Niek Buurma
@niekbuurmah2o.bsky.social
Physical organic & biophysical chemistry in water. Kinetics & mechanisms (Pd cat, racemisation), nucleic acid binders, biosensors, data analysis, ML. Father of 2 🇳🇱/🇫🇷
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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams
Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams
The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams
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TRUMP TO LILLY: DROP DEAD
17 drug companies just got this letter. We're now on to White House vs pharma in addition to White House vs auto OEMs, White House vs dropshippers, White House vs the construction and hospitality industry, etc.
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
TRUMP TO LILLY: DROP DEAD
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BREAKING: Putin calls for emergency mediation session between his two employees.
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
BREAKING: Putin calls for emergency mediation session between his two employees.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
This is like a football match between two teams you dislike so you support the referee.
Apart from the fact there isn't a referee in this match, but at least both of them can lose!
Apart from the fact there isn't a referee in this match, but at least both of them can lose!
June 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is like a football match between two teams you dislike so you support the referee.
Apart from the fact there isn't a referee in this match, but at least both of them can lose!
Apart from the fact there isn't a referee in this match, but at least both of them can lose!
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Steve Bannon wants Elon Musk deported, as per the NYT.
June 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Steve Bannon wants Elon Musk deported, as per the NYT.
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Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Quick. Somebody tell Trump that the best way to own Elon is to restore all research grants and double NSF funding.
June 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you think Reform will solve the UK's problems, just have a look at what Wilders achieved in the Netherlands.
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Big promises, but in the end his only belief is islamophobia.
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Big promises, but in the end his only belief is islamophobia.
June 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
If you think Reform will solve the UK's problems, just have a look at what Wilders achieved in the Netherlands.
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Big promises, but in the end his only belief is islamophobia.
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Big promises, but in the end his only belief is islamophobia.
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Normally politicians want to stay in government as long as possible, to maximize the chances of delivering their promises and because being in power is nice.
With Wilders the opposite applies: the longer he stays, the clearer it becomes that his pledges are undeliverable.
With Wilders the opposite applies: the longer he stays, the clearer it becomes that his pledges are undeliverable.
Wilders: PVV will quit cabinet unless it agrees to asylum plan www.dutchnews.nl?p=252588
Wilders: PVV will quit cabinet unless it agrees to asylum plan
www.dutchnews.nl
June 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Normally politicians want to stay in government as long as possible, to maximize the chances of delivering their promises and because being in power is nice.
With Wilders the opposite applies: the longer he stays, the clearer it becomes that his pledges are undeliverable.
With Wilders the opposite applies: the longer he stays, the clearer it becomes that his pledges are undeliverable.
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A serious thing for Harvard to consider would be to relocate before the endowment is exhausted. Sell the campus land and move to another country and keep operating. Read the fate of CEU here below. They relocated several times and recently from Budapest to Vienna.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...
Central European University - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A serious thing for Harvard to consider would be to relocate before the endowment is exhausted. Sell the campus land and move to another country and keep operating. Read the fate of CEU here below. They relocated several times and recently from Budapest to Vienna.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...
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Proud to have signed the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future.
A call to transform chemistry, where science empowers human well-being without degrading our ecosystems.
Read it. Share it. Sign it.
www.stockholm-declaration.org
#SustainableScience #GreenChemistry
A call to transform chemistry, where science empowers human well-being without degrading our ecosystems.
Read it. Share it. Sign it.
www.stockholm-declaration.org
#SustainableScience #GreenChemistry
May 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Proud to have signed the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future.
A call to transform chemistry, where science empowers human well-being without degrading our ecosystems.
Read it. Share it. Sign it.
www.stockholm-declaration.org
#SustainableScience #GreenChemistry
A call to transform chemistry, where science empowers human well-being without degrading our ecosystems.
Read it. Share it. Sign it.
www.stockholm-declaration.org
#SustainableScience #GreenChemistry
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Chancellor Reeves: "Our biggest trading partners are our friends, our allies in the EU. For too long it's been too difficult to export, to bring in talent, to trade with our nearest neighbours and that's not good enough because it's held back our growth."
Incredible that this even needs saying. ~AA
Incredible that this even needs saying. ~AA
May 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Chancellor Reeves: "Our biggest trading partners are our friends, our allies in the EU. For too long it's been too difficult to export, to bring in talent, to trade with our nearest neighbours and that's not good enough because it's held back our growth."
Incredible that this even needs saying. ~AA
Incredible that this even needs saying. ~AA
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Science teachers!
If you want to prebook a place for your class to visit our upcoming large-scale pop-up shop event in the St David's Centre in Cardiff in July 2025 please get in touch!
The microbial world in, on and around us - Information, demonstrations, live stage, art, games, fun.
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If you want to prebook a place for your class to visit our upcoming large-scale pop-up shop event in the St David's Centre in Cardiff in July 2025 please get in touch!
The microbial world in, on and around us - Information, demonstrations, live stage, art, games, fun.
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Exciting times! 📢 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
At the end of June 2025 we will be opening a large “Pop-up Science Shop” in Cardiff Learn about infection, hygiene and untreatable ‘superbugs’ that are resistant to our medicines. We will take ov...
www.superbugs.online
April 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Science teachers!
If you want to prebook a place for your class to visit our upcoming large-scale pop-up shop event in the St David's Centre in Cardiff in July 2025 please get in touch!
The microbial world in, on and around us - Information, demonstrations, live stage, art, games, fun.
🤒🦠🧫🔬🥼🧪👨🏻🏫📖🛍️
If you want to prebook a place for your class to visit our upcoming large-scale pop-up shop event in the St David's Centre in Cardiff in July 2025 please get in touch!
