔭
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#PPOD: Called Seyfert's Sextet, this galactic vista was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in its 13th year. The galaxies are so tightly packed together that gravitational forces are beginning to rip stars from them and distort their shapes. 🧪 🔭
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“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
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Hard to put a date on when the political and media normalizing of blatant racism and far-right views began, but surely it was something of a pivotal moment when the world's richest man gave a Nazi salute and all the media said "Well it's ambiguous". (As did the Royal Society, it seems.)
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hard to put a date on when the political and media normalizing of blatant racism and far-right views began, but surely it was something of a pivotal moment when the world's richest man gave a Nazi salute and all the media said "Well it's ambiguous". (As did the Royal Society, it seems.)
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Wer über das #Stadtbild spricht, sollte auch über Begegnung, Sicherheit und Teilhabe reden.
Das Fahrrad steht für offene, lebendige Städte – für Bewegung statt Abschottung, für Miteinander statt Abgrenzung. 🚴♀️🌆
Ein gutes Stadtbild? Das, in dem sich alle sicher fühlen.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Das Fahrrad steht für offene, lebendige Städte – für Bewegung statt Abschottung, für Miteinander statt Abgrenzung. 🚴♀️🌆
Ein gutes Stadtbild? Das, in dem sich alle sicher fühlen.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Stadtbild-Debatte: SPD-Abgeordnete wollen Kanzleramt-Gipfel zu Innenstädten
Nicht nur für Autos, auch fürs Stadtbild soll es nach Wunsch der SPD einen Gipfel im Kanzleramt geben – der mehr als nur Migration bereden soll. Der Koalitionspartner zeigt sich vom Vorstoß wenig bege...
www.spiegel.de
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wer über das #Stadtbild spricht, sollte auch über Begegnung, Sicherheit und Teilhabe reden.
Das Fahrrad steht für offene, lebendige Städte – für Bewegung statt Abschottung, für Miteinander statt Abgrenzung. 🚴♀️🌆
Ein gutes Stadtbild? Das, in dem sich alle sicher fühlen.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Das Fahrrad steht für offene, lebendige Städte – für Bewegung statt Abschottung, für Miteinander statt Abgrenzung. 🚴♀️🌆
Ein gutes Stadtbild? Das, in dem sich alle sicher fühlen.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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Congratulations to particle physicists Georges Aad and Morad Aaboud!
Google Scholar has introduced a 'Sh-index' metric that scores papers higher if you are first or last author. Apart from the fact metrics are generally bad, this one explicitly punishes PIs who often collaborate, publishing with 2 or 3 equal PIs at the end of the list.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Congratulations to particle physicists Georges Aad and Morad Aaboud!
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The order of authors as a measure of contribution is already an archaic system. Academia needs drop papers as performance metrics in general.
October 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The order of authors as a measure of contribution is already an archaic system. Academia needs drop papers as performance metrics in general.