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Marcel Swart

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▪️P @icreacommunity.bsky.social Prof TheoChem ▪️F @rsc.org ▪️M @acad-euro.bsky.social ▪️E @ica-papers.bsky.social ▪️ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-8488 ▪️🇳🇱 Views my own ▪️Pronouns: he/him/his ▪️Web: @marcelswart.eu ▪️See @spinstatepapers.bsky.social

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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 5h
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 6h
I suppose it is impossible to guess where I was
Picture is shown of an airport with lots of blue-white planes
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10/10/2026
Here are some tools that may help you detect deepfakes. deepfakestracker.org/digital-fore...
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Digital Forensics – Deepfakes Tracker
Digital Forensics Detection Tools Provided by Model Developers SynthID Detector can detect AI-generated media produced by NVIDIA, OpenAI, Google that uses the SynthID watermark. Tag(s): Image, Video, ...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10/10/2026
And here are some Downloadable Educational Resources on deepfakes for your schools and community centers. deepfakestracker.org/downloadable...
deepfakestracker.org
Downloadable Educational Resources – Deepfakes Tracker
Printable (8.5×11) 3-Page Handout The Deepfake Spotter Guide is an 8.5″ x 11″ handout. It includes two pages of practical tips and strategies for spotting deepfakes, along with a handy checklist to su...
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
new rule: if a university denied someone tenure, or let them go because it canceled their classes, or has shut down the department or program they used to teach in, that university's PR department forfeits the right to put out a celebratory statement when that person wins a Nobel
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 10/10/2026
My parents got froglet a toy bin lorry for his birthday, complete with lil bins that dump into the lorry and I have just now realised a) where all his socks got to and b) that I have no idea how to open the lorry and retrieve things inside it
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Melisa @melisa23.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you were mowing your lawn and the mower got away from you and cut a chunk out of your neighbor's lawn, you would have to reimburse your neighbor. It's a pretty fucking simple.concept, except these chuds have never touched fucking grass in their idiotic lives.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/10/2026
The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine.
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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 09/10/2026
I have been advised not to use this license for academic works. This license allows someone to, for example, leave the title and author the same but change the content and then redistribute it. Just a fact you might be interested in.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 09/10/2026
This looks like instructions for the info to be presented in a way that an AI bot can readily ingest
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s notable to me that TWO of the most recent women who have won a NoBel Prize were denied tenure from their institutions: Anne Carson and Katalin Karikó
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#action #doggies
The doggo of my nephew (a Jack Russell) yawns dramatically in the car and is captured with the mouth fully open
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LibraryThingTim @librarythingtim.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AI-written books ineligible for Canadian ISBNs.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
😁😁😁😁
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The last 24 hours: Trump is facing two lawsuits accusing his administration of unlawfully using taxpayer dollars to pay for TV ads lauding his presidency buff.ly/QlgT0n6 Democratic National Committee: buff.ly/VQSSN8y Coalition incl. Dem candidate in Alabama, union, watchdog: buff.ly/ZKbHedE
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Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like many scientists, I’ve been mulling over the impact of LLMs on our fields. I’ve not yet seen it articulated, but I think there is a largely unspoken “invisible labor underclass” framework at play.
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Nature @nature.com · 07/10/2026
None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Electrek @electrek.co · 07/10/2026
The US added 18.6 GW of planned gas capacity in eight months while planned wind fell by a third. It's becoming increasingly clear the AI boom is powered by burning gas. Read more electrek.co...
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KD @kadeeja.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
Got him! "For perspective, 4,500 MW is about four times the peak electricity demand of the entire city of New Orleans. May realized immediately what he had done. "I won't make you say it again," an attorney for the Union of Concerned Scientists responded." finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...
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Entergy Louisiana CEO lets it slip on Meta's electricity demands
(The Center Square) — Entergy Louisiana CEO Phillip May accidentally disclosed Tuesday that Meta’s Richland Parish data center is expected to draw 4,500 megawatts of electricity, revealing for the fir...
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Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 07/10/2026
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congre…
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The last tango of the greatest of all time #Messi #D10S www.instagram.com/stories/leom...
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rod Stewart was all alone tied up eating from the bins and covered in wounds. He also had heart worm. Hard to believe how well he looks now ❤️
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 06/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good lord this is our alleged commander in chief telling a country’s attacked to hit a huge population center and a dense military region. On the plus side, him suggesting it is a great way to keep Iran from targeting SoCal.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
What are the stories behind these intriguing artworks created by women painters? Find out in... #UnlockingWomensArt the 2nd in the Womensart book series....🧡
Three images of paintings showing figures from the eras they were created
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Universitat de Girona @univgirona.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🔴 La @univgirona.bsky.social reprendrà demà dilluns 5 d’octubre amb normalitat l’activitat acadèmica i d’avaluació, després de l’episodi de pluges d’aquest cap de setmana. Conscients que la mobilitat pot estar afectada encara, es recorden les següents mesures per a estudiantat, PDI i PTGAS 👇👇
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324cat (Mirall) @324cat.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Òrrius, al Maresme, incomunicat pels aiguats: té tots els accessos tallats i no s'hi pot entrar ni sortir amb vehicle www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/lultima-hora-…
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Daumann Lab @daumannl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Looking for a #PhD position in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team and an exiting project with supportive supervisors? Check out our available positions for researchers with microbiology, biochemistry or chemistry background @hhu.de here: www.bioac.hhu.de/bioinorganic... #ChemSky #MicroSky 🧪
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Open Positions
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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.com · 04/10/2026
🐊 An Alligator in the Room — By SCAF The Wall Lied (8 Photos) streetartutopia.com/2026/10/04/3d-s…
Before-and-after photographs show a bare room transformed by SCAF into a 3D alligator illusion across two walls, with a person posing beside the painted jaws.
