Héctor
@hltorresvera.com
& fjord, my toothless king
structural biologist and science yapper
en la brega 🇵🇷 y bien pato 🏳️⚧️
libertad al oprimido
structural biologist and science yapper
en la brega 🇵🇷 y bien pato 🏳️⚧️
libertad al oprimido
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
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say it louder for the people in the back
sorry maybe this is an unnecessary level of stating the obvious, but sometimes when someone says they don’t think puerto ricans are “american,” it isn’t an opportunity to do a little civics gotcha & tell them about the insular cases. they just mean they think real americans are white.
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
say it louder for the people in the back
the girls are okay they’re playing Beyoncé’s Video Phone on speakers while they do 100 PCR reactions
it’s me I’m the girls !!!
it’s me I’m the girls !!!
February 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
the girls are okay they’re playing Beyoncé’s Video Phone on speakers while they do 100 PCR reactions
it’s me I’m the girls !!!
it’s me I’m the girls !!!
Does anyone have a good resource for understanding birthright citizenship in the context of non-incorporated territories? I’m wondering where citizens of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, etc. stand in all the discourse.
I’m sure it bodes not great for us but I must know.
I’m sure it bodes not great for us but I must know.
January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Does anyone have a good resource for understanding birthright citizenship in the context of non-incorporated territories? I’m wondering where citizens of Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, etc. stand in all the discourse.
I’m sure it bodes not great for us but I must know.
I’m sure it bodes not great for us but I must know.
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"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
Alison Luchs, who has worked at the National Gallery of Art for 47 years, agreed to learn Gen Z slang and make videos because she wanted to raise interest in the museum’s art.
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
She never expected to slay. https://wapo.st/45BXc3S
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 AM
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language.
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'"
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It's actually very feasible to defund and dismantle ICE within a few months. Just do what they did to every federal science agency last year. #ScienceSky #MedSky 🩺🧪
It's very easy to tear something down, just defund and start ripping out wires. #AbolishICE
It's very easy to tear something down, just defund and start ripping out wires. #AbolishICE
The US government has lost more than 10,000 people with PhDs in the STEM or health fields since Trump 2.0 took office — 14% of the federal civil servants with PhDs in those areas, a @ScienceMagazine analysis shows.
What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
What could possibly go wrong? www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It's actually very feasible to defund and dismantle ICE within a few months. Just do what they did to every federal science agency last year. #ScienceSky #MedSky 🩺🧪
It's very easy to tear something down, just defund and start ripping out wires. #AbolishICE
It's very easy to tear something down, just defund and start ripping out wires. #AbolishICE
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I didn't know that people had stopped understanding that actually asshole physicists do solid scientific work all the time and have for centuries
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
The Disordered Cosmos
From a star theoretical physicist, “a love letter to the wonderous universe we call home, and an urge to think critically about how we explore its dept...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I didn't know that people had stopped understanding that actually asshole physicists do solid scientific work all the time and have for centuries
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
Newton was a complete shithead
Anyway I wrote a book about how physicists have often displayed very bad values and it doesn't need to be that way
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"So much is happening (loss of crossover, preferential transmission, elimination of homozygous embryos) to ensure nothing happened (clonality)"
A new extreme of meiotic evolution:
✔️ 𝗻𝗼 crossovers
✔️ 𝗻𝗼 gene conversion
✔️ 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 meiosis & fertility
Sex mimics clonality without becoming asexual, in the holocentric multicellular eukaryote 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴.
more about it:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
✔️ 𝗻𝗼 crossovers
✔️ 𝗻𝗼 gene conversion
✔️ 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 meiosis & fertility
Sex mimics clonality without becoming asexual, in the holocentric multicellular eukaryote 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴.
more about it:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
"So much is happening (loss of crossover, preferential transmission, elimination of homozygous embryos) to ensure nothing happened (clonality)"
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Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Timeline cleans with snowflake-sized baby lagoon jellyfish.
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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
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🎥 jelliesfarm www.instagram.com/jelliesfarm?...
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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On Tuesday I made a video explaining to people why it's important that they read this book, which is a Black-ass love note to trees and the power of reckoning with history. #BookSky
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
On Tuesday I made a video explaining to people why it's important that they read this book, which is a Black-ass love note to trees and the power of reckoning with history. #BookSky
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
Earrings by Crystal Galindo
Pillows by Shanequa Gay
Excruciating headaches and sits baths twice a day… can I catch a BREAK
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Excruciating headaches and sits baths twice a day… can I catch a BREAK
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Our 2025 here at SciCommBites was an amazing year of new #scicomm posts, so @nikkliapets.bsky.social took the time to look at the data! Read our 2025 wrapped here, and stay on the lookout for more in 2026 ⭐️ scicommbites.org/scicommbites...
