Gleb Ebert
@gl-eb.me
Recently defended my PhD at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, now between jobs. Interested in all things microbial evolvability as well as microbiology, evolution, and genomics […]
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Gleb Ebert
@gl-eb.me
· Nov 2
UpSet Plots in the Tidyverse – Gleb Ebert
How to create the components of an UpSet plot and combine them
www.gl-eb.me
I’ve finally had time to write another blog post after a couple of busy months. It’s a tutorial on how to create UpSet plots using only tidyverse packages (and patchwork) in #rstats
https://www.gl-eb.me/blog/posts/2025-11-02_upset/
#dataviz #ggplot2
https://www.gl-eb.me/blog/posts/2025-11-02_upset/
#dataviz #ggplot2
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December 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Some bird species famously sound like they were named by horny men: Boobies, shags, swallows and tits for example. However, according to Susan Myers' (https://www.susanmyersphotography.com/) fantastic 'The Bird Name Book', all of the above have perfectly innocent etymologies.
A short thread → […]
A short thread → […]
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mstdn.science
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Some bird species famously sound like they were named by horny men: Boobies, shags, swallows and tits for example. However, according to Susan Myers' (https://www.susanmyersphotography.com/) fantastic 'The Bird Name Book', all of the above have perfectly innocent etymologies.
A short thread → […]
A short thread → […]
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I was recently reminded of this.
A couple decades ago, I wrote a short paper that described how the basic approaches of cryptography and computer security lead to an efficient and practical privilege escalation attack against master-keyed mechanical lock, which I published in IEEE Security and […]
A couple decades ago, I wrote a short paper that described how the basic approaches of cryptography and computer security lead to an efficient and practical privilege escalation attack against master-keyed mechanical lock, which I published in IEEE Security and […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
December 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was recently reminded of this.
A couple decades ago, I wrote a short paper that described how the basic approaches of cryptography and computer security lead to an efficient and practical privilege escalation attack against master-keyed mechanical lock, which I published in IEEE Security and […]
A couple decades ago, I wrote a short paper that described how the basic approaches of cryptography and computer security lead to an efficient and practical privilege escalation attack against master-keyed mechanical lock, which I published in IEEE Security and […]
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You need to read this story.
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You need to read this story.
Some bird species famously sound like they were named by horny men: Boobies, shags, swallows and tits for example. However, according to Susan Myers' (https://www.susanmyersphotography.com/) fantastic 'The Bird Name Book', all of the above have perfectly innocent etymologies.
A short thread → […]
A short thread → […]
Original post on mstdn.science
mstdn.science
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Some bird species famously sound like they were named by horny men: Boobies, shags, swallows and tits for example. However, according to Susan Myers' (https://www.susanmyersphotography.com/) fantastic 'The Bird Name Book', all of the above have perfectly innocent etymologies.
A short thread → […]
A short thread → […]
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I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from #adobe.
I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record […]
I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record […]
Original post on mstdn.science
mstdn.science
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I suggest that you avoid purchasing any products or services from #adobe.
I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record […]
I base this on my recent experience with Adobe, buyng an upgrade — that fails to run on my computer. There is (apparently) no way for a customer to talk or correspond with a human being at Adobe. Because I have no record […]
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Today is a big day.
After many years of work, I’m excited to finally share a paper describing a novel approach to identifying potential breakthroughs in biomedical research, up to twelve years before the breakthrough itself occurs.
1/15
After many years of work, I’m excited to finally share a paper describing a novel approach to identifying potential breakthroughs in biomedical research, up to twelve years before the breakthrough itself occurs.
1/15
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today is a big day.
After many years of work, I’m excited to finally share a paper describing a novel approach to identifying potential breakthroughs in biomedical research, up to twelve years before the breakthrough itself occurs.
1/15
After many years of work, I’m excited to finally share a paper describing a novel approach to identifying potential breakthroughs in biomedical research, up to twelve years before the breakthrough itself occurs.
1/15
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Phenomenal photos.
Photojournalists are amazing people.