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Henry Rzepa @hrzepa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Molecular structure representation of sulfur-nitride systems: Are Lewis structures useful here? I posed10.59350/rncje-xe063 this question back in 2010: "(Almost) 100 years of Lewis10.1021/ja02261a002 structures: are they still fit for purpose?". I was reminded of this when I came across this…
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Molecular structure representation of sulfur-nitride systems: Are Lewis structures useful here?
I posed10.59350/rncje-xe063 this question back in 2010: "(Almost) 100 years of Lewis10.1021/ja02261a002 structures: are they still fit for purpose?". I was reminded of this when I came across this relatively recent article10.3390/molecules19021956 describing the structures of three binary sulfur-nitrogen anions, as shown in Figure 1 of their article. These are reproduced below (Scheme 1) along with an additional one reported separately.10.1039/C39780000642…
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
2nd time in less than 1h that we received an ES Alert. 🚨 C’mon @gencat you can do better than that. It is the THIRD alert (x2) in less than 24h. It’s raining heavily, we’ve noticed, yes. And no, I don’t need to have it twice (Cat/Eng) (Esp/Eng), I think one (Eng/Cat/Esp) would be so much better.
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324cat (Mirall) @324cat.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
Així baixava aquesta matinada la riera a Caldes d'Estrac. El Maresme i el Vallès Oriental han viscut alguns els 224,3 de Granollers i els 220,1 de Mataró www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/el-meteocat-a…
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324cat (Mirall) @324cat.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
La precipitació es va concentrant cap al nord-est. Podeu seguir el temps actual a la secció "Quin temps fa ara?" al portal d'#ElTemps3Cat … Imatge: Canet de mar (Aina Falcó) www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/el-temps/quin…
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324cat (Mirall) @324cat.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
L'ACA alerta del perill sobtat de desbordament de rius i rieres al Maresme A Arenys de Mar la riera baixa així de matinada www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/lultima-hora-…
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324cat (Mirall) @324cat.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
En aquest moment de la nit, els punts que més preocupen són la conca del Besòs i el Maresme, on estan La N-II està tallada per una inundació entre Montgat i el Masnou www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/lultima-hora-…
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Checking out John Johnson in Miami now…
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ecmrecords.com/steve-reich-... Steve Reich at 90 Happy birthday!!!
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Steve Reich at 90 - ECM Records
Steve Reich turns 90 on October 3, and celebratory events are taking place around the world, with premiere performances as well as reflections on the journey to date. Highlights include a birthday con...
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It was more fun, because you’d be lost somewhere because: A) map-reader couldn’t read the map B) map-reader fell asleep C) they changed/added roads And there was more human-human interaction
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Ella @gabriellanonino.com · 03/10/2026
Highest level of alert issued for the imminent arrival of a mini Mediterranean hurricane.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Zoals Barrie Stevens zou zeggen: Vooral doorgaan!!!
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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Before they were President and Mrs. Obama, they were Barack and Michelle… and this is a look at their love story. Happy Anniversary!
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another nice quote in the retraction notice “believing that CO2 is not involved in climate change is on par with believing that the Moon is made of green cheese.”
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Paul Kingsley @paulkingsley7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🧪 “The National Science Foundation, one of the biggest sources of federal research funding, withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Rachel Hutto @rahutto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This photo sent me on a journey wondering why a device like this would need clearance. It led me to perhaps the most engaging storytelling I’ve read in a declassified document. 😆 Maybe you’ll find it fun too? The discovery by bell labs story was a highlight. media.defense.gov/2021/Jun/30/...
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sometimes classified things are pretty darned pedestrian looking.
A box with 3 red buttons and a red switch with a label that says, “SECRET
CLEARED UP TO AND INCLUDING TOP SECRET”
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That sounds like a situation I had, but in reverse. “Oh, you really want me to run the job on the other account so you *don’t* have to pay? Ok”
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In actual democracies, it doesn't matter "which party runs elections." You don't "need a plan to vote." There aren't never-ending pitched legal battles to maintain access to suffrage. The authoritarian nonsense isn't tolerated. We could be like other, more serious countries, & just have elections.
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