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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- Totally agree. A large language model is not a large information model. And information is also not intelligence.
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- In the Netherlands, it's still duizend - miljoen - miljard - biljoen.
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- The US are now an unreliable partner and unreliable provider of military equipment. European (including Ukraine!) industry must fill the gap.
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- Thanks for bringing these to my attention. I have just checked with my 9-yo. He has seen some at school and his enthusiastic praise ended with a simple order: "Order them, all of them!"
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- Will Trump still ban all refugees except the totally legit white South African refugees?
- 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!
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- Nog een bekend gezegde: Bevat je coalitie een obsessieve islamofoob, dan is er voor de regering uiteindelijk geen hoop. #wilders
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- De VS hebben T.A.C.O., Nederland heeft W.A.C.O. #Wilders
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- Wilders showing he is more *against* islam than he is *for* ordinary Dutch citizens.
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- Dit is wat er gebeurt als je islamophobie sterker is dan de wil om iets voor de gewone burger te doen. HELEMAAL NIETS BEREIKT.
- 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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- I'll regret not speaking out for the rest of my career. "Brexit highlighted the need for scientists to speak out about European Union ideals and more generally on the influence that political decisions can have on science. I regret my lack of action before the vote." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- Maybe Bessent should have a look at what happens when 50 states are represented by one group, or even just one (orange) person. Oh wait, that results in a pretty strong position on the world stage, however good or bad that position is.
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- We need a game of "who's next?" but the problem with this level of evil stupidity is that it is hard to predict where the next one will drop, even though we know that it will happen again.
- And me.
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- The @acs.org is nothing without its community and I hereby resign from the ACS community. No manuscripts submitted, no reviewing done. No ACS meetings attended.
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- I have a problem with a migrant who tends to be late for meetings. That migrant is me.
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- When the actual experiments to generate the required data take longer than an hour, computing power stops being the bottleneck - getting data becomes the bottleneck. ML is great to go through a century's worth of existing data, but will not generate a century's worth of actual data in minutes.
- 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.
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- Backstabbing snakes get peerages now? We clearly live in interesting times.
- Don't you hate it when you accidentally post on Truth Social what you wanted to post on Signal?
- In need of a good news story? This lovely open science story is all that is good about collaborative science!
- 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...
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- Did Elon FRS tell you that you needed an X in the title?
- 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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- What data are you recording? Where are the data stored and who has access? The reason for asking is this: "... four spatio-temporal points are enough to uniquely identify 95% of the individuals ..." from www.nature.com/articles/sre...
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- Here's the original clip. The written text is a slightly shortened version of V-nazi's precise statement. bsky.app/profile/impl...
- 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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- Did you inform attendees that this was happening?
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- For those wondering, the footnote to the table says "Density is measured by dividing the total length of high-speed lines (in meters) by the country area in square kilometers (km)". I see some unit problems with the notation, but a ball-park check on NL seems correct.
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- Yes, same here - all of a sudden I am getting a few every day it seems.
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- A Ukrainian incursion into Russia anywhere along the border was becoming pretty obvious as the Kursk toehold is coming to an end. Ukraine just needs a few square kilometres of Russia to stop Putin from suggesting that the current front lines will be the final borders.
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- I don't think it's the presentation @mofsoton.bsky.social is worried about ... bsky.app/profile/nano...
- 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).
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- ... but only if you're inside the US already. If not, reconsider if travel to the US is absolutely necessary. bsky.app/profile/nano...
- 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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- Ook leuk dat de totale lengte van de balk een indicatie geeft van het vermogen van de achterban om genuanceerd te denken.
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- What is missing from this article is comparison data. For example, if most actual crashes happen on crossings, then roundabouts do a great job at avoiding a lot of those crashes. Turning crashes into near narrowly avoided crashes is a win. If that's not the case, we need to know as well.
- 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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- ... en dan ook nog de kans krijgen om alsnog een scriptie te schrijven ... zonder langstudeerboete.
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- Voorstellen voor tegentarieven: 200% op vliegtuigen van Boeing - dan heeft Airbus straks mooi een monopolie. 50% BTW op alle aankopen bij amazon. 500% op alle swasticars 100% op starlink terminals Alle opbrengsten direct investeren in EU alternatieven voor producten en diensten uit de VS.
- 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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- Frankrijk? Daar snappen ze precies wat je bedoelt met "Vindicat? Plus ça change ..."
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- This is what the abbreviation FFS was invented for.
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- "It takes 10 years to destroy the reputation of a university." University administrators across the UK: "Hold my beer."
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- Wat mij betreft is vertrouwen op een EU in ontwikkeling geen huilen, maar een geloof in de kracht van de unie.
