Rui Goncalves

beekeeper without borders, full-time entrepreneur and honey bee chef

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

Bridging lab precision and field realism in honey bee nutrition is hard. They fly, socialise, and sting!
We built a semi-field method + a new bees-per-gram metric.
First paper as first author 👉 https://t.co/3CCepcfhk4

🌱 Thanks @Co_Biologists
#HoneyBees #Pollinators #Science

[SIC Notícias @SICNoticias]

Investigadores criam suplemento revolucionário para combater declínio das abelhas https://t.co/nRtxlwPoBb

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

@elonmusk Yup. EU is so awful that countries keep wanting to join in. Even your friends/neighbours Canada would prefer to join the EU than what mutant you are now creating in the US.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Dear @ZelenskyyUa, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

[Luís Montenegro @LMontenegro_PT]

A Ucrânia pode sempre contar com Portugal, @ZelenskyyUa. 🇵🇹🇺🇦

Ukraine can always count on Portugal, @ZelenskyyUa. 🇵🇹🇺🇦

[GeoConfirmed @GeoConfirmed]

GeoConfirmed UKR - Misinformation by President Trump.

While we typically refrain from political commentary, President Donald Trump's recent statement regarding the war in Ukraine is so egregious that we feel compelled to respond.

Several claims made by President Trump have already been debunked. We've included responses from Grok AI for each claim, demonstrating that even Grok refutes the misinformation spread by the president.

In this thread, we will provide geolocated footage as a reminder to everyone that Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, marking the beginning of this war.

1)

The United States has not spent $350 billion on this war, nor has it outspent Europe by $200 billion. In fact, European contributions have surpassed those of the US. Moreover, a significant portion of the American military aid (around 90% !) is spend in the US, reinvesting in the US economy.

https://t.co/ixpSYq760j

https://t.co/R43tYKS97a

https://t.co/HcD3e906Ax

https://t.co/KoDBJO691b

(Grok: https://t.co/xvtso8g5ZC)

2)

President Zelensky did not claim that half the American money sent to Ukraine is "missing". He stated that half of the promised funds had not been received, which is a crucial distinction.

https://t.co/KoDBJO691b

https://t.co/UvDRegmS2a

https://t.co/pSQBtQ8k6R

(Grok: https://t.co/TBgyaJQog8)

3)

Ukrainian constitution prohibits elections during wartime, a measure designed to protect the democratic process from foreign interference, particularly given Russia's known capabilities in this area...

https://t.co/g52JHKbxOS

https://t.co/oDp3fUd8mq

https://t.co/nn0RpBGGu6

(Grok: https://t.co/UFR5gGvlmi)

4)

President Zelensky is not a dictator, as evidenced by Ukraine's constitutional framework and his commitment to holding elections once hostilities cease. In contrast, it's worth noting that President Putin consistently wins elections in Russia with implausibly high percentages of votes, with opposition that 'falls out of windows", is poisened or jailed, raising questions about the true nature of Russia's electoral process.

https://t.co/Y7ZqMgz8QO

https://t.co/ROaxPjVHK7

https://t.co/xY73CzziHd

https://t.co/LiPrS6NWNL

https://t.co/RMMPcOwFIM

(Grok: https://t.co/8oYZ22jCDL)

5)

President Zelensky has a approval rate above 50% and not 4%. 4% is Russian disinformation.

https://t.co/QClKP7ATLz

https://t.co/0D2e4ePdJd

https://t.co/b2f6x9F3Fp

https://t.co/oj4y2Nh5mo

(Grok: https://t.co/RGglftewgL)

6)

There was no NATO expansion to the East, as NATO itself cannot expand. Instead, democratic countries independently decide whether they want to become members of the alliance. The process of joining NATO is voluntary and involves multiple steps, including meeting specific requirements and completing a formal application process.

The fact that many of Russia's former neighbors have chosen to seek NATO membership speaks volumes about their perception of Russia and their desire for collective security.

The decision of these nations to pursue NATO membership reflects their sovereign right to determine their own foreign policy and security arrangements. It also indicates a preference for the stability and security guarantees that NATO membership offers, rather than remaining under Russian influence.

Regarding the famous 'promise':
Article 103 of the UN Charter establishes a clear hierarchy in international law. It states that obligations under the UN Charter prevail over obligations under any other international agreement in case of conflict. This supremacy extends beyond just treaties, as it is generally understood to also apply to customary international law.
The hierarchy can be summarized as follows:

1) UN Charter obligations
2) Other treaties and customary international law
3) Non-treaty international texts
4) Political promises or commitments
5) Historical claims

Russia's invasion of Ukraine clearly violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter, including the prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. Any attempts to justify this action based on lower-ranking considerations like political promises or historical claims are legally irrelevant.

https://t.co/Izu3N1dTLv

https://t.co/BCVCGDSM2d

https://t.co/1uXijMIcDt

(Grok: https://t.co/Gh0hvwaeCN and https://t.co/xQ9Hl9zHt0 and https://t.co/xQ9Hl9zHt0)

8)

Who initiated this nearly three-year-long war? RUSSIA.

As a platform that has analyzed over 50,000 frames/videos related to the conflict, we will remind the president ,with geolocated footage, who started this war: RUSSIA.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, despite repeatedly denying any plans for invasion in the preceding days.

https://t.co/bkygHVSYXk

https://t.co/pSQBtQ8k6R

(Grok: https://t.co/Ujmef6lyCF)

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24 FEB 2022 - Russian tanks crossing the border from Belarus into Ukraine in Senkivka.

52.106063, 31.780644
4Q4J+C7C Sen'kivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Sources: https://t.co/4VNiYZYDbS

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[Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson]

When are we Europeans going to stop being scandalised about Donald Trump and start helping him to end this war?

Of course Ukraine didn’t start the war. You might as well say that America attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor.

Of course a country undergoing a violent invasion should not be staging elections. There was no general election in the UK from 1935 to 1945.

Of course Zelenskyy’s ratings are not 4%. They are actually about the same as Trump’s.

Trump’s statements are not intended to be historically accurate but to shock Europeans into action.

In particular the US can see $300bn of frozen Russian assets - mainly in Belgium. That is cash that could and should be used to pay Ukraine and compensate the US for its support.

Why is Europe preventing the unfreezing of Putin’s cash?

The US believes Belgium, France and other countries are blocking. It’s absurd. We need to get serious and fast.

[bioRxiv Synthetic Biology @bioRxiv_synbio]

Essential sterols from engineered yeast prevent honeybee colony population decline https://t.co/L67U1RLBQt #biorxiv_synbio

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

Designing, predicting and applying molecular machines to new functions! There is no need to wait for evolution to get there.

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

50 years of freedom in Portugal! #CarnationRevolution united the people against dictatorship. The road wasn't easy, but moderates prevailed over extremism. Victory 25 Apr 1974 - 25 Nov 1975. A reminder that even in division, there's always hope for unity. #Portugal #Democracy🇵🇹

[tiago monteiro @_MonteiroTiago_]

🚨Great opportunity for doing animal cognition research in pet dogs!
Come and join us in Vienna…did I say that the positions are fully funded?
Drop me a line if you want to know more...🚨

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

@ScottishWaddell @gawright47 Fantastic! Well done. Super proud! Handsome looking fella :D Now the baby BootCamp begins. Hugs to both.

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

From being bakers to using their feet to taste food 🐝

Ten facts you didn't know about bees by Oxford Bee Lab's Rui Goncalves.

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#WorldBeeDay [1/12]

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

Happy world bee day! 🐝🌷🌸

[Carlos Guimarães Pinto @cgpliberal]

Hoje foi assim, em defesa da ciência, dos cientistas, e da independência dos centros de investigação de agendas partidárias.
- O CES de Boaventura Sousa Santos recebeu entre 2020-2023, 3,6 milhões de euros do FCT, mais do triplo do que recebeu o Centro de Investigação do Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto.
- De um centro de investigação espera-se pluralismo, mas o CES é um viveiro ideológico focado em desenvolver - sem contraditório - teorias contra o capitalismo, contra as democracias ocidentais e instigador de agendas sectárias e intolerantes assentes na ideia de conflito permanente.
- Por exemplo, um dos próximos eventos do CES é dedicado a debater o neoliberalismo em que os participantes têm todos ligação ao Bloco de Esquerda. Ciência é contraditório, é pluralismo, não é isto.
- A avaliação dos centros de investigação é, supostamente, independente, mas aquela avaliação que deu estes fundos ao CES foi liderada por uma pessoa que logo a seguir à avaliação assumiu uma posição num órgão do CES num óbvio conflito de interesses.
Continuaremos na nossa função de escrutinar a forma como é despendido o dinheiro público por muito que isso custe a alguns interesses instalados.

[Chongxi Lai @ChongxiLai]

1/ Story time! Can rats control their thoughts? Can they think about a remote place distant from their current location, just like we do?

[Rui Goncalves @RuiGo_n]

@apimondia 😂