Ivica Cvrtila
@ivicacvrtila.bsky.social
Father of four, prophet of doom, disposer of entropy, chemist.
Now that's a fine goodnight horror story.
But remember, if we don’t use these things enthusiastically enough, they might falter. Wouldn’t want that.
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Now that's a fine goodnight horror story.
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Za kondenzaciju amonijaka je potrebno manje energije nego što je potrebno da se vazduh komprimuje i da cirkuliše tako da mu se temperatura spusti do temperature tečnog amonijaka."
Melorova moderna neorganska hemija
"Za kondenzaciju amonijaka je potrebno manje energije nego što je potrebno da se vazduh komprimuje i da cirkuliše tako da mu se temperatura spusti do temperature tečnog amonijaka."
Melorova moderna neorganska hemija
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“I would make them sugar and milk and curry, but with no rice because we didn't have money for any rice, just milk and spices.”
“Everything is tuberculosis. John Green”
“I would make them sugar and milk and curry, but with no rice because we didn't have money for any rice, just milk and spices.”
“Everything is tuberculosis. John Green”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) can get up to ten feet long, but usually sticks to between three and five feet.”
“Pests. How humans create animal villains” by @beebrookshire.bsky.social
“The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) can get up to ten feet long, but usually sticks to between three and five feet.”
“Pests. How humans create animal villains” by @beebrookshire.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Za kondenzaciju amonijaka je potrebno manje energije nego što je potrebno da se vazduh komprimuje i da cirkuliše tako da mu se temperatura spusti do temperature tečnog amonijaka."
Melorova moderna neorganska hemija
"Za kondenzaciju amonijaka je potrebno manje energije nego što je potrebno da se vazduh komprimuje i da cirkuliše tako da mu se temperatura spusti do temperature tečnog amonijaka."
Melorova moderna neorganska hemija
Either it's my forties approaching, or the world as I know it falling apart.
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Either it's my forties approaching, or the world as I know it falling apart.
A gentle reminder for whomever who feels just fine.
It's like one minute you're fine, and the next you remember who you are and what's going on.
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A gentle reminder for whomever who feels just fine.
Got married.
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Got married.
Do printers count as lab equipment?
what is the most terrifying piece of lab equipment (for rational or irrational reasons)?
(inspired by discussion with my lab regarding autoclaves)
(inspired by discussion with my lab regarding autoclaves)
August 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do printers count as lab equipment?
Reposted by Ivica Cvrtila
A few weeks ago, I gave an overview talk on our efforts in making Open Hardware Microfluidics.
The talk is now online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6L...
Thanks to @makertobey.bsky.social @ LibreHub for the invitation :)
The talk is now online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6L...
Thanks to @makertobey.bsky.social @ LibreHub for the invitation :)
Open Hardware Microfluidics
YouTube video by LIBRE hub
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A few weeks ago, I gave an overview talk on our efforts in making Open Hardware Microfluidics.
The talk is now online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6L...
Thanks to @makertobey.bsky.social @ LibreHub for the invitation :)
The talk is now online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP6L...
Thanks to @makertobey.bsky.social @ LibreHub for the invitation :)
Badava sva upozorenja.
June 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Badava sva upozorenja.
Feed full of advice on how to remove tear gas from eyes and face. Must have been an interesting day in the US.
June 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Feed full of advice on how to remove tear gas from eyes and face. Must have been an interesting day in the US.
This feels painfully Croatian.
May 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This feels painfully Croatian.
Reposted by Ivica Cvrtila
Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack.
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Since Trump fired most of the National Park Service, the bears have to pick up the slack.
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
“Alaskan bear corrects a fallen roadside cone”
Credit @gunsnrosesgirl X
@altnps.bsky.social
Reposted by Ivica Cvrtila
She did not "blind you with science." You were told to put your goggles on three times.
March 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
She did not "blind you with science." You were told to put your goggles on three times.
Why not put all such terms to every single report, regardless of what they're about.
SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...
National Academies is altering pending reports to appease Trump administration, some members say
Words such as “health equity” are being replacing with vaguer terms, and 100 members sent a letter of protest to NASEM leaders.
www.statnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Why not put all such terms to every single report, regardless of what they're about.