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2025/12/top-25-news-photos-2025/685128/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pHipP2UMvSwVHuaO9hUqUqA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Photojournalists are amazing people.
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2025/12/top-25-news-photos-2025/685128/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pHipP2UMvSwVHuaO9hUqUqA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Phenomenal photos.
Photojournalists are amazing people.
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2025/12/top-25-news-photos-2025/685128/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pHipP2UMvSwVHuaO9hUqUqA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Photojournalists are amazing people.
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2025/12/top-25-news-photos-2025/685128/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pHipP2UMvSwVHuaO9hUqUqA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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This paper started with a plot showing the density of satellites in orbit vs. altitude that Aaron Boley (professor at UBC) made. I knew this was probably bad, but what does 10^(-7) objects per cubic km really even mean when everything is flying around at 7km […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This paper started with a plot showing the density of satellites in orbit vs. altitude that Aaron Boley (professor at UBC) made. I knew this was probably bad, but what does 10^(-7) objects per cubic km really even mean when everything is flying around at 7km […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
A few months ago I applied for the @officialSMBE Fellowship. I had to write a short article about a paper as part of the application. While I was not selected, I thought I'd nevertheless share what I wrote on my blog.
Leap, Then Refine—a Two-Step Model of Adaptation,
A short highlight article […]
Leap, Then Refine—a Two-Step Model of Adaptation,
A short highlight article […]
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mstdn.science
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A few months ago I applied for the @officialSMBE Fellowship. I had to write a short article about a paper as part of the application. While I was not selected, I thought I'd nevertheless share what I wrote on my blog.
Leap, Then Refine—a Two-Step Model of Adaptation,
A short highlight article […]
Leap, Then Refine—a Two-Step Model of Adaptation,
A short highlight article […]
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Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
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"We present DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology, evolutionary biology and archaeology (https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/). DAFNEE includes information on over 600 journals (co)run by academic or non-profit institutions, aiming at helping to keep publishing funds within […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"We present DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology, evolutionary biology and archaeology (https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/). DAFNEE includes information on over 600 journals (co)run by academic or non-profit institutions, aiming at helping to keep publishing funds within […]
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Interesting @snsf_ch data on career interuptions (parenthood, care duties, illness, part-time work) for academic researchers by gender
https://data.snf.ch/stories/cv-deduction-en.html
https://data.snf.ch/stories/cv-deduction-en.html
SNSF Data Portal
The Swiss National Science Foundation's Data Portal presents interactive Key Figures, facts on funded projects and involved people in the Grant Search and the COVID-19 project registry, Dataset downloads as well as Data Stories on research funding activities.
data.snf.ch
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Interesting @snsf_ch data on career interuptions (parenthood, care duties, illness, part-time work) for academic researchers by gender
https://data.snf.ch/stories/cv-deduction-en.html
https://data.snf.ch/stories/cv-deduction-en.html
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Just as a reminder, another good text about the virtues and necessities for self-hosting. Thanks Paul for the link!
https://itsfoss.com/news/digital-content-ownership-illusion/
https://itsfoss.com/news/digital-content-ownership-illusion/
Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion—Unless You Self‑Host
Prices are rising across Netflix, Spotify, and their peers, and more people are quietly returning to the oldest playbook of the internet: piracy. Is the golden age of streaming over?
itsfoss.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Just as a reminder, another good text about the virtues and necessities for self-hosting. Thanks Paul for the link!
https://itsfoss.com/news/digital-content-ownership-illusion/
https://itsfoss.com/news/digital-content-ownership-illusion/
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Folks been asking for a searchable catalogue for microbinfie podcast. With a 147 episodes, and 78+ guests its getting hard to find episodes of your interest.
anyway, i wrote a catalogue
https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie
see all our lovely guests at https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie/guests
anyway, i wrote a catalogue
https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie
see all our lovely guests at https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie/guests
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Folks been asking for a searchable catalogue for microbinfie podcast. With a 147 episodes, and 78+ guests its getting hard to find episodes of your interest.
