Richard Neher

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Record turnout, landslide victory for the people of Hungary!

Congratulations!

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

#news #EUPol #hungary #HungarianElections #elections #voting

Hungary election: Viktor Orbán ousted after 16 years in power as opposition wins election landslide - follow live

Opposition leader Péter Magyar defeats Europe's longest-serving leader, promising closer EU ties and an anti-corruption drive.

BBC News

Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. 🥳 🇫🇷

Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing U.S owned Big Tech platforms like Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

It’s amazing to see the country take action, push for real digital sovereignty, & opt for open source solutions! 👏

More here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/

VOLUNTEER TO HELP AT THE IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY: After 35 years in the USA, the ceremony is moving to Europe. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help at the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (in Zurich in September) can meet with ceremony organizers Marc Abrahams and Mirko Bischofberger, to explore the possibilities. We'll meet up on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10:00 am – noon — at ORBIZ Josef, Josefstrasse 214a, 8005, Zürich, SWITZERLAND. https://improbable.com/2026/03/10/the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-is-moving-to-europe-after-35-years-in-the-usa/

“The society was not a “dining club” or “political party”, Nurse said, noting that he was sure it had included “murderers” and other criminals in the past.”

Sure seems like a declaration of moral bankruptcy…

https://www.ft.com/content/088b804f-15e0-4a8e-b32d-146a826b8d6c?utm_social_post_id=647289682&utm_social_handle_id=did%3Aplc%3A5u54z2qgkq43dh2nzwzdbbhb

Client Challenge

1/ 🚀 Exciting news: we’ve just released the first Nextclade dataset for Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), developed in collaboration with the European Non-Polio Enterovirus Network (ENPEN).

👉🏻 Check out the dataset on Nextclade! https://clades.nextstrain.org/?dataset-name=enpen/enterovirus/ev-d68

#EVD68 #Enterovirus #OpenData

Our future is being shaped to a terrifying degree by people who have just … completely lost their marbles…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/peter-thiel-lectures-antichrist

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

The Guardian

In der EU wird gerade darüber debattiert die Möglichkeit zu schaffen, ALLE deine Nachrichten zu scannen – ohne Verdacht, ohne Ausnahme. Auch WhatsApp & Signal wären betroffen. Das ist Massenüberwachung von 450 Mio. Menschen. Wir sagen: NEIN! #ChatkontrolleStoppen

Verschlüsselung ist ein rechtlich verankertes Grundrecht und schützt uns alle: Banking, Gesundheitsdaten, private Gespräche. Die #Chatkontrolle würde diese Sicherheit brechen – und Kriminellen Tür und Tor öffnen. 🔐
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Sequence data from the new #Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover.

And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.

https://virological.org/t/the-16th-ebola-virus-disease-outbreak-in-bulape-health-zone-kasai-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-a-new-spillover-event-from-an-unknown-reservoir-host/1003

The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host

Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak on 04 September 2025 after PCR confirmation of Ebola virus (EBOV), formely Zaïre ebolavirus, in patient’s specimens from Bulape Heath Zone, in Kasai Province. The re-emergence of EBOV in remote areas with very limited access is not unprecedent since 15 Ebola outbreaks...

Virological

🗓 Pathoplexus turns ONE! 🎂🎉

In the past year we’ve grown from 4 pathogens to a truly global, community-driven platform for transparent, equitable & impactful pathogen sequence sharing.

📰 Read the full update: https://pathoplexus.org/news/2025-08-27-happy-birthday-world

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Analyzing these data as pangenome graphs was very helpful to disentangle contributions of homologous recombination and accessory genome evolution at different scales. I hope this will continue to help us to shed light on the dynamic world of bacteria and phages.

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https://docs.pangraph.org/

Introduction to Pangraph | Pangraph docs

Pangraph is currently under heavy development. Bugs and crashes are to be expected.