Franciska de Vries 🟥

Hi Blueskye! I’m not new but spending more time here now. My research focusses on how ecosystems respond to #climatechange and the consequences for their functioning, focussing on the role of plant-microbe interactions and C cycling. This is me taking soil cores in ancient Estonian grassland!

Goed stuk, maar in de vergelijking ontbreekt 1 belangrijk verschil: de Nederlandse prijzen zijn voor de gehele wetenschap. De Nobelprijs is er voor slechts 4 domeinen, inclusief de drie met de meest verstoorde man/vrouw-verhouding. www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/k...

'In een vrije samenleving kan er namelijk geen plek zijn voor de AI-brillen. Ze schaden het recht op privacy van individuen, ondermijnen het onderlinge vertrouwen tussen mensen en maken de samenleving repressiever, onveiliger en onplezieriger.' www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

#miCROPe2027 “Microbe-assisted Crop Production: Opportunities, Challenges, and Needs.” 1–3 June 2027 Vienna micrope.org with invited speakers @trevorcharles.bsky.social @noahfierer.bsky.social @frantecol.bsky.social @eikokuramae.bsky.social @harrobouwmeester.bsky.social @rlberendsen.bsky.social

Every American should see this picture. A Ukrainian mother is trying to find her 6-year-old daughter beneath the rubble of her home. It was attacked TODAY, after Trump's deeply shameful diesel deal with Putin. Every American should stand up now.

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New paper out in @pnas.org : Extreme climatic events drive consistent and predictable shifts in soil antibiotic resistance genes Led by Guanghui Xu, postdoc in our lab; a collaboration with @frantecol.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

World Weather Attribution-wetenschappers berekenden dat de opwarming van de Aarde de kans op hete, droge en winderige zomers als de huidige in Spanje 20x zo groot maakt als in pre-industriële tijden. In Frankrijk is volgens hen die kans 2x zo groot: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/... #vaarwelonbezorgdezomer

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

Het is zo verdrietig allemaal. Mensen die een poster in het raam hebben hangen waar ‘Samen Leven’ opstaat, tot doelwit maken. En onze ‘leiders’ zijn zo stil. Het is echt heel heel erg. Hulde voor de vrouw die de poster laat hangen. ♥️ www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...

Korstmossen zijn levensvormen die tot de verbeelding spreken. „En natuurlijk zijn ze ook gewoon mooi, door al die verschillende vormen en kleuren.”

“beklad” 🤬 Waarom niet meteen gaan voor: “Bezorgde burgers verven hun terechte zorgen op huizen van wereldvreemde linkse landverraders.” In een normaal land noemt men dit racistisch terrorisme en veroordeelt de hele politiek deze terreur.

Het stille midden, dat vraagt om nuance in het debat krijgt dat beantwoord met de teksten: stinkteef, teef, hoer en kankerhoer. Leg nog eens uit Yesilgöz en @vvdonline.bsky.social dat woke en Antifa het grote gevaar zijn.

Fast-moving wildfires in Spain and France, including near Bordeaux, forced over 200,000 people to evacuate or to shelter at home. Follow live updates.

Why is AC so rare in much of Europe? Well, until recently it simply wasn't hot enough to need it. Here is the average number of days above 30C (86F) for major cities over time:

"Some researchers praise the tool — but others are voicing concerns" —an actual sentence from this writeup about a program **whose entire purpose is fraud** since its goal is to help you pass off work that is not your own as work that you yourself have done

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🚨Journal of Ecology is seeking an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📈 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌷more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe

@nsinternational.com ik zit al een uur in de wacht in jullie chat om een medewerker te spreken. Niet normaal zo lang dit duurt.

Steeds vaker spookbronnen in wetenschappelijke artikelen door gebruik AI

Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

De beslissing dat we AI nodig hebben, is genomen door de bedrijven die AI verkopen. Alleen dat simpele gegeven zou ons allemaal tot AI-scepticus moeten maken, maar dat gebeurt niet omdat onze biologische voorkeur voor gemak en de kortste route ons in de weg zit. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

Waar haal je tegenwoordig eigenlijk schoolspullen? Mijn zoon gaat naar de middelbare en in mijn tijd gingen we naar de schoolcampus van de V&D…

Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Er is aardig wat regen gevallen vannacht! 😳

Goed stuk van de NOS over het toekomstige zomerklimaat. Belangrijkste: het wordt nog warmer. Oorzaak: fossiele brandstoffen. app.nos.nl/shorthand/de...

Extraordinary credit to Sadiq Khan for pushing through this deeply controversial policy. This is what can happen when politicians are prepared to stick to their principles.

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European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists @wwattribution.bsky.social find - Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring worst ever heat stress - #climatecrisis "is running rampant" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...

This is really, really awful, and fear for this was one of the reasons why we left the UK after Brexit. (And I still miss living there).

Hair-raising stuff from Maurice Wilkins writing in 1985 about how he saw Rosalind Franklin in 1951-2:

🌡️ Humans suffer in this heat, but did you know that the soil suffers too? 🌡️ Heatwaves reduce the growth and functioning of the bacteria and fungi that live in the soil. They are most vulnerable in regions that don't normally experience these temperatures. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

Curious what I've been up to so far in my sabbatical? Tomorrow I will give a talk in the @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social seminar - you can register here and join online! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/the-...