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Marcel Swart 🟥
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· Jun 25
Nonheme iron-oxo oxidants
2025 Dalton Horizon Prize: awarded for the discovery and characterization of reactive ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants.
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Honoured and humbled, @rsc.org, for the Horizon Prize for the research groups of Alex (Yisong) Guo (@cmuchemistry.bsky.social), Larry Que (Minnesota), and myself
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What's horrifying about this graph is that we're emitting CO2 from fossil hydrocarbons NOW at four times the rate we were when I was a child, and twice the rate we were in 1972, when we already knew that #climatechange was an existential problem.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
What's horrifying about this graph is that we're emitting CO2 from fossil hydrocarbons NOW at four times the rate we were when I was a child, and twice the rate we were in 1972, when we already knew that #climatechange was an existential problem.
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NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
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Vraagje aan Bontenbal: waarom doet iedereen alsof het zo vanzelfsprekend is dat de VVD weer in het kabinet komt?
Er moet een einde komen aan politiek waar het kabinet de Kamer niet serieus neemt, maar wel naar de lobby luistert.
Er moet een einde komen aan politiek waar het kabinet de Kamer niet serieus neemt, maar wel naar de lobby luistert.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Vraagje aan Bontenbal: waarom doet iedereen alsof het zo vanzelfsprekend is dat de VVD weer in het kabinet komt?
Er moet een einde komen aan politiek waar het kabinet de Kamer niet serieus neemt, maar wel naar de lobby luistert.
Er moet een einde komen aan politiek waar het kabinet de Kamer niet serieus neemt, maar wel naar de lobby luistert.
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Don't underestimate the incentives for free riding by countries on emissions reduction. Actual & perhaps more so perceived cost (incl. welfare effects) of abatement are generally high while there are no direct, quick benefits. Inequity btw countries can surely reinforce it but is not the main cause.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Don't underestimate the incentives for free riding by countries on emissions reduction. Actual & perhaps more so perceived cost (incl. welfare effects) of abatement are generally high while there are no direct, quick benefits. Inequity btw countries can surely reinforce it but is not the main cause.
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You should expect this as the Paris Agreement includes no mechanism for limiting (rational) free riding by countries. Only an expanding climate club like the EU-ETS can overcome this.
Almost none of the 40 governments we analyse have updated their 2030 target, which is critical to keep warming levels below 1.5°C
... nor have they set out the kind of action in their new 2035 targets that would change the warming outlook.
... nor have they set out the kind of action in their new 2035 targets that would change the warming outlook.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
You should expect this as the Paris Agreement includes no mechanism for limiting (rational) free riding by countries. Only an expanding climate club like the EU-ETS can overcome this.
My article has been selected as a Chemical Science HOT paper! Check out the full collection at rsc.li/3GJTz2h and read my paper here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC05667E #ChemSciHOT
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November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My article has been selected as a Chemical Science HOT paper! Check out the full collection at rsc.li/3GJTz2h and read my paper here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC05667E #ChemSciHOT
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#MyFirstChemSci
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We grant 30 fellowships for researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue a doctorate in any discipline at any university or research centre in Spain or Portugal.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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I do think the biggest way in which Donald Trump has broken journalism is his lack of shame. It used to be that exposing a public figure's secret appalling sins would cause them shame, humiliation and a loss of job. This made journalism consequential. But Trump just shrugs and nothing happens
Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I do think the biggest way in which Donald Trump has broken journalism is his lack of shame. It used to be that exposing a public figure's secret appalling sins would cause them shame, humiliation and a loss of job. This made journalism consequential. But Trump just shrugs and nothing happens
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
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New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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If you’re in North America and have a view to the north or northwest, there’s heavy auroral activity going right now!
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If you’re in North America and have a view to the north or northwest, there’s heavy auroral activity going right now!
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Aurora should be nice and bright tonight #northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Aurora should be nice and bright tonight #northernlights
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🧪🧪 Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, who discovered molecular 'scissors' to cut DNA, dies at 94 -- Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionized the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus
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Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, who discovered molecular 'scissors' to cut DNA, dies at 94
Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus
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November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🧪🧪 Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, who discovered molecular 'scissors' to cut DNA, dies at 94 -- Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionized the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus
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Sophie Brahe (1556–1643) defied the limits of her time. A self-taught Danish astronomer, worked with her brother Tycho. Unlike her brother, she wasn’t formally educated (universities barred women), yet she mastered astronomy, chemistry, genealogy. #WomenInHistory
#WomenInSTEM
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#WomenInSTEM
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November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sophie Brahe (1556–1643) defied the limits of her time. A self-taught Danish astronomer, worked with her brother Tycho. Unlike her brother, she wasn’t formally educated (universities barred women), yet she mastered astronomy, chemistry, genealogy. #WomenInHistory
#WomenInSTEM
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#WomenInSTEM
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RT @iwaharalab.bsky.social JMB Special Issue “NMR studies of biomolecular systems” edited by Drs. Lewis Kay and Remco Sprangers
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Our review about ion NMR is included #NMRchat 🧲
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Our review about ion NMR is included #NMRchat 🧲
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
RT @iwaharalab.bsky.social JMB Special Issue “NMR studies of biomolecular systems” edited by Drs. Lewis Kay and Remco Sprangers
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Our review about ion NMR is included #NMRchat 🧲
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Our review about ion NMR is included #NMRchat 🧲
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two thousand three hundred fifty two years
Turkish prosecutors requested a sentence of up to 2,352 years for jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on corruption and other criminal charges. on.ft.com/4nR7eV8
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
two thousand three hundred fifty two years
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Scientists call on EU Commission President to withdraw AI comment @rte.ie
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Scientists call on Von der Leyen to withdraw AI comment
More than 70 AI scientists from around the world have written to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asking her to retract a statement she made in May that artificial intelligence is ex...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Scientists call on EU Commission President to withdraw AI comment @rte.ie
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November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
The History of Europe: Every Year
YouTube video by Cottereau
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
While agreeing in the round,
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
I've found this (below) both reassuring and highlighting of the need for constant vigilance. There is no perfect end state. See if you can see where the 'thousand year reich' occurs (also, that Roman Empire lasted quite a while).
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9P...
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
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"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
Thoughts on Dems throwing a game they were winning. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.