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ignacio quintero

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CNRS Researcher at the Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale Supérieure, Paris. Studying evolutionary processes using stochastic phylogenetic models. Failed reincarnation of Montaigne.

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ignacio quintero @ignacioq.bsky.social · May 2

Happy to share my new article on how morphological diversification proceeds during evolutionary radiations: "The diffused evolutionary dynamics of morphological novelty" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵 1/12

The diffused evolutionary dynamics of morphological novelty | PNAS

Rates of evolution are fundamental to understand the processes that shaped the history of life. The predominant view holds that high rates of pheno...

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ignacio quintero @ignacioq.bsky.social · 18h

The right (yes, “center” too) has become so utterly cynic (and, as usual, unimaginative) that they assume fulfilling the basic rights of people is not possible (nor desirable) and thus that anyone interested in providing just that must be lying or share their hidden intentions.

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Guillaume D. @gdeleur.bsky.social · 6d

La France, pays qui reconnaît l’État de Palestine ET en même temps interdit illégalement les manifestations de soutien à la Palestine et les gaze si elles ont lieu.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4d

Journalists are being massacred in Gaza and the U.S. is doing nothing to stop the bloodbath it’s bankrolling.

Use our easy, new tool to tell Congress you’re fed up with the government’s inaction.

Protect Journalists Reporting on Gaza

Defending press freedom for the next generation

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

The problem is that anyone working towards justice is slowly being labeled a "terrorist."

This is happening in Israel. It's happening in the US. And it's even happening in the UK and Germany.

Don't you all see it?

Hope Berry @hopeberry.bsky.social · 4d

On what grounds are these courageous humanitarians with their flotilla of baby formula and such being deemed “terrorists”? Anyone accusing Greta Thunberg, one of the most internationally famous ppl for her integrity, of nefarious motivations, only reflects poorly on themselves

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

Today I learned (on the Nazi site) that the first attempt to break Israel's siege on Gaza via a flotilla took place 15 yrs ago, in 2010. Israeli forces boarded the Mavi Marmara & killed 10 people. The youngest, 19 yr old Furkan Dogan, was shot five times from close range. He was an American citizen.

Furkan Dogan
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Furkan Dogan (20 October 1991 - 31 May 2010) was a Turkish American who was residing in Turkey permanently, 21 He was shot to death by the Israeli Defense Forces on the MV Mavi Marmara, in the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid. Dogan was the youngest person killed in
the raid, and became a political symbol after his death. 131
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Early life Furkan Dogan was born to ethnic Turkish parents in Troy, New York 516 in the United States and moved to Turkey at
the age of two." He was a high school student at Kayseri Özel
Hisarcikloglu Fen Lisesi in Kayseri, Turkey [8119[101 H wanted to study medicine.''! He had planned to visit New
York in the summer of 2010.112) His father, Ahmet Dogan, who graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with an MBA in accounting, is an
assistant professor of accounting at Erciyes University. 51

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abdohassan.bsky.social @abdohassan.bsky.social · 5d

Tsunami of People in support of the Palestine!🇮🇹🇵🇸🔥I love Italy

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 7d

Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media.

The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.

They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.

Israel is once again breaking international law

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 4d

Part of the massive rallies for Palestine in Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

⚡️Drop Site Daily | October 3, 2025

Israel may be preparing for large-scale massacres in Gaza City, UNRWA warns; Trump tells Congress the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels

www.dropsitenews.com/p/unrwa-warn...

Israel may be preparing for large-scale massacres in Gaza City, UNRWA warns; Trump tells Congress the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels

Drop Site Daily: October 3, 2025

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 6d

⚡️NEW from Drop Site: “Death is Better Than This Life”: Displaced Palestinians in Gaza Are Being Bombed in Their Tents

Abdel Qader Sabbah tracks Israel’s latest attacks on tent encampments and Al-Aqsa hospital, as tens of thousands flee the north.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/deir-al-ba...

“Death is Better Than This Life”: Displaced Palestinians in Gaza Are Being Bombed in Their Tents

Israel attacked tent encampments and Al-Aqsa hospital as Palestinians fled Israel’s intensifying ethnic cleansing campaign in the north.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 6d

Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall was one of the world's leading voices on climate change.

Democracy Now! spoke with Goodall in Paris during the 2015 U.N. climate summit.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 6d

In David Graeber's book, The Democracy Project, he mentioned ]Liberal-Centrists were not the most reliable allies in political movements.

This history is worth taking into account for those active in any political movement.

"Liberals tend to be touchy and
unpredictable because they
claim to share the ideas of radical
movements, democracy, egalitarianism,
freedom, but they’ve also managed to
convince themselves that these ideals
are ultimately unattainable. For that
reason, they see anyone determined
to bring about a world based on those
principles as a kind of moral threat."
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- David Graeber

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 7d

How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1936

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Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa.bsky.social · 7d

Israel is on high alert as Global Sumud Flotilla broke through Israeli blockade and entered Gaza's territorial waters carrying weapons such as bread, milk and medicine.

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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 9d

The starvation of Gaza's population is not a byproduct of war but a calculated policy, a live autopsy of an entire community that constitutes a crime in plain sight of the world. Available in EN, ES and AR.

The Dissection of Starvation in Gaza

The systematic starvation of Gaza's population, engineered by Israeli policy, is a deliberate crime, methodically destroying bodies, generations, and the very fabric of life.

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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 15d

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until October 6! Walter Veit examines the role of models in evolutionary biology: their types, testability, and interrelations 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #HPBio #evobio

Book cover of “Modelling Evolution” by Walter Veit, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.

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Natalia Pérez-Amaya @nataliaperez-a.bsky.social · 9d

💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 10d

Emmanuel Macron’s governments keep failing because of their unpopular austerity plans.

The one move they’ve refused to consider: a wealth tax on the superrich who’ve most benefited from Macron’s agenda.

France Is Deep in Debt, but Failing to Tax the Superrich

Emmanuel Macron’s governments keep failing because of their unpopular austerity plans. The one move they’ve refused to consider: imposing a wealth tax on the superrich who’ve benefited most from Macron’s agenda.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10d

“Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days”

It’s a genocide. Daily endless massacres, largely ignored in the West.

Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days - News From Antiwar.com

Israeli attacks have killed at least 198 Palestinians and wounded 786 in the Gaza Strip over 72 hours, according to death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry, as Israel continues its US-ba...

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helen, gender goblin @gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social · 10d

'out of the three mass shootings today'

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 10d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13d

On Oct 17th, we will host a talk with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

They will discuss Debt, Empire, and the Future.

It will also be streamed on our Youtube channel.

davidgraeber.institute/debt-empire-...