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Our 2025 here at SciCommBites was an amazing year of new #scicomm posts, so @nikkliapets.bsky.social took the time to look at the data! Read our 2025 wrapped here, and stay on the lookout for more in 2026 ⭐️ scicommbites.org/scicommbites...
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Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026
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📰 Have you heard of science news being reported through poetry, satire & art? The NYT did it in 1969 to cover the Apollo 11 moonwalk. As we prepare to return to the Moon, at @scicommbites.bsky.social we analyzed the relevance of this science news innovation for the Space Race 2.0 👇
shorturl.at/kk501
shorturl.at/kk501
Talking to the Moon: Is The New York Times’ Creative Coverage of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moonwalk Relevant for Space Race 2.0? - SciCommBites
In the return of Beyond the Research, Nik Kliapets revisits NYT's media coverage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk and considerations for scicomm today.
shorturl.at
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 AM
📰 Have you heard of science news being reported through poetry, satire & art? The NYT did it in 1969 to cover the Apollo 11 moonwalk. As we prepare to return to the Moon, at @scicommbites.bsky.social we analyzed the relevance of this science news innovation for the Space Race 2.0 👇
shorturl.at/kk501
shorturl.at/kk501
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Did you know that when @nytimes.com covered the moon landing in 1969, they chose to report on the story using poetry and cultural criticism? Read @nikkliapets.bsky.social's latest Beyond to dive into the topic of science communication beyond mere factual reporting. scicommbites.org/talking-to-t...
Talking to the Moon: Is The New York Times’ Creative Coverage of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moonwalk Relevant for Space Race 2.0? - SciCommBites
In the return of Beyond the Research, Nik Kliapets revisits NYT's media coverage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk and considerations for scicomm today.
scicommbites.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Did you know that when @nytimes.com covered the moon landing in 1969, they chose to report on the story using poetry and cultural criticism? Read @nikkliapets.bsky.social's latest Beyond to dive into the topic of science communication beyond mere factual reporting. scicommbites.org/talking-to-t...
Fjord is back home, eating and sitting in laps. Will have to dome drip subcutaneous fluids every so often moví forward.
Very sad and scary to know his kidneys are doing him wrong. Will do what I can to make sure he’s comfy and cared for, until he says so.
Very sad and scary to know his kidneys are doing him wrong. Will do what I can to make sure he’s comfy and cared for, until he says so.
January 15, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Fjord is back home, eating and sitting in laps. Will have to dome drip subcutaneous fluids every so often moví forward.
Very sad and scary to know his kidneys are doing him wrong. Will do what I can to make sure he’s comfy and cared for, until he says so.
Very sad and scary to know his kidneys are doing him wrong. Will do what I can to make sure he’s comfy and cared for, until he says so.
That poor baby…
The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states.
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor.
One collision and the whale is dead.
We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
That poor baby…
Also Fjord the light behind my eyes is not feeling super hot right now. Vet is sure his kidneys are going through it. He’s doing his best to eat but I can tell it’s a struggle. Lots of hiding.
I’m holding out for hope, and also being very cautious about it all. My heart is hurting already.
I’m holding out for hope, and also being very cautious about it all. My heart is hurting already.
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Also Fjord the light behind my eyes is not feeling super hot right now. Vet is sure his kidneys are going through it. He’s doing his best to eat but I can tell it’s a struggle. Lots of hiding.
I’m holding out for hope, and also being very cautious about it all. My heart is hurting already.
I’m holding out for hope, and also being very cautious about it all. My heart is hurting already.
Sinking feeling in the stomach. To see Puerto Rico there. For hundreds of years, extorted. Till this day, used. It’s people considered dispensable. El lelolai a susurros.
Like all empires, this one too shall fall.
Like all empires, this one too shall fall.
Well, would you look at this? I spotted a P-8 Poseidon — which is a modified 737 airframe — with no reg # coming out of dark mode in flight data I posted the day of the first boat strike.
January 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Sinking feeling in the stomach. To see Puerto Rico there. For hundreds of years, extorted. Till this day, used. It’s people considered dispensable. El lelolai a susurros.
Like all empires, this one too shall fall.
Like all empires, this one too shall fall.