The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
Johanna Joyce
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Professor, University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research President-Elect, European Association for Cancer Research Mentor, Teacher, Advocate, Mum @joycelab.bsky.social
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Wow. Check this out. Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Art immersed in nature 💚
A #shiny sculpture in Switzerland
#blueskyartshow #photography
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Mona Caron, contemporary Swiss-born, San Francisco-based artist, known for her large scale murals featuring wild flowers highlighting environmental concerns #womensart #Fridayfeeling
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Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.
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Posts about research on Bluesky receive substantially more attention than similar posts on X, formerly called Twitter
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
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Congratulations 🎉 🎊@mrndhntr.bsky.social @whitefishlab.bsky.social and all, really looking forward to read this!
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Cancer cells are notoriously plastic, but what triggers the changes in cell state? In our new Nature (@nature.com) paper, Miranda Hunter (@mrndhntr.bsky.social) found that mechanical pressure is a key to this switch. Check it out here: go.nature.com/47iwDm2
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"An 'overwhelming majority' of respondents said that Bluesky has a "vibrant and healthy online science community," while Twitter no longer does.."
#BlueskyforScience 🧪
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
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This feels like a spot of good news
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...