The European Commission is set to propose a text to ban conversion “therapies” by May 17th, after the successful collection of 1,000,000 signatures a year ago.

https://www.franceinfo.fr/societe/lgbt/le-parlement-europeen-adopte-une-resolution-pour-interdire-les-therapies-de-conversion-au-sein-de-l-union-europeenne_7974074.html

In 1929, Kathleen Lonsdale solved the mystery of the molecular structure of #benzene, which had been elusive for over a century. She used #Fourier methods on her X-ray crystallography data.

Benzene had been isolated in 1825, in a tiny vial that would change the world. 👇

https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore/blog/tiny-vial-changed-world-benzene-200

A wave of people have left ex-Twitter to check out something called Mastodon.

That leaves many wondering, what is Mastodon anyway?

This explainer by @eff will help you make heads or tails of this new approach to communications and social media.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/leaving-twitters-walled-garden

Thanks to:
✍️ Olalla Sánchez &
📸 Paco Rodríguez
for this nice interview.

“I wish that, in the future, people will not talk about me because of my achievements in television, but in scientific research, because that would mean that it has an impact.” 😌

https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/santiago/santiago/2026/01/02/fer-castro-span-langgloxalanun-futuro-fale-min-polo-logrado-na-investigacion-non-na-televisionspan/00031767353116567938292.htm

The Digital Independence Day (#DUT #DIday) is an initiative that takes places the first week of each month, to encourage disconnection from digital oligarchs.

Small individual actions won't destroy technofascism, but they're a beginning. And each month you can do one small thing to reduce your presence on the dark side, or to increase it on the bright one!

🌐 Project website: http://di.day/category/rezepte/

🦘 Introduction video: https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=N77AoSweuVs

#DIDit #DUTgemacht

In 1960, when humans were defined as nature’s only tool-makers, she observed chimp David Greybeard fishing for termites with a twig he had stripped of leaves.

Her mentor: “Now we must redefine ‘tool’, redefine ‘man’, or accept chimpanzees as humans.”

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2498651-how-jane-goodall-changed-the-way-we-see-animals-and-the-world/

Goodall worked hard and “saved every penny” to go to Africa with the animals.

“Everybody laughed at me because I was just a girl, we didn’t have any money (and) WWII was raging.”

“Work hard, take advantage of opportunity, but above all, never give up.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/europe/jane-goodall-death-latam-intl