Reposted by Hans De Loof
Counting lives saved is difficult, but it can show us the great difference some people have made—
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
August 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Counting lives saved is difficult, but it can show us the great difference some people have made—
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
Scientists can make an enormous difference in the world.
Reposted by Hans De Loof
By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
May 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability.
Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.
Reposted by Hans De Loof
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Reposted by Hans De Loof
April 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Last week in SLC!
Inspiring!
Inspiring!
April 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Last week in SLC!
Inspiring!
Inspiring!
I saw Condors yesterday at the Navajo bridge on highway 89A
April 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I saw Condors yesterday at the Navajo bridge on highway 89A
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Important paper on rethinking heart disease, with a focus on atheroma and primary prevention, not just blood supply impairment (reactive, today's mode of secondary prevention) A @thelancet.bsky.social Commission
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
March 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Important paper on rethinking heart disease, with a focus on atheroma and primary prevention, not just blood supply impairment (reactive, today's mode of secondary prevention) A @thelancet.bsky.social Commission
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Hans De Loof
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
March 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Our digital times :-)
March 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our digital times :-)
RFK Jr. Falsely Claims Measles Vax Causes Deaths 'Every Year' | MedPage Today
Just listen
Click www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Just listen
Click www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
RFK Jr. Falsely Claims Measles Vax Causes Deaths 'Every Year'
Vaccine expert debunks recent statements from nation's top health official
www.medpagetoday.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
RFK Jr. Falsely Claims Measles Vax Causes Deaths 'Every Year' | MedPage Today
Just listen
Click www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Just listen
Click www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media.
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every few years, we sign up for yet another platform just to keep in touch with our friends. Private platforms have locked users in for too long, causing a lack of innovation & competition in social media.
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Bluesky aims to fundamentally change this.
Live in 20 min with @jay.bsky.team:
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Reposted by Hans De Loof
"Absence of evidence, is not the evidence of absence"
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
March 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Absence of evidence, is not the evidence of absence"
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
Reposted by Hans De Loof
"Politicians are allowed to criticize the press," writes the editorial board. "But there is a difference between using language and using muscle." The Trump administration "is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers."
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Politicians are allowed to criticize the press," writes the editorial board. "But there is a difference between using language and using muscle." The Trump administration "is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers."
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
Reposted by Hans De Loof
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence