Eglė Tankelevičiūtė

Human, physicist, slow cyclist

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Today is World suicide prevention day.
Every 90 minutes, someone in the UK or Ireland dies by suicide. We can all make a difference by checking in on those around us.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Tragically, three-year-old Tymofii died in the hospital today. Seven-year-old Radyslav. Arina, who will forever be seven as well. Nine-year-old Herman. Fifteen-year-old Danylo. Fifteen-year-old Mykyta. Fifteen-year-old Alina. Kostiantyn, who will forever be sixteen. Nikita – seventeen. These are the children killed by a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. There were only a few minutes after the missile was launched from the enemy’s Taganrog area. Unfortunately, nine adults were also killed. My condolences to all the families and loved ones.

The missile struck right at the ordinary street with residential buildings, a playground, shops, and a restaurant around. Sixty-two people were injured in the attack, including twelve children. Some of them are in critical condition, they are currently in the hospitals. Doctors are doing everything possible to save lives.

In addition to that ballistic missile, the Russians launched attack drones against Kryvyi Rih yesterday during the rescue operation – in time of such grief for people. The drone attack injured seven people. One person was killed. There is simply no deeper level of cynicism, vileness, or hatred toward people than what Russia embodies today.

It is critically important not to leave this Russian strike on civilians, on the city – every such strike – without a response from the world. Kryvyi Rih and all of Ukraine have already been supported by many yesterday and today. I am grateful for the principled stance of the foreign ministers of the Czech Republic, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Austria. I thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for her position and support. We value the principled statements made by the Embassies of Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Germany. Unfortunately, the response from the U.S. Embassy is surprisingly disappointing – such a strong country, such a strong people, and yet such a weak reaction. They are afraid to even say the word “Russian” when speaking about the missile that murdered children.

Yes, the war must end. But to end it, we must not be afraid to call things by their names. We must not be afraid to pressure the one who continues this war and ignores all the world’s proposals to end it. We must pressure Russia – the one choosing to kill children instead of choosing a ceasefire. There must be additional sanctions against those who cannot exist without ballistic strikes on their neighboring nation. We must do everything in our capacity to save lives.

And we have discussed this, in particular with the American side, the additional air defense systems supply to defend against precisely these types of missile attacks. We count on our agreements with the President of the United States, who promised to help find more Patriots. And we count on the strength of the world to overcome this evil – this war, this Russian aggression.

Only through strength and coordinated action with partners can we stop the killing, save the lives of children, and establish lasting peace. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine – from the very beginning of this war, and especially on such tragic days.

Eternal memory to all our people whose lives were taken by Russian strikes.

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

The Dogs of 2024

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

A customary boast that I'm spending way too much time with this owl. Have been gaining confidence that I can understand foreign languages, when in reality ich habe keine Hoffnung. Sit vis nobiscum

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

There is anger, there is insurmountable pain, and there is hopelessness while seeing UN turning a blind eye to war crimes. #LetUkraineStrikeBack

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

A permanent member of the UN security council just destroyed the largest children's hospital in Ukraine.

The missile that hit this hospital was fired by a russian jet that takes off from russian airbases which Ukraine is not allowed to hit using western weapons.

It is Monday, and people are searching through the rubble of this hospital, looking for their children.

Can you imagine the pain, and the horror of all of this?

There is no logic to restrictions on Ukraine's usage of weapons because it only results in more innocent lives lost. This is just the latest evidence.

The russian state has no conscience. They have no morals. They are exacting a genocide on the Ukrainian people. They are waging a nearly 3 year long terrorism campaign against an innocent nation.

They did this in Syria, they are doing it in Ukraine, and if they are not stopped, they will continue to do it.

This is the most important lesson. If they are not stopped, they will continue.

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

A harrowing post-conference Berlin weekend to reminisce on the importance of learning history. Far too many examples of repeating atrocities, careless language and forgetting that everyone is human

[EZ-C Group @ezc_group]

Eglė @Egle_Tn showing off her poster at @icsm2024. @StAndrewsOsc @StAndrewsChem

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

Main job of the day is to #vote. Together with some suitable weather to celebrate democracy🤌 🇱🇹

[Репортер з Харкова @yalyashenko]

Easter in Kharkiv
May 05, 2024

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

Bee rehab was not in today's plans. It seems chugging a few microliters of water and sugar is a good solution to a bad day 🐝

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

Baguette habemus 🥖. 2nd try, needs some more effort on crust management, but 🤌

[The Journal of Physical Chemistry @JPhysChem]

Check out this Perspective from @Egle_Tn, Ifor Samuel, and @chemguy_eli in @JPhysChem Lett. focusing on the stability of blue #tadf #oleds. @StAndrewsChem @StAndrewsOsc
https://t.co/CSTTpIxJAb

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

A lovely evening of chats and a proper pint (or three) in the supremely sunny 🇪🇸. May the watts be with you, Pauliau! 🚲

[Paulius Baronas @BaronasPaul]

Reconnecting on our academic journeys with my student @Egle_Tn from 🇱🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

Made a bucket-worth of a goulash looking stuff, starting from a jar of grandma's mystery soup. A bit of a challenge as her choice of spices was apparently just thinking about salt instead of adding anything in

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

The Dogs of 2023

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

When you got snow and a friend @AakankshaShett3 who needs help to build her first snowman, you run ⛄️. It seemed to be easier back in the day when I didn't know any material science, but she turned out mighty fine

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Today is International Men’s Day. The theme this year is zero male suicide. Please spend a couple of minutes watching this video

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Stolen childhood.
A school in Kherson region after a russian missile attack.

📹: Oleksandr Prokudin

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

Having a wee Edinburgh weekend hanging out with my mom after a while and translating Scottish to her. If anyone wants a ppt with photos from the trip - it looks like she'll have one

[Eglė Tankelevičiūtė @Egle_Tn]

There are levels on boredom, and learning dead languages seems to be a pretty high one. That owl should teach a course on motivational app notifications, they're grand. Tldr: Ego sum esurio