After an hour or so of careful listening to small crackling sounds, to find out at what exact spot is my house falling apart, or which wire is just about to start burning, I found out the clock on the wall was just about enough broken to produce the sounds, but not to show time.
February 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
After an hour or so of careful listening to small crackling sounds, to find out at what exact spot is my house falling apart, or which wire is just about to start burning, I found out the clock on the wall was just about enough broken to produce the sounds, but not to show time.
Reposted by Ivica Cvrtila
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
Not that long ago European universities were taking scientific refugees from Ukraine.
Applications for positions as research group leaders from the US at one of Germany‘s elite research networks, the Max Planck Society, have doubled. Helping our US friends to continue their important work. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
US-Regierung kürzt Zuschüsse in der Forschung
US-Universitäten müssen künftig mit deutlich weniger staatlichen Zuschüssen auskommen. Die Regierung will vier Milliarden US-Dollar pro Jahr einsparen. Viele Wissenschaftler zieht es nun ins Ausland -...
www.tagesschau.de
February 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Not that long ago European universities were taking scientific refugees from Ukraine.
A bit of scary reading.
I’ve unfortunately needed to add more material to my post from yesterday. The re-election of Donald Trump is looking like the biggest act of American self-destruction since the Civil War.
Same link, new title and some updates.
Same link, new title and some updates.
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A bit of scary reading.
Reposted by Ivica Cvrtila
Looks like a nice combo with the new US strategy of cutting down on health and science.
This is bad news. It suggests reassortment of circulating H5N1 viruses with viruses containing N9 NA.
Although this indicates reassortment with avian viruses, it's still bad. Reassortment makes pandemics. The last 3/4 flu pandemics (and likely 1918 too) were reassortant viruses.
Although this indicates reassortment with avian viruses, it's still bad. Reassortment makes pandemics. The last 3/4 flu pandemics (and likely 1918 too) were reassortant viruses.
1st U.S. case of H5N9 bird flu (different from H5N1) reported on California duck farm
January 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looks like a nice combo with the new US strategy of cutting down on health and science.
Readers uncover The Onion plot to pass actual news and facts as jokes.
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
theonion.com/fbi-unc...
theonion.com/fbi-unc...
January 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Readers uncover The Onion plot to pass actual news and facts as jokes.
Reposted by Ivica Cvrtila
Open letter:
Dear Elon, Sam, Jeff, and Sundar (among others)
I applaud your efforts to build gen. AI. As leaders of large companies who have accumulated much wealth on the basis of intellectual property, I know we all understand that IP is property just as physical buildings, stocks, and cash are.
Dear Elon, Sam, Jeff, and Sundar (among others)
I applaud your efforts to build gen. AI. As leaders of large companies who have accumulated much wealth on the basis of intellectual property, I know we all understand that IP is property just as physical buildings, stocks, and cash are.
January 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Open letter:
Dear Elon, Sam, Jeff, and Sundar (among others)
I applaud your efforts to build gen. AI. As leaders of large companies who have accumulated much wealth on the basis of intellectual property, I know we all understand that IP is property just as physical buildings, stocks, and cash are.
Dear Elon, Sam, Jeff, and Sundar (among others)
I applaud your efforts to build gen. AI. As leaders of large companies who have accumulated much wealth on the basis of intellectual property, I know we all understand that IP is property just as physical buildings, stocks, and cash are.
Lurking business moved to a new address. Looks familiar to the old one, but everything works faster.
(For a period undefined yet, I'll keep lurking around the old place too, just like I kept posting on FB, and even occasionally blogging. The place needs to be burned down for me to really leave.)
(For a period undefined yet, I'll keep lurking around the old place too, just like I kept posting on FB, and even occasionally blogging. The place needs to be burned down for me to really leave.)
January 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Lurking business moved to a new address. Looks familiar to the old one, but everything works faster.
(For a period undefined yet, I'll keep lurking around the old place too, just like I kept posting on FB, and even occasionally blogging. The place needs to be burned down for me to really leave.)
(For a period undefined yet, I'll keep lurking around the old place too, just like I kept posting on FB, and even occasionally blogging. The place needs to be burned down for me to really leave.)