anyway, i wrote a catalogue
https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie
see all our lovely guests at https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie/guests
anyway, i wrote a catalogue
https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie
see all our lovely guests at https://www.happykhan.com/microbinfie/guests
Last year the Swiss government decided to triple tuition fees at the federal institutes of technology (ETH Zurich, @epfl) for students coming from outside of Switzerland. A further increase up to 4x the previous fees (together with a 2x increase for Swiss students) has been proposed this year […]
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mstdn.science
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Last year the Swiss government decided to triple tuition fees at the federal institutes of technology (ETH Zurich, @epfl) for students coming from outside of Switzerland. A further increase up to 4x the previous fees (together with a 2x increase for Swiss students) has been proposed this year […]
I’ve finally had time to write another blog post after a couple of busy months. It’s a tutorial on how to create UpSet plots using only tidyverse packages (and patchwork) in #rstats
https://www.gl-eb.me/blog/posts/2025-11-02_upset/
#dataviz #ggplot2
https://www.gl-eb.me/blog/posts/2025-11-02_upset/
#dataviz #ggplot2
UpSet Plots in the Tidyverse – Gleb Ebert
How to create the components of an UpSet plot and combine them
www.gl-eb.me
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’ve finally had time to write another blog post after a couple of busy months. It’s a tutorial on how to create UpSet plots using only tidyverse packages (and patchwork) in #rstats
https://www.gl-eb.me/blog/posts/2025-11-02_upset/
#dataviz #ggplot2
https://www.gl-eb.me/blog/posts/2025-11-02_upset/
#dataviz #ggplot2
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Proud to share my latest work with FedEx to localize their iconic logo for RTL regions. This took a lot of hard work but really proud of how it came out 💜💜
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Proud to share my latest work with FedEx to localize their iconic logo for RTL regions. This took a lot of hard work but really proud of how it came out 💜💜
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Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@ContamClub So the students were supposed to make smears of sterile water, to check their technique. This one 1. did something weird with the streak technique and 2. got a really nice contaminant slightly outside her own drawing?
Anybody knows where the sun like […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Anybody knows where the sun like […]
[Original post on mas.to]
October 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
@ContamClub So the students were supposed to make smears of sterile water, to check their technique. This one 1. did something weird with the streak technique and 2. got a really nice contaminant slightly outside her own drawing?
Anybody knows where the sun like […]
[Original post on mas.to]
Anybody knows where the sun like […]
[Original post on mas.to]
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"Ornithologist in residence at a queer church built in 879" is one of the proudest lines on my CV
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Ornithologist in residence at a queer church built in 879" is one of the proudest lines on my CV
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Reminder that I am the ornithologist-in-residence at the 8th(?) oldest church in England (which has a largely queer congregation) despite being atheist.
How cool is that?
It's super cool.
My next residency is THIS WEEKEND! Come for a parish bird walk!
How cool is that?
It's super cool.
My next residency is THIS WEEKEND! Come for a parish bird walk!
Join us for a little walk around our urban parish with ornithologist @thelabandfield.bsky.social. The last time we did this we found over 20 different species!
Find out more here: stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/urb...
Find out more here: stnicholasleicester.com/whats-on/urb...
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Reminder that I am the ornithologist-in-residence at the 8th(?) oldest church in England (which has a largely queer congregation) despite being atheist.
How cool is that?
It's super cool.
My next residency is THIS WEEKEND! Come for a parish bird walk!
How cool is that?
It's super cool.
My next residency is THIS WEEKEND! Come for a parish bird walk!
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The @ruhr-uni-bochum.de has a news piece (in German) about my professorship and the research I will be doing in the coming years: https://news.rub.de/leute/2025-10-14-neu-ernannt-christopher-kyba-traeumt-von-einem-satelliten
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The @ruhr-uni-bochum.de has a news piece (in German) about my professorship and the research I will be doing in the coming years: https://news.rub.de/leute/2025-10-14-neu-ernannt-christopher-kyba-traeumt-von-einem-satelliten