The microbial world in, on and around us - Information, demonstrations, live stage, art, games, fun.
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And me.
I was told by David Cameron.
I was told by Theresa May.
Then I was told by Boris Johnson.
Then by Liz Truss.
Oh, and by Rishi Sunak, too.
Now I'm being told by Keir Starmer.
And Nigel Farage has been saying it all the time.
It's me.
Hi.
I'm the problem. It's me.
I was told by Theresa May.
Then I was told by Boris Johnson.
Then by Liz Truss.
Oh, and by Rishi Sunak, too.
Now I'm being told by Keir Starmer.
And Nigel Farage has been saying it all the time.
It's me.
Hi.
I'm the problem. It's me.
a woman with long hair is standing in front of a window and says it 's me .
ALT: a woman with long hair is standing in front of a window and says it 's me .
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And me.
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Thrilled to reveal the cover for Bunny Vs Monkey book ELEVEN! Intergalactic Monkey Business is released in October, but available for preorder now! 🐰🐵🚀
May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thrilled to reveal the cover for Bunny Vs Monkey book ELEVEN! Intergalactic Monkey Business is released in October, but available for preorder now! 🐰🐵🚀
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Cowards.
The American Chemical Society is ceasing a program that awards scholarships to students from racial and ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented in the chemical sciences. cen.acs.org/education/AC... #chemsky🧪
ACS drops Scholars Program for students underrepresented in chemistry
The end of the program coincides with the settlement of a discrimination lawsuit
cen.acs.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cowards.
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Bavella, een bergketen in het zuiden van Corsica…
May 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Bavella, een bergketen in het zuiden van Corsica…
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#ClimateChange 🌡️ is exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions 🏭
We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes
We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years
We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes
We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years
May 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#ClimateChange 🌡️ is exceptional and caused by human greenhouse gas emissions 🏭
We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes
We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years
We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes
We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years
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Climate change is making fire seasons in Australia, the US, and Canada longer, and they’re starting to overlap. By 2050, the shared burden could grow by up to 29 days/year, straining firefighting partnerships (e.g. aircraft use) built on taking turns
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Increasing Fire Weather Season Overlap Between North America and Australia Challenges Firefighting Cooperation
A warmer climate increases overlapping fire risk between North America and Australia, potentially compromising firefighting cooperation Variability of Australian fire weather dominates the risk o...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Climate change is making fire seasons in Australia, the US, and Canada longer, and they’re starting to overlap. By 2050, the shared burden could grow by up to 29 days/year, straining firefighting partnerships (e.g. aircraft use) built on taking turns
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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This year's Earth Day @EarthDay has the theme "Our Power, Our Planet".
CONNECTS-UK's super power is linking researchers across all types of expertise to solve the renewable power puzzle and to show the power of research to the people.
CONNECTS-UK's super power is linking researchers across all types of expertise to solve the renewable power puzzle and to show the power of research to the people.
April 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This year's Earth Day @EarthDay has the theme "Our Power, Our Planet".
CONNECTS-UK's super power is linking researchers across all types of expertise to solve the renewable power puzzle and to show the power of research to the people.
CONNECTS-UK's super power is linking researchers across all types of expertise to solve the renewable power puzzle and to show the power of research to the people.
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Wij zeggen: Er is wél een rode lijn. Onze advertentie, vandaag in het AD, Trouw en de Volkskrant. Deel dit statement en help ons om meer partijen te overtuigen.
April 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Wij zeggen: Er is wél een rode lijn. Onze advertentie, vandaag in het AD, Trouw en de Volkskrant. Deel dit statement en help ons om meer partijen te overtuigen.
You don't know what you have until it's gone - Brexit version.
How I wish I had spoken out more and why I'm involved in @connects-uk.bsky.social now.
How I wish I had spoken out more and why I'm involved in @connects-uk.bsky.social now.
#Brexit changed many things, especially people's lives!For
@nature.com, I explored how it changed scientists' careers. Thanks to @niekbuurmah2o.bsky.social; Sergi Castellano; @doctordianap.bsky.social, and all the researchers who gave me their testimony.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com, I explored how it changed scientists' careers. Thanks to @niekbuurmah2o.bsky.social; Sergi Castellano; @doctordianap.bsky.social, and all the researchers who gave me their testimony.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Five years on: how Brexit changed three scientists’ careers
How did the United Kingdom’s formal departure from the European Union in January 2020 affect scientists who had moved there from mainland Europe?
www.nature.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
You don't know what you have until it's gone - Brexit version.
How I wish I had spoken out more and why I'm involved in @connects-uk.bsky.social now.
How I wish I had spoken out more and why I'm involved in @connects-uk.bsky.social now.
This is painful to watch, and I'm not even British.
Mind you, I'm not claiming Dutch colonial past was better in any way, shape or form and I'm sure you'll find Netherlanders with similar attitudes to our past.
Mind you, I'm not claiming Dutch colonial past was better in any way, shape or form and I'm sure you'll find Netherlanders with similar attitudes to our past.
April 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is painful to watch, and I'm not even British.
Mind you, I'm not claiming Dutch colonial past was better in any way, shape or form and I'm sure you'll find Netherlanders with similar attitudes to our past.
Mind you, I'm not claiming Dutch colonial past was better in any way, shape or form and I'm sure you'll find Netherlanders with similar attitudes to our past.
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My thoughts on the “pharmaceutical tariffs” issue, and an explanation of just what a morass it is.
Pharmaceutical Tariffs: The What and the How
www.science.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My thoughts on the “pharmaceutical tariffs” issue, and an explanation of just what a morass it is.