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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 3h

Big demonstrations today in Montpellier to support the high school students. Uni closed. School half closed.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The joy and misery of reading the proofs of a paper.

Drawing of person (me with glasses and curly hair) with two heads looking at a white paper that says "proofs". The left head is happy and thinks: oh my shiny proofs, my words never looked so professional. The right head looks unhappy and thinks: Did I write that ugly sentence? Ouch!

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...

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Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France

I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I found this article super interesting and it made me think about the years I taught at @sfstatebio.bsky.social trying to get students ready for whatever they wanted to do ... 1/2

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today Lucy Moctezuma Tan, Faye Orcales and I published a comment in PLOS Comp Bio about accuracy, F1 scores and other machine learning stuff relevant for antibiotic resistance predictions. abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/n...

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Note on evaluation metrics published today

Summary of the publicationsPaper; Orcales et al 2024, Genomics and machine learning to predict drug resistance. Comment: Chicco and Jurman 2025: Better use MCC.Response: Moctezuma Tan et al 2026: W…

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am having fun drawing and writing for my book on drug resistance. Currently working on a chapter on single dose nevirapine (sdNVP) which used to be used to prevent the infection of babies during labor. I wanted to make clear that sdNVP is only one way that HIV drugs can prevent infections.

Mostly handdrawn chart that describes the different ways that HIV drugs can be used to prevent HIV infection. The first question is : Who is at risk? To the left is the option: "A baby" and to the right is the option "not a baby"

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My colleague @saismit.bsky.social and @satavisha-de.bsky.social write about the lack of female representation in STEM and how this is a bigger problem even for women of color.

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Before writing an introduction, make a one-line roadmap for each paragraph. Then read only those lines. Do they form a logical argument? If not, reorganize the roadmap before polishing the text. 🌐🧪

description of a outline of a scientific paper

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-... A thoughtful piece about the role of the mainstream press in the Jason Arday story and a call for chief safety officers to support academics and journalists who need it.

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The Jason Arday Reckoning

The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Worth reading about the people who wanted to get rid of Prof Arday. It's awful.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

we went to see the eclipse in spain!

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IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · 05/08/2026

PhD position (London, UK) Modelling for UK Measles Transmission with @ngdavies.bsky.social @rozeggo.bsky.social @alxsrobert.bsky.social at LSHTM @cmmid-lshtm.bsky.social More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/2572

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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you haven't seen it yet, BBC's montage at the end of the World Cup was fucking tremendous www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Fi...

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BBC FIFA World Cup 2026 Closing Montage

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

thank you @wtf-r-species.bsky.social @peterlaurin.bsky.social @gcbias.bsky.social @jamiecweir.bsky.social Now my paragraph has more meat. The peppered moth is one of the best known examples of an organism adapting to a changing environment. ...

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

peppered moth question! Is this graph based on data? And if so, does anyone know the reference? Or another reference with such a figure including the increase and decrease of dark morphs? www.coursehero.com/tutors-probl... @wtf-r-species.bsky.social

graph that shows frequency of light morphs going down and then up while dark morphs go up and then down. x axis goes from 1800 - 2000.

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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’ve been reading the intriguing gonorrhea drug resistance literature the last few days. Lots of intriguing work: genomics, models, trials, all the stuff I like!

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SaschaJanssen 🎸 @saschajanssen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hup Annemarie! Ze roostert weer eens genadeloos de betweterige meningenmannetjes. 🔥 En neemt geen blad voor de mond als het op Dukkie aankomt. 😂

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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Posted my comments opposing OMBs proposed rule. It was so easy, using this great letter writing tool of @faseborg.bsky.social www.faseb.org/science-poli... Did you submit yours yet? The deadline is soon - July 13. This is essential to save science and research in the US.

I write in my personal capacity as a research-active faculty member, not on behalf of my institution. I am a distinguished professor at a leading state R1 university. I am also a Senior Principal Investigator whose research laboratory is NIH. I submit these comments in strong opposition to OMB's proposed rule revising 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Docket OMB-2026-0034). I am requesting that OMB withdraw this rule entirely because of the devasting consequences it will have on biomedical research, human health, the economy, and the nation.

The proposed pre-issuance review requirement (§ 200.205) eliminates that independence by giving political appointees – who may have no experience or training in the biomedical research field - veto power over peer-reviewed funding decisions. As a Senior PI / Lab director whose research is supported by NIH, I am deeply concerned that the best science will not be funded, instead politicians will decide not based on merit and research quality, but rather ideology. Peer-review is critical for gold-standard science.

This proposed discretionary termination provision (§ 200.340) jeopardizes the future and well-being of the researchers in my laboratory, my department, my university, my state, and the United States. My research program has been continuously funded by the NIH for over two decades. My laboratory is like a small business – with NIH funding, I employ eight full-time personnel. These scientists are at all stages of their careers – newly minted bachelors who are working as research technicians or graduate students; postdoctoral researchers who are completing additional training in order to go onto careers in academia, biotech, industry, governments; senior scientists who have devoted their entire careers to biomedical research and training the next generation of scientists, physicians, dentists, teachers, etc.

