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Raywat Deonandan

@deonandan.bsky.social

17K followers 2.8K following 12K posts

Professor, Epidemiologist, Research Chair in University Teaching. Teller of stupid jokes, Keeper of good hair, Servant to a 5-year old, Scourge of the ignorant. www.deonandan.com

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 3h

Me to my 5-year old: "I glove you."
5-year old: "When I'm 8, say that you 'dove' me.
Me: "OK."
5-year old: "And when I'm 11, say that you 'above' be."
Me: "Done."
5-year old: "Then stop because it will be super annoying."

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 13h

Me to my 5-year old: "A comet from another star has come to our solar system. It's called 3i-ATLAS and one of our robots on Mars just took a video of it. Here it is, direct from Mars!!"

My 5-year old: "Robots have cameras? WHAT?!"

www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS

Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars. 

www.esa.int

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 17h

They are the best.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

Me: *posts funny meme to amuse you people*

Facebook: "LOL"
Xitter: "Shut up, liberal scum."
Bluesky: "Here are all the reasons your meme is incorrect and not funny...."

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

A labour of love, obviously!

Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

The business model is both evil and genius.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

My 5-year old: *makes a 6-pointed star out of magnet tiles*
Me: "You know, some people call that star 'The Star of David.'"
My 5-year old: "Because of David Bowie?"

Ah, I'm raising him right.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

Alien: "Hey, baby, I'd like to inject some DNA into you."
Human woman: *blushes*

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

@jonathanconp.bsky.social @gabituto.bsky.social

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 1d

Steam comes out of my computer as everyone rushes to google "Anika Nilles". She seems more than competent.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

Grrr

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 3d

Stop what you are doing and watch this right now. You will not regret it.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

I give you this photo of Peter Thiel, perhaps the Worst Person In The World, attempting to bend a spoon with only the power of his mind.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d

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Cartoon titled "Earth’s first science fair" showing three cavemen presenting inventions: a “pointy stik,” “fire,” and a “weel.” A judge gives third place to the stick, second to fire, and first place to the wheel, while the cavemen stand proudly behind their creations.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

I asked ChatGPT which US city is most similar to Nuremberg. It suggested: Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Milwaukee.

I don't care which. Any one would serve as a suitable site for the inevitable trial of the current batch of Nazis doing shit on US soil.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

It just dawned on me that maybe a lot of MAGA people don't actually know who Goebbels was.

Maybe they don't actually know a lot of stuff that they should know, and that the rest of us naturally assume that they do know.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Narrator: This is fascism.

The image is an X post by Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis
) from 19 hours ago, stating: "So let me get this straight: a Blackhawk helicopter and dozens of masked, armed federal agents roll up on a Chicago apartment building, cuff everyone—including kids—and then run checks for warrants and immigration status? What the hell is going on in this country? How is that not fascism?" The post includes a verified badge.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

After being told all his life that he looks like Goebbels, I guess it made sense that he became Goebbels.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is Gestapo.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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