Niek Buurma
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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- Reposted by Niek BuurmaI'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!
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaSteve Bannon wants Elon Musk deported, as per the NYT.
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- De VS hebben T.A.C.O., Nederland heeft W.A.C.O. #Wilders
- If you think Reform will solve the UK's problems, just have a look at what Wilders achieved in the Netherlands. 0 Zero Nothing Big promises, but in the end his only belief is islamophobia.
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- Reposted by Niek BuurmaChancellor 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
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- And me.
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaThrilled 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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- Reposted by Niek BuurmaClimate 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/...
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- 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.
- 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.
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaMy thoughts on the “pharmaceutical tariffs” issue, and an explanation of just what a morass it is.
- Don't you hate it when you accidentally post on Truth Social what you wanted to post on Signal?
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaAlright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand. You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaHot damn, Steven Horsford just set fire to Trump's U.S. Trade Representative Jameison Greer over Trump's idiotic and costly tariff play.
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- In need of a good news story? This lovely open science story is all that is good about collaborative science!
- At #ACSSpring2025, Ed Griffen of MedChemica disclosed the structure of a pancoronavirus antiviral that targets the main protease of the two different coronaviruses that cause Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and COVID-19. cen.acs.org/acs-news/acs... 🧪
- Just a reminder that Wales pays to send its best pupils to study in England while universities in Wales avoid going bankrupt by making 14% of academics redundant. www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaOh god it’s that day again isn’t it. The day when everyone tricks me and I fall for it. What joy.
- Reposted by Niek BuurmaA paper on the probability words used in intelligence analysis. Each word is meant to relate to a specific probability range. But people interpret these words in varied ways. "Participants greatly overestimated the probability for realistic possibility" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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- Reposted by Niek Buurmawhat's the English translation of "Lebensraum"?
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- Reposted by Niek BuurmaIt is hard to think of someone who has done more harm to US science in so short a time than Musk FRS. And it's still happening daily.
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- With apologies for the bad language, but the Dutch PM really is called Dick - and this is a proposal to make him Donald Trump's prime ally. #satire
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- Trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback. Or, in the recent case of the ACS, trust leaves on a high-speed train.
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- Reposted by Niek BuurmaToday's GB News TV advertisers include *Sky *The National Lottery *Freshpet *Dormeo *Ideal Home Show *Boxt *Raging Bull Snacks *Selectspecs *Cover Today *All Clear Travel *Trading212 *TrailFinders *Polish Tourism Organisation *Salus Mortgages *Lawn Master www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/time...
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- One further tip to make your next networking adventure a great one, relevant for those of us who hold anti-fascist views: don't bring your phone or other electronic devices (or consider networking somewhere that has free speech).
- Are you interested in expanding your science network? Check out these tips to make your next networking adventure a great one! At #ACSSpring2025 we will have a variety of networking events. Click the link to view the social events and networking: buff.ly/3GnRLpQ
- I also have a negative opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. There you go. I won't go to the US for the foreseeable future either.
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- I am really grateful to have been nominated for Personal Tutor of the Year in the Cardiff Student Voice Enriching Student Life Awards 2025! A thousand thank yous to the kind person(s) who made the effort to nominate me. This means even more in challenging times! #ESLAs2025 #CardiffUniversity
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- Reposted by Niek BuurmaFor some reason, Trump exempted "Poutine" from Canadian tariffs.
- Our principles have been paused for review and refinement. Sure. Lots of people do that with deeply held their principles, all the time. /s
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- Reposted by Niek Buurma"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he pushes back
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