Wouter Ellenbroek
@wg-ellenbroek.bsky.social
Soft Matter Physics meets Chemistry and Engineering. Physics Education. Eindhoven University of Technology. Music. Games. Cooking.
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Opvallend aan de VVD:
Ze wilden iedereen laten geloven dat ze het afgelopen decennium niet geregeerd hebben en dus niet verantwoordelijk zijn.
En nu doen ze alsof ze de verkiezingen hebben gewonnen en allerlei eisen mogen stellen waaraan de andere partijen moeten voldoen.
Ze wilden iedereen laten geloven dat ze het afgelopen decennium niet geregeerd hebben en dus niet verantwoordelijk zijn.
En nu doen ze alsof ze de verkiezingen hebben gewonnen en allerlei eisen mogen stellen waaraan de andere partijen moeten voldoen.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Opvallend aan de VVD:
Ze wilden iedereen laten geloven dat ze het afgelopen decennium niet geregeerd hebben en dus niet verantwoordelijk zijn.
En nu doen ze alsof ze de verkiezingen hebben gewonnen en allerlei eisen mogen stellen waaraan de andere partijen moeten voldoen.
Ze wilden iedereen laten geloven dat ze het afgelopen decennium niet geregeerd hebben en dus niet verantwoordelijk zijn.
En nu doen ze alsof ze de verkiezingen hebben gewonnen en allerlei eisen mogen stellen waaraan de andere partijen moeten voldoen.
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Ga alsjeblieft stemmen vandaag.
Want de problemen van mensen die in de knel zitten, zijn te groot om aan rechtse partijen over te laten.
Want de problemen van mensen die in de knel zitten, zijn te groot om aan rechtse partijen over te laten.
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Ga alsjeblieft stemmen vandaag.
Want de problemen van mensen die in de knel zitten, zijn te groot om aan rechtse partijen over te laten.
Want de problemen van mensen die in de knel zitten, zijn te groot om aan rechtse partijen over te laten.
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🟥 D-Day voor de democratie vandaag. Maar ook voor onderwijs en onderzoek! Onderstaand overzicht geeft een idee op basis van NL verkiezingsprogramma's. Geen verdere bezuinigingen!
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🟥 D-Day voor de democratie vandaag. Maar ook voor onderwijs en onderzoek! Onderstaand overzicht geeft een idee op basis van NL verkiezingsprogramma's. Geen verdere bezuinigingen!
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
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I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am super excited to announce that we have a tenure-track faculty position in biophysics open in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon! 🧪
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
Interfolio link: apply.interfolio.com/174360
PLEASE, share widely across the blue skies!
Let me briefly explain what we're looking for:
1/10
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Loved how I got to clarify that the 5 principles in section 4 of the paper were nothing new. They came straight out of The Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, that every scientists in The Netherlands already ought to know. All we did is apply them to AI. www.nwo.nl/en/netherlan...
September 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Loved how I got to clarify that the 5 principles in section 4 of the paper were nothing new. They came straight out of The Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, that every scientists in The Netherlands already ought to know. All we did is apply them to AI. www.nwo.nl/en/netherlan...
WTAF?
Shipping books internationally in the US: a Cautionary Tale
This past Friday, my wife went down to our local post office (NE #Ohio) to ship a couple of our book orders
(I write lots of books, mainly on paranormal topics like ghosts)
One was headed to the UK
(1/??)
This past Friday, my wife went down to our local post office (NE #Ohio) to ship a couple of our book orders
(I write lots of books, mainly on paranormal topics like ghosts)
One was headed to the UK
(1/??)
August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
WTAF?
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No you cannot determine which drugs are safe and effective with machine learning. You cannot. It will not work. People will die.
"At FDA we're accelerating drug approvals so that you don't need to use primates or even animal models. You can do the drug approvals very, very quickly with AI."
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
No you cannot determine which drugs are safe and effective with machine learning. You cannot. It will not work. People will die.
