Sparrow
@haussperling.bsky.social
I used to be BayesianGaussian on the thing that used to be twitter. I'm a Glaswegian scientist who lives in Switzerland
Not saying my science world is small but just got named on a paper along with someone I still hold a grudge against because he dingied me for a job in 2004
February 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Not saying my science world is small but just got named on a paper along with someone I still hold a grudge against because he dingied me for a job in 2004
Switzerland practising for the end of the world again
February 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Switzerland practising for the end of the world again
Tosay, instead of worrying about the impending end of the world I've been on the train down to Montreux and then on the Golden Pass train to Spiez, and very nice it was too! It would have been nice to have time to get out in the mountains but alas we must be back for school tomorrow
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tosay, instead of worrying about the impending end of the world I've been on the train down to Montreux and then on the Golden Pass train to Spiez, and very nice it was too! It would have been nice to have time to get out in the mountains but alas we must be back for school tomorrow
I can see my breath in the car. Come the bloody hell on Jugendorchester, give me my weans so we can go home and eat dinner!
January 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I can see my breath in the car. Come the bloody hell on Jugendorchester, give me my weans so we can go home and eat dinner!
I've never been great at wildlife photography as I always try to grt too close to the animal and end up getting a hasty snap of their retreating bum. So what fun to get beautiful up close pictures from my new bird buddy
January 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I've never been great at wildlife photography as I always try to grt too close to the animal and end up getting a hasty snap of their retreating bum. So what fun to get beautiful up close pictures from my new bird buddy
Meringue: go big or go home
December 22, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Meringue: go big or go home
I went on the Singing Christmas Tree! Of course I did. It was awesome
December 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
I went on the Singing Christmas Tree! Of course I did. It was awesome
I'm so ready to stop work but not fully in the Christmas mood yet... seriously thinking about parking the car up in the back of the Edeka car park and just sitting with a flask of tea and watching Facebook reels for like an hour or so
December 20, 2024 at 11:51 AM
I'm so ready to stop work but not fully in the Christmas mood yet... seriously thinking about parking the car up in the back of the Edeka car park and just sitting with a flask of tea and watching Facebook reels for like an hour or so
As the school has its Gottesdienst this morning and my weans, card carrying Ethik-attending heathens that they are don't need to attend, we should all be having our first lie in of the season. And I've just woken up bright and chipper and ready to go, 5 minutes after the alarm would normally go off
December 20, 2024 at 5:51 AM
As the school has its Gottesdienst this morning and my weans, card carrying Ethik-attending heathens that they are don't need to attend, we should all be having our first lie in of the season. And I've just woken up bright and chipper and ready to go, 5 minutes after the alarm would normally go off
What is the youngest age where you can legitimately look forward to retirement?
December 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM
What is the youngest age where you can legitimately look forward to retirement?
Scottish Christmas goals
December 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Scottish Christmas goals
Listening to Radio 3's breakfast show on demand here and trying to imagine the fragrant life I would live if I were the sort of person who listened to Radio 3 at breakfast time
December 13, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Listening to Radio 3's breakfast show on demand here and trying to imagine the fragrant life I would live if I were the sort of person who listened to Radio 3 at breakfast time
I can see why this is bloody dangerous but what worries me is that people are going to read "mirror molecules" and then asymmetric chemistry is going to be in the social media firing line
Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:06 PM
I can see why this is bloody dangerous but what worries me is that people are going to read "mirror molecules" and then asymmetric chemistry is going to be in the social media firing line
Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Listening to Radio 2's Christmas carols show while coming up on my lemsip and I think I might just feel slightly festive
December 12, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Listening to Radio 2's Christmas carols show while coming up on my lemsip and I think I might just feel slightly festive
Reached that part of the year where the kids having 2 Stunde plus having an empty lab for the day plus they have hörnli und ghacktes in the canteen almost feels like a day off
December 5, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Reached that part of the year where the kids having 2 Stunde plus having an empty lab for the day plus they have hörnli und ghacktes in the canteen almost feels like a day off
That feeling where you've managed to get your massively complicated glovebox reaction screen on by 2pm and you're now physically and mentally spent but m still have 2 hours to work
November 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM
That feeling where you've managed to get your massively complicated glovebox reaction screen on by 2pm and you're now physically and mentally spent but m still have 2 hours to work
Yeah even for here that is a ton of snow
November 23, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Yeah even for here that is a ton of snow
Whatsapping my kids here trying to get them to sack off Leichtathletik so we can all go home before the snow turns into a blizzard
November 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Whatsapping my kids here trying to get them to sack off Leichtathletik so we can all go home before the snow turns into a blizzard
Other half, currently back in the UK for a conference, with less than a month to Christmas, texts "I'm near a Waitrose" and then leaves me on read for 40 minutes and counting. Can anyone relate?
November 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Other half, currently back in the UK for a conference, with less than a month to Christmas, texts "I'm near a Waitrose" and then leaves me on read for 40 minutes and counting. Can anyone relate?
I've got crisps, "juice", two big massive cushions from Ikea at my back and I am living my absolute best life. God I love recovering from covid.
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I've got crisps, "juice", two big massive cushions from Ikea at my back and I am living my absolute best life. God I love recovering from covid.