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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 2d

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza

Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

www.thelancet.com

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 8d

📌 Save the Date!

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.

Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

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barabasi.bsky.social @barabasi.bsky.social · 6d

@NetSci2026 is coming to Boston! Yay! 🎉

NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 8d

📌 Save the Date!

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.

Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 8d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students

Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

www.theguardian.com

Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 9d

Walter Ong is a fave :)

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 9d

Must read.

Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 9d

'The reading revolution was a catastrophe for the ultra-privileged and exploitative aristocrats of the European aristocratic ancien regime — the old autocratic system of government with almighty kings at the top, lords and clergy underneath and peasants squirming at the very bottom.'

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

jmarriott.substack.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting

A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.

www.cbsnews.com

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Petter Holme @pholme.bsky.social · 9d

arXiv alert! 📄🚨
Robustness of small networks
arxiv.org/abs/2509.23670
Great to dust off one of my favorite topics and get to collaborate with the legendary
@aliceschwarze.bsky.social and Peter Mucha

Robustness of 'small' networks

Modeling how networks change under structural perturbations can yield foundational insights into network robustness, which is critical in many real-world applications. The largest connected component ...

arxiv.org

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Petter Holme @pholme.bsky.social · 15d

New paper in NHB 📄🚨
We ran extensive experiments to show that making the rules of some canonical economic games looser, makes people more cooperative
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Social networking agency and prosociality are inextricably linked in economic games - Nature Human Behaviour

Jia et al. experimentally show that when individuals can tailor their actions to each neighbour—a freedom termed social networking agency—they display higher levels of cooperation, trust and fairness in economic games.

www.nature.com

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 14d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The American system is badly broken | Bernie Sanders

What we are witnessing right now is the rise of two Americas. One for the billionaire class. And one for everybody else

www.theguardian.com

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 16d

Your path is truly an asset. I'm afraid I'm much more like Chris, though I do get paid to DJ :)

Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 16d

Tried the mixing (beta) feature of Spotify on a list I had done for dinner parties during vacation. I suspect it is a play by spotify to teach their AI to mix and DJ automatically, But I was a little impressed with the options it allows for customizing mixes. open.spotify.com/playlist/3OQ...

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21d

We are hiring a PI at Asso. Professor level for our
@cberaproject.bsky.social
ERA Chair Projectl. Please spread to anyone excited to advance biomedical research via Complex Networks & Complex Systems. Deadline: Oct 17. Network Medicine Computational Biology. cbr.fm.ucp.pt/en/recruitin...

CBR

RECRUITMENT FOR THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Dr Isabel Maria de Oliveira Capeloa Gil, Rector of Universidade CatóIica Portugal, hereby announces that the Rector´s Office is currently recruiti...

cbr.fm.ucp.pt

Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21d

P.S. I am more than happy to answer any questions by DM here.

Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 21d

We are hiring a PI at Associate Professor level for our @cberaproject.bsky.social ERA Chair Project at the UCP in Portugal. Please spread to anyone excited to advance biomedical research through #ComplexNetworks & #ComplexSystems. Deadline: Oct 17. See below. #NetworkMedicine #ComputationalBiology

CBeRa - Strategic Integration of Complex Networks and Systems fo @cberaproject.bsky.social · 21d

We’re hiring! 📢
Associate Professor position at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, supported by the EU Horizon Europe CBeRa project.

Focus: computational biomedicine, network science, health research.
Apply by 17 Oct 2025 → www.cberaproject.eu/cbera-team/o...

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 28d

Ain't nobody
I feel for you
I'm every woman
(Also really love "Like Sugar")

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · Sep 7

'SARSCoV2-specific neutralizing activity was typically lost & antibody binding breadth and effector function were typically reduced in cord as compared to maternal blood, effector functions were substantially greater & broader following maternal vaccination than infection in both mothers & infants.'

Patterns and functional consequences of antibody speciation in maternal-fetal transfer of coronavirus-specific humoral immunity

Author summary This study addresses the passive transfer and inter-generational inheritance of functionally potent antibodies, and the relative ability of IgG antibodies to drive broad recognition and...

journals.plos.org

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Conference on Complex Systems @css-conference.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hiroki Sayama announced that CCS2026 will be held in Binghamton, USA — see you there! 🇺🇸 #CCS2026

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · Sep 6

Interessante que a "interrogação" de Bugalho aplica-se que nem uma luva ao governo de Netanyahu e à administração Trump, a quem o seu partido (e a comisssão europeia) lambem as botas de forma descarada.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations. Great work!

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · Sep 3

Great #networkmedicine work by @alfonsovalencia.bsky.social's team on deriving comorbidity networks from RNA-seq data to study complex disease relationships. Thy show that molecular mechanisms are behind many of the known comorbidities (often via immune response).
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Patient stratification reveals the molecular basis of disease co-occurrences | PNAS

Epidemiological evidence shows that some diseases tend to co-occur; more exactly, certain groups of patients with a given disease are at a higher r...

doi.org

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · Sep 3

P.S. This has been a collective effort for many years, starting with conceptual work with @sejkko.bsky.social, integration of first version with @complexgates.bsky.social, @rionbr.bsky.social, Xuan Wang, and much recent development by Jordan Rozum, @herbertsizek.bsky.social , and Austin Marcus.

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