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The Nature journals are too woke... 😳
Research published in Springer Nature journals is no longer accessible to US government agencies;
they cut their subscriptions to Springer Nature journals.
they cut their subscriptions to Springer Nature journals.
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The Nature journals are too woke... 😳
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Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model.
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
Springer Nature Discovers MDPI – The Strain on Scientific Publishing
Home page for the paper ‘The Strain on Scientific Publishing’ by Mark A Hanson, Dan Brockington, Paolo Crosetto and Pablo Gomez Barreiro
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io
June 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Springer-Nature launched a series of "Discover" journals that closely mimic MDPI titles -- sharing *identical* journal names, and likely similar business model.
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
What is going on, and why researcher will - as always - fall for it?
A 🧵
the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...
Wat een onbedaarlijke nonsens weer van @nieuws.nos.nl. Er is iedere maand een keer volle maan. Die is altijd die kleur als hij laag staat. En de volle maan staat in de zomer ALTIJD laag, dat is niet iets bijzonders van dit jaar.
Bijzondere 'aardbeienmaan' te zien boven Nederland - nos.nl/l/2570821
Bijzondere 'aardbeienmaan' te zien boven Nederland - nos.nl/l/2570821
Bijzondere 'aardbeienmaan' te zien boven Nederland
Deze aardbeienmaan dankt zijn naam niet aan de rode kleur, maar aan de periode. In deze tijd van het jaar worden veel aardbeien geoogst.
nos.nl
June 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Wat een onbedaarlijke nonsens weer van @nieuws.nos.nl. Er is iedere maand een keer volle maan. Die is altijd die kleur als hij laag staat. En de volle maan staat in de zomer ALTIJD laag, dat is niet iets bijzonders van dit jaar.
Bijzondere 'aardbeienmaan' te zien boven Nederland - nos.nl/l/2570821
Bijzondere 'aardbeienmaan' te zien boven Nederland - nos.nl/l/2570821
Hoi @nieuws.nos.nl , is dit wat jullie op je website beschrijven als "de lokale politie greep in met rubber kogels"? Zou die formulering niet iets scherper moeten? Iets over het gericht schieten op journalisten misschien?
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hoi @nieuws.nos.nl , is dit wat jullie op je website beschrijven als "de lokale politie greep in met rubber kogels"? Zou die formulering niet iets scherper moeten? Iets over het gericht schieten op journalisten misschien?
Nee. Niemand heeft "de stekker uit het kabinet getrokken". Iemand heeft "de stekker VAN het kabinet ERUIT getrokken". Waaruit? Ik denk uit het stopcontact. Maar in ieder geval niet uit het kabinet.
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Nee. Niemand heeft "de stekker uit het kabinet getrokken". Iemand heeft "de stekker VAN het kabinet ERUIT getrokken". Waaruit? Ik denk uit het stopcontact. Maar in ieder geval niet uit het kabinet.
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This needs to be highlighted so much, and perhaps should result in a follow up article at @theguardian.com .
I'm reading the report behind these headlines about glyphosate and it may be the most scientifically illiterate thing I've come across (although it's a close thing with the recent MAHA report). 1/n
June 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This needs to be highlighted so much, and perhaps should result in a follow up article at @theguardian.com .
Dutch Music Festival Pinkpop has started a new Youtube Channel publishing some old footage in stunningly high quality. Tripping hard down memory lane, even if at the time I only saw these on TV. www.youtube.com/@PinkpopArch...
Pinkpop Archive
Welcome to the official Pinkpop Archive YouTube channel!
Pinkpop is the world’s oldest and longest-running annual pop and rock music festival. Held each year in Landgraaf, it’s The Netherlands’ larges...
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dutch Music Festival Pinkpop has started a new Youtube Channel publishing some old footage in stunningly high quality. Tripping hard down memory lane, even if at the time I only saw these on TV. www.youtube.com/@PinkpopArch...