The proposed international collaboration restrictions (§§ 200.202(e), 200.220) will isolate US scientists and lead to the demise…

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The train ride back to Montpellier from Copenhagen is taking a long time but boredom is good for creativity. #smbe2026 #noflysmbe #flipaclip

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Lees dit in de VK en helemaal mee eens! Ik hou van treinen maar kan anderen echt niet overtuigen als het onbetrouwbaar blijft. Opinie: Overtuigen om te reizen met de trein lukt niet met alleen klimaatdoelen www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

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Opinie: Overtuigen om te reizen met de trein lukt niet met alleen klimaatdoelen

De trein is duurzamer en op papier een uitstekend alternatief voor het vliegtuig. Maar dan moet de reis niet alleen duurzaam zijn; ze moet ook betrouwbaar zijn.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I have lots of handouts left - it's really a chapter of the book I'm writing - let me know if you'd like one. #smbe2026

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 30/06/2026

We are never going to stop fighting for trans women and girls.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"there are traces of eugenics in our data, policy, healthcare" To change things @jazlynmooney.bsky.social teaches eugenics to students.

Monitor with slide about eugenics class at @usc and Jazlyn Mooney speaking

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Lots of people listening to @jazlynmooney.bsky.social talk about eugenics and science - the room is filled to capacity

Overflow room for Jazlyn Mooney talk , people standing , with Dr Mooney shown speaking on monitor

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Impressive talk by Rori Rohlfs without her slides after a rare technical issue here at #smbe2026

Rori Rohlfs at the podium without her slides

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

If you're at #smbe2026 and you have an interest in drug resistance, pop gen or story telling in science, come check out my poster today! It's upstairs in Arkaden 6.

Short haired white woman (pleuni pennings) in black t shirt in front of poster with text and drawings.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I also just took a nightjet, from Basel to Hamburg. I liked it & my kid (12) too.

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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I prepared my profile on the #smbe2026 scientific meeting app and I’m disappointed that you can link to your X/hell site profile but not Bluesky. I left the nazi site years ago and I wish it was not promoted and legitimized by scientific societies like @official-smbe.bsky.social

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Theoretical Ecology and Evolution (THEE) Group @thee-bank-lab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Bacteria that evolve antibiotic resistance epigenetically in cows 🐮?!!? If you're at #SMBE2026 , listen to group member Adamandia (Mado) Kapopoulou's ✨flash talk ✨ at 14:20 on Tue (30th) in Session 3 (Lumbye room).

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Poster ready and booklets printed. Come find me if you'd like to have one. Now I just need to pack my bag for #Smbe2026 Catching the train tomorrow #noflysmbe

Booklets with printed text and hand drawn images

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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Are you going to #SMBE2026 Copenhagen by train, or are you hesitating? Let's share experiences and give ideas to those who think to fly from Western or Central Europe with the hashtag #NoFlySMBE. If you're coming from 🇨🇭, there are night trains from Zürich or Basel to Hamburg. ✅🚆 ❌✈️

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Groen Pensioen @groenpensioen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Nederlandse pensioenfondsen blijven investeren in klimaatchaos: bouwen hun fossiele investeringen in slakkentempo af, terwijl die van Amerikaanse vermogensbeheerders als BlackRock enorm blijven. BlackRock beheert voor meer dan 7 miljoen NLders de pensioenen. www.groen-pensioen.nl/nieuws/pensi...

De hierboven genoemde cijfers zijn afkomstig uit het nieuwe rapport Investing in Climate Chaos 2026, gepubliceerd door Urgewald en 25 partner-NGO’s. Op de website https://investinginclimatechaos.org is te zien welke vermogensbeheerders, pensioenfondsen, staats- en overige investeringsfondsen, verzekeraars en hedge funds nog steeds beleggen in de kolen- olie- en gasbedrijven die de klimaatcrisis veroorzaken. Investing in Climate Chaos laat zien dat institutionele investeerders op dit moment wereldwijd meer dan $6.5 biljoen aan aandelen en obligaties van fossiele bedrijven bezitten.

Investing in Climate Chaos omvat de investeringen in aandelen en obligaties van meer dan 8.400 institutionele investeerders in de fossiele bedrijven die zijn opgenomen in Urgewald’s toonaangevende databanken: de Global Coal Exit List (GCEL), de Metallurgical Coal Exit List (MCEL) en de Global Oil & Gas Exit List (GOGEL). Deze drie databanken worden al gebruikt door honderden financiële instellingen wereldwijd om in te zien welke bedrijven van fossiele brandstoffen weg bewegen en welke daar juist extra op inzetten.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Imagine you had six years of data and every year resistance levels go up ... What would you think will happen in the future? (here showing data from quinolone resistance in E coli in Hungary from the supplement of this paper by @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social et al journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

hand-drawn graph showing increasing frequency of resistance 6 years in a row, with two blue arrows, one that continues to increase and one that plateaus. data from quinolone resistance in E coli in Hungary.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I enjoyed watching Ronny Chieng's speech for one of the Harvard graduation events. www.youtube.com/live/ORq_Hi5...

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Ronny Chieng Address | Harvard Class Day 2026

YouTube video by Harvard University

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow this is an amazing resource for those who are considering applying for PhD programs in ecology and evolution and related fields in the US.

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