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"We now have the bizarre situation that anyone with any sense can see that America is no longer a reliable partner, and that the entire US business world bows to Trump’s dictatorial will, but we STILL are doing everything we can to transfer entire governments and most of our own businesses to […]

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J'ai signé la “Open letter for strong science journalism” (en allemand) de scientifiques et grand public suisse contre le projet de coupes dans le journalisme scientifique au service public SRF https://openpetition.eu/!sciencejournalism #Suisse #scicomm

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My post from yesterday (https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/113962852422322623) generated some very interesting comments. It seems that this behavior is confirmed and not just on Samsung devices, but also on devices from other manufacturers. I knew that many Chinese manufacturers, in order to […]

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Les réformes annoncées par l'administration Trump, par leur ampleur et leur brutalité, vont tuer l'enseignement supérieur et la recherche aux États-Unis. Cette nuit, on a appris la limitation des coûts indirects des bourses NIH à 15%. Un fil pour expliquer : 🧵 ▫️1/

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Given the bad weather, if some of you want to avoid US based internet services, EU has just issued a list of usable such services (web search, mail, web servers, cloud services, etc...) : https://european-alternatives.eu/ #fascism

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I'm once again asking everyone who got the order to delete or change stuff on their websites etc. pp.: Before doing so, ping us. Either at @SafeguardingResearch or me Also via matrix: @schoeneh:matrix.org We also got a forum to organize: https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/ And a […]

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Seems @postmarketOS is now successful enough for some people to think it was the first community-run GNU-like/Linux distro for phones. Let me remind you that SHR would turn 17yo this year, and it wasn't even the first one. I bet some #postmarketOS contributors are younger than that 😄 #mobilelinux

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

🔥Full house in the 'Breaking tech monopolies in Europe: a fireside chat with the European Commission' talk at the Legal & Policy Issue Devroom in #FOSDEM! If you didn't manage to join, no worries. Thanks to the amazing FOSDEM crew, it's been recorded ;) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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@WHO, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health & other experts discussed COVID learnings for ‘peacetime’ genomic surveillance systems that remain crisis-ready last week in Bern, and how our Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics enables this transition. See more 👉 […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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"Is higher reasoning or self awareness really possible in a creature without the ability to express herself using pheromones? A creature without antennae?" "Humans do seem to have smell receptors. They respond to some pheromones." "But aren't those responses simple stimulus response? Spray a […]

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

Given that these regimes often go after the scientists and academics fairly early on, suppose this is no surprise. But, still unfathomable to me that anyone would want to stifle health research like this. https://www.reddit.com/r/postdoc/comments/1i8hqpg/darkness_descends_on_nih/

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

There was another similar video comparing Elon Musk's gesture, but instead of WW2-era archival images, that one was mashing up modern day far right groups. Did you by any chance bookmark it?

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

some terminal keyboard shortcuts I'd be interested to hear if there's anything super important I missed, obviously there are 1000 readline shortcuts and there's no space for that but there's maybe space for 1 more thing

submitted 39 days ago • 11 comments

🇨🇭🦠 Today, we celebrate the launch of the Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics with a symposium in Bern 👉 More: https://www.sib.swiss/centre-for-pathogen-bioinformatics 💬 We’ll have insightful talks on the critical role of bioinformatics in public health […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Want to join SWAT4HCLS, learn about semantics, standards and how to use this to get things done. The registrations are open and has remote participation options. https://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/barcelona2025/registration/

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

🔍 What is the impact of the bioinformatics databases and tools developed by SIB groups? Researchers use them to make sense of their data and tackle essential societal challenges. For example, identifying sea creatures who break down certain forms of plastics […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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submitted 45 days ago • 4 comments

I ran a small mail server at home for various alerts, sending scanned documents, etc. (server is waiting for hardare upgrade/repair, will probably run again in a few weeks). I personally don't have email delivrability problems, but that's because my e-mail is hosted at a local company […]

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Our state-of-the-art national research infrastructure received a solid foundation for continued maintenance and development, with renewed funding from Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI for 2025-2028. As in previous […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

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Discover the 3 new bioinformatics resources to join the SIB portfolio: BEAST2, mOTUs & the Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP)👇 Recognized as crucially important for the global life sciences community, these high-quality databases and software tools […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

You spent HOW MUCH on monkeys and typewriters, when all you needed to do was pay a human writer a living wage?

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Great news - my student Harshit Gujral had his paper accepted in Environmental Research. Basically, the work is the first to show a there is now a measurable reduction in incidents of childhood asthma in US States that have implemented a Zero-Emissions vehicle mandate. Here's the pre-print […]

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

An Open Letter to All European Politicians and Leaders to Abandon X/Twitter: "By abandoning X/Twitter, leaders can reduce its credibility, promote fairer alternatives, and take a stand against the spread of disinformation, ensuring democratic principles are upheld." H/T to @everton137 for […]

submitted 51 days ago • 6 comments

After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

submitted 52 days ago • 4 comments

… I am at the other end of the spectrum. I am not interested in Androi beyond a couple of mandatory apps (mostly the chat my circle of close friends insists on using - WhatsApp - and a few things required for Banking) (and even those have alternatives nowadays). #SailfishOS is in my personnal […]

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Do you have a big monitor and often lose your mouse pointer on the screen? Are you in denial about being old enough to turn on mouse trails? Well, I have the solution for you! A desk kitten! Desk kittens can locate your lost mouse pointer in […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

submitted 67 days ago • 3 comments