Life hack of the month: Not interested in AI-generated crap when doing a Google query? Add an expletive to the query. No more googling "what is habeas corpus". Instead, google "what the fuck is habeas corpus". (Linked article in Dutch)
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Liever geen AI-antwoord van Google? Schelden maar!
Wie nu een Google-zoekopdracht invoert, krijgt bovenaan een door AI-gegenereerd antwoord. Wie daar geen zin in heeft, maar wel graag Google blijft gebruiken, kan het helaas niet zomaar uitzetten. Wie:...
www.nrc.nl
May 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Life hack of the month: Not interested in AI-generated crap when doing a Google query? Add an expletive to the query. No more googling "what is habeas corpus". Instead, google "what the fuck is habeas corpus". (Linked article in Dutch)
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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"So the fact that the city of Troy is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a beautiful giant wooden horse..."
May 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"So the fact that the city of Troy is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a beautiful giant wooden horse..."
If I were time travelling to 2006 and had to explain how bad 2025 is, I'd tell them 2025 was so bad Randall made a government-protest xkcd.
April 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
If I were time travelling to 2006 and had to explain how bad 2025 is, I'd tell them 2025 was so bad Randall made a government-protest xkcd.
Even rondkijken in een willekeurige fietsenstalling leert dat meer dan de helft van de fatbikes van deze sticker (of een vergelijkbare) is voorzien. "Never use in roadways", zegt de fabrikant zelf. En "never allow more than one rider". Waarom worden deze ondingen niet gewoon van de weg gehaald?
April 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Even rondkijken in een willekeurige fietsenstalling leert dat meer dan de helft van de fatbikes van deze sticker (of een vergelijkbare) is voorzien. "Never use in roadways", zegt de fabrikant zelf. En "never allow more than one rider". Waarom worden deze ondingen niet gewoon van de weg gehaald?
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1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
March 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.
Maybe... perhaps... questioning how landing a boat somewhere gives a people the right to claim a piece of land is not a direction a white US president with European ancestry should like the discussion to move in?
Trump on Greenland: "Denmark is very far away. A boat landed there 200 years ago or something and they say they have rights to it. I don't know if that's true. I don't think it is, actually ... we really need it for national security ... maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there."
March 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Maybe... perhaps... questioning how landing a boat somewhere gives a people the right to claim a piece of land is not a direction a white US president with European ancestry should like the discussion to move in?
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“I don’t want to be driving a car built and designed by an asshole.” — Senator Mark Kelly
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.
March 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“I don’t want to be driving a car built and designed by an asshole.” — Senator Mark Kelly
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Reads like a nice sequel to "Mars is a hellhole". We can never have too many ways to explain how deranged Elno's ideas are.
If you haven't read "Mars is a hellhole", look it up too. It's 4 years old by now, written by @shannonstirone.bsky.social , and more relevant than ever.
If you haven't read "Mars is a hellhole", look it up too. It's 4 years old by now, written by @shannonstirone.bsky.social , and more relevant than ever.
This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Reads like a nice sequel to "Mars is a hellhole". We can never have too many ways to explain how deranged Elno's ideas are.
If you haven't read "Mars is a hellhole", look it up too. It's 4 years old by now, written by @shannonstirone.bsky.social , and more relevant than ever.
If you haven't read "Mars is a hellhole", look it up too. It's 4 years old by now, written by @shannonstirone.bsky.social , and more relevant than ever.
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As my friend @drshepherd2013.bsky.social says, asking why we need a National Weather Service when we have apps and the Weather Channel is like asking why we need potato farmers when we can buy fries at McDonalds.
March 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As my friend @drshepherd2013.bsky.social says, asking why we need a National Weather Service when we have apps and the Weather Channel is like asking why we need potato farmers when we can buy fries at McDonalds.
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Something to bookmark:
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
Trump won’t admit it, but Canadian potash fuels American agriculture
More than 80 per cent of the potash used by U.S. farmers comes from Canadian mines, and the costs could skyrocket should tariffs happen
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Something to bookmark:
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}